Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-10

tyou-because had not the ring. Give
it me. want to get out of my en-
gagement, and l cannot without that.
And lit is not enough that
should be hunted as hare-my heart
must be broken! Walter! where are
you? Come here and listen to me.
| Never trust woman. Curse the
whole sex for its falseness and its
selfishness. There is no constancy
in this world And he sighed and
looked reproachfully at Eve. After
all have endured and suffered-for
YOU
Ewes tears flowed. Martins atti-
moved her. I am very sorry she
said, butt never gave you the ring.
You snatched it from me. You are I'M
known to me, | am nothing to you,
and you are-you are
Yes, speak the bitter truth. I am
thief. arunaway convict, murderer.
Use every offensive epthet that occurs
| in your vocabulary Give dog a bad
name and hang him. l ought to have
known the sex better than to have
| trusted you But loved, was blinded
| by passion. I saw an angel face, and
blue eyes that promised heaven of
| tenderness and truth. / saw, I loved, I
| away ship, lying ready to be broken
up and plundered by wreckers. 0 the
cruel faithless sex! We men, with our
royal trust our splendid self-sacrifice.
become a ready prey; and when we
are down, the laughing, heartless ty.
rants dance over us. When the lion
was sick the ass came and kicked him.
1t was the last indignity the royA
beast could endure, he laid his head
between his paws and his heart brake.
Leave me-leave me to die
% Martini said Eve, quite over
come by his greatness, and the vast
ness of his devotion, I have never
hurt you, never offended you You
are like my papa, and have fancies.'
I have fancies. Yes, you are right,
terribly right. have had my fancfes.
I have lived in delusion. believed
in the honesty of those eyes. trusted
your word
I never gave you my word
DO not interrupt me. did suppose
that your heart had surrendered to
me. The delusion is over. The heart
belongs to vulgar apothecary. That
heart which so treasured his voice
shook and broke, and Eve sobbed.
Who brought the police upon me?' he
went on. Tt was you, whom I loved
and trusted, and you possess an in.
nocent face and a heart full of guile.
And here lie, your victim in living
grave your cruel hands have scooped
out for me in the rock
'O-indeed, this mine was dug hum
dreds of years ago.
He turned reproachful look at her.
Why do you interrupt me? speak
metaphorically. You brought me to
this, and if you have spark of good
feeling in your breast you will get me
away from here
4 will bring you the key as soon as
the sun SETS
That is right. accept the token Of
| PCAlLCACO Will 6Ad0AOCo, dllu AOPO LII
day in the heart where the light
dawns.'
4 must go-I really must CO. she
said.
He bowed grandly to her, with his
hand on his heart.
i Come said Watt. I will help you
over these rubbish heaps. You have
had your two words
I. Eve said Martin, I have been dis
appointed, and have spoken sharply
of the sex. But am not the man to
harbor mistrust. Deceived have been
and perhaps am now laying myself
open to fresh disappointment. I can
not say. / cannot go against my nat
ure, which is frank and trustful. There
take your ring. Come back to me
this evening with it and the key, and
prove to me that all women are not
false, that all confidence placed in
them is not misplaced
/ To be continued.