Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-23

| home with his sick wife, and | am On
| the watch for him. There is no one.
But come now, my queen!"
| NO. she said, half meekly, half
| imperiously. You shall not come. |
will go alone. But you will come to-
morrow"
And then all the world may
known
"All the world he said.
She put up her face and kissed him
once, then breaking from his arms,
with crimson face and throbbing
heart, darted down the path.
He stood like a man bewildered,
rooted to the spot, looking round him
| with a dazed, incredulous air, such
as a starving man might wear who
had heard that he had suddenly come
into large fortune. With uncertain
steps he moved towards the door of
| the hut. but he had no sooner
reached it that he seemed to awake.
With low cry of remorse he dropped
upon the stone step, crying:
What, have l done? What have l
| done? Oh, my queen, my queen! l,
who ought to have warned you
| against yourself, to drag you down to
my depth! No, never, never! Rather
death itself than that! Death! Flight
will be death; but l must fly. Yes, |
| must go while there is time! What,
drag that peerless creature to your
level? No no. Harry Herne! You
are not so vile and base as that! No,
/ will go!"
Then he held out his arms towards
| the spot where she had stood
Farewell, my queen! 1t is for your
sake-yours!" and with heavy steps
and leaden feet, he dragged himself
| into the hut.
A minute afterwards Marie Werner
crept up to the window and looked in.
He had lit candle, and was hastily
| packing small handbag. She waited
| and watched with keen, merciless
eyes until he had finished, then she
| drew back into the shadow.
| Five minutes afterwards he came
out. and locking the door after him,
threw the key with wild gesture,
| On the doorstep He stood while one
could count twenty, and looked at the
hut and round about him; then, with
heavy sigh, he slung the bag over
his shoulder by stick, and went
| slowly. heavily, from the spot.
| Marie stood perfectly motionless
| for full five minutes. She knew that
movement would discover her to
his quick ears, then carefully she
glided out of the glade. She proceed
ed slowly and noiselessly until she
had reached the skirt of the woods,
and then ran swiftly to the park
| fence and gained the Hall grounds.
There was light burning in the win
dow of the small dining-room and she
went towards it.
/ A dog barked in the stable, and
i she stood still, listening to the beat
i ing of her own heart, for minute or
two.
Then she went carefully up to the
window, and gathering handful of
the gravel from the path, threw it at
the window. A minute that seemed
| an hour passed. Then she heard a
step within. Some one carefully let
the bar drop from the shutter, and
! opened the window.
1t was the marquis. He was still in
evening dress, and he held revolver
in his hand.
1 IL xx1ha ic
/ Quiet" she whispered.
you'll he exclaimed What has
happened?"
Happened! What do you think has
] happened?" she retorted scornfully
Come inside" he said
/ She followed him in, and threw the
hood from her face. 1t was white to
the lips. which seemed bloodless, but
her eyes burned with the lurid fire OF
malign triumph.
Where have you come from
What is the matter?'
She laughed and wiped her lips
with her lace-edged handkerchief.
al have come from the woods. Can
any one hear us?'' she broke off
glancing around her suspiciously.
mo one" he said impatiently
they are all in bed
II have good news for you said
she, still painting little. Every
thing has worked for us-everything
Every little incident and accident!'
.Well-well,' he demanded impa
tiently.
eff they had known my plot and
wished to help it forward, they could
not have acted better than they have
DONE"
60 on he said coolly.
Waltz she retorted. Il have been
working while you have been loung
ing and smoking here. | have been
to the woods, assisting at love
scene between your future wife and