Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-03


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YOUR prom sing him to be MS WIZ
you playing me false, 80
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get" - oro,,o
Answer Was there any other reason
beyond Seymour Melford's money!
What does it matter,
VERY well. / beg pardon. had no
right to ask. Pray forgive me
Lorrie's head bends lower ana
tear drops on the keys.
Look here, if l thought that you
were keeping something from me
that | ought to know"
Guy, dear" breaks in the languid
voice of Diana; will you take me lot
ride tomorrow,
What? l beg your pardon! 4 rider
Oh, yes. Lorrie, you had better come
tool"
wistfully. "Twos company. three's
none"
THANK you very much, Lord Ken
dale" says Lady Collop; but Dolores
has her duties to perform. Tomor-
rows the day we attend at the hosplt
al, isn't it,"
The hospital" exclaims Guy, star
inc from one to the other. Which
hospital What for, Good lord! Lor-
RE amt going to be doctor, IS she!
| Lady Collop shudders.
mo. l strongly condemn such un-
womanly notions But we set apart
one morning in the week to visit one
Of the hospitals and say word to the
afflicted patients"
81 beg your pardon Lady Collop.
But to think of Lorrie waltzing round
hospital ward with bundle OF
tracts. Of course it's-it's awfully
good of you, and all that but-L'or-
rie!"
Then he goes to Lorrie. Il think
that's about as much as / can stand
tonight" he says in grim under
tone. Good night Lady Collop. Good
night, Diana"
'1'll come with you to the door,
i she says, rising.
pray don't Youll-you'll catch
cold"
Put this shawl round me, then" she
says imperiously.
He does so, and they go out. AS he
seizes his hat and coat she says cold
ily:
Guy, l trust you are not going to
encourage that poor girl in her pride
and idIeness."
Poor girl? What poor grip
Dolores Latimer," she retorts, her
eyes fixed upon him significantly.
ooh! Well, l suppose she is poor;
but is not the proper thing to speak
of her in that way, is it, Why speak
of her at all il. you can't speak good
naturally, Good lord, Diana! what
has she ever done to you that you
should treat her as you have treated
her tonight?"
Have treated her badly?" she
says, with dash of color in her
cheeks. You surely cannot expect me
to be very gushing with the girl who,
having failed in her attempts upon
you, succeeded in entrapping my
brother"
by Heaven, Diana, there is moth
| ing on earth so cruel as one woman's
treatment of another woman she
doesn't happen to like! AS to entrap-
ping your brother, there may be two
opinions on the subject; you have
yours, l may have mime
''Of course you would side with
her." she says, with a scornful smile;
you always do with girl once
pretty"
Once! Once! There! Good night
Good night" she says, having Of
fered her cheek, and received the kiss
which he dutifully bestows.
Restless and excited he PAGES along
the wet pavement, going over every
look and every word of Lorrie's, tor
turing himself by counting the good
gifts of the girl he loves and has lost
At last, worn out, Guy is about to
stops half way, for he sees the strang.
er is, if not actually intoxicated, Ger
tainly not in condition to afford any
reliable information
With unsteady steps the man stands
for moment looking up and down
the street, then makes an effort to
cross the road.
AS he does. so a cab comes tearing
along and Guy sees that there is
every probability of a collision.
He shouts warningly, and the cab
man shouts also. Evidently CON
fused by the sudden appearance of
the cab and the sudden noise, the in.
dividual simply stands still
Guy makes a spring into the middle
of the road, trusting to the Impetus
of his weight forcing the man out of
the way; but the calculation does not
work out right and Guy finds himself
on his back in the road with the man
beside him, and the cab horse playing
a sort of devils tattoo with its front
boots on the pair of them.