Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-06-22
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Seymour Melford might have lied
when he said that Lord Guy was at
Farnham Hall every day, for it was
lust as easy for him to lie as 10
speak the truth. But he had not leo
He was far too clever to run unhec-
essary risks. Lorrie might have VIII
ton to Lord Guy, and detected oeY-
noo,r MeIford. and that would nave
1-oor rod for the latter gentleman. NO
ne had only spoken the truth MOI "
dov nassed but Guy rode or oloNe
over To Farnham Hall, and 0hheU
there and danced there.
Most women possess the soVerelsn
eift-patience. Few men eEen 80
5erstand it. Lorrie would nave w.
,conten- to wait and wait, sure oI me-
800 e she had been sure OF Guy
an she was thirty. Would have Oeen
intent To live the gray, dull lie aC
1be rectorv with nothing Tor hel
heart to live upon but the memory o.
3uv's kisses and Guys passloh"'e
words But men are made OF dlneren'
etT,# from women, and Guy, shut up
~ the Court. was so bored that ne
turned AS naturally as duck 10 Wa
ter TO Farnham hall.
When he had first caught slght o.
Diana. Melford at the meet ne hao
<worn to himself that he would not
On near her; then he had accepted
an invitation to dinner, and-the rest
was easy.
HE love for I,orric had not Waned
IN the slightest She was SUN queen
NJ his neart. Not one hour OF the oay
r17+ he though of her, not night ouI
the vision of her beautiful, beWltch-
ING face rose and thrilled him WIN
the Dassion which she had aroused
ais love for her was as deep as ever
and he swore that when the lhol.H
was out he would dare all, risk all
and 90 to her and claim her, his beau
tiful dark-eyed witch!
Rut ? man cannot sit with his
hands in his lap and think OF any
woman, love her as well and passion
atelv as he may. He must have some
thing to do: and there was nothing
+o do at Iatcham Court. If he did not
want IN 60 to Farnham Hall OF his
own, account the earl generally mad
some message for Lady Farnham,
and would Guy mind riding over?"
And when he rode over, Lady Farm
ham with whom Guy was an old IA
voriJe was always so glad to see HIM.
II was impossible that he should go
before lunch; he must stay to din
ner No excuses served him, and
there was no resisting the old lady,
who had been the most charming OF
young women, and was now the
most charming of old.
He stayed to lunch, to dinner, and
everything about the beautiful old
place was laid, so to speak, at ms
feet Lady Farnham knew his favor
tie dishes as well as they did at the
Court: he was allowed to smoke IN
little room luxuriously furnished,
as it seemed. for his special benefit,
and when there he was never dull.
Lady Farnham was one of the best
takers of her time. No subject came
amiss to her She could talk crewl
work to the women, and dogs and
horses to the men. And last, but not
least, there was Diana Melford, the
girl he ought to marry, but whom he
had sworn never to marry.
She was beautiful as rose; soft,
fair-skinned, lustrOus-eyed. There
was no occasion for her to talk; she
had only to sit or lounge-lounging
was her favorite position-for her to
satisfy the eye of most men Lord
Guy, like most of his sex, worshipped
beauty, and there was beauty person
fled.
And she, too, welcomed him with a
smile. She did not talk much herself,
but she listened, and that is what
man likes She would listen for the
hour together while he talked of Clip
sy, and the barracks, and the last
little war. Listen with her beautiful,
Geer-like eyes fixed upon his face so
intently that he might almost have
fancied that he could see her soul
through them. And she could play ans
sing.
After lunch, when the rain came
down in torrents and Lady Farnham
declared that it was far too wet for !
him to go home, and that he must !
stay for dinner Diana Melford would |
rise in her indolently graceful fash
ion. unasked, go to the piano She |
would play, not loud and aggressive
~ as some women, as most women
play, but softly. soothingly, and Lord |
Guy, smoking his cigar in the little
room, divided only from that in
which she sat by heavy curtains,
would listen to her, and like Saul, be
satisfied.
And if the weather should happen
to be fine she would ride with him.
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