Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-04-20


ana pounds worth OF jewelry about
me he dreaded that l; was going to
foady him and make up to him on
the spots | saw it in the look OF sur
prise with which he glanced at me
when he came in. He thought | should
be entirely different to the grand -.-dies
of his own set, and he was astonlshed
To find that | was not. That was
enough for one evening. l did not eX-
change a dozen sentences with him,
scarcely looked at him, but 1 saw all
that was passing through his lord
ships mind! Ah!' she drew long
breath that almost Kissed as it
passed her white even teeth. How |
hate them all, wish l had lived in
Paris in the time of the revolution. l
should have stood beside the guillo-
tine and seen their heads fall with
out a shudder! l would have cried
Death to the aristocrats! till my
throat dried up" and the milk-white
hand that held the fan closed upon it
with a soft, cat-like ferocity.
81 would have joined YOU said the
brother with low laugh and a cruel
curl of the thin, Greek lip. And |
have more cause to hate him than you.
You do not mix with them in the out
side world do! 1 have felt their
cold insolence. have WINGED under the
sheer on their lips and the scorn in
their eyes Hate them!" He laughed.
"If nv a shake of this finger / could
lay them all ruined and destroyed at
my feet I'd do it! This insolent young
fool tonight looked at meas if were
the dirt under his feet as if he won
dered how l dared enter the same
room with himself. To that gawky,
Latimer boy he was all smiles and
affability. 1t was Jack, old mani with
him; but when he spoke to me it was.
Mr.. Melfardi He raised his hand
and looked at it; it was quivering.
"The father, the old earl, was hard
to bear, with his cold fshy stare wher
i spoke, but his son, my Lord Ken
dale's' easy, lounging insolence made
my UIOOQ DOIl iii at IlAAOS NOuAu
have seized knife from the table and
stabbed him where he sat-" and the
white hand made swift downward
movement as if it were thrusting with
knife.
Take care, Seymour, that temper
of yours is rather-dangerous!"
THAT is what / felt, Diana. What
| cid was to make myself as pleasant
as possible to our guest. I thought
even as l longed to strike him, I've
better game to play with you, my lord
The man you look at as if he were
dirt under your feet shall be your
dearly beloved brother-in-law, and
then" he paused and smiled.
ct is all very we'll to say it, she
smiled; but how are you going to
bring it to pass?"
1--WE will see. Why did not Dolores
come tonight?".
Il don't know. What does it mat
ter.
Nothing, nothing" he assented.
carelessly.
81 am rather surprised she did not,
for she knew Lord Kendale was com
ing; 1 told them in my note"
why should she come on that &C
coun, Most girls like meeting Wis
count Most girls like meeting Wis
night, the sister told me-"
81 know, I know" she assented
quickly.
you know?"
Yes. II was walking in the lane
and saw him leave the house.
He left early tonight. That was
only an excuse he gave"
"A mere idle excuse. At any rate
he was not so anxious to reach bar
racks, for he waited in the lane. for
half an hour"
why did he do that?"
ITO talk with Dolores Latimer"
How do you know that? You were
here all the time, till the others left
Yes; but Greta and went to the
open window, and heard voices; they
were Lord Kendale's and the girls
You might have been-been mis-
taken; some servant-''he suggested
I might have been, but I was not
/! I asked Greta Latimer, and she said
Yes, that it was her sisters"
He went and stood behind her, out
of reach of her eyes and stared at his
face-now pale and frowning-in the
glass.
Hurried away from us to spend
half an hour in the society of Dolores
Latimer," she went on in an indo
lent monotone; they were alone to
gether in the garden. Does not loob
exactly as if she were altogether In
sensible to the charms of viscount
Seymour, .
He did not speak, but his hands
opened and shut slowly The jealous
tigerish nature of the man was work,
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