Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-08
| Seaside Comedy

,ms way to find adventure Aoru
ip' y, Tocelyn was wont to say, is
'I sorth blindly, a sort of perpetual
\. GRANT, in quest of anything
sr nav happen. He who sets out
NV .ny purpose ready-made in his
" u.s. !: doomed to perpetual disap-
t1nsnt." s, .d,o,,t,,e,a
=. .s,rly three weeks" he added, as
s s his last game of solitaire.
, rsp the light of a new resolution
4. ewes, and rang for his valet.
talbot" he said, as that servitor
,gred I'm going away.
TDs. sir" replied Talbot respect
,,y waiting for his master DO reveal
!. u sIace of his destination.
where shall 1 go, Talbot?" contin-
!, Iocelyn. New York,s too hot
fne"
ave card say, sir, that Craig's
Nils the place this season. There's
,r.y nice hotel there, sir, called the
smddph,' which was told me by a
spg woman who"
Spare me these amatory conf
sss Talbot, 1 beg ,yOu," replied his
rter a shall go to 'Craig,s Peak
nd spend week by the seashore.
Nj I'D my things this afternoon"
L was still early summer and Lord
helm found the hotel only half full.
There seemed little probability that
be quiet, unassuming Mr.. Jocelyn'
the visitors book at the Rand
th' would discover anything extra
urinary in that sedate and fashiona-
IL watering resort. After the third
by Mr.. Jocelyn had begun to weary
4 The varied and rot too fascinating
ports of picking up sea-shells, gather
g plant specimens from the noun
lh slopes, and discovering new and
IRE entrees upon the menu. Per-
laps that is why he fell a victim to
be designs Of Mrs. and Miss Muriel
Va Loo, of Boston.
Ny DEAR" said the elder lady,
that tall, distinguished Englishman
sipesonage in his own country, or
Mss don't count fer anything"
He may be an impostor, Mamma .
sid her daughter cynically. 'Remem-
Gthat one that made up to us last
simmer at Atlantic ,City?"
Iwiel," replied her mother, 'fdon't
suspicious. It is not fascinating
sRlty In a young girl. Leave that
aNe' Your meter is innocence, with
N dash Of dare-devilishness, but
a 100 strong. Why didn't you pack
Huses Peerage'?"
did, Mamma" answered her
algh!er dutifrlly "But / left out the
2Nded Gentry of Great Britain be
-se aere wasn't room in my trunk"
OinE down Burke, then" COM
4aaed Mrs. Van Loo, and she put on
WrUlse-shell trimmed eyeglasses
p'paratcry to the hunt. Muriel soon
appeared bearing the volume.
'ocelyR Jocelyn,' Mrs. Van Loo
rllllred, turning over the pages.
%s We are, Muriel, darling. Jooe-
y 0uFth Viscount, of iDoublewith
a'sOf' Stockton. Heir-Richard.
ra ~ brothers or sisters. He will
- aCe inherit the property
49,. tae neir always inherits the prop
W. ,n answered Muriel.
wv, "l'Aont a doubt, dear, that lis Lord
h %a ar In disguise" said Mrs. Van
u ionlght | shall speak to him.
w., astUund her opportunity, and thus
I ~ 'Ae acquaintance, which, at first
sn s~ 10 JocelEn, developed into a.
IN 'e' 1t was the week of the
,n. aoul' and moonlight walks We're
s'viS'ly OF Mueiel Van Loo,s. Be-
ss1 ne week WIS ended the three
M sN0ihe last friends. On the sew
s ~ Jocelyn ro-engaged his room
~e following week.
I,., spite of many experiences. I.ord
s@ W. !, lett himself fast snccuunbing
an OasFm Of MurIel Van Loo. To
lSsI,- WIN her hair was bronze. and
>, !. auored bronze hair-when lit
/. ~ us proximity. Then she had
Nm '%.eSt blue eyes, with just a sns-
On =, " TaIHery in them-and blue,
IN * Joeelyn's Speciality, in de-
|lvs.rr.' Drown, hazel or gray. And
s,n % eSn%orldliness and innocent
4 M ' N a profound impression
4 a. ! s mans heart. Needless
h ~ y. Ae mapy rivals of Lord Joce-
Esisra MAD delighted to bask in
1 hi, Smiles before his advent. hat
sssn u cordially. But their glances
No. passed by him like the cool
seSis mat blew all day over the
I r. " VI the peak. II he had known
'os feelings that he inspired he
& aaEe been genuinely concerned,
sees syn was singularly warm
AessIss became evident that Mnriel
ID .r W. beneath the corsage of her
b ss gown a heart that thrill
y i promptings of romanticism.
D O' Jocelyn made the, discov-
3 ~ 10 you like best about Amer
! er y, .J0eelyn?" asked her mother
,.e3 'ss'a0cracy," Lord Jocelyn an
y ma, promptly. The feeling that
GgpT, " as sood as another is de-