Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-05-10
Ilcs and Camden

.,oubIe with you, Richard"
!, u usW stepmother, SIS that you
~ for the right sort of a girl.
y mot always associated with
a4on There are plenty of
AVID nd charming heiresses who
.'rsr seen the interior Of any
!. .s's rsudy Fifth avenue palaces
IN y YOU Jared SO badly. But
=. never had the luck to meet
.,,s shrugged his shoulders mood
si,ce the advent of his father
,snmotber the subject Of the
Nv Of his making a wealthy al
had been pressed on him more
sy than ever.
NJ she continued, Il have pick
! wife for you. All you will
b do will be to go in and win
NE isn't in society," and she
"a string of admirers dangling
tr because she's too sensible
nj sort of thing, and, may say,
- she isn't one Of those fiashy
Who attract men in the multi
And il I didn't believe that you
fall genuinely in love with her,
didn't help you to meet her. But,
y sDart, you were made for each
Richard, and l want you to
her,"
Mats her name?" asked Jocelyn
GE
IE Davenant."
Eer heard of her." he groaned.
iea goOd-looker?"
Sss nice, pretty, sensible Amer
GIRL" said his stepmother. "And
worth a couple Of millions
Bis not dollars. Of course, you
1t heard of her, for she lives a
secluded life, and has no use for
Ions and follies. And l must tell
Richard, that she is a little dis
lled by the experiences she has
You'll have to show her you
her for herself and not for her
pity"
VEIL where is this paragon to be
~ JOCelyn demanded.
YES staying at Atlantic City
her companion, Miss Constance
E-at the Charlevoix. / had a let
nom her yesterday, for she and
ASchoolmates and are still good
q, and | have promised that /
come down and bring you with
But Of course I have no intention
@npanying you, Richard; I want
80 alone. Now, pack your suit
80 down, and fall head over
sn love with her. And don't fall
We with the companion instead"
nrSt part Of this injunction
9l OOeyed readily enough. AS to
Inability of the second or third,
w @eptical. His experiences in
mIcn for a bride who should re-
ue waning fortunes Of the Joce-
Au Oeen bitter ones; still, when
aAed he would not shrink from
slg her. And so, on the follow
w ne found himself installed at
sl'EleVoix and gazing out of his
v modify at the melancholy Oc-
season was over, the hotel
empty, and, even had Jocelyn
atlantic City with no Interior
wv 1t would have been difficult,
= Caurlshness, to have avoided
ne acquaintance of the two
laey sat at the table adjacent
sV'a' they met on the deserted
'slA' before the week was end
ufee We're fast friends. Joce-
Ss to his stepmother:
Faeve that I could love either
Ihey are evidently well ed
women, and either would adorn
,Na Manor But I shall follow
y me days passed he found the
s~ a' OF the blue-eyed, brown
vary DaVenant increasingly al
laey spent many a pleasant
N~se'her, Miss Grice watching
%as interest of the one In the
~@ evident sympathy. Miss
- 'sS not pretty, but still an ami
y attractive girl.
1el occurred an incident which
SSa E upset Lord Jocelyn's men,
. Aae
y a trivial affair, and yet it
~. ~ IN him dormant suspicious
Tled other and sadder circum-
s,s which he had found himself
OF feminine duplicity. En-
II, - motel late one evening, he
SS.. ne two ladies strolling to-
r apartment a little ahead of
;ao :, mad not observed him. OF
= =, Miss GrlCe stopped.
s Is Coming unfastened,
peard her say.
y s''y Mary Davenant bent down
Nm Auees and tied it for her.
In. vent to bed and meditated
a. = ume before sleep came to
sa, ne following day he wrote
n.y.. you that I had come to Ike
sssslant, as I thought her to
d Ssly' I have long suspected
sb,t vas not wholly ignorant OF
M a. , mad in view In coming to
0lty. And / have discovered