Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-22

rare bit of Capo di Monte. there
piece of Sevres or Canton. Som
houses, with their treasures, look INK
museums, but this one did not Tn
owner had not gone mad over an
subject; here was a sane and prudpr
collector. The great yellow Cbiness
carpet represented fortune; sh4
knew enough about carpets to REALM
this fact. worries, 1ades, lapis-lazpl
the precious woods, priceless French
and Japanese tapestries, some fin
paintings and bronzes; the room.
were full Of unspoken romance and
adventure; echoed with war and tragl
edy, too. And Fortune might baya
married man like this one. A nos
sibility occurred to her, and the gbost
Of smile moderated the interest M
her face. They might be upon the
desert for weeks. Who knew what
might not happen to two such roman.
tic simpletons?
The butler and the first man (who
was also the cook were impeccablsI
types of servants; so thought Reyn.
ODDS They moved silently and an
ticipated each want. Reynolds deter
mined that very afternoon to drop Al
line to Jones and compliment hlml
upon his good taste in the selection
Of his friends. A subsequent press oil
office work, however, drove the deter
mination out of his mind.
The instant his car carried him out
of sight, strange scene was enacted.
The butler and the first man seized
the Major by the arms, and the three
executed a pas-seul. Mrs. Chedsoyel
eyed these manifestations of Joy ston-
lily.
NOW then, what's been doneTI
asked the Major, pulling down his
cuffs and shaking the wrinkles from
his sleeves.
Half done!" cried the butler.
where's that wall-safe?" the Major
wanted to know.
Behind that sketch by Detaille"
And the butler, strange to say pro-
nounced it Det-i.
"Can you open it?"
Tried, but failed. Wallace is the
man for that"
He'll be along in an hour or So"
Where's Ryanne?"
Don't know; don't care" The Ma
1or sketched the predicament Of their
fellow-conspirator.
The butler whistled, but callously.
One more or less didn't matter in such
an enterprise.
When Wallace arrived he applied
his talent ard acquired science to tho
wall-safe, and finally swung outward
the little steel door. The Major
pushed him aside and thrust hand
into the meta1ed cavity, drawing out
an exquisite Indian casket OF rose
wood and mother-of-pearl He opened
the lid and dipped hand within. En-
eralds. deep and light and shaded, cut
and uncut and engraved, fiaWed ana
almost perfect. He raised handful
and let them tinkle back into the
casket. One hundred in all, Beauties
every one of them, and many famous
And while he toyed with them'
| pleased as a child would have been
over a handful of marbles, Mrs Ched'
soye spread out the ancient Yhlordes
in the library. She stood upon the
central pattern, musing. Her moou
was not one which she had called lnIo
being; not often did she become ret
respective; the past to her was Dr.
ways like a page in a book, once III
ished, turned down. Her elbo" IN
one palm, her chin in the other sne
stared without seeing. It was TINS
house, this home, it was each sign "a
riches without luxury or ostenIaliOn'
where money expressed itself by tas'e
and simplicity; a home such as sue
had always wanted. And why wiz.
all her beauty and intellect, why I"u
she not come into possession ons
knew. Love that gives had ne'e.
been hers; hers had been the NV
that receives, self-love. She nau Ua,
tered her body once for richeS an ,s
| had D92n IgOlSuJ anu SAAO lid
do It again. Anu .Llo that
was overfowing with the love 'H''
gives. - the
The furry of snow outside IN ~ ~
court she saw not. Her 1ahoy ,ro
formed the pretty garden at Men ,,"n1
inclosed by pink-washed walls " Sad
a morning from her window she n.s
watched Fortune among the nU low. -
going from one to the other nA -
bee or butterfly. She hao " s.aob.
her grow. too, with that same oe.at 81.
ment a machinist feels as ne puts "
gether the invention OF anotne1 usy
! Would she ever see her AGAIN oh.
shoulders moved ever SO little pEUv
ahlv not She had blundered Wlllu ths
| She should have waited, thrown che
two together, unanswered, anu ~ ob-
had permitted this adventure ~ rltb.
seas her! She might have stood . E,.T
in this house by right OF law nlot ,oys
hood marriage. Ryanne T@s y inns
with Fortune, and Jones by 'n .a.rIbly
might be. Tie desert was 'e'''
lonely place. 1,ae And
she wished it might be Jo .S away
Immediately retrospection d ,.s,.. re-