Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-06-03

Father" exclaimed the exasperated
Henrietta, some night l will find that
you have taken the car to bed with
you"
Suppose we leave the car here, :"
began the general argumentatively.
1--WE can't" sighed Henrietta. such
supposition would be impossible
with you the owner of the car"
The Watermelon laughed. Jaw, cut
out the conversation" said he. Il
will be right back"
$50 will l." said Billy.
Now the Watermelon objected. He
did not feel equal to tetea-tete with
the adorable Billy. adorable still.
though a bit cross.
"Cut out the conversation" MIN
licked Billy, and scrambled with more
speed than grace under the broken
bars of the worm-eaten fence.
The Watermelon leaped the fence
after her. Henrietta slipped under the
fence after the Watermelon. Bartlett
hesitated one moment, glanced guilt
lily at the deserted general and then
followed Henrietta.
Billy and the Watermelon were
young and light of foot and soon out
distancea the stout Bartlett, who did
his gallant best to keep up with the
nimble Henrietta, but found that the
years of good living told against him.
Henrietta waited politely for him at
the stone wall which Billy had just
scaled and the Watermelon jumped.
Henrietta sat down on the wall and
Bartlett leaned beside her, gazing over
the field to the distant woods. He felt
thoroughly comfortable and contented.
No matter what happened now. Bat
chelor could not reach the city by Sat
urday. The cotton ring was saved.
Henrietta drew a quick sigh Of
pleasure and fell silent, with dream
ing eyes wandering into the mysteri-
Gus shades of the distant woodland,
her hunger for the time forgotten.
Bartlett broke in upon her reveries.
See that hill?" and he waved toward
the slope ahead of them.
Henrietta nodded, still wrapped in
her dream. 1.-The hill of life," said
she, with glory at its top"
"a railroad" said Bartlett, prosa-
ically matter-of-fact, ga railroad has
been cut through the hill. See, there
go the children, suddenly out of sight !"
Henrietta came back to earth.
How do you know? Maybe there is
Just a steep incline the other side
and that is why they disappeared so
quickly"
mo, there is a cut up there. Don't
you notice how abrupt 1t looks, and
there are no trees or bushes. They
haven't had time to grow since the cut
was made. And those big Jumps, see.
covered with grass, they are the earth
thrown up out of the cut"
Henrietta nodded and frowned.
There Is no more romance" and she
threw out her hands with a graceful
gesture of hopeless disappointment
cit went when the first stean-engine
came"
Bartlett looked at her, amused, with
mans tolerance. What do you
want romance for? A railroad pays
better"
Pays, pays, pays" cried Henrietta.
81 want something that doesn't pay
that isn't associated with returns. You
men have nothing but handbook for
heart. It's so lovely here, so quiet.
Don't you feel it? With the shadows
creeping across the pasture? was
young and beautiful"
"And a princess"
| mo, a goose maid. MY hair was
brown and thick and hung over each
shoulder in two long braids. | was
bare-headed, with sleeves rolled to the
elbows of my shapely arms"
You would have got malaria" said
Bartlett Its very damp here.
think there must be pond over there
in the woods. You can hear the frogs.
"Oh, yes," agreed Henrietta. 81
would have had malaria and rheuma-
tisrn, but l wouldn't have cared, then
for you see, had come after the
| geese, and down hero in the tiny glen,
with the hush of the evening over all.
| / had met him"
Who? Me?"
MY lover" said Henrietta.
ME-" said Bartlett softly, and to
Henrietta's surprise he laid his hand
| gently on hers.
Henrietta blushed and looked away.
Her lover, this stout, grim. hard-eyed
man of business? Had romance come
to her thus late. in this guise? Was a
middle-aged member of the New York
Stock Exchange her prince?
Henrietta" he asked gently, leaning
toward her, shall I finish the story p
why, no." said Henrietta, there
was no finish. It had just begun"
"Just begun" whispered Bartlett,
and took her suddenly into his arms.
"Oh, please" begged Henrietta, feel
ing that modesty called for some re
monstrance.
Please" he tainted. when you
were the goose girl and l was the
prince, you didn't say please"
Henrietta laughed. "And neither
did the prince" she dared him
mo decent lover would" said Bart,
lett, bending and kissing her full on
her whimsical mouth.