Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-07-31

appeared on the veranda. Where
! is your husband!"
''Out sailing" / replied lightly.
"Alone?"
/ 'No," answered, trying to speak
unconcernedly, my sister is with him.
They wanted me to go, but / had a
slight headache, and feared the
glare on the water"
"Oh, see." he said musingly, and
/ felt that he saw more than / had
told him. found myself blushing
under his steady gaze, and, involun-
tarily. dropped my eyes.
Il have a plant" he declared. II
ran over to ask your husband to take
a ride with me, but since he is not
here / viii take some one would
rather have: namely. his dear little
wife!"
where's Mrs. Welch?" I asked fal-
teringly.
Away on a visit to her sister, so
am, for few days, an old bachelor
whose comings and goings concern
! nobody but himself and, in this case,
your ladyship."
We were soon rolling along brisk
| ly between green fields and up and
down wooded hills.
When we had been riding for an
hour and a half we drew up at the
door of an attractive inn, and Mr..
WEIGH insisted on seating me at one
of the tables on the broad, vine-shaded
veranda.
The sun was low in the west when
we started toward home. At the end
of half-hour something about the ma
chine gave out, and we came to a
| standstill. Then saw how good and
kind the man had once snubbed
could be. There we left the automo-
bile and strolled over to country
store where there was telephone.
He rang up my house, then handed
me the receiver, saying:
Perhaps you would like to talk
with your husband yourself" .
It was Johns voice that answered
my "Hello!"
81 have been on an automobile ride, .
/ said, and hope to get home some
time this evening. Don't wait dinner
for me-"
where are your" asked my hus-
band.
II don't know" replied laughingly.
Who's with you?"
"Mr. WEIGH"
Nobody else?"
( "No--why should there be?"
! "a third person improves appear
ances in such cases." he said harsh
~.
so l thought when you went out
this afternoon" remarked.
When the repaired machine was
ready, Mr.. Welch proposed that, as
/ we would reach home too late for
i dinner, we run over to a good inn
about five miles distant and dine.
/ agreed. Why should / not? q
Our house was dark and quiet as
the car drew up at the veranda steps.
Mr.. WEIGH helped me out and !
/ thanked him warmly for the pleasure
i he had given me. For moment he
held my hand and looked down into
my eyes. / had sudden fear that
he might kiss me, but he didn't.
Saving again and hurriedly that the
excursion had been perfect bade my
escort good night and entered the
| house, closing softly behind me the
door which my husband had left open
for me. He was sitting by his bed
room window smoking when / went
upstairs.
"Well?" he said as I entered.
/ "Well?" / replied.
did you have an accidents"
Eyes, the automobile broke down"
And, Fastening through the recital,
explained, rs briefly as possible, what
had happened, adding that l remem-
bered that he had told me to cultivate
Mr.. WEIGH, and that had today car
ried out his commands.
THAT was months ago." he re-
| minded me. II no longer need your
help so far as he is concerned, for
| he knows my work now, and that
speaks for itself. You did not trouble
yourself to make friends with him
until you, not /, would benefit by it,
shrugged my shoulders. Really"
] said, men are ungrateful creatu. os!
! supposed that your patrons could
still as you once phrased it, throw
work in your way"
II would prefer TO have less Of his
/ patronage and more careful wife"
he asserted roughly.
What do you mean?"
''you know what mean. You went
of with man whose wife was absent,
and rode with him for hours, then
dined with him, and came home at
midnight. What do you think people
will say?"
Just what they say when they see
you and Sarah OF on the lake alone,
and sitting on the veranda together
at all hours of the day and night!
When we returned to town my
sister went back to her home. A
day or two after her departure she
wrote to me telling me Of her engage
ment to Western man. They had
been engaged when she came to US
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