Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-04-14
CHAPTER IX-contihue6.

rssve been told" thus Deborah
t7 proceeded, that for a small
60 yours contains the most won
assortment of interesting OBJ
Where did you ever get them"
" father was a collector, on a
snail scale of course, and my
Der had a passion for boarding
prevented anything from going
d this house after it had once
Z into it.
Ny husband" began Mrs. SEQ
B thoughtfully.
IEs Weeks stared in CONSERVATION
HH SCOville, who fastened to say:
You wonder that l can mention my
5li Perhaps you will not be so
-risei when I tell you that in my
rs he is a martyr, and quite guiltless
be crime for which he was pun
3D.
You think that?" There was real
-ise in the manner of the ques-
ta Mrs. ScoYille's brow cleared.
vas pleased at this proof that her
aH had not yet reached the point
general gossip.
Kiss Weeks, am a mother. | have
Nlg and lovely daughter. Can I
pin her innocent eyes and believe
2 ather to have so forgotten his re-
disabilities as to overshadow her
aHh crime? No, I will not believe
circumstances we're in favor of his
friction, but he never lifted the
u which struck down Algernon
Fridge"
A5S Weeks, who had sat quite still
-llg the utterance of these remarks,
.@'iad about at their close, with
y appeared to the speaker, a sud
: and quite welcome relief.
A' she murmured; and said no
ne It was not a topic she found
g Of discussion.
'-s sadness which now spread over
: very interesting countenance of
{ visitor, offered her an excuse for
! introduction Of a far more mo-
''olS topic; one she had burned to
.,auce' but had not known how.
AIS Scoyille, I hear that Judge
,'.leF has got your daughter a pi-
~. mat IS really a wonderful thing
:, -I- 10 90. Not that he is so close
= Ills money but that he has al
" 0een so set against all gayety
,,solpanIon5hip. I suppose you did
Az" the shock it would be to him
: you asked Bella to let you into
gates"
~ a' / didn't know. But it is all
= J, low The Judge seems to well
: Tie change. Miss Weeks, did
a A-o" Algernon Etheridge we'll
- 10 tell me if he was as good
y, |'spEoaclable a man as they all
-. ~ was a good man, but he had a
:. %t.uAy obstinate streak in his dis
=. ..5'l and very set ideas. 1 have
=, ;, ,lat ne and the Judge used to
, O'eE a point for hours. And he
,,, --SS' always wrong. For in
rl,, I'M, Is was wrong about Oliver"
y. ostrander's son, you know.
,.-eEluge wanted him to study
.,,. t.IoIessOrship; but the boy was
80. ,-su TO go into Journalism, and
g wat a success he has made
! 10 p4JieSSor he would prob
r ave been a failure"
,. ~ This difference of opinion on
rT-.s ne should pursue the cause
ss ,s' S leaving home in the way
s.lI,- continued Deborah, conscious
\, ~ n, : on very thin ice.
/, lis, -.ISs Weeks rather welcomed
70. .'sa'ed this curiosity. Indeed,
AS, :. never tired of charging upon
IA never thought so. The judge
N 1OI quarrel with Oliver on so
.,b point as that. My idea is.
, b,s never talk OF it much, that
srsr u a great quarrel over Mr..
.s,,S oliver never liked the old
! I've watched them and I've
ss =, o's hated his coming to the
e, much; he hated the way his
in 1sleo him out and deferred
d, ~ made him the confident of
I RAN. IIo0ies When they went on
Oliver always hung back.