Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-04
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CHAPTER XIV.
oil Breaks a Promise.

call Breaks FTOHtSS'
n. wbitecap would have been I'M
NV roy except for the delay of the
y , %+i Mrs. Rabbit and her admir-
= tncband. who sent word that they
"a rot arrive until after dinner. so
!. -y racbt. long and low and slender
listening white, lay in the middle
I Imo Hndson river, while her guests,
-.IIad warmly against the crisp
~s7s gathered in the forward shelter
~ and watched the beginnings of
Ne early sunset.
= like Doctor Boyd in his yachting
AM commented Lucille, as that
.'rg man Joined them, with a happy
,tler on his arm.
IT takes away that deadly clerical
asct laughed Arly. His long coat
r,tes him loo6 like the captain, and
NJ ever so much more handsome"
Tdont mind being the topic of dis
ogiOn so long as I'm present" COM
,qted Rev. Smith Boyd, glancing
nnd the group as if in search of
pneone.
It rather restricts the converse
Nm" Mrs. Helen Davies observed.
The cherub-cheeked Marion Ken
nth glanced wistfully over at the rail
7bre Dick Rodley, vying with the
gset in splendor, stood chatting with
ag Ted Teasdale and the stiff Ger
ID FOSland.
Where's CALI" demanded the
agubCheeked one.
It's time that young lady was up
% deck" decided Arly, and rose.
She's probably taking advantage of
DO opportunity to dress for dinner"
anised Mrs. Davies. I'm fact, /
blink it's a good idea for all of u.s."
but the sunset was too potent to leave
bra few moments, and she sat still.
Where indeed was Gail? In her
audful little curly maple bed, and
Igglg two small fists into the maple
mVl COverlet. The pallor of the
Emng had not yet left her face, and
here were circles around the brown
yes which gave them a wan pathos;
here was a crease Of pain and worry,
No. in the white brow.
Gail had come to the greatest crisis
her life So far she had told no
ae Of what had occurred that morn
R When she had rushed into the
S'Ors study he had sprung up, and.
e1g the fright in her face and that
DE was lettering and ready to fall, he
acalght her in his strong arms, and
Ne had chung trustfully to him, half
amt until wild sobs had come to her
slet Even in her incoherence, how
Vel even in her wild disorder of emo
saA' she realized that there was dam
~ not only to her but to everyone
N loved, in the man from whom she
40 run away; and she could not tell
@yOung rector any more than that
1'lad been frightened. 1t was strange
WV nStmctlvely she had headed for
@ Smith Boyd's study; strange
.a out not now. In that moment Of
Pls straight to the protection of his
tas she knew something about her
sI and about Rev. Smith Boyd. too.
~T Knew why she had refused those
4slS who had wooed her; Willis
s4llnsham and Houston Van Ploon
y DICK Rodley; poor Dick! and AL
WI and all the others. She frankly
~ Complacently admitted to herself
"a S1e loved Rev. Smith Boyd, but
y put mat additional worry into the
.'As'Ound' 1t could be fought out
~, Sne would have been very hap
\ Aoout 1t If she had had time. al
s''sn Sue could see no end to that
~ssron but unhappiness.
"leIe could She turn for advice, or
~u could she get to share in the
~ ~sSl which she felt must surely
:, ~ ner There was no one. 1t
burden she must bear
~, unless she could devise
W., pan OF effective action, and the
AZ s' VI now far she had been respon-
~ AT this condition of affairs was
!, 1gu oppressed her, and humbled
!, -, NV ueepened the circles about
n. aoVe-Smitten eyes.
~ ~ 'Ook her fists from their pres
!, , +'O the brown coverlet, and held
sitb np'eS between the finger tips
ps H,aSr Aand; and the brown hair,
ssI4 s INTO hayward ringlets from
h. r' OIeeze which blew in at the
d s stsleu window, rippled down over
ss,o, .4uef hands, as if to soothe and
b - 'uen' She had been wasting
Gu Is IN introspection and self.
kj <sS when there was need for
(nss.. Scaon! Fortunately she had
,s s..s until Monday morning. In
s,,s srS' lew days of huge commercial
b ~ eH,S which so vitality Interested
ssooas nad become acquainted with
A. '% methods. to a certain extent,
a. - Knew that nothing could be
8, ~ ~ saturday afternoon or Sun
b. i-s'elore Uncle Jim was safe for
trls SlS and a day. Then Allison
SNs usug the connection of her
ME S,n road with the APP, and
Ss1ulng of the destruction Of
en- sent family would be thor
h., accomplished! She had been
d ,a,5 thorough grasp of how easily