Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-06-07

.Ha. a .#Hu slowly MS eyes
~ sl muscles relaxed
~. mouth. leaving IL more
s..-g .s-s ora the Storm coun-
90 Eseyn Robertson her
E
...-+-.r--e dark days for Polly
--- he rarrBduction ~ The
49, rrs- en- the World, which
800 -s asarsUmed place on the
-n ruei 10 lift the heavy
-.T-.-- -sal Ike a stone In her
- y,--a Iid she stand before
49, r---Erlm ~ a deep-toned
~. --. Er ~ love and a future.
49, rt-+s arms about her and
, $500 pressed against him.
~-rfEs-- SIZE went through the
So .r-r be % smile, well nigh
rs-r sak word u greeting 20
&C. Sc -st S1 sympathetic were
hra--r friends that many a fish
adam Hf baked beans found Their
wr rEe Hopkins hut.
s times P0,lyop had made an
srrte se Evelyn. but the rich girl
r4r rr-nE as the little trill
rfE after nightfail In the
Es- -r.Hl-
IN TLr cane rumors that Evelyn
re-s- aas 10 marry Marcus Mac
E. .rlt he had bought the
Ear flr1 1f Oscars heirs. Terri
sd u9s went from mouth 10
-t 1 fra settlement that he had
hlsd trE BE- was going 70 clear the
ss from the Silent City before
a. r- IS Christmas.
U-a rlt tie dark messenger 60
w- Or t1ua IS closed slipped into
@s Hopkins shanty and summoned
cr usra Although the absence
E ra r-d -..hered mouth made one
a~ r1 fea1 pe.'yoD missed the oft re-
r#ta' EFTrrHa that somehow. some
-re i1re would make crooked things
E-
La ore dag. she took Jerry and
1Ftr @ ana walked through the
s~- rE and on toward the Bad
E-s ErHra. The picture she had
r- fe raee IN those long-ag0 spring
a~ red out at her from Mar
rs e's fence.
u~ - moment Polly halted
contemplated the beauti-
eta Wtan She had been happy.
r a-r wrs ages past. she had not
- what the call In the mother
rIrL Uut rs one after another,
ar @ ones had dwindled away,
Esr srt Jerry was left. a clearer
- E took possession Of her.
81. I force had attacked her
a there. They were Nv
EE-E -.Er- world. trying by might
r fa cling 90 their own. Polly
ut mother. The woman
f ~ her vast army Of sick
F Ell. E#E's sorrow. touched By
E . aIpassion. lightened a
Lsa
l PIP she heard footsteps.
e So turned her head; and al
" E . 0me instant the person
- Egap could not move or
@ --s e greeting from her
-a Go Robert Percival was look
-r DTS rlous white face hold
Er- l smile or welcome. For
-r'. frav stared az each 9TH
Gi -a .a Young man swung about
s orb rfa away.
N--,.f almost into fnsensibIlIty.
s-s lower and lower until
.HE 500 away from her shoulders 20
-- Ua- beloved had not
rr Dad the pained lines about
sFled even a little bltl
A.c shadows began 70 stretch
- - -re lake and crowd down
@ - Silent City. and still the
-tE -I Enelt and wept out her
a-. loneliness with no one
.-t tfe iargeeyed. sad little
rz across the thin back OF
-r Hopkins.
sash ioIy0p arose. wiplng her
.-He al her sleeve. Then she
derry tO her shoulders and
gig ias, look NJ the lofty
F si -le world.
s minute she gazed steadily.
men, through the gathering
- sre Thought she saw a smile
about the beautiful mouth.
H-t nearer 10y two steps. The
, a-, smiling AZ her. and the
.f s-. overwhelmed with a Joy
. l'y Ike a knife's blade.
lelZ the first smile since
a-a had left her.
Is Jerry by one arm, she
.-s other hand upward.
-s~- a-' teauufulest NANNY IN
l" She faitered -bieSs me
.r-ar -,~arv Hopkins
E- .l Auburn prison"
she knelt with her cling
ana then. swiftly rising.
6 20 tae shanty. her pale face
-.i- @ worldwide blessing.
CHAPTER XII
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