Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-10-08
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a,ol . # his hands. the jerk
q 1..o. h. Was staggered and
By y, HAT which confronted
~ y was now inevitable.
a y "4 .5e say? or do? Or
% y, ros her husband. Once
.sl 10 her lips, unescap-
f... g,rama.san should remem-
'l nI as Lord Of the Thun-
lied before they found
~ y. che found the touch of
IA. ia'' pIeassnt came near to
w. her Sic didn't no.
a .5,t 1t wasn't she who
VI. ni, silent room with its flick
!, ng5t and the voices, so in
mo- memory Of an evil dream,
e ,o the distance; it wasn't
m,ir,od TO the touch of this
Y, Who had been so kind be
I,e now now
~I,sed that he would speak.
.,5s-ed If he would kiss
mo- oriental does not kiss
v h h drawn away, swayed either
5,,a Or forward, moved a finger,
-5G his arms would have closed
sm tightly in a fash.
"A, ad not know for what he was
no He knew that he wanted her;
III Of the seductive beauty; to
~ Nat he loved her, To see her
N see her happy in his arms.
M ,be stood there, so much at his
n 90 entirely at his command, her
-.ss hands in his, awaiting his
,aen 10 It, sobered him.
y had never been so willing be-
Had she been swept away by
sary, enthralled by the magic
bmsIOnate night? Had he? He
not follow the train Of his
.ir processes went on, but we're
sqepd and uncontrolled. He had
ID hstirctiyely before, and did SO
tvanted her none the less. What
ghe matter with him? What held
back? She stood there by him.
vas his His wife. He wanted
rp, far more. But not like this.
w like this. Not bent to his will.
HaWud, said his racing mind, have
ggBob Wells. AS a decent chap,
lmne as clean as his heart. Was
han clean? He wondered. His
be ted force them to clear. Then
-i then only
Tgy slowly reluctantly almost, his
y N ir0nDad from the silken shout
leaving, as remembrance, the silk
ra9i and rumDlod,
l-uug-teIl YOU" he broke the
silence cropping for expression
came with difficulty that +
y vol" he faltered, and she
dhar head again.
Is so Wells remembered with dis
1as as She had bowed It in the
before the eager-eyed priests.
-e hands in his tremble?
WANT you to .. go with me a.
ne foreign land, little wife," he
d last
thought he heard her sigh gust
Perhaps It was a wind in the
W He was not sure. He was very
lat a torrent Of rebuke did not
rom her. Gliding him for j..
she must have known. Then. so
y! mat he was half unaware of IL.
released her hands from his and
i9lei back.
AZ must say something. Something
fleye the tension which fingered.
'1aed to be alone, and, In the
\ uo-Sht wanted her with him
V O,Hana," he said in a bright.
N. ..~ voice. do you see the little
Isaa turned, and Ellen gllmpsed
'~ne showing beyond the wall Of
n .' Ill., de saw the lovely profile.
/, Seam upon her face like a sim
Y .'op Of light. 'i
n wy. Wv ""S-once--a miracle there"
\, '.ys was uneven, but stronger.
IA. 'yl'yn lesser demon was caught
a ss saO'ed tree. Entangled, doubt
! ,, ~,9usn The mercy of the gods. or
NJ, ~ u nave accomplished much mis-
!, f. "S'Is spoke very rapidly. "a
!. . y. H. and thought it was a kite
n, . . priest, who, of course.
NV, s'y-ainted with such matters as
!, .,s s'eW better. So a shrine was
!, n, ~ !, a hermit paid to pray there
,h,II 'saI And whoever Is sick
,,., s.g'essed children, or a plague
Il, ~ "a bis fields, goes there and
Nd, Ny. ,.1, NE :, hermit. For pay. The
/, s, s.a IN, me hermit by the priests
v,v y, well laid out :. the shrine
nh ~, n confident voice: "The
Is, 4, ,- :, you, and I, and the old
,r ba -. .,.i street. are the only ones
asaa '1s0'aL' It is very late,
e, s.,s ., goodnight, child !"
ma -1I- aid touch his q hreo+,,,os.