Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-26

Tired? YeS-I did not Sleep after
l came home; now don't begin to worry
about that / can make up for lost
fsleep all day if 1 wish. BY the by
changing the subject to avoid othl1
Upton's niece:''
| Miss Deane-AIildred Deane: Oh.
yes, she visits this city every winter
They say Mr.. Barlow is quite taken
with her said Dorothy. carefully
| scanning her cousins face
Young Barlow is man of splendid
makeup put in Mr.. Kirk, who had
just seated himself III the table
You danced with him last night, of
course" asked Dorothy.
Why, of course. Dorothy" ques-
toned Lllys, with faint smile
well, my dear, have seen him pay
you marked attention, and hear he is
Kenneth Crayton's rival
Mr.. Kirk laughed
''Rivalw' interrupted her cousin
That is a misnomer, | am afraid.
What would Miss Deane say to that?''
At that point Teddy came up to
Lillys declaring that Doggy Jack
want to tome in, auntie, he cyng for
'oO,' and gave her no peace until she
went TO the door with him to let in the
whining animal.
This practically broke up the con
versation at the breakfast table, but
Dorothy's words rung in Miss For
Sythe's ears for some time
She knew very well that Herbert
Barlow was in love with her-how
could she help it? There are certain
things in life which need not be told;
they are left. But it was her wish
that no one should talk to her about
it.
Since Herbert showed his affection
for her she had quite neglected Ken
meth. But she was a proud young
woman and was bound not to show her
love for Il man who was spoken of by
all society people in connection with
Mildred Deane. If once she loved Il
only-a selfish trait of hers, in fact the
only bit of selfishness she could pardon
in herself.
That evening while Lillys was out at
Il dinner party, Mr.. Barlow called to
see her. When Dorothy Informed her
of the fact the next morning she flush
ed slightly, but said, i'll firm tones.
Il am sorry to have missed him"
She slept longer than usual that
morning and, noticing this, Teddie
made it his task to find out the reason.
In passing through the library he saw
his mother put a letter on the table,
saying: "A letter for Lillys.'
Tedd;es little nose just touched the
surface of the table and his eyes peer
ed at the white misSive for Il moment,
and, his mother having left the room,
he said to himself as he stood on tiptOe
ard reached his chubby little arm
across the table: 'Dess I'll tate it to
her.
In the upper corridor in front Of Miss
Forsythe's door Teddie encountered
Jeanne, the maid, who placed her index
finger to her lips with a significant
"sh-h," which danger signal Teddie did
not appreciate, however.
Use dom to Aunt Lii, / is
NO, Teddie; she is sleeping; not
now"
From the moment he saw Jeanne the
little chap had hidden the letter he
carried under his skirt.
But I say Use dom; dot somefn for
Aunt ILL., And he made an effort to
open the door with his one free hand.
let me see. What have you for
auntie?" questioned the girl, bravely
holding the fort
Teddie looked up at her defiantly.
Wont tell 90 And when his at
tempts to get in were again frustrated
by the hard-hearted Jeanne, Teddie
set up Il terrible howl, all the while
clutching the letter with his lite fist,
so that the maid carried him off in all
haste to the far ar end of the house.
When at length she had sat down
the obstreperous young man he ran
away as fast as he could and hid in a
closet, where Jeanne could not find
him.
AS she started down the stairway for
the nurse Teddie came out Of his re-
treat after having tucked away the
letter in an old box in the closet.
Then he called down the stairs tri-
umphantly: ''Now, I do tell auntie on
'oo," meaning the innocent Jeanne.
The night after the dance at Upton's
Herbert Barlow had made a resolve to
find out as soon as possible whether
or not Iillys Forsythe loved him. He
was a man of great determination and
decision, and consequently he set out
for the Kirk mansion to call upon the
young lady.
What was his dismay to find her out!
He surely could never screw up the
necessary courage again to face Miss
Forsythe with the intention of prOpos-
ing to her-to her who had never given
him the slightest encouragement.
But he was in love and men in love
are often desperate. Never before had
woman made so deep an impression
upon him, for he was not the young
man to have the picture of a differ
ent Girl enamelled on the inside of
his watch every three months.
Lillys FOrsythe's face was enamelled
on his heart and nothing could efface
it. Now that Fate had not been pro-
pituous, he had decided to write a
letter pleading his cause-how stiff the
phrase sounded. How cold his thought
stood out in black and white. But he
could wait no longer He felt that he
must ask her that very night or never.
He had not loved before (the talk about
him and Mildred Deane being a fabri-