Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-08

appeared on the surface, and very good
idea of what was beneath it.
That evening ] was sitting among a
lot of other men who were swotting for
the exam. | had sheet of foolscap and
was busy making a sketch of the action
in india ink.
Halo, young man. said the instruc-
tor, who had been looking over my
| shoulder unbeknown to me, what have
you got there?'
You ought to know as well as If
not better. than |, sergeant-instructor.'
itY ''O you get
That's my business.
Well, you must give it up.'
"'Oh. no, l shan't'
But you must
It's mine, and you can't take it
away from me-
"'We'll see what Lieut.. Brown saws
about that
If Lieut.: Brown says must give it
up, | will. But not unless
Come along, then. to his quarters
This is Sergt. Harding, Duke of
Cornwalrs Light infantry, SIR said the
sergeant-instructor, when we reached
Lieut. Browns room. He has a sketch
of the Maxim secret action, and refuses
to give it up
." How's this, Sergt. Harding?' asked
Lieut.. Brown.
" The sketch is my own, sir. re-
fused to give it up to the sergeant-n-
once, if you ordered me. But / have
made one sketch, and, if you take that
away from me, / have the action in my
mind, and can always make another
Sketch
w ".sThat's quite true. Yet such things
had better not be knocking about. You
will destroy the sketch, Sergt. Hard
ing?'
"'Yes,' thought l, when have shown
it and won my bet
"'And how did you get hold of it?'
Must | tell you, sir?
Eyes
81 took it down in my notebook while
the sergeant-instructor held the block be-
hind his back
THE sergeant-instructOr looked foolish,
and Lieut.. Brown drawled:
81 think, sergeant-instructor, you had
better have settled this little matter
without appealing to me. Good night,
both
"rhe sergeant-instructor was too upset
to want to see the sketch destroyed. L
lost very little time in strolling down to
that quiet spot where l might chance to
light on Mamselle. Not that, in view of
what is to come, | wish in any way to
say, or to hint, or to imply that she was
French. Far from it. | used the name
'Mamselle' as meaning young foreign
person, as a sailor uses 'Dutchman' to
mean a foreign sailor, usually a Norwe-
gian or SwCde. She was there.
""Good evening, Mamselle, said |.
Had you any idea of going on the pier
this evening, or do you prefer to stop
quietly hereT
Ito stop here, l think; that is she
said hurriedly-I wonder why-if you're
going to behave yourself properly.
"'Well,' said |. as I've won my bet. l
think l may as we'll collect the stakes
"'Y ou'vewon? You knowall about the
Maxim asked she, so excitedly that her
words tumbled one over the other.
81 have told you So
Yes; but you are sureE
quite. | have an Inda-ink sketch
of it ON me-
LET me sec it--let me see it. she re-
peatcd. And her eyes cleaned.
"'Quite so, said l. Seeing's believing;
butt should like to collect my stakes.
"No longer coy, she flung her arms
around my neck and kissed me till |
/ had no breath with which TO repay her
/ kisses. But she herself had breath
enough to gasp:
"'Give me the paper
! II put my hand in the breast pocket
| of my serge. which l always used to
/ wear under my greatcoat l began to
| the drawing voice of Lieut.. Brown come
| from the darkness-for we were in a
/ very quiet and coy corner:
/ ~ thought as much, Sergt. Harding.
| You are under arrest. Follow me TO
1 quarters.
! Il turned toward the voice. and then
1 toward Mamsele-or toward where she
i had been, for she was gone.
/ II rose and saluted.
MAY | ask, sir"
You re a lucky man that | had q
suspicion of the facts. You're fool
enough TO do a lot of harm, but too big
a fool to know you're doing il. You
| Cornish enough. do you believe one of
the prettiest women in FolkestOne and
one of the cleverest women in the world
| is in love with you? You were just on
the point of giving drawing of the
secret action TO the SmarteSt unofficial
military attache-and that is a Spy-of
"Shall ! name the country which he
named to me? Not |. No strained re-
lations, no wars and rum0rs of wars,
shall come upon England through me.
| want no secret dosSier-whatever that
may be. But so long as | live it shall
be secret for which War Office Nam
| sclle was collecting information.
Her profession was bad: but her
| kisses. -ah, they were good. '-Cornhill
Magazine.
A New Jersey woman has invented
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