Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-04-14

Hello. below there came the muf-
fled voice Mr.. Grigsby."
Yes" cried Jim. What is it?"
Don't get discouraged. We are doing
our best to make you safe. 1t may take
some time. Perhaps it would be better TO
keep as quiet as possible. Somebody will
be here on guard. If you want anything
call out"
Il understand" said Jim. when yen
are ready to take US out have carriage
for the lady and an ambulance and
stretcher for the boy"
For Miss Merriam" shrilled a boys
voice. Something attached to a string
bobbed in front of the cage. Jim drew it
in. 1t was little bunch of flowers. He
handed it to the girl.
THAT was JOe's voice." she said. Joe,
as Jim remembered, was the lame boy.
Then Jim lowered his six feet Of stat
IRE TO the floor beside the girl and sat at
her feet.
I'VE might as well make ourselves
comfortable" he said. Il fancy we are
in for quite a siege of it,
A dull clang! clang. from a distant
gong reached them iii the silence.
Must be calling out the fire depart
ment," said Jim Grigsby. I'VE are evi-
IDENTIFY creating quite a sensation"
Il don't like that" said the girl.
1T will all be an old story in day or
two" he laughed.
How can you laughG" she said.
why not?' he asked. Its all | can
do. II there was anything else | would
MT be lounging here. l wish / could
make you more comfortable. I'm afraid
| seem to you little hardened and
thoughtless, but it's all the fault of my
early experiences. I've gone through
something like this before. l was once
locked up in a mine for six hungry days.
Do YOU mind having me talkT
I'm glad to hear you," she said, sim
ply
Before he could speak again the ele-
vator swayed n little, settled slightly,
caught again, there was n hoarse shout
from both above and below, and then all
was still again. AT the first movement
she had caught at his hand with her
trembling fingers. He took them in his
firm clasp, and did not let them GO
You are cold" he quietly said and
fell to chatting her hands softly. Then,
as if there had been no interruption, he
went on to tell her the story of the mine
and from that he went on to other adven-
lures, and finally, drifting back. told her
of his early life, of the mother he had
lost when boy, OF his struggle for bread
in the rugged Western country. Then
he told how step by step he had climbed
upward to independence. He talked of
himself freely. of his hopes, his ambi-
tons, of his lOng-deferred plans for hap
piness. Then he suddenly stopped short.
Hold on" he said brusquely, I'm tir-
ing you. And. see here. you mustn't let
yourself get cramped."
Thank you. I'm quite comfortable"
she replied. How long have we been
here?"
He held his watch to the dim light.
by George" he cried. tits three hours
and ten minutes. What a talker / ami
Il don't know what | should have done
if it hadn't been for YOU" she said.
"HullO, below there" came the muf-
fed voice from above.
''HullO," answered Jim.
We have rugged a temporary cable
and some graphing lines and are going
to let you down. Don't be alarmed
Go ahead" said Jim.
There was creaking of blocks and
many hoarse orders and somebody was
lowered to the roof of the car. The car
rose little and then began its slow
descent.
"Tete-a-tete is over" said Jim.
The gate was pushed back and Jim
stepped out. There were policemen and
hremen and ambulance men. and back of
them many people waiting in the lobby.
and mufiied cheer arose as they stepped
out.
Clear the way to the ambulance"
said Jim sharply to the police sergeant,
and the stretcher men and the surgeon
fell in behind him as he stalked to the
street. He was a sorry-looking fellow,
hatless, coatless and biood-stained, but
as he gently laid the lad ON the mat
tress and stepped aside the great crowd
that had been patiently waiting in the
street for the rescue gave him n rousing
cheer. He hurried back into the lobby,
but Jane had been spirited away.
1t was just week later that Lame
Joe beckoned to the elevator starter.
Hear about Miss Merriam?" he con-
fidentially asked.
NO" said the starter. Moving out,
amt she?"
Yep" said Joe. Coin to marry that
Mr.. Grigsby. Coin TO live out West,
too. He's got mines out there to burn.
Says he'll look around and see if there
amt some kind o chance for me, too"
That's good, fsaid the starter with
laugh. Guess that match must have
been made in the elevator"
Ne" said Joe. That amt so.
thought it was, but it amt. You know
she an me is pretty good friends, an /
says. Guess Mr.. Grigsby must have axed
YOU to marry him in the elevator" She
laughed. No. she says, he didn't But
he loved You then| / says. An she
nodded. Then | saws. why didn't hep
She blushed little. Because. Mr. Grigs-
by says it wouldn't have been fair-it
would have been taking advantage of
me she says. an blushed again. That
Grigsby's a square man. Jack?"
Guess he is" said the starter-Cleve-