Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01

oh. that he dared 10 seek her again, anu
at her feet demand his pardon.
You meat ihdt story about the colo
nel's difficulties. and Mr.. Crawford's
dropping from the clouds to save him
from destruction. ike the prince IN
fairy talef Rather an elderly prince. lt
must be confessed. with an airy laugh.
a very pretty story. We all acknoWl-
edge. and very well got up. Beauty in
distress. Beast rushing to save her. Pouf.
Nv dear Eaton. be reasonable.
1T is the reasonablencsS Of 1t that
strikes me-and that makes it 80 cruel.
The colonel would have gone To the wall
if Crawford had not interfered. and-and
she was TOO proud to take all aud give
nothing.
And what was the AL, as Yen clio
quently put IL? \ paltry $4,000. Now
do you think Col. D'Arcy-do you think
anyone in any sort of position could be
ruined for so small a sum-!
Certainly | do. Darcy could as
easily have gotten twenty thousand as
two; by which ] mean he could not have
gotten either. OF course ne could have
been sold up, and there would have been
some miserable residue on which he and
his might have dragged through life. but
when there was chance Of escaping
such death in life, Evelyn grasped it.
We'll. and what does il all come 10?
You have struck the old keynote on
which we started. She saw her oppur-
tuilttS ana SfaSpeu IT,
For them. not for herself
As you will" Struggling her shoulders.
ms if argument Is over. AT all events,
she grasped it. She saved the colonel
and made herself Il rich woman for life
in single stroke. That was killing two
birds with one stone, with vengeance.
For my part, | admire the girl. however
others may condemn her. Nothing !
adore like astuteneSS."
You fail in astutencSs here" says he.
raising his eyes and for the first time
looking straight at her. Condemnation
and anger are burniD. in his glance. "0r
else You are wilfully naligning Evelyn"
Nlfuly. What do You mean. Isa-
tonE' She, too. has east off her af-
fectation of careless Scorn, and her cold
eyes meet his with violent Indignation in
them. She, who has been accustomed
/ to rule her little world with despot's
sway. to whom even her eldest son sub
mits-is she to he taken to task by this
troublesome younger som a harSher adj
! Jectlve had risen To her mind.
Il mean what | say. Evelyn Darcy
Is neither mercenary nor designing, nor
clever in the hateful way you would rep
resent her, and yOu know it,
Il know this at all events" rising and
leaning one hand upon the arm OF her
! couch; that You are unpardonably in
solent. You forget you are speaking to
| your mother"
And YOU, you-do you not forget?"
cries he with deep agitation. Am / not
! your son? Is the whole happiness OF my
! life nothing TO you: You knew | loved
her: if | never before put it into words
, for You, still you knew Of it, as surely
as though | had cried aloud to heaven
Pray do not waste so much Supnriu-
| Gus energy, says his mother contemptu-
| ousiy. "iou need not seek 10 force the
| truth from me; l am perfectly willing to
~ t.1niT ,,,l,. I Il.
! fancled yourself in love with that little
| hoyden, and though ! did not know it,
| | do not profess to be clairvOyani-
| still | hoped devoutiy that some saving
clause, such as Mr.. Crawford has proved
| would arrive to save You from your own
| idlOcy. You accuse me of forgetting that
! you are my son. | let the bad taste of
that accusation 20 by, and | viii even
entreat you to remember that the first
| duty of Il mother to her child is to see
| to his welfare. both earthly and heav-
emily. With regard TO the LATTER, with
piOus sigh Il fear You have got be-
| yond me- and must choose your own line
now; but with the former | can still
| deal. Your marriage with ppnnileSs
| girl would mean your social ruin.
| Therefore
Therefore, | am reioiced that with
out any interference Of mine. Evelyn
| Darcy has placed herself SO very salts
! factorily.'
Therefore. persists he hotly. taking
no notice of her interruption. won kept
me carefully in ignorance Of all thar was
going ON here until il was too late for
me to step in and save the girl l love
from a life that must necessarily prove
abhOrrent to her,
Surely She is the best Judge of that.
| If it is so very abhowcnt to her She can
throw it up. Mr. Crawford. who seems
to me to be little short of fool. could. il
he is to be considered of no further use.
be very easily got rid Of But YOU will
find that Miss Darcy, ike sensible
girl. will see that he can be Of very con
siderable use still
Let us have done with Evelyn" says
he shortly. What | came TO ask YOU
was. why was ] not told Of her engage
ment until it was Il month oldE'
Really, my dear, that is a problem
you must solve for Yourself.
NO. it is you who can solve it. For
that whole month YOU wrote to me reg
ularly twice week, yet in not one If
those letters did you mention what you
must have known 50 terribly concerned
me-"
81 might say that it was because
cOnld not bear To grieve you." says Lady
Stamer, carefully adjusting Il screen he
tween her aud the freight; but the
truth beyond everything. did not tell
you because | feared YOU might hurry
home and cause disturbance | see
now | was right You would have taken
the first train you would have FASTENED
to Miss Darcy; you would probably have
found her with her fianec; yon would
have given way to your ungoyernable
temper-there would have been 4 most
unseemly disturbance. Miss DARCY
who, | am convinced, knows exactly
what she intends to do would have given
you your congo; poor dear Mr.. Crawford
would have been greatly distressed, and
you would have been upset-for fort
night, or until the next pretty girl took
your fancy. Now, | avoided all that. |
let the engagement be thoroughly con
firmed, and then | let you know of it.
delicately. gently. Now it is all over,
and you need not be distressed; you need
not even see her
Il have seen her" says he cOldIy.
All says she. The exclamation is
wrung from her in spite Of her determine
tion TO treat this affair coolly. There
is silence that lasts quite "A minnie, and
then:
Where did You see herr"
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