Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-13

CHAPTER XXXI.-(Continued.)


,.Tf might But somehow it doesn't.
Finn. is of some small value now and
mon and these last two months have
not left me entirely ignorant. The com
linz, 70 conclusions too, Is a matter no;
n,yen over entirely TO oneself.
What does this all lead up to- Dc
lasuds she shortly.
To the fact that he proposed to You
foIay-and was rejected.
The note of malignant triumph in the
last assertion was abominable
An that is a sort of a question" says
sb, coldly. lit is, if YOU will forgive me
Ter saying 1t. kind of mean way al
finding out things"
is it? Then 1 will put it in blunt
English Did he propose to you today:
and did you refuse him:'
All" says she with slight return of
The mischief that is so largely ingrained
i'm her. Now that is something like
respectable cross-examination.'
We'll will you answer
1T is a question: says she with a
quick touch Of hauteur, that neither yo1t
nor any other man has any right to ask
She has grown Il little pale.
That means that l have guessed right
..You are very rude" says she coldIy.
Mr. Crawford came here today merely
To ask how | was. and whether my foot
very pdlu1uk IL WIS TIE uINL JItiit
I had seen him since he rescued me from
that terrible position, and | felt nervous.
and II
"Oh! That will do" says he with -
short laugh, rising and pushing back his
chair abruptly. Pray don't go on with
il. You do it very badly. Well, with
Il note of bitter satisfaction, you have
refused him way-that's something
Gained. And serve him right too. The
resumption Of
stop Eaton! should advise You not
to 20 on with it, says she, extreme AN
ser in her voice. You too do it very
badly I beg you to remember yourself
Have | forgotten!' demands he. look
ing stcrnly down at her.
Almost | saved You, SAYS she with
ii touch of contempt. MIR. Crawford Is
my friend, as yOn know. and you come
here to abuse him to me Could any
thng be in worse taste|'
"a few things, as it seems 80 me,
with fash from his dark eyes. Your
sudden friendship tor this adventurer,
for example"
1T is absurd to talk like that" says
the girl Indignantly. "AN the world
Knows who Mr.. Crawford's people are.
An the world knows too that his peo-
pie seem very slow about taking amy no.
nee of him.
"nf course | don't know what he has
done to YOU" says Miss darcy, TO
rouse these revengeful feelings in your
breast, but to be unjust is to be foolish.
DO you think if Mr. Crawford's people
had really tabooed him, the reason for it
would not have filtered here? If you
were not so blindly prejudiced you would
know that to keep secret anything is I'M
possible now -a-days. / dareSay the real
ruth is that he dislikes his people, that
they are disagreeable to him, and that
he likes to be alone. To me it seems
quite possible that people might prove
lisagreeable and that one would some
times like to be alone"
is that a hint?'' says he with an
abominabe laugh.
4 never hintn' says Miss D'Arcy with
mdhable scOrn. when | want to say
thing. l say it"
You dov' says he.
Now, although this last speech conveys
distinct agreeing with her. it somehow
angers her more than anything that has
gone before.
Why do you speak to me like that.
Eaton?' says she. sitting up a little, and
not even feeling the pain in her foot as
she does 50. why should you come
here today to be rude to me- If
YOU think you can induce me TO
change my opinion about Nh Craw-
ford you do not know me- l
understand him. if you don't. He was
unhappy when he came here; why, l DO
not kuow-I do not want to know-and
H0w"-with little culver of emotion
mat SOlIenS 0er CHdEIilUS II dL%if 4sANN
Il am afraid he is unhappier still. But
believe him to be the kindest, the best
man in the world"
"A tremendous character to give any
one on so short notice"
Il know him at least to be supremacy
charitable"
AS warned you just now. you know
nothing whatever about him beyond his
name-which / hope is his"
Il know him to be charitable, persists
She, two crimson spots dyeing her cheeks
III the heat of the argument.
And that, you think, will cover !: a
will he OF use to him"
AT all events | know somebody whose
SINS will have to so without that cloth
ing"
Stamer laughs. There is not much
mlrth in his laugh, it must be confessed.
You needn't be at such pains to give
me Your true opinion Of me- says he. Il
can guess at it. But this Crawford now
ms Admirable Crichton of yours-hcw
is it that you find him 50 far above the
common herd?"
1T is very easy to sneer." says she.
tut 1t is not so easy 10 be as good
man as Mr.. Crawford You should hear
MIR Eaudrey speak of him, and | sup
q nose he is a judge of what a good man
should be-"
=, The last judge in the world. Mr..
'audrey is himself so full of the divine
~ in no man. All his geese are swans.
We're he to tell me Crawford was a saint
would he To me an additional spur to
,9oS out for the hoofs somewhere. TO
lr Vaudrey, because Crawford laviSheS
A's money on the old hypocrites that live
VII ann. Vaudrey-his new neighbor APP
pears possessed Of all the virtues. Yet
II Hi> new neighbor of ours is in all proba-
hoiJy a. great an adventurer as"
! will not hear you speak OF him like
mai interrupts she flushing hotly. Il
VIII hear nothing against him
II ph' If he is a sacred subject says he
I YIN a sneer. He pauses. There is in
1eed a little silence that is growing fast
'MaTj awkwardness when she breaks il.
am tired" says she codly. 1T is
'e rain, perhaps. or perhaps it is"
~ 'N' 1t is my fault. says he quickly.
an. wv what You are thinking-that |
an orute' He has grown rather pale.
no. You mustn't blame yourself"
o{ 2 ne. still very coldly. You have
,hing to do with it, Please do not
Jame yourself. Butt am tired really.
snggLd like to be alone. If you would