Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-03
LOVES EYES.


out upon bit of ocean beach, at whose
edge we may see the green water crink-
ling and folding in the afternoon sun, or
further out the white wings OF the ships
that go down to the sea. We sit and
gossip to each other across the table.
suppose we talk a good deal about our
selves and little about our neghbors,
who occupy the score of summer cot
tages Oh the bluff. whose boats bob at
anchor Il little oil snOre, and whose chill
dren race barelegged over our beach
many times in the day. But | am sure
| that the neighbors talked as much as we
do about them, so, in the end, | fancy
matters are about even.
Constance was pouring the tea, and so
FAR she had been unusually silent. |
watched her hands move swiftly among
the fragile blue cups. The breeze played
with strand of her hair, which it had
tugged at till it got loose Constance
was very sober, and presently | noticed
that the little dart-like wrinkle in her
forehead grew deeper, as if something
troubled or perpleXed her and she was
not quite sure how to tell about it.
put two Jumps of sugar in my cup and
watched the bubbles rise and trouble the
surface; then | looked out to where the
water was changing from green to purple
and from purple to green again, and i
said, by way of breaking the ice:
Its always different, isn't it? AS if
we had a marine hanging on our wall
which was changed for us every minute
Of the day"
Constance looked out quickly and
from Helen DOrr this morning. She's
coming up to spend Sunday with u.s.
That's good" l ventured.
shes going to be married. THEY'VE
decided on the 18th of October. It's her
birthday"
I carefully helped Constance to bit of
bluefsh. It's come, has it," | said.
Yes" burst out Constance, lit has
come. AS long as they didn't get mar
come up to break it off. | didn't think
that Helen would really marry him when
it came to the final step. | don't like
Mr.. Wemyss. He isn't good enough for
Helen. Honestly, now, do you think
that by any possibility he can make her
mo, l don't" said. ''Wemyss is not
the chap to make anybody happy except
himself, and for my part | can't UNDER
stand why Helen marries him. That is. Il
can understand, but | should think she'd
have sense"
Il suppose she loves him"
"She thinks she loves him. She's get
ting tired of being the only unmarried
one of her sex. All the rest of you are
married, and she has been bridesmaid
now six times and has stood at the foe
OF the stairs and caught the roses thae
the brides tossed to her until it must
have got trife monotonous. How old
is Helen?'
''She's year older than l am"
And how old are your
"You know we'll enough. In two more
years | shall be 80. Think of it!'
Yes; think of it for Helen. Thirty is a
terrible age for an unmarried woman.
1t locks the door on girlhood, and Helen
must have felt that the years were going
by pretty fast Perhaps she found
white hair. She thought that pretty soon
people would begin to call her an old
maid. She wanted to get away from the
possibility of that. She also wanted to
be loved. Then Wemyss came along
with his good looks, his nice manners
and his quiet, careful way with the
women. 1t was natural that Helen
should think she loved Wemyss"
II don't believe she'd marry him 10
keep from being an old maid. know hef
better"
"She wouldn't reason it out NV dear
She isn't the kind of girl to do that. If
she'd reasoned she'd have gone further
and told herself that it was a good deal
better to be what people call an cid maid
than to marry unnapp.ly"
Her father ought to have known more
about Mr.. Wemyss before he consented"
Its the people who are most concerned
who know the least. Besides, my mem
DRY says that Helen usually has her own
way-doesn't sheT
Edward" said Constance, growing
very sober, what do you think of him ~
! Slppcd my tea He's good-humored
fellow but he doesn't pay his debts and
hear he has good many"
II don't like him. said my V1;fo IL
cidedly.
Il don't know anybody who does" said
l-,"reXccpt Helen"
Nobody? -
81 don't believe I ever heard anybody
say n good word for WemysS. They adj
init he's pleasant and go6d-looking. but
they all say that at bottom he's smooth
and worthless"
1T worries me awfully. | think more
OF Helen than any of the others. And
| can't bear to think of her throwing
herself away ON Il man of that sort. II
we were the only ones who didn't like
nm i would be different hut a man
VINO hasn't the respect of other men-I
believe If Helen only knew that. she
wouldn't do it. Do you think | ought
to tell herr Do you think it would do
any good if | didI"
TINS world, Constance. and that's long
enough To know that you can't advise
people about their love affairs. You can
only stand off and hope they will not be
But if he's what you say he is, it's
1T wouldn't do any good; il would
only give Helen bad half hour, take
her nearer to Wemyss and push her far
ther from You. You'd get credit for
meddling. Two people would hate Won
where. before one loved y0u. 1t is ike
throwing your bread on the water with
no prospect of return"
Anyway. my conscience will he .os,
and that's something "S''
But your conscience won't he easy
1t will tell you that YOU have made giri
| very. unhappy merely because Won were
a Stickler for duty, Now, will it do any
good to Soothe your own conscience nv
making Helen yoltr encmy?"
How do YOU know she wouldn't take
my advice and ut least wait till she knew
MIR. WeymSS bet:er?"
| IL when you were engaged to mo
some one-H Helen. say-had come n Won
ana said; Constance. dear. the man Won
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