Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-19

to hesitate: and yet the situation had Ger
tain odd demands For one thing. there
seemed 10 be a kind of mistinesS and CON
fusion in her thoughts. now that she
wished 10 express them. and feeling as
though what she must say would prove
hat and inadequate to the occasion.
Moreover, there was a sense as of re-
mOteness regarding the old order of
things, aud suggestion as though their
relations had been cut of, rs il were.
from the present But, of course. all
these unexpected checks and hindrances
would vanish once the letter was started.
and therefore she would persevere and
bHgIn. After ane or two ah0rtive trials
she finally succeeded in putting On paper
the following:
My Darling Will-What shall | say
To You and how shall | commence let
tCr. after all the strange and terrible
things that have happened: Let ms tell
Won. ia the beginning. that ! am at last
safe and well, and am only wretched that
We are still separated. When You shall
receive this | know you VIII NOT Aesi-
tate. but will come to me lust as soon rs
The power of steam can bring you But
Xou are impatient. 10y this time To know
what wonderful things have happened
and how ii is that | still live and can
thus write to you. / will not KEEP yea
i'll suspense longer. This is how il nh
occurred
Here she paused and heaved little
sigh:
There, it seems to me that / have
begun il well. Let me go back and make
sure
Here she read over what she had writ
ten.
why. yes, pretty good. Only say
come as fast as the power of steam
can bring YOU perhaps | ought TO have
said the power of love. But never mind;
l don't want to appear silly Now let
me 20 on
She took up the pen again. and Ills
time did net have to wait for the idea.
She had come to the story of her escape
after the final catastrophe. and this
seemed Unexpectedly eaSy to tell. The
thoughts flowed with delightful sponta-
nCity. and she dashed along as fast as
the pen could work
She depicted her struggle in the wa,
I ter. the confusion, the helpless and hope
! less feeling. the abandonment to Il min
Cling of wrctchedneSS and dull indilfer-
CnCe. then the physical and mental leth-
arCN, and at last the glimpse Of keene.
Here she stopped Il moment. Ii was
wei to rest Il little after such Il fast
dash and dress the ranks of her ideas;
besides, Il new feeling that was not quite
satisfactory. but which, perhaps. She
ought not to ignCre. had come ever her
She therefore leaned back in her chair
aud gave Il few moments to reflection.
What was the trouble? What was it that
had thus put her off the key: Fer put off
the key She now knew that she had been.
| Was il possible that il was keene: But
If 50, where WAS the difficulty? In her
somewhat autocratic arrangement of
few minutes ago he had seemed to be
satisfactorily disposed of ANA to make
no opposition. She herself had surely
seen no reason to change. Could ii he
/ that it was Arkley who was diSsatisfiedl
| II was conceivable that she had been Il
hfI in III l.
a party to the tripartitc compact; but
/ then he had seemed to make no remon-
STRANGE al the time. She thought she
/ had been safe, and had surely meant
to be just in drawing up the decree. But
! now there was certainly some trouble.
/ On presenting keCnc in the letter there
had been no proper and adequate re-
/ Sp0nSe. She must reconsider. She laid
the pen upon the table and began walk
ing UP and down the room. What was
10 be done! Some modification of her
| first plan must be made and that at
once. She could not go on with the let
ter till it was, for she could not in the
/ least tell how to mention Keene. Some
/ straight edge there must be by which
! she could be guided She returned and
! resumed her chair She had already ba:
/ gun 10 make scrolls and figures with frf
/ pen. which was her custom when both
| cred by conflicting thoughts, when there
| came knock. She rose and opened The
door; n telegraph messenger stood there
Miss Lake,
THAT is my name" He silently put
/ out sealed dispatch and his little book
She signed ana hastily tore open the
wrapper. The telegram was from Capt.
/ Carter. and ran as follows:
THANK God for your escape Last let
Ter from VIII dated mt Port pays0n. and
said was going to Arrow Gulch for about
/ three weeks then Chicago. Next safe
/ 1IIrG~G ! r1 ia n,l
morrow for week or more. See you when
| return"
She dismissed the boy and tried to re-
sumo her letter. Some way. She could
not make up her mind 10 20 on with it
now, perhaps because the thread CT her
ideas had been broken She began
to beat little tattoo upon the table
with the penStOck. In moment
she was called to herself by another
knock. This time she was rather glad
to find that il was Miss Hart She cor
daily babe her come in
Excuse me- said the little woman
as She accepted the invitation. but
Knew you had Il telegram. and | was
/ afraid il might bring bad news.
/ Thought Ia come up and soc,
No. it's not very bad said Arya,
IN hing over the message. Read il.
Why, YOU are put off. it seems" said
Miss Hart after she had run down tho
lines Her tones expressed sympathy for
the dis ppoinrment, and with II some snr-
pr So that Arya should take the matter
quite 50 coolly and reSignedly.
But not put off very long" said Ar
VA in answer. The fact is" she CON
tinued Il have been whired about tin
! am hardly myself. and 50 ! do not be-
grHdge this extra time quite 50 much
Now, that is sens bic" said Miss II art
warmly: and | am glad you are wise
enough To look at it SO. Just wait till
we get You to Boston, and you shall hard
~ do your own breathing for one while"
oh. I'll try 10 do as much as that"
said Arya laughing She suddenly So
bercd again and added: Il suppose |
may seem hearticss in taking this separa-
tion SO, aud it does seem as though |
o0gh; to be rested and myself by his
time; but--Im not"
There were tears beginning TO come.
and her voice trembled Miss Hart
promptly caught her in her arms.
There. you poor thing! Nobody shall
say you are heartless or anything else
that isn't good. unless they want TO be
eaten. | guess | didn't say that gram
matically. hut no matter. You just take