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

7 do" SAYS Mrs. wylding -weekes.
promptly. a lot better. For example,
there is -
Just a moment" says Lady Stampr.
rising abruptly bat gracefully. and hur-
sying across the grass To somebody who
undoubtedly has not sent her 50 much. as
g,aHce of invitation.
"Sold"' says Mr. Blount. looking ut
Mrs. Wylding WeekeS.
Il thar how you look AT it:" says she.
10 triumphe. would he my cry"
Well. | hardly know" says Mrs. Van
drey hes;tating. She has just come up,
and has heard something Of the discus
TO agree with anybody against Lady Sta
mcr and her desire to befriend Mr. Craw-
ford, of whom she is a thorough partisan.
There is third battle in her mind that
would at q pinch upset all the others.
EVelyn-if she were to Ice made unhappy
every one else might go to the wall
first. Upon this matter even she and her
Reginald are of accord.
Pouf!' says Mrs. Wylding Weekes
Don't You think Eaton Stamer would
be more desirable companion for even
part of ones life than that old fossil
up hereE
But if Eaton doesn't care for her
and if Mr.. Crawford lyon shouldn't call
him fossil, my dear, there are older
men than hel-and il our good host OF to-
day is in love with her, and she with him
If Rubbish" says Mrs WELDING
Woekes. "Oh. here is Lady Stamer back
again. We're still at it, Lady Stamer
- Il discussing the rights and wrongs Of
this marriage that | call iniqutouS. See
what it is to be stranded in small
country place with only one idea between
the lot of us. We arr now wondering
why on earth Evelyn has not chasen
young manifested of Mr. Crawford"
Very few young men have anything
10 recommend them, wheI cas- Mr.. Craw-
ford
Brit money isn't everything. That's
what the good folks say, and you're
good folk. aren't you. Lady StamerY
don't profess to be clever enough to
understand slang" says Lady Stamer.
But hope do my duty at all tines
All. vou see. you do understand" says
Mrs. Wylding- Weekes with an nreyer-
erTthing, why should we congratulate
Evelyn on this engagement"
Because Mr.. Crawford is n most Ge-
Sirable parti. He is honorable. charita-
ble--a good man in every respect. I'm
sure | can't imagine what he sees in
her" with pious malignity. But as it
Is, | should think she ought to be proud
to know herself his wife. What after
all, could young man have to offer her
in comparison p
His hair, and a tooth or two" says
Mr.. Blount mildly.
Nonsense, Don't be absurd. Barthol-
omew." says Lady Stamer angrily The
q MI 1I IA
Eaton Stamer to all present. and is rs
distinctly on the tapis as if his name
had been mentioned. HAS Mr.. Craw-
ford no hair-no teeth? Pray be reason
able-if you can"
Il was wrong"' says Mr., Blount. still
very mild. HIS hair is all his own, so
let us hope-are his leeth But the
he have hair?" with an lmploring glance.
And it might be brown instead Of
white"
Mr. Crawford's hair is not white. It.
is barely gray. y most becoming color
| always think
80 DO land so suggestive" says Mrs.
Coventry. with her ill-natured smile. sill
yer shade, isn't t? Miss darcy evi-
IDENTIFY admires it, too"
Il think any one VINO would seek TO
upset such a marriage as this says
Lady Stamer with a fell glance al Mr..
Blount, who receives it with an amiable
grin. might honestly be regarded as
Miss D'Arcy's worst enemy. 1t is a
chance that she will never get again.
And if it so happens that he is a little
older than her, what does thar matter?'f'
Nothing nothing says Mr.. Blount
airily. "A century or two, what IS It af-
ter all? There are many delightful old
and old Father Christmas, for example.
Evelyn has loved them in imagination
from her youth up Why should she not
love one of em in reality now?"
Mrs. Coventry laughs.
You are a little severe on Mr.. Craw-
ford, don't you Think says she.
Not a BIT. He's as old as Father
whilst Evelyn is a baby"
"Oh, very clever baby, surely" says
Lady Stamer, with Il sheer.
You aren't much of a judge of charaC-
ter il you think her merccnary,' says
Mrs. WELDING Weekes. shes got
about IS much idea of hooking any one
as the child unborn
En- says Lady Stainer raising her
glasses to survey her pretty opponent
with the proper amount of scorn neces-
Sary 20 the occasion. You mean--!
You really speak such n very remarkable
language that TT
IN translate it if you like" says
aminbility. What | mean is, that if
Evelyn had a gram of common sense
that ought to belong to all girls in these
days when matronS think they can ride
rough-shod over them. she would have
landed that young man of whom Batty
has been speaking, long before this. See:
Shall | now translate TO You the young
man."
NO thanks" says Lady Stamcr hasti-
ly. and with Il glance that would have
killed her, if there was death in a glance.
Mrs. WyldngW eekcs laughs gaily-a
little m0liciously perhaps-rises beckons
10 both her cavaliers and having made
Mr.. Blount present of a small grimace.
sails away toward the other end OF the
lawn.
How society can tolerate that young
woman" says Lady Stamer wrathfully,
as the young woman fades from view
round a corner. has been to me Il moral
puzzle for some time past."
she i amusing. Society f0rsivcs
good deal to the people who are good
enough to afford them laugh now and
then. II is an age barren of laughter
says Mrs. Coventry.
Her support Of Evelyn Darcy is