Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-30
CHAPTER XXII.-(COntinued.


ln5 ,dmonished Mary had perforce II
lew . little sternness to somebody to
- ma for her recent soft-hearteJness
n her husband; but Waite was in no
- insipidattI. With an eye te fur
-bpr eloys he rock his porridse with
- brrocritical gravity planning how
h. vs4uld get out fer another grand run
=: IN, snow before he Went 10 bed. His
,isb was gratifed in this wise. Tho
Is was coming dewn a steady cover,
ana when it WAS couple OF feet deep
,,p the open, The SWIFT OF the %lnd nae
l,7.eu II iDto the angle Of the yard, till
,.r u wide area il lay as deep as the
1tiohr Of man. Through these
,rrf3ths the boys were opening roads.
Ayi+h their great. wide moatHed shovelS
sbpy laid themselves into 1helr work
mt working any the less well that they
wore occasionally under the eyes Of
Walters mother, who came to the door
nav and then to see how they were get
mn On. None of them looked upon her
AZ other ;han Il goddess, and in a distauJ
Lind of = way they had all been in love
Nth he7 ia their time. They had never
tnIJ b,r or so much as owned it TO theR
.olvns. }llt there came n time IN the his
,ary 81 each one when they began 20
,otn sleek Of ribbon and belt. ant the
sci of Nelly AnderS8n's ripping mar
'iybav were eager TO make the least
message that might take them in
"a 4ha room And the experience
id them good and broke them m.
\pI]y was not wholly unconscious, Tor
IN verrrn know these things; aud She
made them fetch and carry for her
Though they slouched like loutS when
he fnnl> them in hand. they were well
sr4 nm and strapping fellows before they
Graduated, and went off on errandS OF
their own in the forenicht to the Nether
Milk and the other farm towns. Gen
.I,- fpV.r sgfayTl ~
To the Nuik one evening, James and Ran,
Two Younger sons. who generally hunted
rs Il counle found rs they looked shyly
round the corner Of the byre door their
brother Aleck in possession Of the dun
,nW's tail. They could not see which OF
the Chrystie lassieS it was that was milk
ing. and they never knew, for their broth
or dismissed them with one biting word
uf Scgrn.
He looked at them moment. and. as
they shrunk from his eye he uttered this
whitening word
"F0ll0wdck"'
What the apocalyptic mystery of this
hitter taunt may be the historian is I'M
able to say; hut It was certainly effective,
Tor the youths vanished into the dark,
and III the meanest and meekeSt way
'trickled round the corner, and so out onto
the waste of Wilderness undcrfO0t and
blackncss above. .Aleck never refereed
10 the matter. and next day James and
Rab tried to persuade themselves that it
had never happened
So it was with some good Will that
these lads opened their shoulders and
threw their white spadefuls higher than
their heads when the bright glow of the
lamp and Preside gushed warm upon the
SHOW, and Nelly and Waite came out to
tread for a few moments the dainty
white arcades. Nelly had a shawl about
her head and shoulders, and Alcck vague
" wondered why Nancy up at the Nuik
could not wear a shawl like that. He
supposed that the folks wore them in
that way i'll France. On the other hand.
nobody had ever come to take Nancy
chrystle away; and in his slow-thinking.
country way he was glad. But when
Nelly had gone her way to the stable
door, and before she had come lightly
Stepping back. he had the grace to be
ashamed of his thoughts.
When his mother went ia Waffle
slipped aside and did not follow her. He
went into the cart shed and put his fin
gers intO his ears lest he should hear her
call him. Had he heard he would have
gone, for he had a great idea Of obedi-
ence.
the ''boys" were in gamesom,a humor.
Alcck especially. He was thinking of a
good thing that he came near saying TO
Nancy ChryStie, and he slapped his thigh
and would have guffaWed on the strength
81 1t. Indeed. he opened his mouth for
the purpose: but his brother Rab. who
WAS the wag of the family. having n neat
SNOWFALL in his hand, popped it in as ac-
euratcly as he would have dropped ball
81 Worset into bonnet when at school
he caps were arrayed for the game royal
81 B0nnet-ba, Aleck. after Il gasp or
TWO, gave chase, and there was a battle
III winch snow was pushed into various
uncomfortable places. mainly down each
Hiler backs and sleeves. After they
mad settled this 1ittle matter. it came
INTO Rab'S head to say to Waite;
attic, III gle We a saXpence if ven
sang frae the hoose-door by yersel'
across the yaird through the barn. an
Shuf the back barn door
,,,, Let the boy .alane:' said Aleck; I'VE
sen what my mither'li say"
Eui Rab was excited with his russell
ana tut Of mischief as he could be.
AE, hes feared, nae dootr' said Rab,
EIIaioWing that this was the way to make
Waite quite determined.
Ay. but l daurr' said Waite:
"Raur yer siXpence Rab?7
W attic could not take Rab's financial
position on trust. He had been cheated
too often.
Oh returned Rab. affronted ut the
AnhIled doubt, yell get yer sixpence,'
tically. ''io' pa
Rab reluctantly searched in the depths
w ms notebook" getting as near as
t,.ip4c ~ the DIlnQleSS window through
winch the lamp was shining in order to
see more clearly, and somewhat reluct-
anuy passed over a coin to Aleck, whose
integrity made him always stakeholder.
plnna gle me half sovereign. Rab,-
.ILea Jamie from the milkhouse, with bit
IRONY. Jamie was fond of cream.
Tome DOT o. the milk bine, or I'll tell
NY mther. retorted Rab and all the
,Hree young men passed into the outer
"oby, leaving Walter alone outsii.. to
prove the manhood Of his breeks by his
quest quest perilous. AS Aleck passed him, he
ICED stout cudgel into his hand and
Tin ye see onything. hit it,
q MS was hardly reassurng. but Wat
.'e Srlpped his runG. and took his way
IcfQss the yard. He thought Of going
hack and opening the door. He would
nave gwen far more than the sixpence
i ,of ray Of light from the open doorway:
"ul ne knew that this would be looked
1i.on as a proof of cowardice. and he
rode manfully onward. The snow had
yfaSed falling. and the sky was glitterng
WIN keen frost. The cold entered into