Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-06-01

hung loose. She had never looked 70 hin,
so y0uthful-sO innocent. Cunningbam'I
couplet Of his sweetheart came TO him.
Beauteous she looks Ike a tail garden i'll
Fresh, from the night, and perfect for RE-
day. ne
David" she cried. What is it?"
In silence he held out the paper to ber
AT noon, yesterday" ne said
She read the paragraph She Went
white as her gown. He thought she wsS
going 10 faint; but she laid the paper
down. turned TO the open door, closed !.
came back and stood before him.
If you will not look at me-" she said
in low voice. ''pernaps-perhaps l can
tell you.
The grim silence was for a space nm
broken. Then she spoke:
Il did not meet Col. Andrews vester-
day. / did not see him yesterday hut
was glad you should think it was he
whom / was with. i went 10 the matinee
TO meet-anOther man. He is the height
and general appearance of your friend.
but younger-much younger. That Is
how YOU were mistaken. You may have
heard his name-nOt that it matters now.
met him during the last year at school
made love 10 me, and II wrote him
some foolish letters. They are not letters
ii would hurt You to read-even now.
they were only the silly letters of fool,
ish and inexperienced girl. When later
| came 10 know YOU fetter, to know, vo,,
well, l knew that l could never be quite
happy as the wife of any other man. I
was hoping, | was praying for months
before you spoke, that you would ask mo
what you did.
Your money had nothing to do with
this desire: he is wealthy, too. 1t was
only that l wanted you-you! And 7
knew, too. that when you said at last tht.
words | had been longing to hear that
you did not love me as a man should love
the woman whom he does the honor To
ask to be his wife. If / hesitatcd in that
moment. you know the reason now, Then
| said TO myself. You can make him
love you! 1t may take years, but YOU
can make him love your | have tried
my best; and daily | have been happier
and happier as l fancied | was succeed
ing. / could not tell you about that first
absurd romance of NINE. | thought Won
would deem me trivial-that it would
lower me in your sight, and l could NOT
bear that. But still it seemed to me dis
loyalty TO you that any other man should
have letters of mine in his possession, so
| wrote TO him when l heard he had come
back from Europe. and asked him to
give them to me if | would meet him
and tell him with my own lips that /
was mistaken in once thinking | had
cared for him. and that | had married
you for no other reason than that | loved
you This | did yesterday. Even he
could no longer doubt Why / had become zee ne
your wife. The letters are on the cab
met in my room; they are yours to read
or destroy. Now, | have told you all.'
Sounds of busy life came from without.
of rolling wheel. of speeding hoof, Of
children laughing at their play.
But David Farnham only knew with
great and glad rejoicing that the one
cloud had faded from his sunlight, that
the roses were redder than ever in his
way. that the music Of his life rang
strong and true. He breathed the fra
GRANGE of the mignonette she wore as
he caught her to him.
David are YOU sure you understand?
II lied 10 YOU
Dear" in his voice an infinite thank
fulneSs. an infinite content. You love
NE! For that l did not dare to hope
beloved, did not dare.'-Kate NJ. Clea-
~ in the Household.