Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-10-05
Jolly fond of hurtin' one

were untroubled-the face of Lady Con-
ME perfectly serene. How do you dog
she nodded to the captain. Are you
quite well again, and shall we see you
at the bi-monthly frog match
Frog match" was the newly invented
term for a club swimming contest:
.sOh. vesr' returned Freddy brilliantly.
THAT isl hope So Though I've no
cause to be very fond Of water-affer
South Africa"
but there are no dead horses or Beers
in our swimming BATH said Lady Con-
ME, "and the high dive is the best any
where. Twenty feet deep that end, you
know. Do try il one day, Mrs. lie
Quesnp. It's perfectly heavenly You
run right out to the end of the board,
poise yourself, shut your eyes, and down
You go. like "a
stone" suggested Freddy Lorriker.
Like an arrow corrected Lady Con-
ME Then she gave a little nod to the
enchantress and another TO Freddy ana
tripped away, leaving two images before
the mental vision of the warrior, one be-
ing fair, slender virginia. form clad III
clinging garments Of pale blue and whitG,
with a jaunty cap on its golden hair.
poised for a swallowiike flight; the other
that of a brunette of rather effloreseent
personality and pronounced embonpoint
balanced awkwardly on the end of an
elastic plank He writhed q little at
this. and excused himself by saying that
he had a twinge of his African cramp.
Little catn' thought Mrs. lie Quesne.
noting the labored lie ana reading Fred
dy like a hook, And being a clever wQ-
man she then and there formulated h6r
mental vow never to enter the club swim
ming baths under any possible circum-
stances. Had Lady Connie known If
this resolution, her hopes would have
fallen to the ground. But she remained
in lgn0rance-and was happy. The nexf
frog match was for male club members.
ladies being present on the balconies
overlooking the swimming bath by inyi-
tati0n.
so / must wait for my revenge" she
said to Molly Nerdon, as they sat to-
gether. leaning on the gilt balustrade and
watching the aquatic gambols of the
sterner sex (arrayed in complete suits
of light flannel, be it explained, in defer
ence to the proprietiesl
There is the lie Quesne," said Molly.
kissing her hand 10 a man in a striped
mauye swimming suit. Ah, it is Capt
Lorriker"'
And he's going in for the thirty yards
iouSly.
DO not be anxious" said her friend.
Capt Lorriker is not inclined to be
apoplectic, like that stout man in the
guards; feel really anxious about him.
Why. he is putting and blowing alreads
like the sea lion at the Zoo"
All. they're off, cried Mrs. lie
Quesne as the four competitors launched
themselves upon their subaquatic jour-
ney. The guardSman came IN to the
surface snorting hideously before he had
accomplished three yards; two of the
others gave in about the middle Of the
course. but Freddy held on and won amid
applause.
And the prize is diamond frog-ana
he will give it to herr thought Lady
Connie, viciously dining her red under
lip with one small white eyetooth. "Oh.
if / could only tempt her in next ladies'
frog match | would don't quite know
what I'd do, butt should be something
that should break her spell upon him,
and bind him to me forever"
She did it with another minute. Never
was such a lucky chance as Molly Yer
don said.
Because Freddy, foolish Capt Freddy
flushed with triumph and the smiles Of
the Enchantress, who meant to have the
diamond frog-Freddy essayed the high
dive.
''Oh, ! wish he wouldn'tr' moaned
Lady Connie. as her beloved swarmed -sssss
the ladder that led to the elastic plat
form that overhung the deep end of the
bath.
"Why not?" snapped her friend, I'M
sympathetic for once.
Because of his wound" moaned Con-
ME, land the cramp-that awful South
African cramp! Suppose he swallows
some water, and it isn't quite nice
Ugh said Molly, shudderng.
And that brings it on. You know, he
has sworn off water since that South
Afric"
Splash.
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"Capitalr cried all the spectators
Bravo! cried Mrs. lie Quesne, APP
plauding from her balcony. And what
long time he is stopping under water,
too! had no idea Tippy could show
off like that"
Hell pop up now"' said the guards
man.
But Freddy did not pop up, and a nor
rible moment went by. Then a man
shouted something and Mrs. lie Quesne
Uttered and then screamed,
For before any Of the paralyzed club
members had reused to action, Lady
Connie had risen, torn off her hat and
jacket, sprung upon her chair, stepped
thence tn the broad ledge of the bal
cony and dived. The slight figure cleft
the water Of the swimming bath imme-
diately over the spot where Capt Fred
dy had gone down, and in a GREATNESS
minute dripping golden head emerged
ana haIt a dozen SWIMMERS leaped iii to
help the ,plucky maiden land her insen-
sihle burden.
She's got him in her mouthr' cried
the gnardSman, like a young New
fuundland!"
She had. in sfact, seized Capt. Freddy
by the collar of his striped swimming
jacket with those strong, white teeth
of hers, when, between the agonies of
cramp and the asphyxia of drowning
he lay feebly squirming at the bottom
OF the swimming BATH
There is little more to say, except that
Capt Freddy was brought round by
brandy and hot blankets. aud from that
day the power of the Enchantress was
broken.
But when Lady Connie married the
captain-whch she did in the beginning
of November laSt-she withdrew her
name from the members list of the
Dips club. She had plunged for
husband aud got him, and, SO far ms /
have heard. she has not yet repented.-
Clio. Graves in the Sketch.
Glass in His Body.
Two years ago Pipeman Henry Shaw
of Hose company No. = of the Chicago
fire department was injured at fire by