Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-02-09
THE LIFTED VEIL.

LIE LII lLD YELL.
Il was at Cannes I first met Roland
Yates. had brought my wife down
| from Dawes: it was the last winter 81
| her life. As we sat in the garden OF the
| hotel one sunny morning. one Of the few
| she was able 10 be out Of doors, she d.
reeied my attention TO him.
Look at that man. David she said
suddenly. Isn't lie handsome: l won-
der what relation he IS to the lady. Do
y0a think she is his MOTHER
l looked across the sunny distance and
saw M the door Of little arDor a woman
/ in bcta chair and man standing ldiy
at her side. He was a man IN his prime
n tall, commanding figure and Striking
mien. but his face Wore discontentef'.
even a miserable look.
Il think she's MS wife" / answered
slowly How else account for Their iOCh
Of unurterable boredom
At this feeble pleasantly Eupndn
smiled and shook her finger AT men; sci
dom did her merry laugh cleaye the arr:
our days, in spite Of all our brave effort
were mostly spent In a minor key.
Doesn't she look cross, Dayldt BH,
then. perhaps. poor thing. she suffers
very much. III never learn 10 be chaFt-
table'
The invalid in the bath chair certain
Is did not present a very attractive OF
inviting figure She might have been
any age from fifty to sixty; IN youth
she might have been handsome after a
somewhat masculine fashion; now Ill
health had thrown ont all the harsheT
lines Of her features and gwen her a
fretful. peevsh look. She was hideous-
~ attired III a gown Of an aggressive
80 n. ~rtr~ In ROD
the brilliant mourning sun. / glanced
from her to the gracious white Inquire at
my side. glad that Euphan had never
succumbed 20 the invalid languor which
loses pride in looks. though many a
time she would tell me teaslngly that II
was my fastidious taste which held her
in bondage.
Hes clergyman" she said pres
entity Il feel interested in him. | want
to know why ne looks 50 thoroughly mis-
cradle We are 50 happy. ! can't bear
to see folks miserable, David; now less
than ever
She spoke the words with a lingering
tenderness, 10 which | was unable to
reply. / was not resigned-far. far
from ii: then nay soul was one long re-
volt against the inevitable. toward
which We were drifting with such dread
haste. Only those who have passed
through a similar experience can know
the understanding Of these sad, sweet
days.
perhaps he married for money
made answer carclessly DO you want
me 10 lind out, you daughter Of EveE'
ITO be a husybody in other folks
affairs. my man? Ii betting were not
against my principles ! would bet you
pair of gloves now that you'll find ont
all about him this very day; not on my
account sir, but because II IS your
nature to-
Il take It M" ! answered carelessly
still. and feeling my interest deepen in
the pair. who were so evidently out al
tune either with themselves or their sur
roundingS. 4 big foreign hotel is lone
Is place hut IL IT, a good study for the
man interested in his fellow men. The
great hntels ou the Mediterranean sea
board are specially adapted for this pur-
pose. DcrauSe there the guests are not 50
much birds ~ passage as tired Gut OF
allug folks who have come 20 stay. The
state If my wifv'~ health. her great and
growing need ~ rest. left me A good
many solitary hours. She had long.
wakefui nights. and the afternoon was
tht. only time she got sound. refreshing
sleep. Then ! left her with her nurse
and went forth alone ~ pass the hours
~ best | might wrote n great deal
then. Wardrop being Unsuitable for copy.
bat the last sketches which he said gave
such satisfaction to the readers of the
81. Georges were always penned with
heavy heart. ] had written nothing
since We left DavoS, and. my conscience
being uneasy. ! stopped in all that after
noon ana did my duty Then about )
o'clock. having asCcrtaincd that Euphan
still slept. | set out for a smoke and
stroll / seldom went far from the hotel.
being haunted by the Gear that she might
want me suddenly, that at any moment
some dread change might take place. w
had chosen the hotel because of its beau
tifni grounds The exquisite peeps of
the blue sea through the rich foliage OF
The trees were Il perpetual JOY to Eu-
phan, and We could find both hidden and
sheltered hooks but stones throw from
the house. where we could he quite alone.
| had strolcd Ia the extreme limit al the
grounds. where the traffic of the prone
made could be heard and partly seen. and
was there leaning against Il tree trunk.
enjoying my smoke, when / saw our
friend of the morning Sauutcring toward
me. lie greeted me courtcouSlv, raiSiur
his hat
My name is Yates" he said. Il have
no ctalm on your acquaintance tXccut
that we come from the same city.''
London | asked
10y my side,
II got your name on the hotel register.
l don't happen 10 know you. bur | oncs
met your colleague Mr.. Wardrop."
How did you know he is nv col
league asked. laaily amused. for ~
h1ad not been forty-eight hours i'm ,h.
Several people have TODD me I've
been here month. ana of course am in
tSrested in new arrivals Is there aov.
thing else to he interested ~" He sn,t.
with bitterness, AMI his handsome faN1
| ing ''' '''' ''3't d
perhaps not, when one has been her.
month. said politely. ana thera an
CONVERSATION babe fair to lauguisb
,, came from the Ensadiuc, didn't ven
10 10 you mink YOU i like tnis place: iTo,v
iens VIII You stay Does your wife iitc
u: She looks Us if she liked evcryrbiH'.
and every person" '"''-
She does. We shall not move ON an,
more" this is the last stage" '''
New | Know not why | was temnt.d
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