Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-09-13
A Silent Friendship.

a SlIeNI friendship.
They stood gazing at each other from
the opposite sides of yindow-the
beautiful city lady, ana Jerry. the little
French Canadian.
Outside. the first May sunshine was
shimmering down through newly clothed
tree tops, aud glancing upward from the
nigh waters Of a mountain lake. inside.
warmth and freight were putting ia rival
claims
The Adrondacks were not expecting
company so early in the season. and the
spring cleaning was hardly over. but.
nevertheless. company had come. Turkey
red curtains We're in the brand new
camp windows. log fire burned in the
hfep!ace Of the big living roum dishes
ratified enticingly in the Kitchen beyond.
and two CHEEKY columns of smoke rose
INTO the clear air from their respective
chlmncys. For Mayins. in the moan
taius has necessarily a touch Of frost in
II; ana II IS not wise, during that month.
to presume upon springs most plausible
promises.
To MIR. and Mrs. Harry Deluao how.
ever there WAS nothing but lOVeliuesS
everywhere IN woods or waters. For
! tntSe were the first days of their life to-
&cthcr. and the subtle tMge OF romance
was upon all they saw.
we mean 10 have an entirely novel
honeymoon, Netha Murray had declared
months ago, with mixture of decision
| ana mysterious reservation in her sweet
! face. And 50 dizzy had built the pictur-
| t>qUe log cabin on the shore OF Deem
! water lake and were now settling. ar
| ranging ana Identifying in advance for
! the summer days to come For weeks
| they were 70 be delightfully."- alone. cxccpt
| TOR Cook Margaret in the kitchen and
| the Woodsmen aud builders. who were
! stu! ABOUT IN some numbers finishing the
! outside work and clearing the land about
| the cottage. The dreaming and pmnnin2
had all come true What to their friends
! had seemed doubtful experiment had
! proved according ia her husband and her.
| self zone of Ketha's Inspirations" Every.
thing had turned out better than theii
| expectations, and they were correspond.
ingiy happy.
Harry" called the lady softly, liar.
ny. wont you please come herc?'
y moment later there appeared to the
| small, outside observer Il second figure IN
the picture framed in by the window cas-,
ing. This head was higher than the 9th
or, the hair was dark, and the eyes that
| looked down into the blue ones with d
kind Of ownership were merry. grave
ones.
The little fellow was conscious of some.
| thing in the seen" hitherto unknown To
his mcager life. and he was vaguely fas.
| cinated. Then suddenly. as the blue eyes
! looked strai@ht into his, and the red lips
| of the lhGy curved into an unmistakahle
smile, alarm took the place of wonder
| ment on the boys face. He looked down
! Shyly seemed to shrink into yet smaller
! proportions, ana then to vanish almost
| mlraculouSly among the trees.
| "Oh. Harry exclaimed his wife.
! eagerly, YOU don't know what a strange
| little creature that boy is, | feel SO
! sorry for him. Tom that big black
! proved fellow he one who chops the
| biggest trees. you knows his uncle.
/ Jerry is an orphan, his brothers child.
| He was left all alone in Canada. and
| Tom has had to take him. Poor little
! chap. M afraid he has hard life. The
| men knock him about and make him wait
on them. / heard them jabbpring away
10 him in Canadian French. Tom says
he can't speak a word of English If he
only could understand. ia say something
nice to him. with a captivating smile
There il ISL declared her husband. in
IN injured tone. "AftCr the boys again
as bad ~ ever, ] used to he usanely
jealous OF those juniors Of yours. aud
battered myself that you'd be safe from
thcm nu here. But here springs mp a
small boy Of the cnrih aud an interesting
foreigner at THAR
You know you are bad about the
boys as | am. Did Won sec his sad little
face with those great. hungry eyes?
don't believe there's a soul in the world
that really cares for him. There's sort
Of appeal ~ hls expression that Just go.s
to my heart. II ! could only say some
thing, or do something to confront him,
Bllt he is as shy rs a woodbrd or a deer
lie seems to "yaporate. somehow. into
thin air, if | even look at him. Think
how much happiness | have hat is run
ming over and going 10 waste. And he
has hardly Il drop, ahhough-do you
know. dear. | believe he loves the trees
and the water and the sky more than we
do. | saw him looking up into one of
those great pines with queer, absorbed
expression. How DO We know but that
God can speak to him through nature,
when there isn't any other wayf Per
haps he finds sermons in stones, books in
the running brooks, ana learns things
that We don't know about from the lake.
and the deep. dense woods, when he goes
after moss for the builders. Perhaps ne
does: wc don't know
"Scutimcntal soul" said Mr.. Delano,
but with something suspicious shining in
his eyes "Go on. ketha. Have your
own way once more I'll bc IS m9gnaui-