Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-27

! ~ eve, "hen Dare was speeding
towards Ihistleton. The girl smiled hap
ply at her own image. Four years ago.
"heh Dare came to say goodby, she had
oeeh a glrl OF ia careless hoyden, Civ
ing no thought at all to her looks, and
! regarding all feminine accomplishments
WIN alsdaln- She had changed a great
ueal since then. She had grown almost
pretty. She looked, she acknowledged TO
herself, with litSle thrill of innooent de-
| nght, quite pretty this evening. Her
cheeks We're flushed, and her gray ewes
bright with excitement and pleasurable
anticipation The new dress size Ind inst
Put on was the most becoming she had
ever worn. The fashion in which her
bronze brown hair was arranged suited
her admirably, What would Dare think
or his cousing
Dare was her ideal knight. When she
was still child, she had lavished ON him
that devoted admiration. half hero-wor-
ship, half guileless affection, which
quite little girl will sometimes hestow on
a man many years her senior The wears
which for him had been full of change
ana travel, had passed quietly for her
she lived the same tranquil life as in her
childish days, except that the lady who
had been her governess no longer dwelt
at 1hlstletOn. T0 the old people, who
adored her, she was ''the child" even
Eow.
IN the eyes Of others. Miss BOVINE was
a very charming young lady. Her light
htartedness and sweet temper made her
a 1aVorlte wherever she went: and she
| had not reached the age of 10 unadmired
and unsought. But Irritation, or more
serious ow-makin@, as a pastime. did
not appeal TO Sheila's taste. All her
heart tulned TO an absent one. "Wher
Dare GENES back" were words often in
her mind, and on her lips.
Tonight he would actually be with
them How often she had imagined the
scene of his return! To please him. She
had drudged mt tasks for which she had
scant liking. She used to detest piano
practice. fdr instance; but, he having ut
tered some words of careless praise for
another girls performance, she had
worked early and late, in order that she
might be able to play as vel
She ran lightly along the oaken gal
lery, and down the broad, shallow stair
case, to the hall, declled with its Yuletide
garands of holly AND bay. Somebody
waiting there, beside the wide hearth,
whfTe the logs were blazing. thought the
arch dimpled face the sweetest ever seen.
Are you Rllaalone, then, Frank? How
late the others are! 1t must be nearly
!, and Dare will be here at T."
Frank Dunbar smiled, and glanced at
| the face of the clock in its tail, carved
oak case.
Twenty minutes to - said he.
I'm sure thatccloek is slow!" returned
Sheila, seating herself in chair by the
| 10 IL 4,
fellows and her manner to him was per-
fectly JrnembaTassed and friendly. He
looked ait the sweet red lips and flushed
rounded 'chedk and thought of the bunch
of mistletoe hanging not far away.
Sheiia chattered con, all aabout Dare. and
! Dare's journey, and the wondrous lands
that Dare had visited; and had not the
renlotest idea that every word she ut
tered held Il sting for the young man be-
| fore her
She was smiling up at him, and words
| that would have driven all the happy
hight from her eyes, were trembling on
his lips, when their tete "a tete was in
terrupted by the entrance of Mr.. and
Mrs. Inglesant, with a guest who arrived
the previous day.
He was only a wear cor two Mr. Ingle-
SAINTS Junior, and was by profession
physician. 1t was rarely that John.
Egerton allowed himself even brief
holiday, and his old friends were the
more gratified that he should spend
Christmas with them. He was a bach
elor, and a man of somewhat eccentric
habits and mode OF life, but generous TO
a fault. and tender hearted as n woman.
as many of his patients could testify.
Shcila was his especial pet. and her |
growing disquietude as the time for
Dares arrival came and went by, without
bringing him, caused the old man real
pain.
THE train is late. that is all,' he said |
reassuringly. AT such times as this
there is often delay
and accidents!" murmured Sheila. too |
low for the Others to hear. She had been |
listening and waiting, long before it was
possible for him to reach 'fhistleto1, and |
So her time of suspense. brief as ii az
tually was, seemed almost unbearable
She was the first to catch the sound of /
approaching wheels; but as the door was |
flung open to admit the welcome g1iest. |
she drew back in the sha low, suddenly |
shy, and overwhelmed by Joy almost /
painful
lie stepped into the brightly-lit. gar
l9UueO entrance nan, ana instead OF eager /
greetings, EXPLANATIONS of wonder and |
pity met him; for he was not alone In
lns arms. borne with the tenderest care.
was the figure of a slender girl.
in the inner hall he laid her down. and |
loosed her wrapping; and Sheia, still in
the background. saw how fair and young !
she was. and in what dire need.
DIR. Egerton, II any man can save her,
You cam" said Dare, with emotion. "She |
is living still. Is there any hope?'
The doctor was leaning over his unex-
peeted patient. He looked up and saw
Mrs. Inglesant pale and distressed at
sight OF the young strangers suffering,
but calm and ready for any service she
might be able to render.
Stay here with me-" ne said quietly.
The rest Of you, leave us. She may yet
be saved. ! cannot tell" he added, in
answer To Dare's appealing glance.
Sheila. who was OF a sensitive and
,p4 inpal tam nora mont xVpu gohhipu |