Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-08-08
The Knot in the Pearls.

She was young and remarkably pretty,
with the prettiness that is quite unmis-
| taxable and generally acknowledged,
| that can even triumph over a frock that
it not quite fresh or style of hair
dressing that is not altogether suitable.
| But then, in her case. it was such charm
| ing hair. so bright and So curly, that he
| told himself fashionable dressing, which
would have reduced her head to the
! level Of 4 repetition of all the other
! heads in the room, would have been a
mistake a piece of vandalism. And as
| for the Dress that was. at any rate,
| simple although OF the kind that is not
expensive or even particularly TASTEFUL.
and he managed to overlook it. Yet
| that WAS something of Il feat-tO his
credit or not. rs you looked at the mat
ter-for he had the reputation of being
one Of the most fastidious men in Lon
don. Moreover, the chld-she was only
| II child as he admitted--had absolutely
no conversation.
But then her eyes were daZZlingly blue
and their gaze had rapt and heaven
searching quality that was unique even
in his wide experience. II She could not,
as it seemed. use with any tuency the
tongue of men or of angels Gust except
IS utF HcSlldilUR OH, YES, Oll. no,
and such nOn-committing trificSl, if she
was poor ut small talk, she was greatly
accomplished at looking. From the first
the glance of her wide-opeu. innocent
eyes. straying sometimes TO his from the
contemplation of heaven, seemed To be-
witch him, 10 allure and, harder, still, 10
hold him in attentive captivity at her
side.
And she was Is and badly dressed,
while he owned to 81 and was well
known as an accomplished man of the
most sensitive. most exquisite taste
The woman wasn't born, his friends
had been in the habit of saying, who
| could entirely reach up to his standard of
| perfection; among themselves they had
! often pictured her, the nearest thing pos
sihle, the woman he would surrender to,
and she was cultured and witty. delicate
" sympathetic. daintily beautiful, and
certainly beautifully dressed to the last
little detail. And il must bc admitted
that he Lad always so pictured her him
self.
But while he was man of ideals. ne
was also Il man of great. of recognized
talents. and his world set him up as a
shining light, n man to be quoted and
followed and generally upheld. although
that is not saying that they set him
above laughter or, at any rate, smiles.
For II is pleasant to smile at an eXcep-
tionally talented or fortunate man: il is
a recompenSc and even a relief TO those
less distinguished, and. without being ma
liclouS, there were many who smiled
quite openly and unaShamcd as he lin
Gcred, every time they met. at the side
of the girl with the hnaycn-searchin.,
eyes.
after ALL" they said. $50. after all.
the usual thing attracts him. Of course,
she's sweetly pretty. and he'll choose her
= Il ,1K'f Fs, I. II
urc IN their idol because. at last they
had discovered his feet of clay; they
were, indeed, enthusiastically inclined 10
applaud their newer and more homely
view of him, and they let the girl with
the hcaven-searching eyes absorb INN.
whlle they looked on in an attitude dis
| unctly suggestive of hanl-clapDing
After all,' they would chorus. and
some one would invariably add, We'll,
ne know how 10 spend the money!
et 1t was common knowledge that he
was not overhurdened with money, hav-
ing been. apparently, too overburdened
WIN brains TO acquire il in any quantity.
And all the time lie was with her he
| thought only of her eyes and his own
/ power 70 wayiay them from heaven. Rut
| when he was not with her, many of his
| thoughts clrcled round the cheap row OF
! pearls she invariably wore. and his mind
| attuDed to great subjects, took To itself a
| holiday and spent il in wondering why
! >ilc tied knot in them.
Was it OF set design or did She really
jmEt they looked better knottedt There
! Lad come into his mind, the first time hc
| saw her. an old saying. long forgotten.
| that "a Girl knots her pearls when She
! wants love letter Now, did this girl
| az Inc innocent eyes in Ills manner de-
! Hhrf&tclN advertise NAut% And was
/ il simply love letter she wanted. as one
| might eovct q rare curio or. say. n first
"ditioat ,lle said q first cditio3.i OR
! was il not, perhaps. letter from mar
/ tjcular person She had ser her heart on
! Someone who might see tie touching lit.