Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-03-28
THE STORY OF A PARTING.

A LOVE TALE or ENGLAND AND
INDIA.
well, dear, what do you think of it,
said Jack Trevor, joyfully, as with shin
ing eyes he threw letter on to the table.
His pretty wife laid down her sewing,
fiimsy bit of lace work and crept close
to his side.
1T win separate us. Jack" was all she
said, with quivering lip.
But, Alice, look what it will mean to
us'-to me, he had almost said Here
have / been shaving for mere pittance,
and now this piece of good luck comes at
last; it is simply gloriousl" Then cast
ing look at the sorrowful face at his
side, he said, in a soothing tone, "it will
only 5Ilt be ter ss2 Mars G. m9st Qye ag5
as happy as the day is long. You will be
patient. dear" he added, putting his arm,
around her, but still glancing at the let.
ter on the table
Yes, Jack, ! know it is for your good.
dear, but it is so hard to bear;" and then
scarce able to repress her tears, she crept
from the room.
Lett to himself, Jack paced restlessly
to and fro.
Poor Alice" he said and then his
thoughts flew away to the quaint little
fishing village OH the west coast of he
land, where he had met her two years
ago. Being attracted by her wondrous
beauty, fell in love. and well-had maj,
ried her, and been promptly disinheritel
for his pains.
l., l,.l Il.
that had crept into one loving, lonely
heart. For three months she had scarce
| ~ left the house, dark rings showed
about the lustrous eyes; she wandered
| llstlessly to and fro, looking at any little
memento that might remind her of him,
her husband her darling; wondering why
the sun shone and looked at hearts so
sorrowtul as hers, But one dav, with his
familiar rat-a-tat, the postman left a
| letter. 1t was from him. her idol; she
could scarce see it for binding tears. yet
all at once the world had turned into a
bright and Joyous place. Then after
| bllsstul half hour spent in deciphering it,
She rushed for pen and ink to answer.
But now the sweet face clouded.
II cannot do til cannot do it prom
! erlN,' she murmured, slight pout on her
red lips, They would laugh ut him
when they saw my letter" and hot tears
gathered in the brown ewes and fell one
by one like little jewels upon the unof-
Tending paper.
She bent her head upon her hands IN
! detection; sunbeam stole through The
window and Kissed her ripping hair. and
as If it had lent an inspiration to her
| troubled thoughts her face suddenly
cleared, she sprang up, the glad light once
more in her eyes.
III do it," shc cried u was always
good Mt lace work. Miss Crickmav shall
! teach me- I'll educate myself on the
money Jack sends me, and keep myself
| by my lace, Lady Severn always bought
it. and maybe in year can save
enough to take me out To Jack. my Jack.
and II will he such surprise ia him"
And all the time with trembling fingers
and fast beating heart she arranged her
hat preparatory to going to he select
School for Young Ladies. over which Miss
CrioKmay presided.
Far away in India a young man was
bending over his desk, lust signing
! tioulShing Jack" to a letter commencing
! My dear wife"
She must never come here" he said
sadly. 1t would break her heart 10 be
ohghted. What would Lady Winton say
to her | wonder! Not that she isn't far
more BEAUTIFUL he ended up
cut ON the blue Mediterranean a great
steamer pulsed and painted onward. ever
! onward bearing its freight of human
hNeS, and IN coy nook on the deck
Alice Trever sat and thought of Jack.
1t would not be long now. and how sur.
| prised he would be-
Lady Winton's ballroom had ne.er
beer surpassed; soft lights. glorious eN-
oue plants. beautiful women, Jack felt
the spell as he stood apart for moment.