Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-03-07
A Slight misunderstanding.

A tall, well made man was following
his sister into the Sesame Club.
You must stay and lunch" said she;
''we shall just be an even number. Never
mind about the Gowers-they can wait"
You forget" he said, Il can't remem-
Der how to behave like an ordinary civ
ilized being. And luncheon party will
be torture to me; a year on the veldt
almost makes me forget the motto:
Manners maketh man. not to speak of
all my wanderinGs before
Mrs. Seaton turned and looked at him.
saying dryly:
Il do not think YOU need be afraid"
In the hall there We're several people
waiting, most of whom Arthur Seaton
knew as his sisters friends They went
upstairs and found taeir table, and start
ed luncheon cheerily. On Arthur's right
was an old acquaintance, on his left a
lady he did not know. They were all af-
fected by the splendor of the spring
weather, not to speak Of Mrs Seaton's
merrlment, and her luncheon; the CON
versation was more amusing and inter
NoAAlAS IAlttli hSudl MIS- CtdUOU lCuIiGu
over the table, saying:
Arthur, let me introduce you to Mrs.
Rodney. Ruth, do not think you know
my BROTHER
He turned, and found on inspection
that the stranger was pretty, with a
glimmer of green in her eyes, which was
peculiar and lent an attraction, as the
peculiar so often does. She did not give
him time to realize of what he was
thinking, for she laughed and said:
How nice to meet kindred spirit"
He answered her smile; her unconven-
tional greeting did not seem to surprise
him.
How do you know am the genuine
articlel"
Your sister never introduces without
an object
But surely the exigencies of lunch
con party demanded itY'
Who can tell? Don't destroy my IL
lusion so soon. You have been in South
African she continued, looking at his
tanned face
Yes, | am only just back London is
very refreshing after seven years of alb
sence."
DO you find us much changed"
He laughed.
That's rather ambiguous, isn't it?"
He already felt that subtle attraction
which perhaps lay as much in a certain
touch of irresponsible sympathy in her
manner as in the beauty of her face and
eyes.
rs it? l don't know; for my part
nothing ever changes. The streets are as
muddy as ever in winter, and as dusty in
summer; watercarts are as scarce as
footwarmers in autumn. No." with a
glance at a sign OF depreciation from him
Il am not trying to be clever--I couldn't
if | tried-and do you see that man over
there. clean shaven, with the eyeglass !
He has not altered line on his face or a
thought in his brain since he married me
SIX years ago"
An ineXphcablo sense of depression
made Seaton wonder if ladies' clubs were
good places to lunch at. Why on earth
couldn't he have gone TO his own, where
the eternal feminine was left staring al
the doormat with the, to them, rathe,
ironical "Salve" ON it.
That speaks well for you" he said
but she was not listening. Isabel Seator
was talking across the table to her.
Arrangements for some expedition were
being made. When Mrs. Rodney turned
to him again, he forgot his depression;
the wine was good, the food was all h,
| could wish, and at present he forgot L
! analyzc his companion. 1t was more
than an hour later that the party brok,
up. Seaton found himself strollng dowr
Dover street, with Mrs Rodney. Ht
hated the corner at the end, knowing
that politeness demanded his proposing
to leave her,
He stopped and murmured "Goodby. :
| with the hope OF meeting again.
| oh, dear She said, "A boring after
noon Is before me; have to 90 to tn,
| Wallace exhibition. / have promised t
do SO ior a friend in the country. and
have To write TO her and describe m,
| valuable opinion on the subject lmag
| me IT. on such an afternoon"
| "Alayn't l come with vou." Their in
/ ttmaey had progressed apaoe. though tin
! thought OF the clean shaven ass with III,
! eycglass and the air OF a cleric" a,
Seoton inwMdly described him, stavc,
| somewhere in the rccosses of his brai,
| with a pcrslstency that derided any ef
fort to move it, He could not bring him,
self to speak OF him. and she ala NO
again touch on the subject. They talke,
as II the long afternoon before them ,yer
all too short for what they had to say
lheN had much in common. She wa
! ught-they were kindred spirits. An,
80 the minutes wore away; Hcrtfor.
House was pleasantly cool. and they lin
EeFed long Several of the rooms the,