Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-07-25
AN EXCHANGE.
CUPIDs ACCOUNTING FOR A LOST
PURSE.


Il hate everything in the world" as
serted the girl. swccpingly and deGantly,
everything and everybody except, of
course, you, Aunt Hester"
Kitty, dear, don't talk so wickedly,'
replied a voice so feeble and tired,
though sweet, that there was no need to
be told Aunt Hester was i'll.
Its quite true" repeated Kitty, II
do hate everything. | hate never hay-
ing any money and living in these two
poky little rooms, and not being able
to take you abroad, which the doctor
says would very likely make you well
again, and having 10 slave day after
day teaching those horrd children
who never seem to learn anything. |
loathe it all! l can't help not being
patient like you, auntie. and if it is
wicked to hate things, why then | must
be wickedr'
The girl stopped, completely out of
breath, and the elder woman sighed but
said nothing. She knew how hard the
poverty of their lives was to the pretty
girl of Is who had youths natural desire
for pleasure and pretty things. She UNI
derstood how irksome it was to Kitty
to teach three dull children for five
hours daily for the muniicent sum of
TIA year, which money, with the add
ton of a very small annuity of hers, was
all they had to live ON. She knew, too,
better than her niece, better even than
the doctor, that SO far as she was con
cerned, it would soon be over, that not
even the visit to Switzerland, so easily
advised, so impossible to obtain, would
make very much difference or very ma
terially lengthen the days before Kitty
would be left to fight the battle of life
alone.
only ESQ" she went on bitterly. Il
have worked it all out. For $50 we
could both go to Lausanne for ten weeks.
You know that pension where Lizzie
stayed, they would take the two of us
for Is a week; that would leave plenty
for the Journey. Fifty poundsl less than
heaps Of women spend on one dress! |
cali it hateful-horrible-u nfair. Why
should we have nothing and others so
muchW
She made for the park, and as she
was walking along one of its most de-
serted paths her foot knocked against
stone, which she kicked impatientlv
away. The softness of the stone struck
her, and she looked down to find she
was kicking Il purse. She picked it up
and examined it carefully 1t was
nearly new, of green leather, curiously
worked with black, and the monogram,
"A. H." stamped in gold in one corner.
1T is SO Ii sht there can be nothing in
it, she saiG to herself and opened It.
A shilh,.~ Ind four pennies fell into her
hand, and then some pieces of folded
paper five Bank of England notes for
El0 each There was no one near. Kit
tvs head swan, her eyes grew misty, she
felt sick and faint as the temptation ur-
folded itself to her, Here was the exact
sum needed to restore Aunt Hester to
health; there was no name in the purse
no clue to the owner; surely. since it had
come to her at that moment when she
so I.uch needed $50, it must have been
sent by Providence. Surely ii would be
only right for her to keep it. Thus she
reasoned. knowing the weakness of her
arguments, realizing, but refusing to con
slider, that she contemplated committing
a theft And after the theft hes would
be necessary, for if Aunt Hester had the
faintest idea of how the money was OBJ
tanned, she would certainly refuse to even
touch it, and would insist ON making ev-
cry effort TO find its owner.
If Miss Ormond had not been the most
supplemented and unsuspecting of wom-
en- she would never have believed that
Mrs. Harper, the by no means rich
mother of her niece's pupils, would give
her a present of ESQ, for this was the
very feeble lie by which Kitty accounted
for her possession of the money. Miss
Ormond was anxious to write and thank
the lady, but Kitty averred that Mrs
Harper had made a condition she should
receive no thanks for her gift, and Miss
Ormond, into whose guileless mind no
shadow of suspicion entered obeyed
though little unwiliingly. Such mag
nihcent, such princely gift she kept
on murmuring gently. lit seems so rude
and ungateful for me not to thank her.
but of course we must do as she wishes
| hope, Kitty, you said how deeply CRATE
full we both are"
4 1,&,. q
were left and aunt and niece started for
Switzerland. Aunt Hester bore the Jour
ney very well. and they We're soon in
stalled IN comfortable pension overlook
ing the azure waters of Lake Ieman.
on the other side of which in snow clad
majesty the. peaked Alps keep guard.
Ihen suddenly one day when they mad
been IN Lausanne Tor six weeks ann ,
Kitty congratulated herself that her
aunt was So much better she had not
Siuned in vain. the end came Aunt !
Hester returned from a walk, felt tired
aud went 10 lie down. Ii rwo hours the
Suave little Swiss doctor was assuring
the almost frantic Kitty that nothing
could have saved Miss Ormond. III Mi
your famous London doctors had been
here, mademolSelle, they could have done
nothing Her heart failed suddenly. l |
Sympathize much with you"
Mrs. Allen, the lady with whom she |
lived, was so sorry for the lonely Girl
that She always asked her to ioin any
little entertainment that took place kit |
ty never accepted these kindly meant in.
vitations She was SO unhappy that She
had no heart for anything of the kind
oac evening however, she reIented. a
small musical party was to be given and
one of the pupils q girl of whom Kitty
hai become very fond. begged her 10 ne
cept Mrs Aliens invitation to ioia II
My brother, who is staying 81 Ian
Same now. is coming" she said proudly.
He sings Splendidly. and yaa play ac-
compartments So well that I want vou
To play his. told Mrs. Allen | would
! lnp-0re Won 70 con q. H.. thereis n hnr