Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-03

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Looking down. he saw 4 sittle gold Z,
'7yffE:,s N safe c6fffes WlieIe she had Sl.,ass
while Waiting for her brother pick iasts.
K up. he hurried downstairs and
searched the corridor for her, but sac
was nowhere to he seen.
Thurston started to take the pin to the
desk. but changed his mind and tucked
it away in his card case. Then lie went
back to the ballroom and tried to find
out who she was. But no one seemed to
recognize his description. In such Il
crowd, in fact, there We're many who
might have answered to it. so Thurston
was forced TO leave without obtaining
any clue To her identity.
He marveed at the depth of the i'm
preston that this girls face had made
upon him. His wealth and good looks
won him so much favor among women
that he had become to regard them with
great Indifference.
lie inserted an advertisement con,
corning the pin hut no answer ever
came. ana he Strove to forget the own
en- bur many times the blue eyes seemed
10 look ut him through the smoke rings,
| or come unbiddcn between him and a
printed page.
The day after the hall. poor Tom was
| in a raging fever and the weeks which
| followed were anxious ones indeed in the
| Stuarts' little home, for Tom had d bad
| case of typhoid.
Their small savings dwindlcd rapidly.
and LYDIA worked necessarily to renew
| resources, Mrs. Stuart became So worn
| by her vigil nj the sick boys side that
| the doctor feared that she too would be
| attacked by the disease.
| LYDIA, worrying about her mother.
! grieyjnS because she Thought that She
| had aggravated Toms Illness by taking
| him 10 the ball, and working even harder
| than usual, had grown thju and pale.
| and there We're heavy circles under the
| blue eyes.
| one afternoon as She was doggcdly put
ting the finishing touches to some dnneY
cards that Were to be called for that day
the bell rang,
Come in," LYDIA called softly. think.
ing il was the doctor. "Go right in, doe
tor, she added, without turning her
head. She was not willing that he
should see that the traces of tears that
would brim over occasionally and impede
her progress.
Il beg pardon. hut my sister sent me
for the cards" said voice that was or.
tauly not the Doctors. She rose quickly.
"oh, pardon me, She exclaimed. then
stopped short rs she recognized her "ba Ri
man" rs She had mentally termed him.
Hugh Thurston started eagerly for
ward.
You" he cried. with a glad ring in
his voice, ''you.-l have so often tried
TO find YOU since the ball. But child. >
taking her hand gently in his as he saw
her pale cheeks and tired eyes, what
have they done To yuu:'
The checks became So crimson and the
eyes So wide with aStoniShmeut that lie
came suddenly to himself and dropped
her hands
"Of course, YOU don't understand" he
explained rather lamcly. You've proia-
hly never given me Il thought" The blue
eyes We're suddenly vciled. You didn't
leave any slipper behind that | mich.
know of butt found your pin after yol
had gone aud l wanted To find the own
~" He had pulled ont his card case
while he was speaking and now he hand
ed the pima lovers knot with diamond
ccutcr-to her.
but it is no. mine" she said, looking
up with demure little smile.
'Isn't it, he asked SNrgriSedlv. "It
doesn't matter though somewhat irrel-
evautly-'for I've found the princess. :"
and as their eyes met, the princess knew
that the prince had come.--New York
Times.