Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-08-15
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lou nave been sufficiently overland
TO even up accounts. in mentioning them
AT all. returned Ashe. There. Won soc
can do the proper: now for heavens
sake, Miss Gregory, tell me if | dreamed
OF you or saw you. that day at Dick
ThnrSton ( p The girl drew back.
4 don't understand you,' she said. a
little hauGntily. and then she smiled at
his crestfallcn face.
1T can't be possible" insisted Ashe
THE Princess Constantia Gregorius-and
] was ass enough to ask of what. Don't
you know, Miss Gregory-didn' YOU real
ize that you are my Lady of Dreams ="
T. said Miss Gregory-"I your Lady
of-oh. Mr.. Ashe. Remember that I'm
not resident-nOt TO the manor born, as
i were. I'm just country cousin from
Binghamton. DO YOU think it's nice to
make fun of me? Constantine Grcgorious,
indeed. She laughed out, Il merry little
laugh.
She comes from Il land nor near nor
FAR, said Ashe, guilty of the banality
Of quoting his own verses. Miss Greg
DRY surveyed him with amusement
This is too fine Il frenzy for me" she
announced Aren't you hungry. Mr..
Ashe! Shan't we go and have something
to eatE Ashe followed her mechanical
Is.
Don't you sometimes wear cross on
that chS0Y' he asked
Sometimes, she answered, with lifted
eyebrows.
Weren't you in Morristown at the
Thurstons' last SeptemherE" he pursued.
Yes, ! was in Morrist0wn. but only
occasionally at the Thurstons'.' she re-
turned.
Then you did walk into the library
enc SUNDAY afternoon and tell me you
1Ncre the Princess Constantia Gregorius,.
he said, positively.
Mr.. Ashe.' she said. reprovingiy.
Have you twin sister," asked Ashe
desperately.
Il am all the daughters of my fathers
house. she said. lightly. hut her eyes
were dancing as she gave him his choco-
late.
Don't YOU remember the painful TAX
ing off Of Sapphire = he inquired. sternly.
Miss Gregory counted on her fingers.
"A princess. Constantia GregoriOus. an
astral body--let me see dream. and
now q iar"' she said. "Oh fie, Mr..
Ashe.'
Il have 500 that belongs to YOU said
Ashe irrelcyantly.
i beg your pardon:'' said the girl
blankly.
by rights asseverated Ashe. with
nod. Half of what | got for that poem.
you know. ! calculate that my thought
and labor are good for half but you fur
nished the idea, YOU see" Miss Gregory
sat down on the nearest chair and
laughed aloud. Ashe slipped his chocolate
meditatively ana watched her
For poet" she said at last, you are
most unexpectedly PRACTICAL
when I've offered to share my income
with comparative stranger-a chimer-
zeal. elusive dream-lady at that he
asked, raising his eyebrows
I'm not sure about chimeras. but
think they were monsters of some kind"
said the girl. And your income is too
small to be alluring. Mr.. Ashe. If you
don't wish any more of that chocolate
won't YOU have something cold: No.
Well, then come back 10 Mrs. Foster
| m afraid you'll be borrowing money
of me next. 10 say nothing of the way
in which you are straining your poetic
fancy to find tlattering names for me"
She took his cup and turned away. Be.
fore he could follow. he was seized upon
and carried off in triumph by some fair
admirers. and quick glance back
showed him that fortunate elderly gen
tleman had taken possession of her. so
he resigned himself TO the inevitable. and
did not see her again untii just as he
was leaving. He had looked for her 10
say goodbye. bus in vain. and Mrs. Eos
ter did not know where she had hidden
herself. so he was starting off disap-
pointed. but resolved not to let the thing
drop, when her voice stopped him with
his hand on the door.
"Au rcvoir. Mr.. AShe," she said. lean
Ing toward him from the lowest step of
the stairway. An revoir"
Thank you" he responded heartily.
And very soon. most fair lady of the
realm OF my dreams
That is really lovely thing, Mr..
she said. land | am very proud
- think that you think that l had any
part in ii.
but didn't you?" he demanded
do believe in telepathy:" She asked
mockingly. Am | an astral body. or
bad dream?" He shook his high hat
Mt her
The truth is not in you. Mile Sap
phira,' he announced.
Hear the lion growl"' She retorted.
with saucy nod. and turned to go up
stairs. He took step toward her.
Miss Gregory he said imploringly.
Seriously. now" She looked at him
over her shoulder with dancing eyes
''Do you know. until today. | always
supposed it was Dick Thurston that
woke up that afternoon she said colt
fidentially. and ran lightly up Stairs.-
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