Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-05

pau tlille OF IL. NOW, IL happens that
| it just shows what funny mistakes peo-
| pie make, doesn't it?-having seen us
| together once or twice, old Pit-we al
! ways call him Pit for short, because
there ism much of him, you see-old
p. has set his heart on--well-on get
ting us married.
But, Mr.. Dornton, how perfectly
absurd"
Mad, call it. But people do get
such bees in their bonnets However, it
seems that poor old Pit has actually
been scraping money together in order
TOTO give us a start, as he calls it."
The girl made a movement toward him,
then stopped.
But don't you see, Mr.. Dornton, what
terrible position you place mel mean
he places us-in?"
Perfectly horrible said Frank,
earnestly; and tried to keep his lips still.
Because, of course, such a thing
such an idea-never entered our minds"
How could it? But then, you see,
that's not the difficulty. Poor old Pit
doesn't have much pleasure in his life;
Mrs. Pitkin-my esteemed aunt, you
know-isn't too kind to him, I'm afraid"
But what has that to do with it, Mr..
! I.QJnton?' asked Deborah.
Everything. The poor old chap has
been saving up for it--looking forward
to it: and now, in moment, we cut the
ground from under his feet, and show
him that it's all blunder. More than
that, he's afraid he's offending us"
L don't quite see what we can do, Mr..
Dornton. You can only disabuse his
mind in regard to the mistake
Frank shock his head II must de-
cline, Miss Rendle, to break the heart of
any confiding man in that callous fash
ion. | feel that it would be impossible
for me to go to poor old Pit in the
Kitchen and say to him: Look here, you
cid blunderer, it's all wrong, and you've
been scraping up your ESQ for nothing
No. Miss Rendle, | can't do it."
But, Mr.. Dornton, you must; there's
20 other way
"Well-there is another way" said
Frank slowly, without looking at her.
I'VE can adopt sort of pious fraud;
pretend that what he thinks is true.
Don't shake your head; it's only for five
minutes, and you send poor old Pit away
happy. OF course'--he smiled whimsi-
caiiy-"there are hundred ways out of
| it afterward. You can jilt me, or | can
| iilt you; or you can find something out
about my past that you don't like; or
you may object, in daylight, to the color
of my hair. Oh, it'll be quite easy, / as
sure you"
'And you mean to do all this to please
Mr. Pitkin T. asked the girl
Absolutely to please poor old Pitt"
| replied Frank, steadily.
'sOf course, Mr.. Pitkin has been a good
| friend to me-about the best friend I've
ever had" said the girl, softly. And, if
you really think"
Frank Dornton waited for nothing
more. He hurried out of the room, and
presently returned with Mr.. Pitkin, hay
| ing subjected that gentleman to some
rough usage in the shape of sundry
thumps and diggings in the ribs on his
way through the hall. Very demurely
and quietly he informed the delighted
| little man that they had been under a
misapprehension in regard to what he
| had meant that they would be glad OF
his assistance-qrite in a temporary
manner, but that they wished the mat
ter kept secret for the present.
''You see Deborah" what a wonderful
thing it was to be able to say that name
aloud for the first timei) Deborah and
have really been in love with each other
oh, practically since we first met
haven't we Deborah?"
Frank was standing very close beside
her. and quite in a casual fashion. and
probably because he thought she needed
support, he put his arm round her waist.
She started, as though to spring away
from him. caught sight of the beaming
face of Mr.. Pitkin, and decided that the
arm might remain there, as a purely
temporary arrangement.
''Yes. for quit long time said De
borah. in faint voice; and it was rather
nice thing, after all, to feel that strong
arm about her, and to have her head So
close to his shoulder.
"Well. you certainly have hid it pretty
successfully" said Mr.. Pitkin. why,
remember when l said yes to Mrs. P
no. of course, mean when she said yes
TO me. it was all over the town in about
five minutes Mrs 2. took care of that:
and don't you be shy before me, nay
dears. Give him a kiss, Deborah"
You'd better" whispered FrapS, with
much earnestness. Seems more like the
real thing, YOU know
! The giri stood upright, with a burning