Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-17
TOMS FILTRATION.

up this intimacy"
Really, you ask too much, aunty.
What else can | do in this stupid place ?
am devoted to yachting, You know, and
besides, Nh. Trevor is the only man here
| who has a motor car"
But. my child, you are engaged to be
married. What would Tom say if he
should hear Of it? And what would you
| do if he followed your example ?"
"Oh, wish he would His devotion
Wparles me sometimes. lie used to be
quite q tease, but since our engagement
! he seems to have foresworn everything
exciting"
Flossie tossed her pretty head until her
| blonde curls fell over her eyes from
which cleaned a spirit of mischief
The first speaker was Miss Treadwav
the girls aunt, wealthy woman of forty
years, who had adopted her after the
death of her parents. Flossie's fance, a
young doctor of good family and some
means, was completing a medical course
! IN Germany, ard they were to be married
as soon as he received his foreign di-
ploma.
Mr.. Trevor's summer home, a fine stone
mansion overlooking the harbor, was the
scene OF many festivities. He had al
! ready given two dinners in Flossie's
| honor, at which functions Miss Treadway
| bad ser9ed as an unwilling chaperon for
she realized that the brilliant company
| invited to meet them regarded her niece
as the future Mrs. Trevor. Now we find
her reproving her young relative, with
| indifferent success.
"Flossie,' said Miss Treadway, 81
think you ought to consider Mr.. Trevor
| feelings. 1t Is not fair to him; he does
not know about Tom. Perhaps you had
better tell him ."
And spoil all my fun? Why, auntie.
what fuss you are making about
tritle! | cannot NOPE here without
mems society, Tom is in Germany, til,
sea divides us. and he is welcome to en-.
JOY himself in like manner. However,
there Is no prospect of his doing any
thing so sensible Why, | verify believe
he spends all his leisure time writing TO
me. | get so many letters that | don
read half of them. And that reminds me,
one came yesterday when | was getting
ready to go out in the yacht. | haven't
read it yet; really, had forgotten it,"
When she was alone Flossie curled her
dainty self in large easy chair and
laughed softly as she recalled her aunt's
words
Lose Tom she repeated. mo dan
ger OF that; couldn't get rid of him even
If wanted to-" Then she fell to musina.
and a tender look came into her deem
blue eyes, Dear Tom" she murmurcd.
II do love him. | wouldn't give him nm
for twenty Mr.. Trevors!" She went to
her desk, found the letter. and having q
fine sense of personal comfort, sank back
into the soft depths of the chair and
with n box of chocolates in one hand. the
Letter IN the other, began TO MUNICH
sweets and read
At first her expression was SLIGHTLY
bored, then astonishcd and finally she
threw the sweets and the letter on the
floor flung herself face down on a couch
and commenced weeping. The portion of
Toms letter which had produced such
Are results ran as follows:
! Il had such strange and exciting adj
| 'cnturc that | feel it my duty to toll
you all about it. You know that nv
hotel is in one of the best streets here
and that from my windows | can see
| much Of the beauty and fashion of Ber
/ lin. However | never dreamt of such =
! vision of loveliness as the piece of fem
lnnlty whose acquaintance | made YES
! tcrday"
At this Flossie's blue eyes opened wide.
| she sat up, loosed her hold on the choro.
latcs and read on:
| he object ut my admiration sat in
| her carriage alone and unattended inst
! below my window. suddenly | heard tho
/ rush OF runaway horse from the on
| poslte direction, and seeing her alarm. |
/ haStened down the steps and assisted her
| to the pavement She smiled sweetlv and
/ was about To speak when her attendant
/ returned and she reontcred the carrin On,
! and was rapidly driven away; not for.
/ getting to throw me kiss lust as she
/ was lost To view.
j Tho world seemed a blank without
her there Flossie's expression became
indignant; Il found on inquiry that She
was staying at my hotel. and so had
/ grounds for hope of speedy mcetipo
/ That night. for the first time in y,ars
my dreams were not of Won alone. The
beautiful blonde appeared to me more
than once, always with that charming
/ smile!"
Fancy" exclaimed Flossie.
I
however painful it may be Tor YOU to
hear it, feel it only honorable that Won
should know all particulars. and then
Judge for yoursel! il am to blame. This
morning l was seated near the front
window reading. Keeping one eve on the
Street-you can easily imagine Why
When there came gentle tap at my door.
Thinking it was the waiter, shouted
Come int The door opened. and, to my
utter amazemcnt, there stood the beau
utul blonde, all smiles and bushes, After
| | had recovered from the delicious shock
which thrilled me from head to foot. |
invited her to a seat on the sofa. and
then endcavored to entertain this fairy
guest TO the best of my ability. You
must not be shocked. dear. when con
less 70 you that we soon became great
friends, and that she came of her own
accord and sat ON my lap"
II was here that Flossie flung the oh
noNlous letter away from her and BEGAN
/ 70 weep wildly. and WAS SO absorbed in
her grief that Miss Treadway entered nm.