Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-07

door was opened, as a lady came forth
and stepped towards it. She was tall and
dressed in picturesque and conspicuous
/ fashion. Her appearance altogether was
striking; her air naughty She CHANGED
/ TO turn her beautiful face towards Sheila
! as she went by, and probably she sup
/ posed it to be admiration that called
forth the startled look she caught sight
/ Of.
1t was not admiration, but awe
/ stricken astonishneGt.
Sheila saw the face of the woman she
had beheld in her dream!
/ The carriage drove rapidly away, and
! the girl stood with Il sense of utter inn
/ potence and lost opportunity. Who was
the woman who had appeared so sud
denly Rosamond's enemy; of that she
+ felt assured.
"Bessy will know" She almost en-
tered the shop; but second thoughts we've
best. Il will come and meet her tonight
she resolved.
The shop usually shut at o'clock
Sheila was there, outside, a few minutes
before, ard met Bessy just coming out
oh. Bessy, l came on purpose TO see
( YOU Who IS the lady l saw coming out
Of the shop today-the dark. handsome
woman who drove away in a carriage!"
Sheila went on to describe her fully
i don't know anything about her"
Bessy answered. But her name is Mad
anne de Maupas, and / am taking home 4
dress TO her now. And l must hurry. too.
! Il,
( on"
"lll walk with you" said Sheila.
But / must take bus"
Here comes a cab. Jump in, and |
can tell you as we 90 along"
1t was, however, very little Bessy had
to tell All she knew was that Madame
dc AIaupas had ordered a fancy costume
Of great magnifcence, to be worn at a
ball that very night, and that she was
extremely difficult to please, and had re-
turned it for such extensive alterations
that they had only just been completed.
Il never saw her in my life before, .
said Bessy. "She has got very slight
foreign accent-you would hardly notice
it till she gets in a temper-but she flies
ont at the least thing. and then she mixes
foreign words with her talk"
'Bessy, l want you to do me a great
service-oh, you can't guess how much it
may meant"
why, miss, I'd do anything l could,
I'm sure. for you"
Then let me take this dress to Mad
anne de Afaupas."
Bessy looked her astonishment. 81
couldn't miss" she answered at
wouldn't be right. Besides, how odd il
Z -, I
What would your friends say if they
"I'll change with YOU" declared Sheila.
''Bcssy do please help me in this!"
After much persuasion, Bessy consent
ed. The cab was stopped at the end of a
semi fashionable street, where Madame
de Maupas occupied a fiat, and Sheila, in
Bessy's well-wo Jacket (which was long
enough to shoV only little of her own
dark dress), and Bessy's sailor hat,
walked up to the entrance of the build
ing where madame resided.
A smartly -attired maid received her.
Il wonder you came at ALL" she said.
tartly. You'd better wait while take
it in"
Shela was left in the lobby. The door
of sitting room was open, and, peeping
cautiously in, she saw that two distinct
elements were plainly visible, for the
furniture and decoration of the walls and
so on, were all in perfect taste, and such
smaller objects as are collected when n
place is lived in, We're quite at variance
with them, and partook, she fancied, of
the character of their owner,
"A furnished fiat, and a temporary
residence" was the girls conclusion. She
/ drew hack from her insnpctiOn nj sornd
of the waiting-maid's returning steps.
You're to come this way" she said.
with scant politeness, and Sheila followed
her through small ante-room TO large
bed chamber beyond.
She tried to remember that she was
only the young woman from Lorimer's, =
but she could hardly restrain her feelings
of anger and dislike as she entered the
presence of the woman who was, she was
convinced, the betrayer the would be
murderer of Rosamond.
At that moment the evil disposition
was visible in the handsome face in an
unmistakable degree. Madame de Mau-
pas was standing by toilet table strewn
/ with bewildering array of aids to
beauty" Her heavy black hair hung over
/ her shoulders. and she was attired in a
loose gown OF pink silk. 1T looked soilcd
and tumbled. and she herself was not
nearly so beautiful as she had appeared
/ in the street The splendid eyes were
/ there, needing no art to enhance their
effect; but the brows were drawn to-
gether in a distiguring frown of anger.
TO BE CONTINUED.