Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-07
A JEWEL CASE.

those who read decide.
The Graefin Won Bluebberin (she wasan
English woman who had once been on
the music hall variety stage, and to her
fatal beauty the Graf had fallen too
susceptible victim when Il student of
h5Y Bagges of Noting Hill, he after
ward espOusing her in lawful wedlockl
stood upon the platform of the Station
du Midi at Brussels, waiting to enter the
express TO Paris. In the corridor train,
row ready to depart. her seat had al
ready been taken, her wraps were dis
posed above in the rack, her jewel case
was on the seat. and her maid Phoebe
eaZed down on her mistress out of the
lowered window. That mistress, after
casting nervous glance up and down
the platform. whispered now 10 Phoebe:
Not sign of him. not a sign. What
ever can have become of him?'
He's in the train somewhere. | tell
You | saw him taking his ticket" re-
FILED the maid. who, having once been
irapezist who had broken her legs, and
was afterward only too glad to take the
place Of maid to her old friend and chum
DE We're Mortimer, now the Graetn Won
Bluebpvrin, did not feel called upon to
testify amy very great respect to her
| except when i'll public. Then she added,
where's the Graft
In the buffet" her mistress replied;
"heS gone To get a glass of beer
"Feepy," Il harsh, cultural voice said
at this moment behind that nymph. The
Graf had never quite mastered the pro-
nunciatinn of our consOnants, IL spite OF
the excellent teachings of DR. Bagges, or
the beautiful accents of his wife and her
friends like herself, ancient Hrtistes.
"Feepy. what are YOU looking out of the
fntcr y0r? Do You want some one TO
steal the chewel CASE
NO one will steal the jewel case while
I'm here lIoch Geboren.' Phoebe replied,
getting out the respectful mouthful with
difficulty. Trust me-
Il could have stolen it,. the Graf re-
piled. Then, pushing his hand out of the
window-by pushing ''Fcepy" asidc-he
said. Come into the drain, Ivonne; it's
going to start"
Which the train did, and. being an ex-
press, flew along at twenty miles an
hour OF its way to Paris.
1t did not stop at any statiOn-thOugh
il stopped between good many-until it
reached Mons an hour or SO later. rs well
as an hour behind time. so that the Graf
had plenty of opportunity To 90 to the
restaurant car, and, after having had two
glasses Of beer. one of kucmmel, and
then coffee and brandy. to 80 to- sleep.
Meanwhile the Graeiin sat in her com
pGrtment looking at the Raphael Rossetti-
Phil May pictures in the Journal ANU
SiHls anu Whisper btuluu IT'S tIlllNeH-
ing sheets To Phoebe, whom she always
insisted ON having in the same carriage
with her.
IF he don't do it at Mons" she INIT
tered. so that the old French lady accom-
panied by soeur de Charlie and an IDIOT
ic daughter should not hear. though hear
ing they would not have understood,
where will he do it?"
Never fear. He'll do it right enough.
There's ten minutes ut Mons and twenty
at the frontier place What do they call
lt-FeignicS? My cyei what a name
l tell you he's here. | saw him throw n
whisky bottle out of a second class win
dow. next carriage, and it hit one of the
men ON the line ON the chest. Don't you
get nervous"
Just fancy if I'm found out, Oh,
whatever shall | doT'
DO! Fling it out Yourself or ! will.
We mustn't be found out
Half an hour later the Graelin. who
had travelled this road before, said to
Phoebe, who was also we'll acquainted
with the route, owing to their frequent
visits TO Germany to the Crafts more or
less dllapidnted SchoSS. There's Mons
| do hope Bills ready Mind and he
ready with the bag
You bet" said Phoebe.
Now at Mons the French lady and the
Soeur de Charlie. and of course, the inn
beetle. began ShulilinS about in the way.
which makes our fellow travellers so
happy, since the performance is sign
we are going to leave them in full posses
Son OF carriage to themselves and ut
that ancient city out they went. being
met hy two priests on the platform
Then Phoebe let the window down
again. and sat with her arm ON the
Jewel case which was poised on The ma
hoSanN frame of the lowered SaSh-in
WaiChfnl manner over it. Here comes
Bill. she said to her mistress. 'Oh, |
say. he do look bad. | expect he's got
another bottle of whisky in that com
paumeut."
Then She suddenly exclaimed, "Oh
bother. or something that didn't sound
very much like it. For lust as Il man.
dressed more or less like respectable
travelling servant, approached the outside
on the carriage aud, YOU might have said.
nad you been there, was about to take
the bag from Phnehe'S hantS-Siucp rs
We all know, neither faquinS nor servants
may enter corridor carriages Crafts
voice was heard at the door of the com
lMrtmcut. saving. There NOW. Feepv.
here : the pag on the fntcr. lust rs il
N'a wanted some one to steal il. Oh.
N"u are careless Girl"
Il III right, lloch Gchorcn." Phoebe
>"M No one will steal it from me.
". 81 VIZ tut NiNfI. ANA llNt Your NCpt
oa it, the Graf said Il wonder nj
loN, you lNonne. do. indeed: when
you know il got two tousand pounds of
rhoNwcl,ry in it. too"
I'm booking after il. You go and
nave little sleepy hy-hye till We get TO
the custom house"
Ia w9hl! \ little zlecpy py-pje
MW Only do be careful Friedrich der
GIo>sc gave The chewel> TO nv ereat.
-randmothcr, because, he said She was
>uri, good woman Achicu till we get
To- lhe Srontier. and he went Off To The
restaurant car again.
Now we must get rid Of it," Yvonne
'rhlNiFned Mary ANN said To her old
>i>ter-ln-armS and present maid. a< once
mote the train rushed off on its wild
career. even though we throw il ont of
/ 'hr window. Don't we cross river
somewhere about here, rhoehe?"
It's mo- good il we do. Ii we dron If
ON tia" line. il will he found there's the
/ 'Gfo4ct and the namc ON and il you
rhuck II in the river it will float, AS
there nothing i'm H. oayn IL 20 piU