Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-11

eately painted upon ivory, the face Of
lady.
\ pale face. with great, dark, inpas-
stoned eyes. and set in glory of Titan
red hair. Instantly there flashed upon
the girls mind a picture of a rainy
street, and of gas light shining upon
Jocelyn and upon fair woman, looking
from carriage window.
Who was the woman whose portrait
lay near the souvenirs of her own love
story? Then the packet. 1t held let
tiers. All. old love letters, wis was sureI
locelyn had loved, then, before they
met. Yet she ought not to let the
knowledge NeX her so, for his love was
hers now. she told herself, wherever he
might be.
She locked away the writing case.
wishing she could lock out of remem-
brGnce what lay within. What history
Wac entwined around those things2 Was
the lady of the miniature the Miss VIM
chester to whom the packet was ad-
dressed? Had she been faithless? Had
Jocelyn cared for her very much? In
the midst of other and more terrible
anNieties, these thoughts had keen pain
Of their own. One day she was looking
bought for her and at one on two we'll
worn volumes. his own especial favor-
ties. With these was selection from
Robert Brownmg's shorter poems. aud
on the fly-leaf, in a womans hand, was
the name, "Auriol Winchester"
Her name was Amiol The passion
ate, pale lady's face" haunted Wis more
than ever.
AuOfbo. discn1arx- o,,.al-o,oI A., ,,-...-&
fears. 1t was quite evident that Jocelyn
must have had large sum of money
about him when he went out. for there
was no money anywhere to be found.
Had he been robbed and murderedg
There We're awful hours when Wis felt
almost sure of this. Then she would
recollect that his way, wherever it had
laid, could hardly have been through
places likely TO harbor thieves. 1t had
been comparatively early when he went
out. The well-hghted thoroughfares he
had probably travcrsed were not favor
able to crime such as her Imagination
painted.
The fact of his taking out all his
ready money was unfortunate in one re,
spect, undoubtedly, even if it had no
share i'll his disappearance Wis had
had TO think seriously, in spite of her
grief and distraction. how she should
live for the future. She could not con-
tmue in the expensive lodgings Jocelyn
had taken, and, if he did not return, it
would even be necessary to find some
means of earning q livelihood Home
she had none, and to Jocelyn's relatives
she was a complete stranger. Mr.. RYDER
the elder, as the Young mans legal adj
wiser, had communicated to the home far
away in Sydney, the news of his disap-
pearance. as he informed Ivis in curt
and businesslike note. The girls heart
ached for the mother, to whom the It'd
ings must be such a cruel blow; but
from that mother there came no mes
sage to the perchauce widowed bride;
and from Theobald Ryder no further
communication.
Wis felt herself utterly alone As
bravely as she could she must face the
future. She left the house she had first
entered happy bride, and took up her
abode at a comparatively humble dwell.
ing, where she hired a single room on the
top story.
She would not be able to pay the rent
of even this and TO live, however simply
unless She found employment. So she
began the search so many other women
in the great city shared with her She
was too unhappy to care muci4 what she
did. She tried to obtain work of any
kind within her power to accomplish;
and she tried in vain. She was so friend
less and inexperienced that she had little
chance in the fight. Every day brought
, petty trials and disappontments, as well
as tho load of sorrow that still grew
heavier, the overcoming anxiety and
fear, rs my dearest living or dead Z"
and the torturing desire, IF l could but
do something to solve the awful mys.
tery!"
She was returning one day, after a
long journey to the other side of London,
fruitless as usual, when the omnibus in
which she sat stopped in block of
traffic With the hustle of the city
around her, the girls thoughts still dwelt
OH the one absorbing subject of her hus-
bands uncertain fate. Could the story
of the servant have been true in all re-
spects, and had Jocelyn really been
; driven away at the lady's side--whither 2
While she mused Iyis looked out at
the busy street, seeing, without heed ing,
the crowd, the closely packed vehicles,
the faring posters on omnibuses and
hoardings, telling of the amusements i'm
which she had no interest Then, sud
denly, her breath came FAST for flarng
in letters of scarlet before her eyes, was
q name that had haunted her for weeks
past:
"Auri0l Winchester"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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