Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-25

ruefully. II must do what can for the
poor little girl. In Auriol Winehester's
kousei l didn't think could be induced
to enter it an hour ago.
He had TO turn away from the end OF
the road where she lived, and take a
short stroll in another direction before
he could summon courage enough to
walk up to her door. Yet he had faced
peril calmly many a time.
Miss Winchester was at home, and his
appearance on the scene was not so to-
tally unexpected by her as by Mr.. Ryder.
Il guessed he would be here. 1t is like
him to come; but that his quest should
have led him to mel" she thought, as she
went TO the room where he was waiting.
Her manner was as calmly courteous
as his, and she was secretly as agitsted
as he was. He touched lightly the hand
he used TO hold so tenderly, vet for the
life of him he could not veil from her all
the yearning in his eyes as they rested
on her face. 1t was a tritie paler and
thinner than he remembered it. Perhaps
no one else would have noticed the diff
ference, il was so slight
You have come to England to search
for your cousin" she said 1T was only
two days ago that | heard of his disap
pearance, and ever since | have been ex-
pecting to see you. Young Mrs. Carew
is very weak and i'll. She had borne so
much, poor child, that her accident has
completely Frustrated her. She had
dreadful fall, and it was in saving me.
Did they tell your
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and apparently incapable of unkindness
as of deception. 1t was hard to know
that she was, in reality, false and tickle.
Yes, | heard of it at the house where
went to inquire for her" he replied
Il little guessed who she was when
first saw her at the stage door, said
Amiol. Il only supposed she was such
girl rs | once was, And then noticed
her more, because she was so lovely, and
looked so sad"
But how came she. in the midst of her
trouble and anxiety, to go on the stage?"
questioned Raymond.
For one thing, she was obliged to
earn money. For another, she had an
idea that | was concerned--though how
or why, she could not imagine-in her
husbands disappearance. The servant of
the house where they were staying saw
him talking to me that night he left wis
and did not return. If | only knew
where he went when he left met | saw
MIN walking as / was driven down Hol-
born, and, surprised and pleased to have
encountered him, | waved my hand. He
saw me, and when we had exchanged
few words, he got into the brougham
and drove with me little way. He toll
me he had been married that morning,
and he seemed radiantly happy. He got
out at Tottenham Court road. Oh, poor
fellow! His bright face, as he looked
back at me, is before me now Her eyes
brimmed over at the recollection.
Then he never told you where he was
going?"
NO. He was talking of the girl he
had just left" replied Auriol, but the
color fickered in her cheek. for she re-
called Jocelyns words upon another sub
Ject than his bride. II have thought of
him, and of her. often since. He told
me where they were living, and asked
me to go and see them. But | had so
much to do" she ended, lamely.
81 quite understand" said Raymond,
quietly. He imagined he did.
81 had pictured them as so happy"
went on Auriol, wincing at the meaning
she detected in his tone. II saw Wis
every day at rehearsal, but it was not
until she was hurt, and / was bringing
her home for my mother to nurse, that
she told me who she was She will he
so glad TO see you. Oh do you think we
are doing right in trying to induce her
TO hope? Do you think there is chance
that her husband may yet be restored to
her ."
"AuriOl, how can l tell" exclaimed
Raymond, moved, against his will to ten
derGess, for the woman he had tried in
vain to regard with scorn as a iilt, and
heartless, and using, as she appealed to
him, the name once familiar to his lips.
Let her hope as long as hope is posi-
be, poor child"
"I'll go to her, and prepare her to sec
you" said Auriol and although her
heart bled for the SORROWS of the desc
late young bride, and for the uncertainty
of Jocelyn's fate, she was thrilled by
icy like a ray of sunshine from behind
dark clouds. She had seen the face of
him she loved best on earth, and his
voice, as he had uttered her name, had
told her she was dear to him as ever.
She hal no hope that they two would
spend their future lives together; she
did not look beyond the moment, and
That was sweet, though fraught with
pain.
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