Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
THE ROUSING OF Mr.. RUGBY.

! Thomas Weathcrfor,l Rugby stood on
| the very edge of the breakwatcr, watch
| ing the schooner Lovely Mary beating
| into Gloucester harbor. Mrs. Rugby oc-
| cupicd a wicker rocking chair on the
piazza of the Rcstful View. Il hundred
! feet back from the wall that rose sheer
| above Il narrow sandy beach. 1t was 4
! clean drop OF ten feet from the TOP of
the wall, where Mr.. Rugby balanced
darnely on his toes, and Mrs. Rugby
was viewing With increasing apprehen-
sion this new adventurous spirit in fat,
placid Thomas Weatherf0rd. Presently
she called out to him, in Il voice that car
ried up and down the narrow beach and
caused q general turning of heads and
some impairment comment among the
nurse maids sprawled in the sand:
Thomas" she cried. you must be
careful ont there. Mr.. Hollis 1.-THE men
called the proprietor of the Restful View
Pussy Hollis said that yesterday n
stone fell ont of the wall mp near the
pond" Mr.. Rugby stepped cautiously
back to turn. Ills wife drew young
Richard Rugby, aged 10, to her side, to
wipe ten sticky fingers on her handller-
chief, pull Il tapping blue sailor blouse
into place, kiss an unwilling mouth with
vigor, aud instruct deaf young ear as
follows:
Richard. You must not go down to
.Andy'S any more without first coming
and asking me if you can 90. Iou know
very well that blackjack candy makes
YOU i'll. Now, go right down there and
tell your father that Mr.. Hollis says that
Capt Wicklin's boat can he hired for
this afternoon. and that | want him to go
over To the Laurel tavern and aSk-well,
now hurry. dear, and tell your father |
want him"
Young Richard pulled away from an
embraces that promised to become violent
once more and raced ont to the lawn mt
the piazza end, where he began to yell
frenzied commands to "Daw-rothecr' to
come up from the sand and play with
him. Mrs, Rugby lifted a rustliug mass
of skirts and, touching an ir0n-gray lock
into place at the back of her bare head,
went dignifiedly down the piazza steps
to deliver in person the message that the
boy had not deigncd to bear. Mr.. Rugby,
ruddyfaced, with clean gray moustache
and close cut gray hair showing below
the rim of youthful Panama, stepped
forward as iauntily us POO pounds of
hampering flesh would permit
Il was just watching that fishing
schooner Sarah. began Mr., Rugby. II
see she's two-masteT, and probably
lust getting in from the Banks Shes
dock pretty SOON Mr.. Rugby's nauti-
cal lore was limited extremely limited
for all his four long summers of watch
ing the sleek swift black boats sail in
as the glory of crimsoning sunsets flooded
the western piazza of the Restfu View.
Mr.. Rugby was told, with customary
emphasis. TO go straight to Capt. Wicklin
ard engage the captains stanch little
boat the Curlew. for an afternoons sail
Ing. Thsn he was to 90 TO Laurel fay-
Cn -th ''swellcst" of the group of no
tols, which Mrs. Rugby would have pa
tronized. only it was too noisy and dis
tracing for the childrcn--and insist upon
getting Mr.. and Mrs Mcintosh and dear
Harold to join them. And don't forget
that Mildred u going with us. | think
Dorothy and Richard had better stay and
play with the Preston children. Now
hurry mp, Thomas dear" Mrs Rugby
came mp the steps diguiiedly. smiling
sweetly at deaf old Mrs. Winters who
rlme up TO shout a question, Where was
Mr.. Rugby of to Just now, moving so
-pryt"
Mrs Rugby put hcr plump mouth close
to Mrs Winters ear and Shrllcd:
We've invited the McIntoshcs from
Laurel Tavern to 20 sailing this after
noon we'te got Capt Week.-Mrs. boat
oh. yes! going sailing are you"
/ y" ~ ~" :, nv ..tu 'aIht up Stf"RG
( late IN the afternoon, She added cheer
! iully.
NJ, IN Response to Mr.. Eughys invitation
MIS- Mcintosh saul mat both Harold
( and herself would be charmed Ia join the
i'lIlnS party but that Mr.. Mclnosh must
! he excused, fo. It WAS too mSettling Ia
/ a man Of his age VINO had never been Il
S"QI sailor;
Mr. hugny thought 1t unfortunate that
J le was 10 nave no special companion on
| IN" SAT- Tor ne would he compelled eth
~ 10 HSleh win an assumption of inter
thHr eternal chatter of marriages ami
" ,,',', or Try to become interested in
"P'' N''Nin' VINO mad one long. fami-
l'at NtnrN about the part he took in a
/ II,,,"S naval haliit OF the Clval war. Mr.
/ before now he know exactly ,ybnn i,,r,
W., Ns,'Nlm would pun the ti!ler uuler his
ntl ann {" illustrate. with both hands