Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-16

would assnredly have been turned by all
the adulation he received. He had but
one ambition, however, and that was TO
win the Lady Viola for his wife.
Lady Viola was the only daughter of
Lord Berys, an eminent statesman and
politician. Whilst Viola was still child,
her Isother had died; nevertheless, she
/ had grown UP as sweet and noble hearted
as any girl could be. Scores of men
were in love with her. but up to the
present she had remained adamant, and
her carelessness to their admiration had
earned for her the title of the "icelady.'
and as such she was frequently spoken
of.
Cecil tnow Duke of Estercourt) heard
this with secret pleasure. He had dread
Ell lest he should learn that she had a.
ready been wooed and won and that she
was thus eternally lost so him; and now
that she was still heart, whole, there was
| hope for him. Where others had failed,
might he not winI
He had already met her once or twice,
and she had smiled on him, sending him
home te2laing with JOY, If he had
loved her as lovely picture before he
had spoken to her, he worshipcd her now
more than ever. and he felt that riches,
greatness, life even, would be as nothing
to him unless her love were his.
Lady Viola ras as vet innocent of TIE
feeling she had inspired in the duke. She
had taken keen interest, with everyone
else. in his sensational accession to the
title, and she thought him very handsome
and more entert aiming to talk to than the
majority of her acquaintance. But the
idea Of love never entered her mind. One
evening. however, suspicion that the
duke admired her to the danger of his
own peace of mind struck her for the
FIRST time.
1t was a night in early July, and the
scene was the Royal Opera, Coyent gar
den. Romeo and Juliet" was being per-
formed. LORD Berys had left his dsugh-
ter for a few moments, during one Of the
intervals. in order to pay visit to
neghboring box, and Cecil, selling the
opportunity, presented himself at Lady
Niola's box at once.
She gave him = dazzling smile as he
entered, and offered her fathers vacant
chair.
ut is very brilliant performance to-
night, is it not, duke!" she said The
prima donna is superb
as shef" answered Cecil, letting his
eyes roam slowly over her own exquisite
beauty. II have not paid much atten-
ton, / fear!"
She glanced at him with appraised
brows.
Not listened to Afelba's voioep' she
exclaimed reprovingly. oh, duke, sure.
ly-"
rupted, softly. 81 have had ewes and
| l,,.k e., l.;
is the loveliest woman in the housed"
1t was impossible to mistake his mean
ing, and curious thrill of pleasure,
hitherto unknown to her, swept through
her as she listened She sat for AN in
slant, silently looking. not at him, but
at the crowd IN the stalls beneath, and
he watched her, half intoxicated by the
JOY of being with her alone-a privilege
he had never had before.
MY ice-lsdy! My beautiful loye!" ne
said to himself, as a wave of passion
coursed through his veins; "can make
You care for me, | wonderl"
"May | tell You q little story, Lady
Viola!" he asked her. after moment,
"of a Romeo of today T"
She turned her fair head and colored
family as she answered, with forced
lightness:
"a Romeo of todayl Does one exist,
duke: Poor fellow! 1t is to he hoped
he will not have so tragic an end as our
Romeo of the pIay"
"One cannot tell" replied Cecil; che
I does not foresee the end of his romance
as vet 1t was not three months ago
that lie first saw his Juliet's face, and
then he beheld her driving in the park.
lie was very poor-be did not even know
, whence he sprang and the only name
he had was the one he had adopted in his
!, literary career. TIE womans face was
angelically lovely. and. like Romeo, he
: fell in love with her at first sight Every
day he used 10 60 and watch for her
and ten he WAS rewarded, for she drove
} almost every afterr Don, mostly in the
company of some other lady, but some.
times quite alone. And one day her ewes
met his, and he cursed the fate that had
: placed him in different world 10 hers
for he knew he could never get any
} nearer to her than he was that day.
, Then something wonderful happeped. al.
most a miracle. it seemed. and he found
4 himself suddenly beside her, living the
. same life, breathing the same atmosphere
meeting the same people with her"
The girl opened her fan and began Ia
ian herself quickly. The story stirred
her, and brought her new and strange
e sensations. Cecil followed the VARYING
@ expressions on her face, and gathered
Il courage from them.
TO BE CONTINUED.