Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

~ bring money to dear Harold. who was
so eXtravagant. Mrs, Rugby knew TO a
penny what the McIntosEes' weekly bill
at the tavern totalcd.
Mr. Rugby listened patiently to Capt
Wicklin's Civil war story, heard the
bomb hiss in the waters as it sank. read
the thanks Of Congress through the viii
ing narTator's lips, and wished that the
internal northwest wind would not blow
50 kepnly.
on Norman's Woe, yielding with grace
FIJI reluctance to the combined persuasion
Of Mrs. Mcintosh. Mrs Rugby and Har-
old. Mildred recitcd The Wreck of the
HcSpcrus." DO You know" commented
Mrs. Mcintosh. they say Longfellow
never even saw the reef of Norman's
Woe until long after lac wrote thai
piece"
Iii might have been high tile when
Longfcllow came down to see the Hes
pcrpS after she struck. YCntured Mr..
Rugby. with facetious intent. Here 1T
Gloucester. the sea has Il rise and fall af
nine feet, and The reef, YOU see. is pretty
wei covered mp half of the time.
Thomas. how can y0u talk So. Mrs.
Rugby was familiar Witii tine wiz thar
attempted to cheaper the accomplishment
Of any member of his family. Alildred's
elocuti0n had seemed so effective and APP
propriate just now. Mrs. Mcintosh
ealled Mrs. Rugby's attention to the
coming into view, and Thomas Weather-
ford Rugby sighed. He settled back TO
pour his elementary, fatuouS talk of fish
ermcn and lighthouses and tides into
Capt. Wicklin's ears eliciting from that
gray skipper occasional haf-contemptu-
Gus gruntS. Then he relapsed into 81
lencc, casting his weather eyes about the
horizon of restless sea and far wooded
hills for Il subject that might serve to
win him Il part in the general conversa-
ton.
1t came-an innocent. scarcely discerni-
BILE flash of lightning in the northwest.
Instantly Mr.. ltugby's memory reverted
to one of Proprietor Hollis most eXcit-
ing sea tales. which began: Along this
coast whenever you see lightning i'll the
northwest, you can begin to take in sail,
for it's sure /, blow Il gale of wind in
a mighty short time" And here was
the Curlcw sending before that north
west breeze with topsail and two jibs.
in addition TO the mainsail bellying pow
crfully. Mr.. Rugby called ont:
Captain. were goi&G to have Il blow
better haul down your tops1 and jibs.
Ibid ye yet report from the weather
bureau inquired the captain, with a
sarcastic intonation.
NO, ! didn't. but
The weather bureau is so unreliable.
Thomas" cut in Mrs. Rugby, noting TIE
band. Don't you rememt,:" that we
looked in the Boston papers the lay be-
fore we planned to drive up To Newbury-
port. and
Yes. | know, Sarah; but l never said
anything about II weather report. | WAS
think of what Mr.. Hollis was saying
Dear" impcrtinent Harold began 20
murmur:
s'Granuv Hollis" comn IN ton
Told Wild tales of stormy sea;
Said sweet Nellie to Mister Pussy
Go right home, tell that to Pussy" !"
Mildred laughed and supplied a second
stanza descriptive of Pussy's alarm ut
hearing the sea tale. Mrs. Rugby and
Mrs. Mcintosh. after mildly Gliding the
irrevercnt young people, turned once
more to the discussion of the Baxters of
Marblehcad Neck. Miss Baxter was to
have all the money, it was reported, of
that curious old Mr.. Baxter, the uncle,
who made sixty thousand year out of a
Boston spa! Really? That was news to
Mrs. Mcintosh.
Thomas Weatherford Rugby saw an
other glow of light in the almost cloud
less northwest; he glanced anxiously to-
wards Capt. Wicklin, who Steered in a
logged, injured silence. The little boat
was driving magniticently before the
breeze Mr.. Rugby wished for his own
seen those lightning flashes. But he had
seen them. and they had signaled to him
warning. What was the good. though,
of speaking again? He world be met
only by ridicule--and that treatment had
not lost quite all of its bitterness. Mr..
Rugby muttered an impious oath as he
twisted round to face the northwest
The little rags of clouds, ont of which
the lightning was occasionally flashing.
drove straight on for Gloucester harbor
Mr. Rugbys anxious, watchful eve
seemed To detect amGng the distant trees
ana houSctops an unusual commotion
In fancy he could see the whipping of
the branches. hear the wild shrek of the
gale under the draughty caves of the
RcStful View. and in the edge of The
harh"r he actually noted that the linn
mainSail on Capt. Stewards tub of Il boat
The Bird-had suddenly come down
lie touched Skipper Wicklins arm. and
told HIM these things.
stewart takes in sail when he sees the
ShauoW of gull ON the harhorw What
was expressed underneath the words was
the firm determination of Capt Wicklin
To take cNactly the contrary course
rs Mr.. Rugby hooked up again the two
FAMILIAR tiueS of hCccheS that were Silhou.
Gt'ed against the sky at the neck" of
Eastern point were writing in the wind
lhcN were perhaps three miles away. and
how soon would that gale traverse The
d!NtanceF Mr.. Rugby had Il vague notion
that sixty miles an hour was not am mn
usual rate fer gales to travel-and, if he
mad seen the winds first attack on the
trees they might still have three minutes
10 maui down the sail and come about in
The wind -
Captain. began Mr.. Rugby sternly.
we must pull down the saiS-the blows
gong to strike us in less than three min
"Fhomas, dear, YOU are really spelling
tn' san tor Mrs. Mcintosh and the chill
"reh. Mrs. Rugby spoke calmly. but no
one would have said She spoke ,lispas-
Ni"hatcly. Their" was something i'm the
tone that made the words seem final
Mildred ignoring Harold'S Aippant
rchukc: IVA
fap0, | wish you would not insist
upon having Il storm Think how tron-
bleSom" one might be-"
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