Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
WHEN THEY NET AGAIN.

nave NOT seen you lOE IOugt Slt
had said when they met 1t was at
dinner at a great house in the shires.
Not LARGE dinner, only the men who
had been asked to shoot their hosts
pheasants, and the women who had been
asked to firt with the men.
She found him changed Older and
graver she thought lie wondered at the
unaltered beauty of her face, at the
smooth, hower-like softness of her skin.
free from betraying line or shadow, ut
:hc wealth of her hair and the undimmed
iustcr of her eyes.
Several Sc. sons back he had been the
willing slave of her most trivial desire
Now they had met again and she laid
her white land upon his arm. and drew
him through enc of the open French win
dows. ut of the blaze of light and color
into the warm grayness of a perfect
night
''You may take a chill without a wrap.
let me-
"Don't you know" she said, that
ncver take coldi" and she laid a slight
repfOachul stress upon the second word.
Il had
Forgotten! You are candid. at least"
Is eandor such a little thing?"
In this world-at least in our world,
she returned, 1T does not count for
mech At least with women
"But in another wOrld-that is still
this world it counts for everything with
women.
"Such women" she said. 'must be
highly estimable-and rather trying to
know
Il nave not found them trying" he
said, his face cold and hard with dis
pleasure. though it was some time be-
fore | VAS able to understand that their
truth covered no pretense. l hunted for
shifts and cvaeions in their speech. as
reward for certain elances in their yes,
and certain expressions in their faces
But | did not find what |
sought" He added quietly, "Thank God!"
"Whero," she asked with a sneering
infection, ARE these crystalline para
gems to be encountered! Or-for | take
ihc liberty of supposing that while you
use the plural you mean the singular
where IS she to be found r
81 found her" he answered with a soft
eued change of expression which CALLED
her incredibly, in provincial town"
WAS she n tradcsm daughter, a
Priscilla of the cigar shops, a Della of
the dairy ~ she asked, contemptuously
She is the daughter of a farmer" he
said, "and hospital nurse"
"Oh!"
Perhaps you remember" he said. with
icy GOODNESS, that had occasion for
hospital treatment in the November of
last year"
oh, YES she answered, with contrite. |
downcast eyclashes I'VE were out with |
the Chesmore Vale pack You were civ. |
ing me lead at difficult fence: there |
was harhcd wire, put up by some farmer
who had not given notice to the hunt |
You were tlroWn-the mare fell with |
you-and upon you. You were covered |
with blood and made -iHsensible"--
Not quite he said, grimly. She went
on:
THE field had gone by. There was
no water, OF anything. and audi
And Capt. Garthsidc"
She blushcd a little.
I and Capt. Garthside thought you
were killed. You looked so-so-dead!"
Her laugh was little hysterical.
Il had pitched directly on my head"
he explained. There was ccncussion -
and etlnsion. In that condition, though
you cannot move a finger or twinkle an
eyeiash TO save your life, you can both
see aud hear"
lie spoke the words with emphasis.
and the hand that lay upon his sleeve
moved spasmodirally.
Can you really How curious. You
should write a letter detailing your OK
Periences to the Lancet"
Il wrote letter detailing my experi-
ences to YOU
hid NuU