Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-22

and-and yes, l will say it-of position
You have made the money, Joe, and, to
be candid, | have made the position
Isn't it so?"
That's about the size of it, he CON
ceded.
And so we must look at these things
as people of the world do" l went on
oracularly. Surely. you are not going
to let an anonymous letter spoil every
thing?"
"Were you and the count together this
summer-anywhere but at Parsons es-
tablishment?"
Not for a moment. Joe. There were
fourteen other Chicago people there at
the same time" | said.
And some one of them bears you q
grudge," he said, softening visibly.
| took advantage of the situation and
soon wheedled him into good temper
again; although ! noticed that he folded
the letter up carefully and bestowed it
in an inner pocket. Il shall see about
the item in Seen and Heard" he said
finally, and trace the anonymous letter
writer. BY heaven! This is coming
back to the freedom of the American
press with a vengeance"
sought out Mrs. Parsons before noon
showed her the newspaper, and told her
of the anonymous letter.
"All of which explains the chilly at
mosphere of the meeting yesterday" She
observed when | finished my excited
speech. One person with penchant for
writing anonymous letters can do more
! harm in a club than a whole armed re-
| bellion. We've never had one before in
| the Nota Bene ranks, but now there
seems to be a regular epidemic of them
Evidently it is a new conner" She
looked at me narrowly and waited.
"Oh, don't believe it is she!" | cried
! taking IN her meaning by some occult
method.
She's Unfortunately jealous of you"
| pursued my friend. Both of the preacher
and the count. detest the woman"
! But | knew not whom else to suspect
unless it might be my sworn enemy
| the one who tried in vain to defeat my
| election Mrs. cambridge had been a
| friend; indeed, she was to lunch with me
that very day. She came and brought
! Philip Haven with her. | waited for
them to speak of the newspaper para
graph, but they ignored it. When the
| coffee was being served, | said
| Il suppose you saw me all beautifully
|
and Heard this morning."
Il did," answered Philip gravely. and
| regret it most deeply"
| "Oh, dastardly thing!" murmured
| Mrs cambridge. 1T is so hard for
woman to withstand attacks of that
kind"
Il shall rise above it, / said stoutlv.
Il shall ignore the paragraph, and also
1 hn loJf IL a
about in the club"
Philip did not know about those.
"You will be wise in ignoring them"
he said when | explained The person
who will condescend to those things is
sneak and a coward No self respecting
person would associate with the writer
of anonymous letters"
knowingly" | added. looking at Mrs.
Bainbridge, who was gazing abstracted-
ly into the depths of her coffee cup. as
though she had not heard The worst is.
that this personshe is"
You assume it To be woman?"
asked the lady, looking up with a smile
"Of course. | have not thought of it's
being any other" | answered carelessly
AS | was saying. this person isn't con
! tent with attacking me to my club
| friends; she wrote my husband, almost
| at the moment he arrived from Europe"
Coward" exclaimed Philip.
''Shocking!" added Mrs. cambridge.
But tell me, has your husband re,
| turned? When did he come? You must
be pleased"
How could she have done it," I said
afterward to Mrs Parsons. "Whv. she
| didn't even know Joe had returned
Whereupon the lady gave me one Of her
long, narrow looks and said nothing.
| took a long ride with the children
that afternoon, picking up Joe at his
| Office on our way home. Truly, / would
be more domestic hereafter; and the
world should see how devoted / could be
to my family. And as | looked at Joe
with his newly acquired air, his we'll
made clothes. and his fresh, manly face
l felt that this would be no hardship.
"Now, Jackie; he said settling him
self i'll the victoria. ''this is something
like No more junketing about foreign
cities for me until you 90 too" He
seemed to have recovered from the shock
of the morning and | strove to keep him
good natWed. An excellent dinner was
waiting when we arrived home, and Joe
seemed to appreciate his home as he had
never done before Oh. surely, | would
be more domestic now, and make him
so comfortable that he would say moth
ing against clubs, and at the next gen
tlemen's night | would make him attend
III evening dress, and he should see for
himself how popular his wife had be-
come and how my occupancy of the
presidents chair had raised our social
standing. He should yet compliment me
on my diplomacy in getting what
wanted-what we both wanted.
All this while Joe was smoking his
cigar. When he was through:
We'll, l have an important business
engagement tonight. may not be home
till late. Don't sit up for me-"
"0h, Joe! Couldn't you give me this
evening"" l cried. 1T is so soon after
your rcturu "