Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-29
RETTY'S BET.

chair with 4 racket IN her mana anu
turned a. the speaker waved his cigar
towards the tennis lawn below.
Il dare say" she answered composediy,
STOPPING to tie her shoe.
Bet you he isn't returned the stout
man quickly. and couple Of bystanders
joined in his laugh.
4 delicate flush rose in the girls
cheeks. but she answered cooly, why
do You suppose he is exceptional"
oh. he's man Of the world, ne isl"
answered the stout man jovially. And
he, Il swell mot like us poor City John
nies-had lots Of experience he added
with a laugh. Come now. you look so
Jolly confident, whatll you bet on it?
You must bet OF I'll believe you're climb
ing down
II don't care if / do" She returned,
with a look Of scarcely veiied contempt
Mt the laughing group Of men. What
viii you COZ
The fat man pulled himself up in his
chair and his eyes twinkied. He knew
Ralph Pyne pretty well, and he knew
he would not easily be made fool of.
Also he did not at all wish Pyne to fall
| into the snarcs of Miss Betty Langley.
There was a certain lovely Bcbecca
| Cohen. his own niece, who would make
! a more satisfactory Mrs. Pyne to his
thinking But Betty was dangerous-dc-
cidcdly dangerous. unless she could be
induced to cut her own throat.
well. I'll 60 as lar rs Il pin"
| Diamond"
"EIum-yes hanged if | won't stand a
| diamond PIN"
Done, Mr. Juarez" answered Betty
rs she moved away. and Mr.. JuareZ
chucklcd rs he sank back among his
cushions III Miss Bet tries any of her
games ON with that Johnnie he'll bolt.
and possibly, may have the catching of
! him"
Ralph Pyne had already spent two
days in Betty's company, and had en-
! joyed himself as most men did under
the circumstances, and he was not at
all loath to escort her home by the short
cut through the covert after she had
superintended the shooters tea at the
gamekeeper's cottage Betty was I'M
common good company, as good as
younger brother, and much better to look
at Probably it was because she was so
brusque and boyish that most men found
| themselves proposing to her--quite uneX.
| pectedly to themselves, for no one could
| think of sentiment and Betty Langley in
| the same hour. mo humhug about her!
regular good sort the blinded victims
used 10 say. and played Cn--laWn tennis,
! billiards, hide and seek regardless OF
! their doom, and their doom never varied.
| How hot it is" cried Betty suddenly;
don't you think there is going to be an
cart hQuakc?"
is it hot before earthquakes" re
turned Mr.. Pyne. THAT is an interest
ing bit of general information"
oh, people always say they feel queer
before earthquakes but sharp
rustic among the leaves interrupted her
lecture. Good gracious, it's raining!
And there is thunder! Now we are in a
fix" and gathering up her skirts she
started to run.
An right, there's a pile of fagots Just
beyond cried Pyne. no end of a fine
shelter. See?' as they dashed on side
by side, and he pulled back the dripping
branches and showed the pile which the
| woodcuttcr had arranged as sort of
wigwam.
Crouchcd down in shelter Betty soon
regained her breath and began to chatter
again Nov this is romantic. and it
VIII end in my getting bronchitis and
youth get pneumonia, ard we can't go to
the Lorimcr>' dance"
But alas! | shan't 90 TO the I.orimer,
dance anyhow. ! am oil tomorrow"
"Uh | say! What for? What
shame!"
My sister has wired she's coming bacl,
from India and will he at Southampton
land an rtbuuukc would be- 4 triHn cor,-