Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-25

Let me see; now ora are you, Elsie
Pm 81"
Twenty Really? Wen, well.
how time does fly TO think of me with
a daughter that age! 1t seems terrible.
She called for brandy and soda.
Bring it quick she commanded. She
felt it was Necessary. Il didn't ask for
your lemonade" she explained to her
daughter. They wouldn't know in the
club what it was"
That's all right mother, dear. But,
aren't you glad?"
"Glad2 oh, about you getting mar
ried. | suppose I am. Who's the man -
Such dear boy!'
Rich ?"
well. no-not rich,7
-Old?''
"Oh, no; only 25.'
What a pity. Not old, ard not rich.
Now, if you had married rich, old man.
you might have become one of u.s."
"One of-youg"
Zone of the smart set, As it is. | am
afraid you are hopeless"
Somehow, the girl did not seem TO be-
tray any anxiety to become member of
that select circle. She actually shud-
dered
Mrs. Brunton, having negotiated her
brandy and soda in one guip, felt re-
cuperated, and remembered her duties
She held out her hand
well good bye" she said; Il have to
90 and play bridge. So pleased to have
seen you again"
The daughters eyes filled with tears.
Won't you kiss me, mother, and wish
me joy"
Il wish you joy. of course, but I'm
afraid you won't have it, under the cir
cumstances. Pity you're not marrying
somebody rich and old Goodbye"
Won't you kiss me?"
what! In the club? My dear, do
| have some sense"
And so mother and daughter parted. in
the correct, Unconditional fashion that is
50 universal nowadays The mother went
to her card game.
The daughter, stupid enough to have
some feelings, pulled down her veil to
hide her tears.
As they sat at dinner at the Carlton
that night Mrs Tom Brunton said to
| Lord PEBBLES:
Frederick, would you believe that I
saw my daughter this afternoon"
| Ildn know you had one.
| We'll | was surprised, rather think
| it upset me. ] lost a cool six hundred
afterward at bridge"
How stupid! That's what comes of
being plagued with children"
But this one isn't a child now. She's
going to be married"
Hang it, that's worsel"
at was a shock to me, | can assure
you. 1t seems only the other day that
She went to stay with her uncle and
aunt"
What sort of people are they?"
Hes my brother. Horribly prosaic.
He's a kind of clergyman
Dear mel"
ooh, | never acknowledge him. And
now the girl returns quite young wom-
an--and is going TO be married.
"Who to?"
"There" said Mrs. Tom Brunton.
Upon my soul, quite forgot to ask
her"
It was about three months afterward.
The scene was Monte Carlo.
Mrs. Tom Brunton, staying at the
Hotel Royal, was summing herself in the
grounds. reclining in a deck chair, and
reading the latest onslaught on the smart
set by lady novelist How absurd"
she meditated.
Robert Ben Nevis, Earl of PEBBLES,
came along the gravel path. Staying at
the Hotel Russo, almost opposite he was,
OF course. frequent and privileged
visitor.
But she lifted her eyes in surprise
is the motor ready, them" she asked.
81 didn't expect you for an hour"
"fain't the motor" said the carl. "but
this is the funniest thing I've read for
long time
She then observed that he was waving
a copy of the Morning Post.
whats thaty" she inquired. "Some.
thing funny? Tell me at once"
Read this he gurgled.
He handed her the paper, pointing at
the same time to a marked paragraph
under the heading of Marriages"
And this is what she read:
Ben Nevis Brunton-On the 9th in
slant, at St Mary Abbot's, kensington,
by the Bishop of Double Gloucester, uncle
of the bride. assisted by Rev. James
Brown, NJ A., Bernard Roderick Ben
Nevis, only son of the Earl of PEBBLES, TO
Elsie, only daughter of Thomas Brlmton.
NJ. p, of Berkeley Square, W.
WHAT cried Mrs Brunton my
daughtcr!"
and my son?"
Only daughter of Thomas Brunton.'
Why, my name is not even mentioned,
BY the Bishop of Double Gloucester!
That's my brother. told you he was a
kind OF clergyman"
And my rascal of son never asked
my permission"
Have ever seen your son?"
Certainly not Haven't seen him my
self since he went to Eton"
well, of all the"
That's my opinion, too. Amt it
funny? Ha ha hal"
She arose grandly from her chair.
well. there is one consolation" She
observed, a she took the proffered arm
of hn