Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-29

Alice Smith. the only daughter of the
late John Smith, for her lifetime" re-
pied Mr.. Silver carefully. but your age
and other things affect the one who has
the reyersion very eonsiderab bly, That is
Miss Violet Surrey, as YOU know, and
that Is where the roint of health comes
in. Ii You We're const,mptive now, or ex-
tremely delicate. her chance of coming
into the money would b. great"
Thank YOU flashed Hiss Smith very
sharply but have no desire TO die yet
awhile even 10 obliee Miss Surrey |
may look delicate, but I've never had a
days illness in my life. so there!'
Your mother was consuNptive though
l believer" blandly.
Mother consumptiye" echoed the girl
quickly. Why she is a. strong as a
cart horse-was strong. | mean. Now.
if you're quite finished questioning and
worrying me. | should he glad to go, my
head fairly aches with thinking"
shes dear, sweet girl" whispered
Mrs. Rochester, as she went out, land
improving every hour. We must not
forget that she is a colonial
The trouble is, one cannot help con
trasting her with Miss Surrey" replied
the lawyer little pointedly; brass Is all
very we'll in its way, except when by the
side OF gold"
Mrs. Rochester flushed angrily. and
said with marked dispicasue--
y very silly and unjust comparison.
|. whose knowledge OF both is surely
much greater than yours can possibly he,
Mr. Silver, should describe them as both
OF gold, only one j. more polished than
the other. But the polish will come
IS coming every day, as You will find.
Good afternoon
"IIum! and the SON agrees with the
mother, unfortunately. Wen, It's none
OF H. business. but what fools people
are. What fools they are, | warned
Sin Hilary. | begged him to be prepared
for the scheme 10 miscarry. and ii things
are as they seem, they have miscarried
with a vengeance. Fancy that pert. low
girl inheriting that immense fortune and
snatching Sir Halco from that poor girl
too both money and lover. Its hard
even to a lawyer who sees hard things
every day, it's hard. But talk OF The
devil and he appears How do You do
Sir Halcoy Your mother only left my
office five minutes ago
All! yes, | heard they were coming
said the young barouct moodily. but
I'd forgotten it for the moment. 1t'r
purely on my own business I've come
this time, Silver. | want to 90 into
Mays and means with You. | want Ven
TO prepare an accurate scale of expenses
for neon as low basis as possible
What can | live at the manor house on
if try to avoid unnecessary luYuries."
III you give up hunting the county
cut down the staff of servants indoor
and out. practically abandon the pre-
serves, and sell the town house or let it
YOU might live; but III work it out m
detail during the next week on SO, if you
like. Sir Halco, and let You have it.
Thank YOU" gloomily. but without
The hunting, or shooting. or the town
house as Il relief to the monotony. life
would be almost unbearable. The Rocb-
esters have had the beaglcs and the
hounds for the last five hundred years,
Yes. Sir IIalco and they've been NJ
TO the ears in debt for a century nj
least = was the reply. The fault of the
Rochesters has been living beyond THEN
means. plun9ing on anyhow, never stint
ing themselves any pleasure. and letting
who would pay for it. Whenever the
Golfers were quite empty they married
money. and gained il new lease of life
Sin Hilary was the only one who had
the manliness To cut himself adrift from
the crumbling house and try to prop il
mp himself instead OF letting woman
do il for him
HE took care his money did not bcne-
fit the Rochestcrs." said his nephew bit
tcrly; the place and title are Il white
elephant 10 me- and and the only thing
left for me to do is to follow the exam
pie of dead and gone aneestors'
(Which one. sir:' quickly. Those
who married for money or the one who
earned ii for himoelfG"
How could | earn money? p bitterly.
How could Sir Hilary earn it? lie
was quite your age sir. when he went
out abroad AMI tried It's only the eff
fort that's wanting Let me speak
frankly to YOU once, Sir Halco. Let my
white hair and the fact that | nWsed
your father when he was a child be my
excuse for the liberty. Sir Hilary was
Il good and brave and true man, and he
hated the idle life of pleasure the Roch.
c-trrS i'll Ggifted INTO spending all they
Inherited then just lrarrYing Tor money.
and spending that too. He thought rich
men had duties and earnestly be tried to
fulfil his. No one starved ON his prop.
erty. and no honest. bard working man
was allowed to Gle i'll the workhouse lie
was friend as well "a master. and he be
lieyed himself to be = kind OF steward
who one day would be called to account
for the vast wealth put into his hands.
He never married because the woman he
loved married another man, but he took
their orphan child and was as father
to her. / may tell YOU now that he
meant her to be his heircss. only
forgive me-he saw in You all the yir-
tues and failing. 81 his race. Good looks.
love of pleasure. extravaganza, and no
idea of a rich mans duties. lie saw if
shat money were ><illed TO YOU or her tine
result would be the same, and youI real
~ good qualities never called into active
life. He said too, the girl was worth
being loved and wooed for her own sake,
and if YOU ioved her a. you ought 10 do
YOU would risk marrying her, let the
town and country houses TOR a few years.
and take life seriously Working for