Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20

ing. caesar and Brutus. Did you
They're heather names, too. Awful"
And then Maisle gave a faint shrek
as she looked at the envelope, for 1t
had been posted, not in Sydney, but
in London! True to his eccentric in
stincts, Hardcastle had thought, as he
intended to come over, and as the next
vessel would carry the mails, includ-
ing his letter, he might just as well
bring the letter over in his pocket and
post 1t in town.
I'VE must prepare a room for a pos
sible wife and nurse, and we shall
want wee bed for the twins, Eric"
And, quite unconsclously, the little
woman glanced toward a wee bed
which was being prepared for another
little tenant, and there was an ex-
preston on her face which made Eric
bend over her and kiss her.
They turned out Of their own room
to make room for Lord and Lady
Hardcastle, hired wee bed, and placed
it with a bed for the nurse in the
dressing room. Eric few out and or
dered unheard-of luxuries, and had
scarcely returned when a carriage
drove up.
Maisie was sitting in the drawing
| room, eight feet by eight, trying to
look dignified, and Eric himself went
to the door, He hesitated for a mo-
ment to open it-he had preceded their
little servant-and, ere turning the
handle, heard:
You can go back to town, John. or
whatever your name is, and take the
twins-why, where the devil are the
stables?"
Now. there are no stables in Pal
myra Villa-far from 1t.
And then Eric opened the door. A
little man as brown as a berry, as
hard as nails all over, with gray hair
and eyes, and an alert look, was Jack
Hardcastle. He did not attempt to
shake hands Small as he was, he
seemed to fill the narrow hall
We'll, young man, what have you
to say for yOurself?"
am Silo W oCS SOus ullCle.
"Of course, of course-oniy natural:
but do you mean to say that on five
hundred a year you can't occupy a
larger dog kennel than this?"
81 am only earning two-hfty, IN
Gle"
DO you mean to say Spoonpr &
Co. are not p ying you five hundred
yearT
mo, sir-why should theyY
Because l told them to, of course
they're my solicitors. l own l forgot
l had arranged to grease your wheels
bit for you before left England last
dear me, that's seven years ago
and when l did think of it-let me see,
l was in the Andamans them wrote
myself-and in my own handwriting,
10 make sure-and told them to pay
you tiye hundred a year as long as
you behaved yourself, and 1 got Il ca
bic back months afterward-I was in
Mexico then: Five hundred punches
Of bananas not arrived. l couldn't I'M
| derstand what they meant suppose
there was something the matter with
my handwriting"
Maisie could stand this no longer.
She had stopped looking dignifed, and
was crumpled up with undignified
laughter. So she came out and intro
duced herself, and the little gray man
! kissed her.
"But you a., not alone, uncle?'
There's only me and the twins"
But where are Lady Hardcastle
and the nurse? l have made all prepa-
rations, and am dying to see the
! twins"
They were in the eight foot by eight
now, and Hardcastle seated, looked
| blankly at his hosts.
| do you know, my dear" he said,
! I'm bothered if l know what you're
| talking about. l was never married.
and never shall be, and 1 do not re-
| quire the services of a nurse"
| Put your twin boys?" Az she
produced his letter.
Twin boys" he gasped "Cwin