Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-30
The MATINEE-AND AFTER.

tered crowd swayed hither and thither
the greasy pavement before a drop
curtain of impcnetrablc fog. Then came
a momentarv lifting Of the vaporous bar
! ller, and with coat collars up and COW
cred mouths the various groups pressed
| st0ically forWard-for second Wraith~
| Weirdly indefinite, then suddenly inyi,i-
| Die, engulfcd in the mysterious beyond.
Phantom vehicles emerging from the
gloom glided noiselessly away with the
occupants of boxes and stalls, and the
street settled into silence.
Is that you, Jack?" an anxious voice
demanded pantingly as a fragrant odor
ditfused itself into the murky atmosphere
and glowing point of light advanced
slowly toward the speaker
1t is not-Jack, Sue" the owner of
the cigar said quietly. Have you lost
your party!"
You, Edward? How very lucky! !
ran back for my fan, and didn't find it
Just at once. Jack must have thought
was in the other carriage, and naturally
they concluded he was waiting for me"
Naturally"
His tone was colorlcss, but her quick
glance at him was inquiring, and fingered
thoughtfully
"What are we to do in this appalling
darkness?" she asked, shivering. Gould
we get somewhere for tea -
Il will try to uncarth conveyance if
you will remain here until | return.
Don't move away or | may miss YOU"
lie went few steps paused irreso-
iutely at the sound of her cough, and
slipping out OF his fur lined coat re-
turned with it over his arm.
You are much too lightly clad-as
usual" he observed curtlv. Put this
On. Nonsense!" as she protested: won
iont particularly want an attack of
pneumonia, | suppose"
As he strobe off into the fog she drew
the garment more closely about her. 1t
reached almost to her feet, and she
looked down at herself with an inscr-
table smile as she nestled into its warm
folds
Despite the chill atmosphere. the rem
tral discomfort she fell into a revere as
she leaned idly against the theater door
waiting, and when the waiting was over
it was to the uppermost thought of those
that had possessed her that she present
ly gave utterance.
How quaint for you and me to be
driving about together in hansom!"
ery'-dryly. I'VE conform most
scrupulously to the dictates of the fash
ionable world. We neither go out to-
getler nor stay in together; we see as
little of each other as possible We are
model couple"
1T might be-better-if we were not"
There was something unwonted in her
tone, in the whitening of her lips, and
the restlessness of the small bare hands
almost hidden in the big sleeves of his
coat.
He looked at her curiously.
Did you enjoy the piece?"
The piece? Oh, yes, as well as most
pieces" Her voice was weary. Il did
not see you there
No, | stood most of the time-aImost
under your box. DO you think in the
long run the heroine came to love the
fussy photographer with whom she con
soled herself?"
No. He was refuge, that was all.
She spoke of him as a good little man."
we'll don't quite see"
"She wouldn't even have thought of
his stature if she had loved him.
Wouldn't she?' inquired the man,
whose six feet two of length was but III
accommodated in the half of hanson
cab, and faint smile fitted across his
face
No, and she certainly would not have
troubled to correct herself if she had
Glanced to refer to him in such terms"
Il don't follow your argument. Sue"
she would be 50 sure of herself. Of
his dignity and her own recognition OF
it under all circumstances that She
would not be always on guard against
forgetting it-always iealous lest some
outsider should ignore it."
And her companion pursued with
slow dcliberation, do you-since you are
such student Of human nature-sllp.
pose she confided entirely in her good
little man; told him how near she had
come to wrecking her life"
Possibly probably. If so it is certain
he wept over her woes and quite failed
to see she had been wrong. because. Of
course. in his eyes it was unthinkable
she could be, Had he not been little"
"Nell-had he not"
"- it would have depended on the
measure of his greatness whether she
tuId him or not
"Sue9-he turned ON her with an alb.
rupt change OF >uhjeet-"Why did YOU
marry me-"
"Nhy-2"
Let me have the reason. once for all. |
be the consequences what they may. The
question comes between me and my
work. between me and my every thought, |
and / can find no answer 10 il. You
don't spend money ike other women Of |
your class-y0u care nothing, apparent |
", for the luXuries it places within your
reach"
You think it was for your wealth!
You think that!''
"Bnt what then what else. since If Is !
certain you do not, and never did love !
me -
And if it were true, Did YOU not
need my title-my connections to
to-"
"Burnish my ple6cian gold and cloak |
my obscure origin:' lie concluded as she !