Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11

the form OF prmroses; the White paint
OF the woodwork, even, caught the re
| tlection and possessed an added delicaey.
For-that number of years from when
she was IA to now, to be exact have
never been astonished at anything she
chose to do. For the first time the change
staggered me.
isn't it channing?" said Phoebe, as
sat down with a slight gasp.
The only adjective | could remember
was quite inadequate.
Guess what it Means" was her next
remark.
| thought q minute, and remembered
that fol- the last six months the room
had been pail rose.
II am 50 sorry"
She was surveying the room with pride,
but looked back to me quickly
What for:" she SAID, as ungrammat-
icolly as the jackdow of hallowed mem-
Dry.
About the lamp l answered.
The lamp9" she queried
Yes; that the lamp should have
smoked and spoiled it, answered lit
looked so pretty"
When Phoebe looks scornful tyou can
take it from mel you wish You hadn't
spoken. ! wished | hadn't spoken then.
Suddenly realizing what was expected
of me. l hazarded:
The expectation of future" was
so obviously flabbergasted (as she her
self would say that she never even ac-
cused me of sarcasm.
Look at met" she said
1t is n proceeding to which have
never had any objection. looked. She
was dressed in dark red dress, nearly
/ hidden with crowds of some flmy white
material. She always wears filmy things.
1T Is passionate soul in the icy grip
OF realism,' she informed me grayely.
If any one can tell me the correct re-
tort to such a statement | shall be glad
Again | looked round the room, and my
glance rested on the piano Thanks,
suppose, to its iron frame, it managed to
support a small florists shop Of white.
yellow and bronze chrysanthemums The
back was draped to match her dress. dark
red shining through white and gold.
1t looked so charming that / could Rbt
suppress an exclamation of approval
You know Geo. Carrantm she asked
| bowed stiAy, for do not like G.. f.
He has written song TO carry out
the idea of the ROOM" she went on, and
having given me some tea, went over To
the piano
| put down by cup and listened
Dvorak himself, | believe, would have
found 1t difficult to discover any melody
in that music, and as for the words well,
they were just like George Farant.
The first verse went something like
this
AS sit at the edge Of the flame,
Rushing. the wind goes past,
Catching, however, | strain
All of my hopes in its blast.
A h, Love! Could see thee again,
Feet but thy hand In my hand,
SO would ! give
All Of my life
That | might live
For thee All. LOye.''
The "Ah, I.oye!" was repeated about
six times at the end of each verse. |
heard two, but that is no reason WHY
everybody else should suffer.
| do not know how much more George
Farrant had written like that, but the
second verse proved pretty conclusiyely
that he had exhausted his ideas when he
finished the title.
As she rose from the piano / took both
her hands in mine
"Phoebe!' said, and if ever man
put all his soul into one word ! told her
then-how ! hate George Farrant.
] seemed to see the whole of the room
at once, The white and yellow toning
down into a rich gold.
"A passionate soul in the lev grip OF
realism! Does it feel like thati" I
asked
Just then her mother came in, dressed
in particularly bright heliotrope
"les!" gasped Phoebe.
We both looked at her mother. After
the due formanties she sank back iuto
All armchair which she filled
Your new dress has come Phoebe.
she said
had hastily dropped the passionate
souls" hands and felt that some remafit
was needed from me to relieve the ten
sion.
What does il mean?" I cried.
1t was Phoebc's turn to look grateful, !
and she did it to perfection, while her
mother explained the dress as lucidly as
is possible for a woman.
1T is all black" She said, covered
with sequiIs of gold and jet. The bodice
ia swathed across with white rosebnds !
and there is a garland of white roses on
the shoulder"
| looked at Phoebe inquiringly.
1T is tie birth Of golden hope from
the darkness Of despair" she explained
solemnly. viii yon write me a song
for it,"
Very guardedly l promised to try.
/ really did Try, but / never got any
further tnan the study of dressmaker's |
bill, which l have lately had 10 pay