Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-01

imp maven! L naShed back.
really believe you are Jealous" l col
ored and caught myself up quickly. DO
you think me still the unsophisticated
girl you left behind you in Kansas? Be
cause, you know, really have two beau
TRULY cut molars commonly called eye
| teeth"
That man staid here nearly two
/ hours" he muttered.
How many times have you staid three
or even fourg" l retorted.
But | am an old friend and-and your
PASTOR he replied. And this man is a
foreigner, who knows the rules of Ell
quette and it was his first call"
But not his last, | trust" said 1.
Really, Philip, you are presuming just
a trifle. Who cares about the man, any
how? II l find him entertaining
rather, if with all his experience he finds
poor, uneducated, undeveIoped me inter
esting-whose business is itg'
Mine" he answered. Mine Jackie.
For l tell you"
The door opened and in came Minnie
Morrison followed by Mrs. Bainbridge,
a beautiful young widow who had recent
ly joined the club. Her eyebrows lifted
almost imperceptibly when she saw DR..
Haven and me en- tete-a-tete, and after
a cordial greeting she turned from me
and sat by him on the sofa, entertaining
him with the small talk of society dur
ing the few moments of his stay. And
when he rose to 90 she said good bye
also.
For" said she, 81 am going right by
the rectory and will take you along in
my carriage"
See what it is to have a spiritual ad-
wiser" laughed Minnie, when the door
had closed behind them.
failed to catch her meaning.
What, not see through the pretty
widow" she went on. why, everybody
else sees it already. | tell you an I'M
married clergyman cannot be too careful.
First thing he knows, there'll be a scan.
dial in the aristocratic ranks of St. Sc
bastians.'
And he dared to admonish me!
That very night brought an invitation
to help receive the guests at reception
the mayor and his wife were giving for
the Count de Beauvais, together with a
note asking me to dine with them the
same evening. Dinners and receptions
followed in quick succession and the
counts stay was prolonged from the two
weeks he had at first planned into two
months during which time he was Il fire.
quent caller at my house.
You must not be misled by his ex.
travagant admira ton" Mrs. Parsons adj
monished me, for these foreigners know
not the meaning of the word reserve.
always accept their homage in the spirit
it is given, knowing they will pass on
to the next flower, and, like any other
butterfly, sip diligently all the honey
they find there. It's all in the way of
the world" And so / accepted the
counts devotion, lightly and not I'M
gratefully.
For few weeks matters at the club
ran with uncommon smoothness, there
being no outward friction and few criti-
cisms that reached my ears But the
president of large city club has value
in the business world, as I was destined
to learn. And therein lay my first dan
ger. Within a week after the brilliant
"gentlemens night" of the Nota Benes,
the card of a strange gentleman was
brought up to me at an early hour one
morning.
He said his message was an important
one, ma'am," announced the maid. IF
it doesn't happen to be convenient for
you to see him now, he will call again"
very we'll" | responded, with feel
ing that the thing might as well be over
with at once. Tell him l will be down
directly" Then l fulfed my hair and
got into becoming jacket and descended
the stairway. A tall, good-loolling man
was in the drawing room and came for
ward as | entered.
rs this Mrs HeEning?" he asked,
'The president of the famous Nota Bene
club ~
I replied graciously that the name and
the Office were mine.
"Yes?' and he made a deep bow. Il
have read much about you in the papers.
My name is not familiar to you-of
course not, but l represent Florine, the
great photographer He stopped and |
gasped with delight. Florine's photo
graphs were famous, indeed, and cost a
good many dollars apiece.
HE, too, has read about you, and has
seen your pictures in the Sunday pa
pers," he began automatically, AT
least. he bids me say, he has seen what
the Sunday papers presume to put out
for pictures of you. He would be glad,
madam-he would esteem it privilege,
if you would consent to pose for him.
OF course, there would be no expense to
you"
"You-he is really very good l muir
mured quite as if accustomed to he
sought out by portrait artists for my
beauty Out
"He will be greatly disappointed ii you
do not consent" urged the man. Ills
heart is really set on taking some thor
oughly good pictures of yoa. Pardon me
for saying it, but really, madam it is
shame for those parodies on your looks
to be going about OF course, you could
have as many for your own use as YOU
desired Florine only wishes the por-
trait for his studio-tO add to his col
! lection of beautiful Chicago women"
when does he want me to Gomez"
asked cautiously, for | would not seem