Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-17


nuddle. AS l lean over the boat and try
IN vain to extrieate it without breaking
the line, l very nearly overbalance my.
/ self more than once.
/ In the meantime the fisherman, seeing
my embarrassment, unmoors his boat and
comes up to my assistance, arriving Just
/ as regain my equilibrium
/ We both stoop to rescue the seull
which / had let go in my fright, and, of
| course, we bump our heads together in
/ the orthodox fashion. Equally of course
l laugh. He looks up, and, much to my
surprise, laughs too.
It's all very we'll" he says, but, do
/ you know, you lost me the largest Dream
1 it has ever been my luck TO catch?"
! Really" | eXclaim, quite aghast at
the amount of damage / appear to have
! done. Il can't think how | could have
! been so stupid: but the fact is | was feel
ing particularly happy Just then. and l
am afraid | was not noticing where |
was going"
Indeed May l inquire the cause of
your felicity?" he asks, STOPPING to re-
move two or three weeds which have
caught in the blade of my scull
oh, it was only because l had evaded
Stan Oh, nothing particular" / STAN
ner. suddenly recollecting myself and
getting horribly red
There Allow me to return your
scull. and if | may offer suggestion.
don't be too happy going back. or worse
may befall You"
TN not likely to, after making such a
silly of myself, l laugh, with a reckless
disregard for grammar; and then thank
him, and taking the scull go slowly back
to Westover.
81 met the Armitages in the village this
morning" Mrs. Leigh announces at din
ner the next day. They had heard that
you We're back from London, Helen. and
we're coming over to see you; so | asked
them to come to tea this afternoon"
How on earth did they know" I
asked.
Il told them,7 said Stanley, growing
rather red
oh, that was where you went yestcr-
day, was it ?" | exclaim. well, / think
you might have let your mother know:
believe she thought | had murdered you
and buried you under haycock"
To this hippant remark Stanley vouch-
asks his wife which of the Armitages
are coming.
so and Cissie and a cousin of their
who is staying with them. They said
they had cousin staying with them. so,
of course, I asked them to bring him
too"
Him." I say. 81 wonder what he is
like?"
"a oo,,oo;+od o.., ,- c41 at
met him there yesterday; he thinks an
awful lot of himself"
And not much of YOU suppose"
reflect; but l keep my reflection to my
self.
At o'clock the girls arrive. bringing in
their train the Connected ass" whom
they introduce as my cousin, Guy Ar
mitage," and who turns out, as l more
than half expected, to be my friend, the
angler.
He is a tall, spare young fellow, of
about five or Ska and twenty, not exactly
handsome, yet certainly not plain, with
brown eyes and brown skin. and a GER
tain air of strength and determination
about him which makes one fancy he
would not be easily thwarted if he had
set his heart on anything We all adj
! JOuiu " the nay hSluS lOf tea, ana pres
emily, under cover of the general chatter,
he looks across at Stanley and then whis.
pers to me
80 that is STAN whom you were so
anxious to avoid yesterday? | think I
shall tell him. oh-er-Mr. Leigh!"
Don't" ] interpose hurriedly
what's the matter" says Stanley
looking up from what appears to be
Armitage.
"Er-I was going to ask you-but
see | am interrupting your conversation;
| dare say''-with merry glance at me
Miss Trinder can tell met
Stanley looks rather puzzled. hestates
then shrugs his shoulders and straight
way resumes his conversation with Cis-
| sic.
1t has often been a matter of wonder
to me that Stanley did not ask Cissie
Armitage to be his wife instead of doing
me the honor; they would have been so
splendidly suited to one another! She is
one of those meek, devout women who
spend their time in works of charity and
in going to church, and who, if some
what colorless, are undoubtedly kind and
good She would never have dreamed of
| ulspuIlHg any punt Win nlUl-Wnlcn IS
exactly what he would like, and unfor-
tyInately exactly what l cannot manage,
being, l suppose, of naturally contrary
| nature.
will you come for a row after tea ?"
Mr.. Armitage asks presently, bringing ME
fresh cup, and re-establishing himself
at the base of my hayeock. ut will be
Lovely on the river this evening Besides,
/ think you ows me some reward for get
tirg you out of that serape just now"
Il think | owe you something for so
nearly getting me into it," laugh. But,
| if the others care about it. l am too fond
Of the water to refuse"
So. in the cool of the evening. we all
saunter down to the river Stanley and
Cissie lead the way, and 10, Guy Armi-