Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-21

her in good temper, ard sheH stou
aanaln' at me-"
{ Harold Casenate took up his nfne
again ard slowly filed It. There was
on hurry now about bidding long adfeu
20 that faithful friend This ESQ nare
which had come 80 mysteriously and "
opp0rrunely, mad changed in a moment
the whole faee Of the situation.
+ Waile be was eth thinking the matfcr
over, and wondering who as Anonymous
benefact0r eould b., there came 4 Ioud
snoclc at bis door-an aggressive, i'm
+ perio8s sort Of knock; and without wait
ing for the formality Of his Come I'M
AlFa. Bapkins, his landIadys founeed into
the room.
About that little matter Of fifteen
tweive-six. a. yer owes me, Mr. Case
mate. she began. setting her arms azfn-
10 and shifting deaantly.
All yes" he replied quietly, handing
her the ESQ note. Here you are. Xou
can pay yourself out Of this and let me
/ have the change and the receipt in the
morning"
+ In about three-quarteTs Of an hour
Polly brought mp a steak aanlled BY
mashed potatoes and bottle Of stout
My amt nissis in a heavingly hIl-
NOR. though" she remarked, as she
hustled about, laying the table ~Cheru.
bins and serapbims amt in it with her.
10 Fuss It's ike the Garding Of Eden
in the basement just now"
Like All other most highly impress
sionaoie men, the same acute sensitive
! mess tIgSt made Casemate quick and
easy prey to despair at an adverse turn
Of fortune rendered him susceptible Of
equally sud Ten elatiCn at the smallest
stroke u good Turk. In a Jew months
/ his feet were well on the high road that
leads 10 distinction and affiuence.
( And now that he was able TO pay his
/ way regularly. he found Mrs Bapxins
vastly more civil and considerable for his
creature comforts. But, in the course Of
/ "A month or two, the good woman was
again very much upset; and this time It
was not Casemate, the Iodger but Polly,
the siavcy. " no was the delinquent.
/ Poll haG the impudence to contract
pncuu onia and worse than that, BY the
time the doctor vas sent for, the GIRL
+ had the unparalleled cheek to be too III
10 be moved.
I Mrs Bapkins was very much incensed
and inycighed against Polly, and pitied
i herself. IN 40 measured terms.
/ Tut, mt said Casemate, much con.
Icelued l9eiHg kind hearted fellow, not.
/ Of course, for tho selfish and unfeeIfmg
] landl5dy, but for the unfortunate Polly.
/ I'm sorry to hear the poor girls 20 ill.,
I very 0ry. Look here. Don't you worry
about expense Mrs. Bapkns. Just you
engage rGrse ard procure whatever the
doctor orders, ard III pay for it ALL"
/ But, in spite Of everything being done
/ for her, Polly got rapidly worse On the
third lay tie doctor pronounced her con
I dition hopeless Mrs. Bapkins was in
terrible state Of mind. and Pities herself
more than ever. Polly was actually
going to have the audacity to die in her
house
I Late that eyerirQ, while he was busy
{ or an article he was writing, there came
( a tap al his door. The nurse entered.
( lac pcor girPg gone, sir" she said
( She passed away about an hour ago.
Before she became unconscious.
she asked me 10 give you this after she
/ was dead. It's about her funeral I be-
lieVe, and the settlement Of her small.
effects. She told me that, as she had
no friends or near relations, and as
you'd always been kinder to her than
any one else, she would like you to do
+ this for her-if you would"
! As the nurse spoke, she handed him
small peckct. which, az soon az he was
alone, he proceeded to open. 1t contained
an ill speled letter, in Pollys SPRAYING,
childish handwriting, and a postoffice
savings bank book. The letter was
dated some days previously, and ran as
/ follows:
Deer Sir; You woan't get this I'll I'm
/ led. ls 70 say VIII you plGese see as T. 10
l"rricd decent 'ctere's to left In the bank
Tint viii pas for Il. I engcOse my bank
book. Aud. Deer Sir, there's sumthink else
as ger u see II yer looks at the book But
Yer mustn't he angry, sir. Cos | done IL
for yer good aud COS / coOden helD--I Good
/ eu really, sr-cairng for yer as | never
CARED fol no one else aforc. Good by, deer,
deer, sir, and God bless yer for all yer kind
ness. from POLLY
The tears started to his eyes as he
read this letter. Then he looked into
the bank book and the truth stood re-
roaled. Three months before Che re-
membered the date well there was an
entry in the book showing that the sum
of $50 ten years Of the little sIavey's
hardly earned savings-had been drawn
out in lunp.-Iruth.
Crowd Mobbed Clown.