Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-08

tins afternoon. but I knew everyday
would be bothering me about the bali and
| felt as if / couldn't face all the qnes-
tons" Sadie answered, with touch OF
resentment in her voice.
Jim laughed grimly.
oh, you are allowed to skate i'm
Geotf7s absence? ! thought perhaps thaf
was taboo, as well as dancing. Geoff is y
very good young man: he doesn't smoke
or drink, and he keeps all the Commando
ments religiously-especially the eiev
enth, which modern writer's have added
10 suit the exigencies of the times; but
the one which enioins us to do unto othl-
ers as we would they should do unto uf
is omitted from his creed altogether"
Sadie laughed and shook her head al
jim. but she could not be angry witp
him Just then-he who had travelled more
than eco miles in the bitter cold of 4
winters day. Just TO spend an hour "a
two with her and prevent her from feelt
ing lonely.
Have you any skates. jim? If not,
| can find fathers at once" she said.
Il borrowed a pair from my host in
London. Put on your hat AT once, Sadie.
you a latch key?7
Eyes, ! have fathers. The maids 60
early to bed but Jones is to sit up for
the others, and he is such good old
soul-hell do anything for me. ! shall
be all right
Sadie ran upstairs and hurriedly
donned her sealskin coat and cap, and
twisted round her white throat long
fur boa which Jim had given her on her
last birthday She felt a little throb OF
malicious amusement as she thought how
angry Godfrey would be if he krew that
instead of spending the evening in soli-
tary dullness she was going skating with
Jim Westcot.
Serves him right. too for being so
SELFISH" she said to herself with little
defiant toss of her pretty head. Fancy
Jim making his sweetheart stay at home
from a ball because he could not take
her" A vague sort of envy of the happy
girl who would some day be Jim's sweet
heart and have right TO his love and
care stirred in her heart as she ran down
stairs and joined him in the hall.
Jim took her skates from her and
opened and closed the door softly: arm
in-arm they went down the quiet street
and along the road which led by the
river side to the Grange The snow yield
ed crisply under their feet the stars
shone brightly in the clear blue sky, and
the moonlight fell with a cold, silver IA
dance over the frozen river and the
snow covered fields and trees.
Il am glad your last night in England
is so lovely. Jiml" Sadie said, and her
hands closed tightly round his arm "a
she spoke II wonder what YOU viii
be doing tomorrow night at this time,
dear?"
Tossing about in nay berth in the
agonies of seasickness, probably" Jim
answered with rather forced gaiety, for
the culver in Sades voice warned him
that any approach to sentiment or any
allusion to the approaching separation
was dangerous Just then Look here, Sa
die-we don't think about that just now,
for this is the last night we shall ever
spend together Oh, yes, il is; when |
come back you will be Mrs. Godfrey
Cheyiot-a stately. imposing matron, an
altogether different being from my old
chum Sadie-and shall be heaven knows
what But tonight we will forget all
that-forget tomorrow and Godfrey and
every biAiHRs anu hdNt a kbta tlhAts
eh, old girl?"
Eyes. we will forget it all, JIM" Sa
die cried; and so-both being young and
hopeful and endowed with the happy
faculty of vanishing painful thoughts of
the past or the future, and living in the
present moment-they succeeded and
laughed and talked as gaily as if they
were boy and girl still; as if there was
no hateful parting in store, no jealous
lover to frown on their innocent friend
ship.
The Grange was an old house. about a
mile from the town 1t was unoccupied
Just then, for the owner-Sir Felix May.
nard-was somewhat eccentric and would
neither let it nor live in it himself. At a
little distance from the house was very
large pond surrounded by trees, with a
little island in the middle. The water
was not very deep, and being very still
froze more quickly than any other pond in
the neighborhood, and long before it was
safe to venture on the river
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