Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-01

TN the ROOF char was pushed back
roughly and a voice said:
Il say, old man, have you got time
card handy:"
The question was repeated once more
before it aroused the sleepy owner of the
houseboat.
Want a time card, do your" he in
quired in lazy tone. What on earth
for! Why bother about trains and
things yet awhile? You're staying for
the regatta, aren't your"
II think not, thanks-I'm due in town
tomorrow morning"
"Rot!" was the laconic answer Rot,
sheer, idiotic rot-you can't possibly go
up tomorrow, it would be confoundedly
uncivil to Evelyn to go off directly she
arrives. Besides, thought"
Yes, what do you Think"
| His host hesitated and then the soldier
understood.
Don't say it please he interrupted
'You made mistake. old man. lift
had known what / know now, |
shouldn't have come down here while
Miss Annerly was with you. Something
which happened in the motor made me
suspect it. II had no idea of it before
| Below, in the stern, little hand
snapped off spray of pink geranium and
destroyed it with extraordinary violence
Marion" low voice whispered, did
did you hear what Maj. Griffiths said to
Arthur"
"Of course; what did he mean, dear?"
/ HE meantime, | can't tell you,' and a
dep, glowing crimson flooded the girls
| fair face.
How could she tell her cousin that be-
cause of an unmaidenly endeavor to as
sist a soldiers shyness, because of a
rash-"I am very glad'-words spoken
in perfect sincerity with a simple truth
fulness which had carried conviction to
the man who heard them and told him
quite plainly that a girls friendship had
ripened into love unasked-because of an
irretrievable mistake there was nothing
left for the ma jor but to go away. At
the time his silence had been little dis
concerting, certainly, and now she real
led that he had been silent because she
had said too much.
NO, Marion, [ can't possibly tell you, -
she repeated with vehement earnestness.
please, please don't ask me to explain
and promise, promise me that you won't
let Arthur ask him, and-and Marion
she entreated, promise that you won't
ask him to stay on here even for an
hour"
Then footsteps upon the narrow stair
case just behind them made further con
idence impossible.
Marion, do you know where my time
card is?" her husband asked her.
There's one somewhere about, | know,
unless the Snip has eaten it, Here
Snip!'" he called, and the terrier reused
himself and ran joyfully to meet his
master. Snip, have you eaten my time
table, you rascal!"
A sudden and overwhelmingly delight
full sensation of relief welled up in the
majors heart, and he, too, descended the
narrow staircase.
There's no use to bother about the
time card on my account, at any rate .
he said, and he spoke with curious de-
/ liberation.
| His host looked back at him. Il
Thought" he began.
For the second time that evening the
soldier interrupted him.
81 know you did, old man, but 1 made
a mistake"
Then you'll stay on for the regatta ~
"May-may l leave it open, Lady Max
well?"
Marion looked up for some sign from
her cousin, but her chair was vacant, I'M
der cover of the gathering darkness she
had slipped into the room behind them.
why not settle it at 2" her hus-
band answered it for her, "and, Crit
fiths," he added, with lazy laugh, as he
threw himself with careless abandon
into the depths OF the low wicker chair,
consider the infrmities of advancing
age, and go in and bring the cards out"
So fate, embodied in the six-foot form
of his lazy friend, sent the soldier into
the presence of the girl he loved.
He found her bending over a pile of
music.
May help you," he hazarded
She drew up her slender figure with
great stateliness and answered him with
a cold, NO, thank you"
Miss Annerly, have-have | offended
you in any way?"
| There was no reply.
Won't you tell me?" he entreated.
Even the greatest criminal is told of
his crime and allowed to plead his
cause"
You have no cause to plead,
ma or-"
In his shyness he contradicted her
lquite rudely.
Il have a cause to plead, Miss Annerly.
tried to plead it in the motor, but you
wouldn't let me, and-and when heard
what you said about the Snip 7"
A pair of delieately penciled eyebrows
were raised with unmistakabie astonish-
ment. The Snip major? How can my
opinion of my cousins dog affect you F''
1T doesn't, only my nickname happens
to be the Snip and until few minutes
ago | had no idea / had namesake on
the Iris. Do you understand now why |
was so anxious to consult the time
cardY"
Miss Annerly laughed softly. YES
she said, Il suppose my disparaging re-
marks must have seemed a little strange
after ter what l said to you in the
motor" she added. with her erns 1,nnn