Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-01
LOVER AND COMRADE.
By Marriage Olga North Dans Sister,
Dads DarIin',' against WILL Etc. ETC.,

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Julia smiled unpleasantly. She knew
right well that Sadie, who was an un-
willing martyr to a sense of duty, would
not require much persuading: that she
was quite as anxious as any of her
would-be partners to be present at the
ball; and that she only required a little
encouragement to break into open revolt
and fling duty to the winds. Julia knew
this and so smiled rather maliciously as
she answered
"But what if she would rather stay at
/ home2 You see, Mr.. Cheviot has been
Unexpectedly called to London on bust
ness, and, of course, Sadie would not care
to go without him, or enjoy herself if
she did"
Julia was conscious that her words
planted another and a sharper thorn in
the youths susceptible heart. He WINGED
and looked more gloomy than ever.
"Oh, it is true, them" he said.
What is true?"
"Sadie's engagement to Godfrey
Cheviot ?"
"oh, dear, yes; I thought every one
knew that, ages ago!" Julia answered
carelessly.
Il knew he was awfully gone on her, of
course-no one with eyes in their head
could help seeing that; but didn't know
they were actually engaged. Certainly /
shouldn't have thought that Sadie was
the kind Of a girl to stay away from a
ball just because her fiance couldn't 90"
Miss Fenwick's admirer added rather Sc
verely, with iudicrous air of pious dis
approval. "She's such a jolly girl, /
thought she would have had more sense. )"
"Oh, but when a girl is in love, you
know, that makes all the difference!" Ju-
liza simpered.
And is Sadie in love with him."
why, of course, she is! Why should
she be engaged to him if she wasn't?"
"One has heard of other reasons for
marriages besides that of being in love-
the youthful cynic answered drvlv.
"Cheviot is we'll off; he is an awful prig,
but he's the best match in Sunniford, and
L suppose that's all you girls care
about"
"Oh, you dreadful, cynical boy! l de-
clare l won't hear another word" Julia
cried coquettishly. Goodbye! I'll tell
Sadie how distressed you are at her en-
gagement," she added, and then, having
flung this Parthian shaft at the love sick
youth, she turned away and left him. He
fired a parting shot at her in turn-one
which he knew would rankle in her
bosom
Tell her how disappointed all the fell
lows will be at her absence. We have too
few pretty girls in Sunniford to be able
to spare the belle of all the dances"
Julia nodded an assent, but she had no
intention of delivering the message. Sa-
die was quite conceited enough about her
looks without that. 1t was really quite
absurd the fuss people made over her
The regret and disappointment which
Miss Fenwick's admirers felt at the pros
pect of her absence was mild in eompari
son with Sadie's own disappointment and
regret. Half dozen times during the
morning she had gone to the wardrobe
where hung the pretty white frock which
the dressmaker had Just sent home,
shrouded in a white sheet. She looked at
it with regretful, angry eyes, and every
time she gazed her desire to break the
promise she had given to her betrothed in
weak monent grew stronger.
you won't go to the ball without me.
dearesti" Godfrey had said tenderly but
firmly on the evening before he went
on the couch in the breakfast room. lin
gering over their farewell. "Of course, if
had been at home / should have taken
you myself, but as can't should feel
ever so much happier if you did not 60
Won't you give up just one little pleasure
for my sake, darling?" he added visit
fully, and Sadie, who, being saddened by
the approaching separation, was in an
unusually softened mood, had answered
with little sob and fash of tears in
her bright eyes, that since he wished it
she would stay at home, as she probably
would not enjoy it at all.
She had received a dozen kisses and
words of tender thanks in return for the
promise, but now that forty eight hours
had passed since the parting, now that
the first poignant pangs were over and
the night of the ball had actually arrived,
Sadie sorely repented her hasty promise
and was inclined to be angry with
Godfrey, feeling as if he had taken an
unfair advantage of her softened mood in
asking it. Very little encouragement
was needed to make her brave her lovers
wrath and 60 after all, but that little she
did not receive at home. Indeed, when
she ventured to give few hints as to
her wishes, Mrs. Fenwick looked so
aghast and declared so emphatically that
if Sadie did go she must find some other
chaperon, that the girl very reluctantly
gave up the idea, and resigned herself to
dull evening at home.
every well, l won't go, but all the
same think it was very foolish and very
inconsiderate of Geoff to make me prom
ise," she said pettishly.
81 think he was quite right Indeed,
as he knows what a firt you are, Sadie,
and how you delight in having a crowd of
men about you, the wonder would have
been if he had allowed you to 60" Mrs.
Fenwick said severely. 81 am quite sure
that if the cases had been reversed, if
you had been in London and Godfrey
here, he never would have wished to 60
to the ball"
"Ah, but that's a different pair of
IL