Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-02

OoS Was paced next Sif Ihomas, and her
ladyship next Mr.. Korner; that Hide
garde was near "the impostor" troubled
taem not at all-they were SD entirely
occupied with their own affairs that they
could spare no time for hers.
Besides, as he was Dots admirer. he
was not dangerous to Hildegarde, II spite
Of her espousing his cause; neither mother
nor daughter credited her wlUn being mad
enough to throw herself away upon an
absolute detrimental
An elderly, very handsome man, of a
military cut was ON Hildegarde's left
hand, and on Paul being privately qnes-
TONED as to his rank and purse, he re-
plied-"He Monsieur Richards; very rich,
very grand. quite milor' in his own
country. No, he has no miladi-he one
bachelor" wheTeupOn Lady Charters
counseled her stepdaughter wisely
Cultivate Mr.. Richards, Hildegarde; he
is very rich, hear; you might do worse
than marry him"
Surely tritie old for 49," she replied
with laugh; ne must be 90 if he is a
day"
"Aheml AS, should say" coughed her
ladyship obviously, "and very handsome.
Girls ought always to marry their
seniors"
May and December" laughed Hide
garde, Should not mate together"
Richard Cumberland did not leave the
hotel quite as soon as he had intended
For some reason of his own he remained
ON another week, a fact which only
served to embitter Lady Charters more
than ever against him.
She knew in her heart how very much
she was to blame in the matter, and the
sight of his pale, handsome face was a
constant reproach to her.
Besides, it was calculated to upset Dot
who undoubtedly felt the disappointment
intensely.
1t was the very first affair she had had
in which her heart was touched, and if
her mother had not felt absolutely certain
she unders TODD her daughters nature, she
might have worried lest the girl should
secretly relent towards her good-looking
admirer, and throw off the less interesting
but infinitely more eligible ones for his
sake. Of course, in her own mind, Lady
Charters had decided that Richard Cum
berland was merely hanging on there lin
the hope of stirring Dots sympathies on
his behalf, partly from what she firmly
believed his deep infatuation for the girl
herself, and secondly desire to marry
an heiress, as her ladyship had always
given him to understand her daughter
was.
But it is mere waste of time on his
part, she reflected grimly, "for Dot has
a keen eye to the main chance, in spite
of her apparent worldly ignorance
She has not forgotten the struggles in
the cary days. l little thought i should
ever come to view poverty as blessing
but really it was a most useful lesson to
her. She suffered and she remembers
consequently she quite realizes the abso-
lutte necessity of marrying money.
"Hildegarde is different! Accustomed
all her life to men servants. carriages. all
the appurtenances of wealth, she does not
know the bitterness of being deprived OF
them, therefore she pirates on about love
in a cottage, the man himself, not his
fortune, and all the twaddle which seems
inherent in schoolgirls heads.
well, l shall try to eradicate her silly
notions, and, at the worst, be glad that
she is not my own daughter, so that il
ever she openly defies me and marries
badly, Dot and can just quietly drop
her, and leave her to enjoy bread and
cheese and kisses alone
I'm sure Mr. Richards is quite epris
with her, and his eyes follow her wher.
ever she goes.
There is no mistake about his wealth
either. | might have guessed that nc
man could unite in one person all the
many traits of physical beauty, youth
enormous wealth and high rank, as Rich.
ard Cumberland would have done had he
really been the earps heir
But Mr. Richards is man of sub
stance, and carries it in his person. That
white hair. the white moustache and
naughty eyes, the diamond studs, ring
and arrogant tone of voice, all confirm
the rumor of his wealth.
Richards humility alone, his reserve
his shyness might have told me the
truth, but Mr.. Richards voice rings with
authority, and he has the air of duke
If only | could get that silly girl to en-.
courage him! l purposely asked his valet
This morning where Mrs. Richards was
staying now. l thought we were friends
d1ti 4 suOAlu Inc W uASSJ uSi again.
THE man replied that l must be mis-
taken-there was no Madame Richards
his master was bachelor, had never been
married-upon which l apologized, said
no doubt | was mistaken, and, more
over. that my old friends were very
wealthy.
"Gilet replied that it would be difficult
to find anyone richer than his master
but. as he said before, he was bachelor
and had always within his knowledge
of him) stunned ladies' society, which
was one of his reasons for honoring ST
Marie with his presence, ne having been
given to understand that the place was
almost entirely without female visitors
Good gracious, mamma, but You dc
contrive to find out all about everybody, ?
giggled Dot, when Lady Charters told heI
ali she had learned. "Only suppose the
valet went to his master, and repeated
all YOU talked about"
~ +ha lpazt dancer of any s1anl