Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-19

| perfection. Then she confided to me that
OF all the places IN the world she could
| recommend To a mother with daughters
| 10 marry. st. Marie was the very best
/ Her last daughter secured an excellent
parti here year ago, 50 she didn't mind
| letting me into the secret. Apparently
there is nothing to attract the fair sex
here, no shops, no dances, no anything
| That's why the men come: they fatteI
themselves they are sufficient for them
selves, but they are sick to death OF. their
own company after weeks trial. and
/ fall down and worship any stray petit
coat that tlutters across their path Pro-
pinquity does the rest, given fairly at
tractive girl to begin with. and, my dears,
| do assure you'-looking exclusively ut
| Dot" that this Richard Cumberland is
as good match as heart could desire.
We must spare no pains to secure him"
| Mother and daughter plunged into
eager conversation; their minds were cast
in the same mould, and ever since her
| fathers death Dot had heard similar SEN
timents issuing from her mothers lips.
| On the other occasion Sir Hilary had
come, seen, and been conquered; there
/ fore it was neither novel nor hopeless to
|
| Hildegarde sat apart, and did not Join
in the conversation.
Her up bringing had been quite differ
ent from that of her step sister although
both were nearly the same age She had
developed slowly and naturally, childhood
still doomed in the recent past, whilst
Dot for five Years had lived in forcing
house. Until DIR. Sinclairs death she had
been at boarding school, and after that
her mothers constant companion.
She firmly believed that her destiny in
| life was to make brilliant marriage, and
she had every intentions of fulfilling it,
Hildegarde had her dreams of love and
marriage also, but they were as yet
vague, sweet, far-off, and the word
brilliant" never had any connection with
them i'll her mind.
Table d'hote that evening was unusual
ly interesting, however and Dot wore her
smartest frock-a cornflower shade of
blue. with a ribbon of the same tint in
her hair, which matched her ewes very
well. and seemed to show up the natural
healthy color in her cheeks She looked
her best. and knew it, as she threw
triumphant though furtive glance all
around to see whether her quarry was
yet in sight, and to note the effect her
appearance made upon him and the room
generally.
His chair was empty, however, and
Lady Charters noticed with disapproval
that Paul, the garcon, had placed the
newcomer next Hildegarde- that being,
of course, very stupid blunder on his
part,
1t would be far easier to effect a change
before he appeared on the scene than
afterwards, so she said to her step
daughter, with her sweetest smile
"My dear Hildegarde, you must not sit
so near that open window with that hor-
rid little cough of yours. Dot. darling
I'm sure you will change seats; you"
with pleasure" replied Dot sweetIy,
while Hildegarde, forgetting for the mo-
ment the arriere pensee that lay beneath
the seeming thoughtfulness. cried
But why should Dot sit in the
draught? Couldn't we have the window
closedf"
I'm August! nonsense, my love-" re.
proachfully; I'VE should be asked to move
on to st. Moritz at once. 1nyalids are not
catered for here
So Hildegarde moved quietly, it having
just dawned on her mind why they were
so unusually careful about her health
and once the knowledge came to her. she
felt quite relieved at escaping from being
seated next total stranger Monsieur
Fabier, the elderly, polite Frenchman on
her left hand, had no terrors for her; they
were already acquainted and sometimes
he came and chatted to their party in the
salon.
Perhaps it was Dots unusually careful
toilette which first made her guess why
they were to change seats, while even her
stepmother had donned one of her richest
silks and handsomest berthe of Honiton
She alone Hildegarde had kept to
her ordinary black net frock. not having
yet discarded the mourning for her father
who had been dead barely year. though
his widow had abandoned her Grape weeds
and allowed the term. Second mourning
TO assume a very convenient form, to
meet her needs of the hour
Black not suiting Dot at all, that Young
lady had discarded it after three months
wear, y is generally supposed to suit
eve yone, but has tendency to add few
years to ones age sometimes. and Dot
had promptly dropped it from the hour
| someone took her for % instead of 49,
L WIS., NtNVitN 70 ueaT OH Hilary,
she lamented; but there are limits YOU
know, to endurance. ! never pretended
to be an angel, and ever since that old
cat Lady Bilberry, asked you if ! wasn't
Hildegardes elder sister / determined I'd
never wear stitch of black again it
makes me look washed out"
But she certainly looked her best in
blue, and when Mr.. Cumberland seated
l. SnlT -, L.
hand, some five minutes later. few PEG
pie would have disagreed with her own
opinion of herself, that she was very
pretty girl.
The very first glance convinced her
that she had met her fate!
For once Lady Charters had not exag
gerated his physical attractions. Dot had
accepted the lavish praise accorded him
with discount having on moro tho, ,,o