Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-28
CHAPTER III.

.,.ion and found themselves steaming
..,, from London by rail, Morrison their
companion. She kept her distance
.ran, them. warned by the look in Gertie's
q ewes. and pretended to read, while the
,,;rr- c5nyersed in undertones.
1--WE will write to Percy and Dare i'm
med atelv we reach our destination"
,.rfrude whispered. They will be sure
"a, come to US at once, and perhaps we
Il st,u have the best of it, after all. In
London one meets only in society; in the
N country there are rambles in woods and
fields. l feel We shall be wonderfully
n happy -, ~,
s,oilinr. Yes. we will write And it is
Il rleasant indeed to think there will be no
ANNOYANCE from Sir Keith Nandeleur.'
But the girls began to be very down
hearted when, after being domiciled for
month in a big isolated farmhouse in
fine Yorkshire wolds, they were no nearer
being able to post their love letters than
they had been at the beginning.
What shall we do?" sighed Gertrude.
BE patient" Ella returned quietly.
"Eyerything comes. to those who wait,
even opportunity.
Il am no angel, Ella"
Il know you are not, dearest
Well. of all the impudence!"
The girls, who We're standing in the
rose-coyered porch, laughed merrly; and
Morrison, walking noiselessly across the
old stone hall, came up to them.
Il am glad you appear to be so hap
nv. young ladies" she said.
Gertie laughed again.
MY nose tells me that Mrs. Brown is
baking cakes she said. Are you expect
inc more visitors. Morison?"
Il have been helping in the baking,
Miss Gertie," said the woman; but that
doesn't say Wen have more company
now does it,
no Perhaps you're thinking of get
ting married and so are taking lessons
in housekeeping"
WHO knows, young lady? There's
more unlikely things may happen before
we return to London than a marriage
from this house"
Really? Well, wen be your brides
maids. Morrison, for we owe you so much
for the unwearied attention you have
given us since We came to this sweet
solitude of Clinton-in- the Wolds, don't
We Ella ?"
Indeed ,yes" Elias soft eyes met
the woman's y, hat allied Morrison that
She Quailed before the steadfast gaze?
Il do believe them cakes is burning"
she said. oh, that careless Mrs. Brown"
and she hurried away.
"Gertie, what is going to happen -
4 Ella trembled as she put the question;
4 she was white to the lips.
That woman knows something" Ger
q trule returned. by hook or by crook
q We must post our letters-or we are lost"
is there no one we can trust ~
Only ourselves. But here is Farmer
Brown. Come into the orchard Let us
laugh as we 90, or he will tell Morrison
that she frightened us"
How uncanny everything looks and
feels tonight" sighed Ella.
he two girls Were supposed to have
retired to rest, instead of which, robed
IN dainty peignoirs, and with hair I'M
bound, they reclined in easy chairs by
their bedroom window.
Most uncanny." Gertrude agreed
Isn't it deathly quiet?" she added "WiIl
there be a storm or what? | feel as
though ghosts were about, and that
should see one if | looked behind me
Could you sleep if you went to bed? |
could not. 1t seems as though some trag-
ely were to enter our lives this night
something we shall remember till our
dying day. We have been towards, Ella
do You hear? Tomorrow our letters
must go. 1t becomes imperative that
SOMEONE should know of our whereabouts
i have horror of Bartle Brown and his
Ufe!"
Try to keep calm, Gertie; heaven will
protect us
is, yes, know l ought not to worry
}aa dearest. on course there is nothing
Vie matter; it is just Morrison's nasty
#ats that have upset my nerves."
More than hints. Gertie. Sir Keith
'a3tclew viii be here shortly. or | am
Ao rue prophet"
What can auntie mean by treating
."t 50 uuelIy?"
Mother is weak. and thinks me
".1ker," Ella said, YEARLY. But she is
mistaken; nothing could force me to
harry Sir Keith"
Better be lead than that"
M'eH Better, for then at least nv
Hmt"
As he loves you, darling. When YOU
rect again, Ella, take my advice. and
married at once without your
mothers consent. Until you are Dare's
..a YOU win never be safe from that
al Sir Keith"
tie ma ynot come here after all: but
" "o does You shall see that l will be
.-.~H1. Let us forget him now"
IAere was silence after that: the cou-
lat looking from the window. till
.ta-ently the moon, hiding behind
left the heavens to the stars. Then
',. .r'lde spoke in whisper.
.- ls that light coming from the woods. |
--a, What can anyone be after there
", ms time Of night2"
/ wonder BY the way the light joys
n. must be a man carrying a lantern. |
We shut the window? there NAV be
E-.ags about"
O1. don't joke Ellal / am sure there
'hethIng wrong What was that ?"
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