Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-10

:, "a lacL none or US NOW any,
!hlng about Cousin Jim, except that he
Is the son of my mothers favorite sister
ana that he is returning to America in
the spring. We are his only relatives on
MS mothers side; he has been staying
with friends in England, but l don't
eysn know their address. He wrote from
LoAdon hotel to say that he was COM
ing here"
Dr. Masters rubbed up his scanty white
hair in an irritable fashion peculiar to
himself.
Wen, it is a pity the young fellow
came here to be ILL.," he remarked testify.
The fact is, Miss Sage, don't like his
looks, and am afraid you are in for a
bit OF an upset. | will see about a nurse
tomorrow, but Elizabeth must manage as
best she can tonight"
Then the doctor departed. and Sage
was left to face situation full of awk.
ward possibilities. She decided not to
say anything to the twins that evening,
and she succeeded in parrying their ques-
tons and in sending them off to bed at
their usual hour. Elizabeth announced
her intention of sitting up with her pa
tient
SNb iEaNC ilitl dlOIlc, anu LudI >
fact, Miss Sage" she said. "He lust
lies there watching me with his great
eyes and muttering all sorts of non
sense"
What sort of nonsenseS' interpolated
Sage.
We'll, he's not quite himself. YOU. see,
miss" was the guarded reply. He seems
to fancy we're keeping him here against
his will. l tried to quiet him by men
tioning the mistress being so poorly and
needing to be kept quiet, but he only
stared at me, and ordered me not to let
Ellie into his room"
"Ellie?" Sage looked nonplussed for
the moment. After all they had no clue
whatever to Jim's state of mind, and a
sudden inspiration occurred to her which
seemed to explain the whole situation.
He had fallen in love with some girl dur
ing his visit to England, and she had
treated him badly, in which case an at
tack OF brain fever might form a natural
finale to the episode.
But | do wish he hadn't contrived to
be laid up here" Sage sighed to herself.
Elizabeth turned as she left the room
Il suppose Mr., Milward's luggage will
be arriving tomorrow, missG" she said.
1--WE done the best | can with the few
things that l found in his bag-only just
what is necessary, and no more"
She did not admit that in her secret
heart she had been disappointed by the
rigorous plainness-not to say cheapness
that characterized the personal posses
sions of the American millionaire's son.
Sage, who slept in her mothers room
seemed only to have closed her eyes
when a moan from the invalid called her
back to full consciousness. She was out
of bed in an instant and bending over
Mrs. Havant.
What is it, dearest?" she asked anx-
iously.
"Oh, Sage, am going to have one OF
my bad attacks You must rouse Eliza
beth--be quickr' was the feeble re.
Spouse.
Sage dared not protest. She knew that
her mother had an invineible dislike tt
her daughters presence in the room
when she was suffering severely. Sage
had been hidden by the doctor to humol
the within. ND 81 co iii n.t refuse tC
summon Elizabeth without giving some
| plausible reason. She made hasty tot
let, and when on tap toe to the spare
room. Elizabeth, who was doing over
the fire, gasped the state of affairs at
once.
"You must stop here, missy, until
come back" she whispered "Just sill
here, and if he gets excited you come
for me. Wen make up something be,
quiet just now, but | have a bad time
with him now and again"
| She paused to change the wet bandagt
on her patients head and then disap.
peared.
Sage slipped into her vacated chair and
sat as still as a mouse, scarcely ventur
ing to breathe. When the invalid began
to moan and mutter and to toss his head
| from side to side it was all she could dc
to refrain from summoning Elizabeth
Suddenly, without any warning, jim
raised himself on his elbow and peered
at her across the darkened room.
ellie. is that you? Come here!" he
whispered "Hush-don't make a noise!'
Sage obeyed with reassuring prompti
tude. and burning hand closed oyer hel
wrist.
at isn't a dream, then" said Jim. at
always was-before Ellie, tell me-you
do careH l said they must keep you
away, but you came-you came of your
own accord. You-you do carer"
II care very much" Sage answered, in
her low, clear voice. "See-let me put
something cool on your forehead to ease
the pain in your head"
He lay back quoted, with closed eyes
and allowed her 10 change the bandage
She thought that tie sudden chill must
have cleared his bcwildered brain for the
moment, for his voice, though very weak
sounded perfectly natmal as he muir
mured-
"Thanks-that's awfully good" but an
instant later he opened his eyes again
and looked up at her with frown of be.
wilderment.
"Who are your he asked.
'T am Sage-your Cousin Sage" she
told him.
He frowned irritably, and muttered
something about another dream" and
then he relapsed into delirium, talking SC
fast and incoherently that it was impos-
sible to disentangle facts from some ex-
aggerated terror that seemed to haunt
him.