Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-06

: His tone was so bitter IN its pam ana
modification that it brought Bebe's ready
tears to her eyes again.
ooh, Cadet Rouselle, it was not that
Indeed-indeed it was mott" she cried
penitently. 1T was because you had
been so good-good as an angel to me
and had suffered for it so unfairly, that
would not let you suffer any more.
See, once, twice, already | have forced
myself on YOU. and instead of thanks, YOU
are punished for it. You leave France to
get away from me; and nevertheless the
very next day / was forced on you
/ though not by my fault-again, and you
bore me no malice. You were gaod--as
good as ever to me. But this time it
would have been my fault, and how could
l tell whether you might not be punished
again? l had only a little second for
thought.
"Ah, mon ami, do not look at me in
that way, for truly it was hard to see
you, my only friend in this strange coun-
try, and not to run to you. tell you my
trouble, and ask you to advise me! Yet
thought, if | have courage for ence not
to be selfish, to go away quickly before
he sees me. and do what after all
| should have done if you had not been
there, then your kind heart would be sat
isfed about me. You would think, She
is all right-her guardian has seolded and
welcomed her. and now she is comfort
able and at peace with him. And you
would have felt free to see after your
own friends and business, and to forget
| all about the troublesome girl who had
| given you so much anxiety already. Tell
me, was l not right? Would not that
| have been best-for you? All, say at
| least that you believe me-that however
| heartless and ungracious it seemed, it
was of you-only you, l was thinking"
| In her childish eagerness to atone for
the pain she had given, and her genuine
distress at having given it, the young
girl laid one soft little hand on that of
the man beside her, and was leaning for
ward, her blue. candid eyes seeking wist-
fully for a kindly glance from his averted
| face.
| 1t was the lightest most timid little
pressure in the world, but backed by the
| liquid sweetness of that appealing voice,
it moved GARNER to such rush of ten
! derness that for a moment he longed
| desperately to snatch the child to his
breast and never let her loose again.
After all, what prize could his luckiest
racing ventures win him, to compare
with this guileless, generous heart, so in
nocently brave, so trustful in others
good, so adorable in its simple candor,
even in its folly and wifulness?
She was as lovely and homeless in the
world as himself, poorer. and even more
| friendless. He knew that he could make
her love him, and could make her happy.
Surely his life, so wasted hitherto, might
have worse aims for achievement.
Involuntarily his other hand closed
over those soft, caressing fingers, and
gripped them tightly. He would have
pressed his lips upon them. but by a
strong effort he restrained himself. No.
whether she was ever to be his or not
this charming child whose very friendless-
ness and inexperience placed her so com
pletely in his power, no evil tongue
should be able to say that he had so
much as kissed her hand until she herself
had given him the right to do so.
"Bebe! Bebe!" he said. with a little
| laugh--rather a shaky one-"do you
know that you are the sweetest ami
kindest little girl in the world2 The
pluckiest and also-oh, by far the most
foolish! Believe you? OF course / be-
lieve you. Who else but you would carry
nselfishness to the pitch of marching
away, worn out already from long Jour
ney, to seek living in huge city where
you know no one, and had never set foot
before, when you had actually within call
friend whose sole excuse for being there
was the chance of your having need of
him? Thank Heaven | overlook you in
time!
"And now that we've had this explana-
toni thought these Gardens would be
good place for it on a summers day,
and the rest has given you little color
already-what do you propose to do
next?"
She laid the card of which she had
spoken in his hand.
you said the Gardens were on the
way there" she answered, "and though
they are very beautiful and it is--oh, it
is nice to rest TRANQUILITY for a little Il
think-do you not also that | ought to
go to the agency without loss of timer
! You see, it may be some days before they
find me employment"
ut may" said GARNER drily. lie was
looking at the card, frowning and biting
| his mustache meditatively. what sort
of employment are you going to ask for
/ | know the society-its all right; my
mother used to subscribe to IT, But YOU
are not going to be servant?"