Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-11-09
FROM JEST TO EARNEST.
CHAPTER vIH.-(COntinued.)
,0nt 3 o,clock Cousin Anne came in.

Fl a. baroness thinks drive would 90 you
saod VIII you go, deer? If you are
sdv IN half an hour that viii do"
sE,. thank you, Cousin Anne, do not
care to 60"
''1 Miss Ashworth felt surprised, as well
he might. for she too had noticed that
Hugh showed a. marked preference for
tsr Young cousins society. She said
81 nothing, however.
sWeIl. then, dear, / have another mes
.aoe from quite another person, about a
UIen for the afternoon. Willie Palliser
rfronts to take you and me-you, dear,
really. for an old lady cannot be very
interesting to lad of his age-to Merl-
ton abbey
aOb yes, should like to go so much -
said Sybil eagerly. 1--WE will walk, for
could scarcely drive with any one else
after refusing to go to the station"
mo. dear, of course you could not. Ger
tanly we viii go ON foot. 1t is a pleas
ant walk across the fields and through
The woods, Willie tells me-
What time shall We go, Cousin
Anne?"
aAt o'clock; it will be cool then. We
will have tea there at one of the dges.
as the family Is away.
"We shall just be back in time to dress
for dinner" said Sybil, relieved that she
would not see Hugh until they were all
assembled in the drawing room
They had very pleasant walk through
the leafy woods, and, in spite of the pain
gnawing at her heart, very jolly tea.
for Sybil was young and Willie Palliser a
charming lad who did not know he had
any sentiment in him until he saw this
gray-eyed girl week ago. As they went
back across the fields sudden thought
struck him.
81 say, Hiss Sybil, wouldn't it be iollv
to have picnic to the ruined Priory to-
morrow, all of us? Til ask Cousin Di to-
night"
But where is it? In which direction ?"
asked Miss Ashworth.
He stopped and turned round facing
MERTON abbey, whose chimneys were Wis.
ible across the wood, which lay in hol-
low.
Over there, six miles beyond the alb
hey. it is situated on the cliffs overlook
ing the sea, and there's lovely stretch
of sand below.
: Z should like to 90 very much" said
Sybil, for she knew that Willie Palliser
needed no invitation to keep close to her
side all day. He had shown his bovish
devotion from the first hour thew met,
and his two brothers fished in the
streams and went birds nesting without
him, grumbling that he had changed and
was no good now for boyish frolics.
Sybil had made up her mind to avoid
a tete-a-tete with Hugh Chantley.
AT quarter past she entered the
large drawing room with Cousin Anne.
and, even as the man servant held the
door open for them to pass through,
Hugh Chantley detected subtle change
in the girl he loved She could not have
grown taller in a week, and yet she
looked taller. She was pale. ivory pale,
her hours of passionate grief the evening
before had taken all the color from her
cheek.
He came forward to greet the two
ladies', after waiting a moment to give
them time to exchange few words with
their hostess.
He took the girls hand; it had grown
icy cold, and the words, warm words of
greeting, that had been on the tip of
his tongue, We're never uttered
Instead his "How do you do. Miss
Waterfront" sounded cold even in his own
ears
"Oh, how do your do, Mr. Chantley? 1
hope yo1 had pleasant journey down .
Very pleasant, thank you''
Willie Palliser entered at this moment
and Joined the little group. Immediately,
asking Sybil with empressement whether
she was tired after their long walk.
Hugh and Miss Ashworth sat down and
dIseoursed on various topics. He was
fond of the sweet. silver haired old lady,
put his eyes still watched the girl he
loved as she chatted to young Palliser
Not for him were cold words and looks
What had happened since he saw her
last? Pygmalion fell in love with a
statue and it became living flesh. He,
more unfortunate, had fallen in love with
beautiful creature of flesh and blood
and she he turned into a statue
de watched her closely at dinner-he
sat opposite to her-and his hostess in
turn watched him. though of this he was
quite unaware, for she did not appear to
neglect the Duke of Westshire, her right
hand neighbor. But the change that had
pained him pleased her, and she congrat.
aiatee herself on the success of her
last nights interview. Hugh would be
hers, and hers alone, to the end.
The boys proposal for picnic to the
rnory was heartily approved of by the
most and hostess, especially by the latter
who intended to drive with her cousin
and talk about Willie Palliser's devotion
TO Sybil and hers to him.
Presently Hugh and Arnold Palliser
came up to Willie and Sybil. who We're
eeep in conversation. and challenged them
TO game of billiards. All four went off
TO the billiard room. most luxurious
modern addition to the building, at the
pack OF the hall. Thither Hugh present
y followed with several of the other
guests, but he did not manage to get
word with the girl he loved and great
pam was at his heart, for his love was
deep and true.
Diana" he said, as he sat chatting to
ms cousin that evening after the Others
mad retired, what is the matter with
little Sybilf / seem to have offended
her do not know what / have done"
Oh, / think it is your imagination,
Hughi" said the baroness, playing with
lovely emerald marquise ring which the