Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-12
CHAPTER u.-lContinued.l

waiting for orders.
aPIi have coffee and sandwich, too"
Then he turned to SybiI. "How is it you
ere not at the Office this morningf"
aAh," said Sybil. with melancholy
shake of the head, thereby hangs a
taleI"
ooh, do tell mel"
81 had holiday to go to the boat
race. and just at the last minute Tom
telephoned to say he couldn't leave the
hank until 3, and of course / couldn't go
alone, so here ann
The Honorable Hugh's sleepy eyes
lighted up.
why, there's plenty of time yet; let
us go-it would be jolly. You've never
@Never,. said sybil, with melancholy
gravity; "and Tom and / have been
building so on going. You see, I'm for
oxford" she said, glancing at her coat.
$50 am /. / was at Univ l mean
University college, you know"
~Oh, | knowi' said Sybil little i'm
patiently MY uncle was a Univ man.
Tom and | have stayed in Oxford twice
with him. / do like Univ What a
dear little library there is, and what per-
feet stained glass windows in the chapel,
like deep-green water-the colors, mean
and then the quad! | don't wonder
Shelley became poet after being there"
-Four years there didn't turn me into
a poet. Stay, perhaps there's suppressed
poetry like suppressed measles I'll try.
Oh, Sybil, will you come with me
When you have had that cup of tea
The Inter varsity race to see?
If so, shall delighted be-"
It isn't tea" replied the child" prompt
ly, "and there's an unaccented syllable
too many in your third line. Besides,
you mustn't say Sybil the second time |
see you. Suppose | called you Hugh,
how shocked you would bel"
eWell, coffee wouldn't fit in, never
mind the extra syllable viii you.come?
The race is at g / won't say Sybil until
you give me leave, Miss Waterton."
II want terribly to see il" she said
with a wistful look on her childish face
"Then come" he urged.
Gould we be back at A o'clock?"
''Ye-es," he replied doubtfully.
"Then I can't 60. You are not sure"
said Sybil promptly.
eyes, / am. You shall be at your
ONu uuOl pIONiueQ IL WItiill IIIte
miles of where we are now"
"Then I'll go, Mr.. Chantley, though it
seems rather mean to go, when Tom is
obliged to stay in a musty bank"
Hugh Chantley didn't give Sybil time
to change her mind. Before she knew
where she was she was bowling away in
a hanson to Waterloo.
s The platform was crowded 1t was an
excuse to keep "the child" close to him
until they were seated in a first class
carriage, into which, however, nobody
else got. Sybil had not seen little coin
exchange hands.
isn't it funny2" she said, laughing
People are stupid, the platform is
crowded and yet nobody has the sense
to get in here"
Hugh Chantley glanced across at the
dainty figure opposite. What a child she
wasl 1t was curious how she had at
tracted him. She was both clever and
simple, mixture of the child and the
woman.
let them stop out if they're so stu
pid," he soid, smiling. "You don't want
them, do your"
ooh, no, it's nicer by our two selves!
Only it's like social problems, it doesn't
seem quite fair Oh, by-the-by, I meant
to ask you how your novel is getting on.
It's finished, / supposeH"
mo, not quite finished; in a day or
two"
ooh, do tell me what you've said"
"0h, a lot of things! When you're
grown up perhaps I'll give you the story
to read"
81 am grown up; I am II on the first
of May Oh, you're just like Tonne
says look so young! It's only my hair
Would you believe it, l did it up this
morning and it all tumbled down. Oh,
here we are! What quick train!"
The train ran into the station and
Hugh helped his child companion to
alight.
He took her to a little old-fashioned
hotel where he himself had witnessed
the boat race for the first time when his
years numbered fewer than hers now.
The garden looked on the river. Sybil
was delighted with everything, the
crowds of people, the excitement all
stirred her young blood. A lovely blush
rose color was in her cheeks, her gray
eyes sparkled with delight.
"By Jove," murmured the Honorable
Hugh Chantley, "she will be beautiful
womanl"
He forgot Lady Diana, his stately
cousin, to whom he was engaged in a
lukewarm wayne forgot everything to-
day. The soft wind was blowing, the
white clouds were scudding across the
sky. "Carpe diem" was the family mot
to; he would enjoy the present and for
get Lady Di, who resembled Tennyson's
Maud in heinu-
Faulty faultless, Jelly regular, splen,
didly null"
The garden of the hotel was crowded
today. These two had a little seat in
one corner, but seat was a superfiuous
piece of accommodation for "the child,
who took the full advantage of her 5
feet 3 inches afforded her of seeing ev-
erything that was to be seen.
When the boats shot by, Oxford quite
a length ahead, Sybil clapped her hands
and shouted
"Hurrah for Oxford" Catching the
infection, Hugh threw up his hat and
echoed her cry
1t was all Ger, the boats were out OF
sight again. Sybil turned more soberly