Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Down on the Embarrassment the sphinx
still smiled.
You expected to see a man, | sup
poser" Miss Burton laughed, as she
grasped Cunninghame's hand. "Why
should people always take it for granted
that the editor of a magazine is a man,
wonder?'
Cunninghame was silent. He certainly
had been astonished when the editor OF
The Monthly Review had written, so sud
denly, asking him to call; but he was
| still more astonished to find that the said
editor, though by no near, a girl. was
an exceedingly charming and beautiful
member OF the fair sex, and considerably
younger than himself.
Il have been reading with great inter
est the articles you have sent me-" she
went on, motioning him to a chair. 1.-TWO
OF them l shall use. This one"-she
tapped a manuscript which lay before
her must return. It's tone is too Gym
zeal. ] myself write all the cynical arti
cles which appear in The Review. Be-
sides, you are no cynic."
Perhaps circumstances make me one"
He smiled wrily.
If you mean monetary circumstan-
ees." she said with disarming frankness,
"set yourself at rest on that point. If
you can write more articles as good as
these | am using ( shall be pleased to
accept as many as you can produce"
| Cunninghame went cold all over. He
did not care to tell this radiant beauty
what her promise meant to him, nor did
he mention that last nights meal with
| his little Sphinxia was the first good food
he had tasted for a week.
| He faltered his thanks, but she cut him
short. Il know a good contribution
when | come across one,'' she said. 81
am woman of business and l want to
buy your services If you will stay to
lunch with me, we can talk over a few
ideas for future articles which you could
write"
He shook his head
Il have an appointment with a lady"
he said, with half absent minded humor
"A little girl, mean"
"You are fond of children?"
Il did not know l was till last night"
he laughed. "In fact, should never have
| dreamed of such thing. But experience
teaches. l need not bother you with the
story; but the fact is, ] have adopted
child"
and you love her very much ?"
| Cunninghame had never thought of
| loving anyone before, and he was sur
prised to find himself answering enthu-
siastically: II think | should break my
heart if she were taken from me-"
Clever Miss Burton's eyes shone with
very soft light.
1--WE shall see," she murmured inaudi-
bly,, as Cunninghame bowed himself from
the room.
"My experiment was this" wrote Miss
! Burton. in one of her cynical articles in
| The Review: II obtained from a miser-
able beggar woman a young child. and
placed her near the Cleopatra Needle on
the Embankment | chose this spot be-
cause it was midway between the East
and the West End. / stood near by, to
see what happened to the child, and to
find the answer to my question: Are
Londoners Kind Hearted?'
ut may be thought that l acted cruel
! ly; but it was not so cruel as it seemed.
This child was accustomed to cold and
want; and had clothed her warmly, and,
as / say, was in hiding myself near by
to see that no harm came to her, as well
as to watch the development of my ex-
pertinent
almost all the passers-by were men.
| OF these some dozen did not observe the
child, half asleep in her corner, at all.
Out of the number of those who did OBJ
serve her, when she woke, nine were gen.
tlemen-I suppose l must refer to them
as gentlemen-in evening dress. OF the
nine, six passed on after nasty glance.
/ 4. - J. als 1
passed on, quite indifferent to her help
iessness. The third gave her penny,
and thus presumably soothed what he
called his conscience.
"Knowing human nature as I do. I
guessed that the first man who would
nav any real attention to the child would
not be so-called gentleman, but work
ing man. probably in corduroys, and GER
tainly poor. As it happened, was part
| " wrong. The man who finally took pity
on the child was shabbily dressed, ut erly
penniess. and starving. Nevertheless, he
carried off the child to his lodging
whittier | followed him secretly-fed her.
and actually adopted ner-although, as
afterwards ascertained. he was so poor
that he had seriously contemplated sui
eide that very night, and had gone down
| TO IDe EiuDdHklutkll ltI lut NCIN pun
tpose! Strange are the secrets of the
human heart"
Thus wrote the brilliant Miss Burton
in one of her cleverest articles. few
weeks later She did not add, however,
the end of the story, which would have
| interested her readers more than the be-
ginning.
For having followed Wilfred Cunning
hame to his home to see that he would
look after the child properly, and not
merely hand her over to police inspect
or, she had made inquiries from the land
lord. and was amazed to hear the name
llof the shabby good Samaritan. 1t was a
name already familiar to her-the- name
of "a writer, some of whose submitted
articles she had just been reading. Hence
her invitation to Cunninghame; hence her
understanding of him.
But the tale did not conclude there, for
few months subsequently ''the famous
new author. Wilfred Cunninghame. >
thus the papers described him now-"has
| married the charming and gifted Young