Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-03

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| like wise. Oh, she must not know
it. Heaven help him to keep his secret
from her!
Intuition told the girl that Donald
was her rescuer. She did not speak, but
suddenly rich red color flooded her
cheeks, and with an impusiye gesture
she seized his hand and pressed it II
her lips. "
He snatched his hand away and rushed
| from the room.
Presently old Tammas shalnbled in.
Donald had sent him in to hear the girls
story and learn her behcsts. Tammas
was with her half an hour or more
! When he came out of the bedroom there
vas a look of perpleXity or his face
''Puir bit iassiel" he soliloquized In
keep her secret, gin / can. bit ] saig
| iaisdoot my abeeity The iimmers got
! tae knaw. She ma minds me llnawin'-
1 dinna coont. But fine I'm O. the opeen-
ion Donar will no be owre lang fndin
DOT the truth"
! Later in the afternoon, however. Tam
mas had food for further reflection
| "Weel, that cowes a. Fust, / maun
L
keep Donal's"
He scratched his pate in perplexity
! Then a sudden thought struck him, caus-
| ing him to chuckle long and loudly.
MIGHTY, they'll keep yin anither's Sc
crets''
During ensuing days the lighthouse
was different place to Donald. The
presence of the girl seemed to have shed
a tranquil sweetness over everything.
Even the storerooms and kitchen We're
different There was an intangible at
mosphere about them which awed him,
and caused him to tread softly.
A new land was opening out before
his gaze, beautiful and enchanting A
reckoning finger babe him enter it. But
he held back; to him it was a forbidden
land. Was he always to abide under
the shadow of his hateful affliction?
| Meanwhile, there was one thing about
the girl which puzzled him sorelv. This
was her absolute avoidance of him. Al
belt he had registered vow always to
keep at distance from her, he had
scarce thought that circumstances would
so aptly fall in with his desires He
marveled often.
The girl, too, was puzzled. and many
we're the wistful glances which she cast
in Donald's direction. She would not have
him by her side, and yet-yet-why did
he stay away!
"Donal, DonaP, the pains i the sma'
o my back ha' a. game AVA, an | ken
well sumo ha' gey muckle O. bonnie
weather. Mon, tax this glass an Iookit
owre alang thae shore The laddies are
aye pittin a boat cot to sea, or I'm a
senner.'
Donald clapped the glass to his eyes,
and an involuntary groan escaped his
lips. Ills worst fears were realized. He
watched the advancing boat like one
| fascinated. Tammas stumbled down
the stairs to put a few things together.
Suddenly Donald heard footstep on
the stair, lighter than that of Tammas,
and. turning he saw the girl who now
had made a place forever in his life and
memory.
| He looked at her hungrily. curiously
conscious of every detail about her-her
slim, supple figure. sweet face. gleam-
! ing eyes, and wealth of beautiful brown
hair Never had she appeared fairer,
more desirable to him, than at this mo-
ment.
And the boat was coming which would
bear her away. Henceforth their ways
might lie widely apart. Perchance his
eyes would never more behold her
| He could not bear the thought. In a
moment he had forgotten everything
save his great love. He was by the girls
side, holding both her hands, looking
into her eyes (which held an expression
he could not fathom), pouring forth his
! burning passion.
| At length he paused, a choking SEN
sation in his throat, The girl made no
answer. Whence came that look in her
| eyes? He had seen it before in sea.
| gull lying behind boulder with a bro.
ken wing.
| He looked at her, amazed. Then the
! pain in her eyes was blotted out by
| binding tears. She drew from her bosom
a scrap of paper and a pencil, and, hast
! lily writing Il few words, thrust the pa
| per into Donald's hand
! He read in a haze:
Poor Greta is deaf and dumb and,
alas! cannot understand your words"
] \ lump reese III Donald's throat But
soon great JOY surged over him. I'm
derneath the simple message he inscribed
| these words: Donald loves you!" and
gave back the paper to the girl.
A burning blush leapt into her cheeks
She shyly raised her sweet eyes, and in
their limpid depths. Donald saw the
light of heaven shining.
! The shadow had lifted A love had
come to them both, requiring neither
! speech nor language to express it.
! At this moment shock of red hair
appeared above the plane of the light.
room floor Old Tammas took in the
situation, and shook his head sorrow
! fully.
I'm no wanted here" he said. and
forthwith descended to the storeroom
to fortify himself with n wee drappie
against the next appearance of the pains
! in the sma o the back.-H. G. Mac
Laurin in Pearson's Weekly.
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