Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-08


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Jessie Lyons of E]kho.n S the TIE
OF Miss Ella LiDlibridge. Down
and Mrs John Parker Gregg and !,
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Wheeler home.
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! haps you know her governor-Col. Place
DO Gibson?"
Only by sight" I replied "He isn't
what you'd call one of our leading law
Iyers."
No too honest" said Bob, but if you
contemplate making an extended series of
calls at the Gibson home, you'll find him
/ very much in evidence until he approves
of your pedigree. if you have anything of
that sort. and biographical sketch of
your past, on which he will be pretty
sure TO use a magnifying glass. I'd adj
wise YOU to bride some well known min
lister into giving you letter of recon-
mendation relative to your character"
After this interview | put forward my
! best foot when | met Col. Gibson. which
was not at all necessity as he was a
| plain, sensible man who knew gentle.
man the moment he set eyes on one.
| liked the colonel, and while comparing
notes he made the discovery that he had
met my father once They were in pris-
on together-oh. a military prison, of
| course, down at Rock Island, Ill., We
spent many a pleasant half hour togeth-
er. While | was waiting for Alice to
! Join us, he marched and fought over ev-
cry inch of the ground from Dalton to
Atlanta, Ga, where his military career
terminated unexpectedly.
After Bob found out that / knew
Alice, he got in my way heap. Every
time I'd go up to the Gibson's he'd be
holding down a chair upon the veranda,
talking TO the colonel / didn't mind that
at first, but after while / began to sit
up and take notices r-saw hat he didn't
appreciate tlae~>Tay the colonel took to
me; it seemed to pain him.
It's funny what a lot Of things little
love will enable you to see. For instance,
Bob was presented to me in a new light.
Apparently he was as cheerful as usual
when we would meet, but though | CON
tinued to laugh at the proper moment |
failed to see anything amusing in his
! Jokes, perhaps, | had the charity to
think, because | had heard them so many
times. In the days that followed there
was no improvement, and / began to see
that | had made a mistake in my esti-
mate of him; he was not the kind of a
man to choose for a friend In fact, he
! lacked q lot of being a gentleman, and /
often wondered why ] had not noticed
his glazing defects before He certainly
was not the right kind Of a man for such
a lovely girl as Alice to have to meet
For the sake of old times | tried my
best to be civil, but he continued to an
noy and aggravate me in a wretched
manner. ! do not recall who made the
| first unfriendly move; But we soon thor
oughly detested one another
Il ann so sorry" said Alice. when she
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| lieVe / carried the news to her Well. a
man who had once been my friend had
turned out to be a sinking coyote. and
she had right to know the facts, since
! the man was also upon her list of friends
After what seemed to me an unusual
waste of precians~ time Alice and | start
ed for a walk along the cliffs. The path
! through the woods led us to a precipice
which afforded a splendid view of the sur
rounding country. so Alice said.
Lets rest here said she, indcatin9
| a moss covered bowlder. isn't this just
a glorious day."
The moment I sat down l began
searching my mind for words to expires
the demands of my heart. The evening
before. while pacing the length of my
| room, l had composed very pretty and
suitable speech for this occasion, but
what had become of those nice phrases
For the life Of me | couldn't recall
/ single one.
alice. l have something to say t.
YOU" ! WIS finally forced 10 begin in the
old stereotype Nay, and in a tone Of
voice which l didn't recognize as M
own. something Of great"
Why. look!" cried Alice. "There'-
Fanny and Cousin Charley"
Did know Fanny Yes. indeed. Once
she was my guardian angel. / Worship
the ground she trod upon, liked what She
liked hated what she hated. / was vcrg
roang and foolish then. and I shall q
ways consider it a miracle, the way
escaped for she was in earnest, and 81.
was T. until I woke in the nick Of tine
and told her ] would have TO turn bac.
and let her JOG on alone Now Fanny
didn't get funny and create a scene, yet
wasn't 50 verdant in those days as not e.
be able TO see that it hurt. and to under
stand that she was the sort that 90
through life with sharp knife tucked up
their sleeve. After that she was very
nice to me, but could see in spite Of her
smile that she was camping upon my
trail, and | never could get over the 81
clination to back up to wall when She
was talking 10 me.
After my affair with Fanny I met