Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-18


there are three things that can unmake
a marriage-death, and divorce, and, as
L need not remind you desertion, which.
combined with certain circumstances
which apply in this instance, viii obtain
the annulment of the contract. Now,
am not neurotic fool, and | have no in
tention of committing suicide; neither
can L bring myself at the present mo-
ment to strike or misuse that poor little
trembling girl there. so as to establish
The requisite evidence of cruelty. But |
am going to desert her, and that at once
and finally. She is not yet 49, and ac-
cording TO YOU her father desired her not
to marry until she was eli"
MIR. GARNER, this is sheer madness!
What! You refuse to live with your
young wife! You are going
Il refuse TO live with my wife. | de-
sert her brutally desert her, if you like
ton the very day of her marriage
Never mind. Bebe, ma miel We did have
our little table d'hote dinner all the
same! We mustn't forget that! | am
going to do what, if this poor little girl
had not been all alone in London, and
seemingly more in need of me than any
one else. | should have done within TWEEN
ty-four hours OF my landing in England
By all accounts Lord Kitchener is in need
of every man he can get, and | sha'n't be
the only 'ranker' who in better DAYS has
borne a commission-ay and forfeited it
perhaps. Goodbye, Bebe--I'm not going
to kiss you, child. Better not-better
that you should still be able to sing your
old refrain in after years
Oui, vraiment,
Cadet Rouselle fut bon enfanr
Don't try to communicate with me,
for you won't succeed There, take care
of her, Mr.. Langley"
He swung round on his heel as he
spoke, intent on leaving the room, but
stopped short with a startled exclama-
ton. He stood face to face with an old
gentleman whose heavily bowed shoulders
and snowy locks. no less than the trem-
bling hand resting on the walking stick,
betrayed the age and infrmity which the
| bright alertness of his clear blue eyes
contradicted-ey strangely like those of
both the young people before him.
No. no, Russell, that is your duty
now. You can't leave it to Mr.. Langley"
he said. 1.-TWO wrongs ,He~er~,. made, a
right yet; and even if YOU have been
wronged by that gentleman in his haste,
or by me in my refusal TO hear your own
version of a sad affair for which YOU
have certainly suffered heavily enough,
you won't better the matter by break
| ing the heart of little girl who loves
you.
Forgive me, Mr.. Langley" He turned
as he spoke to the lawyer. who had
dropped his arm from Bebb's shoulder
with the muttered exclamation, Child, it
is your grandfather
while you have been searching for
these young people by aid of detectives -
continued old Mr. GARNER, II have been
doing the same by aid of my family law
yers and yesterday had communica-
| ton from them to the effect that my
great nephew had called at their office
that morning to ask them to draw up a
viii for him by which he left everything
he possessed to his future wife, Miss An
| gele Wilhelmine Riehard-''
/ He did Good gracious, sir. had no
idea of this! Your own lawyers!" Mr.
Langley interrupted, in still greater as
constituent. The old squire nodded
Exactly. | believe he told them that
he only went to them because, as he re-
ceived his own small income through
their firm, he thought he had better en-
| ploy them than stranger. Oh, ne was
| quite frank about the matter He owned
that his great knew nothing of his
prospective marriage. and would probably
disapprove of it if he did the lady being
| half French. and with neither money nor
! family. SO far as he knew, TO recommend
her. Indeed. she had only accepted him
because she was not able at the moment
fp ,raf nia a. ar
lady help to suit her"
"Oh. monsieur. no! Indeed-indeed it
was not for zat!" Bebe cried indignant
ly. her sweet face all one red rose. Her
grandfather smiled at her.
with the same frankness he also oh
served that the old gentleman's disappro-
baton wouldn't affect his intentions or
his happiness one penny bit"
Isn't this bit unfair sirg" GARNER
broke in. his own face flushed now. you
were awfully good to me in old days. I
know: hut since you had cast me off
and
"Since had cast you off it was natural
that my disapprobation should not weigh
heavily with YOU? Still, / am speaking
to Mr. Langley now, not to you. Wen,
sir, as my nephew here had also ex-
pressed q desire 10 lHdhe the lduY 6ecTe-
farv of Girls Friendly office one of
the executors of his will, it was not diff
cult for Mr.. Brownson to find out the
address Of the Office: and on my arrival
in town this morning ] went there at
once. in the hope of finding my grand
daughter and saving her from a marriage
into which. as | believed she was being
tricked and deluded.
~ didn't find her. She was married al
ready; Miss Gray had only five minutes
before returned from witnessing the cere
monv. But from that lady ] heard 4
great deal-the whole story in fact. as
this little Bebe had told it to her, Of the
child's acquaintance with my nephew, her
escapade on the day Of the races. and its
disastrous ending; Russel's kind and
chivalrous treatment Of her. both then
and on the occasion of finding her IN
London after her very foolish and i'll
Judged fight from Caen: her futile eff
forts TO find shelter, either at the convent
or at her guardians house, and Miss
Grav's own entire conviction-both from
the little girls account, and from what
she had seen Of the gentleman himself
+ho+ no x4-as as entirely IGNORANT as the