Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-02
A Hayward Beauty.
By the Author of Under False Colours" ETC.
CHAPTER x.-Continued.


need one"
can right! Never mind, Leol Come
h.oki Have we got the sandwiches all
rightf"
ayes. yes! Do comet from Beryl.
oAnd the chocolate?' cried Leo.
"Pounds of til shall go alone, If you
Aoys won't start!'
IAN serene, BeryIl Fire away! We
can catch up a girl in a brace of shakes"
can YOU, old chappief Then here
roes!" laughed Beryl, with pretty de-
fiance.
And she sprang on her machine and
was fying along the drive as though
some deadly terror was close behind and
threatening to overtake-
eSilly to force the pace like that at
the beginning" criticised Eddie. "She
will be completely pulled before she has
done the first mile"
1T is only a little bit of side, cor
rected Leo. "She will slow down as soon
as she gets round the corner and we
can't see her"
with manly deliberation, copied from
their elders, the two boys mounted their
cycles. and set forth with long, leisurely
strokes to overtake the racing companion
whose lower geared machine made the
work more severe. But for all their
superiority it was some time before they
overlook her, and then, to their loudly
expressed surprise, they found her in no
wise exhausted by her hard toll
"A merry heart goes all the. day,
Your sad tires in mide-a,
ouoted Beryl. in explanation at what
they called her fitness.
4But what is there to be So joyful
about" asked Eddie, severely matter of
fact as ever.
Il know" said Leo, with wise ned
of his curly dead.
Beryl looked sharply 1T him.
1Oh. no, you don't, Leo!" she said.
"And YOU are too much of gentleman
TO say what you merely surmise"
4Of course / am You didn't think
should be such cad as to betray girls
little secrets, did your
Beryl laughed.
CHRIS secrets are not worth betraying,
are they, Leo?'' she asked.
Not often; but dare say they think
they are" he replied grandly.
II say, you might tell me-" struck in
Eddie, who did not relish being relegated
10 the position of an outsider.
There is nothing to tell, really"
Beryl assured him. "You know Leo
SAYS that he is going to be an author
You must make allowances for his de-
sire to cultivate romancing. That is q
sweet little farmhouse Let us get some
milk there and ask the people to let us
sit in the garden and eat our sand
witches. | am as hungry as hunter"
Il thought people never felt hungry
when they were in
Shut up, Leo If you don't mind
your own business | won't give you that
policeman's whistle promised YOU
@All right, Beryl! / viii be as dumb
as an oyster. / say, Eddie, these pate
de foie gras sandwiches are galumptious
/ am glad | gave the chef hint to put
some in"
you little gourmet" laughed Beryl
81 suppose you viii turn up your mag
nifcent nose at milk and soda and cry
out for champagne? | think while you
boys devour the remainder | will peg
gently on. With your high gears you
will soon catch me up"
Il knew you wouldn't be able to rest
quiet till you saw" began Leo.
But a warning glance from Beryl 81
fenced his too voluble tongue, and, as
he buried his face in tumbler of foam
ing milk and soda, who, or what Beryl
was anxious to see, remained for the
present a mystery.
The three travellers Were only about
five miles from their destination when
a treaeherous thorn, lying in wait upon
the road, pierced Eddie's back tyre and
caused it to explode with loud report.
"Oh!' exclaimed Eddie. There's a
bore! What are we to do now?"
They all dismounted and looked at
each other in dismay
Il suppose we shall have to stop and
mend the beastly thing" suggested Leo
with deep melancholy.
Eddie proceeded to search the back
pockets.
L don't believe there is any mending
stuff" he exclaimed LEO you are silly
TO have left that behind Have you got
any, Beryl?" But Beryl also, in her
haste, had overlooked the possibility of
punctured tyre. Her bag, upon exam
nation, was found to contain small
crush and comb and some hairpins.
That is Just like a girl cried Eddie
always thinking about her looks"
III tell You what Wen do, Eddie, -
sad Beryl 'I'll ride ON to yarmouth
ana send man out to you with an
otaer machine You can both saunter
on to meet him. and, when he comes,
Iollow Hae to Mr.. Covers yacht. He
WIN have time to mend your tyre at his
shop while we are on board"
Yes; that will be the best thing to
90, agreed Eddie. you'll be as quick
a ever you can, won't you, Beryl? We
Goht want to be too late for lunch.
Uncle Frank always does you so well"
will go like the wind" cried Beryl,
already a hundred yards away. "And !
~. mn persuade Uncle Frank TO wait lunch
Mind you do was the dual com
f nand waited on the wings of the gentle
u1eeze till, like faint far-off echo, it
-e% AZ, her fast receding form.
Nhen Beryl arrived at yarmouth pier,
LIlohgside which Mr.. Covers yacht was
5lng' she began to ask herself for the
aist time how she should explain her
a1Nent. AT Damorey court it had all
NVSlHeQ so glmnla and ooSy IT. bo,-g