Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-03

isn't to make any difference At Lynerofi
We always try to keep business details
and difficulties quite out of the home.
hfe-it's better so; the two don't always
harmonize. and why should the atmos.
phere of the one be troubled and dis
turbed because of unpleasant happen.
ings at the other? You''-with a smile
that had in it something of motherly
tenderness, for Mrs. Lynthwalte hac
grown very fond of bright faced, sweet
tempered Nan since she first came
amongst them belong to Lyncroft and
the home-life The other belongs to the
works and to the business side of things
Mrs. Lynthwaite''-ra raising her eyes
quickly, and asking it on the impulse OF
the moment-'do you believe my brother
guiltyY'
A troubled look passed over her EN-
ployer's face; she wished the question
had not been put, but her very hesita'
ton was of itself an answer.
You do, l can see," said Nan, turn
ing disappointedly away. Il wondel
why every one is so ready TO misjudge
and condemn him 2"
you must own" came the reminder
as gently and considerably as Mrs
Lynthwaite could speak it, "that things
looked terribly black against him."
Il know they did. But so does many Q
case against many an innocent man. Sc
does many a case against many a man
sentenced to death or to lifelong i'm.
prisonment. And then sometimes not
very often perhaps, but still sometimes
when the penalty has been paid
comes a discovery or confession that
awes the whole world and makes one
realize what poor and unreliable testi.
mony after all that thing called eircum.
stantial evidence isl / know"-with
heaving breast--"there were many
things-that Mr.. Lynthwaite had some
cause. And yet"-brokenly-"if only he
had had more trust!"
There was no man in his employ
whom in the past he has liked and
trusted more
ooh, l knowl"-impatiently. 1.-THE
trust that lives and endures as long as
things go well and there's nothing to
shake its foundations. But there's an.
other kind-the staunch, answering
trust that nothing can hinder or de.
stroy-that refuses to harbor suspicion
and closes eyes and ears to all but in.
contestable self-evident facts. Yet
suppose"-with a faint smile-"no one
trusts people in that way except THEN
own nearest and dearest"
Nan had been speaking half to herself
standing near the window and gazing
out over the grounds with wistful, un-
seeing eyes. But now, with half-stified
sigh, she turned, suddenly realizing that
perhaps she was speaking out her
thoughts too freely and giving Mrs
Lynthwaite real cause for displeasure
Following that hasty movement, the
panied flush on her cheeks deepened, and
into her dark eyes came look of con.
fusion; for her employer and she wers
no longer alone-to her last few words
there had been listener Austin Lynth.
waite-he had come down to Hambledor
on the previous Friday to be present al
the trial-had quietly entered the room
in search of his mother, and was stand.
ing between the door and the table
watching her and waiting until shs
ceased speaking.
AhOhSh II was austin GuS09h lIt'
quently to leave his chambers in toyyr
and come home for the week END. il
somehow happened that never BEFORE
had he and Kan Heriot come into con.
tact. She had seen him at church on
Sundays or passing the windows with
one or other of his friends or his brother
Guy; but actually face to face they had
never been since Nan. her schooIdays
ended, came back to Hambledon after
an absence that had lasted almost with.
out intermission since she was a child OF
nine
His eyes were fixed upon her with
grave, quiet interest He knew who she
was the moment he came into the room
and caught the words that were fallint
from her lips. But if he had not hears
them he would have known il now from
her great likeness to her brother.
To break the somewhat awkward
pause, however, Mrs Lynthwaite cam,
to the rescue with tactful introduce
tion.
This is Miss Heriot, Austin-'oui
Miss Nam -smilingly-"w whose virtuei
Gwen and Nora are never tired of ex,
tolling."
Austin Lynthwaite extended his hand
with the genial smile that won him til,
confidence and liking of all with whom
be came in contact
u was listening to category of thost
same virtues throughout the whole Of
yesterday he told her, "and began Il
think that it wasn't in mortal semblancs
at all should ever see you"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Shady Nooks.
What to plant in the gardens shady