Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-18
A Maynard Beauty.
By the Author of "Under False Colours !. etc

- AoSACi III THIS case, MS hostess.
Whether by accident or deep design Lady
beauchamp had revealed to Beryl the
time OF the train by which her brother
intended to travel, it remains a fact that
on ms arrival at Thorsbv station he
found Beryl awaiting him in stylish
httie motor car with which her indulgent
grandfather had lately presented her.
Inc ehaufieur met the expected guest
On the arrival platform and conducted
MN 10 Miss Vivian, who, enveloped in
dust cloak, her pretty face concealed
/ py thick white veil. was sitting in a
most wsfkmanlike attitude in command
of the wheel.
HALO, Mr.. Covert" was her matter
o1-fact greeting, as though they had
parted in the most ordinary way but
/ Yesterday. Jump in beside me. Blake
is not coming with us He has some
/ business TO do in Thorsby for my grand.
father. So if we come to grief YOU will
have to pick up the pieces and put them
together again.
Can You be trusted to driven asked
Franklin, with one wary interrogative
eye on the chauffeur.
Blake grinned, and, with the slightest
| perceptible droop of the left eyelid, in
timated that Mr.. Cover need have no
tear on the score of safety under Miss
Vivian's care
How long has it taken YOU to learn
to drive a motor, then, Beryl?" asked
Franklin.
-0nly a day or two. Blake is a splen-
did teacher. He is going to explain to
me the internal economy of the monster
so that If anything goes wrong | shall
be able to set it right again"
Il see you are thoroughly prepared to
presume on your proud position" he
said. 'TeIl me, as your old guardian. is
1T as perfectly happy as it is magnifl-
cent?"
4 A shade passed over the girls face.
us any one ever perfectly happy?" she
asked. MY grandfather is kindness it
self. He has always a smile for me. and
Tor granddad to smile is, i believe. one
OF the wonders of the world. But-oh,
why is there always but tackled on to
everything nice in this life?"
There was an accent of something
verging on despair in the girls voice.
Poor little Beryl!" he said tenlerlv.
You are very lonely. Is not that it 97'
She looked at him through her unshed
Iteafs.
Lonely" she repeated with a fine
self -scorn. "How can l be loneIy2 Why,
i have horses, dogs, carriages of all
kshapes and kinds, beyond my widest
dreams. ! have but to express a wish
and servant is at hand to gratify it
IN moment. And yet-and yet, if
fiddle and | could roam the world to-
gether earning my daily bread, / really
belleve-oh, Mr.. Cover, what a silly lit
tie donkey you must think me! See.
here IS our famous avenue of eIms. I
believe tourists come from afar to see
1t. The guide-book states how long it
is, but / forget. The trees were planted
Fln the year something or other, to com
memorate some striking event, but
| don't remember which exactly They
say that Abbey lands always bring dis
i aster to lay holders because they were
Invested from the church DO YOU be-
lieve that, Mr.. Cover? Here we aret
Grandfather will be waiting for you in
the library. Don't be nervous; he won't
bite, really And he is not half so ter
rible as rumor would have You believe
| Granddad, this is Franklin Cover. the
brother of Lady Beauchamp, who. as 4
told you, was so kind to me when first
came to England"
The old man rose from his armchair
and welcomed Cover with more warmth
! than it was his habit to bestOw on any
stranger.
81 have much for which to thank YOU
and your family" he said with studied
/ graeiousness. Not the least is your
being the means of bringing my dear
child 10 the home which ought to have
sheltered her from her BIRTH
/ Franklin bowed and murmured some
polite dissent. Perhaps it was a part of
the old mans penance that no one could
! feel or appear at ease in his presence.
! The frozen atmosphere with which he
! had so long surrounded his person seemed
to strike a chill in every one who ap.
preached him.
Sir Alured inquired whether MIR.
Cover had lunched. Mr. Cover thanked
/ Sir Alured. He had taken his luncheon
en- route
Sir Alured inquired whether Mr.. Cover
would like to take tea with his grand
daughter and her chaperon, Mrs Dueane
He was given to understand that the
yo0ng men of the present day drank
tea. For his part he had not acquired
the habit in his youth, and consequently
mnst beg to be excused in his old age
Taking this as a dismissal, Franklin
followed Beryl, who danced across the
great hall to the drawing room where
the tea had already been carried in.
There! That ordeal is over" she
said with laugh, when the servants
had returned, "'Don't you feel, Mr..
Cover, as though you had come through
fiery furnace and ought to be surprised
at finding yourself free? Mrs. Ducane
has mercifully gene TO visit the wears
wife. 50 we shall be all alone She is
awfuIly nice, You know. Still, with a
chaperon one is to be always on ones
best behavior Yog can relax little
with a guardian By the way, are you !
my guardian now? That is rather
problem isn't it? Suppose we defer the !
answer till next monta? :"
81 am afraid | sha'n't in that case be |
here TO give it," laughed Franklin, well
content with his surroundings, seeing
that l am timed to leave Thorsby by the /
$50 train"
"Oh impossible" cried Beryl, in dis
NAV. "Granddad has given orders for |