Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-14
A Maynard Beauty.
By the Author of Under False f,olonrs y etc

take III, VIII be mutual. They will help
TO keep me young. / shall let them
have the benefit of my larger expert
ence.''
"Will any one have any more teaf"
inquired Lady Beauchalnp NO? Quite
sure? Then 1 vote we 20 for a stroll on
the terrace until it is time to adorn for
dinner
As the assembled company rose from
their chairs the door was thrown open
and tootman announced mir. Cover"
With little cry of delight Lady Beau
champ threaded her way among her
guests and, seizing her brother by both
hands, stood on tiptoe to receive the
eiotherly salute which, the newcomer
bent down to give hec Then between
laughter and tears, she turned and said
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me 10
have the honor of presenting to you
most distinguished traveller IN the person
of my dear brother Franklin Cover"
Sir Trevor stood for'vad and grusped
Franklin's disengaged hand
Welcome home again, old fellow!" he
said. Il AN glad you caMe straight 10
us"
But in what plghtl9 laughed Cow
er, glancing first at his travelling costume
and then at the exquisite toilettcs OF the
ladies' present. You should haze given
OK Jennings instructions to have me
sLIggled up the back stars, and not let
ne re seen until | Sls more present
allie
There was a chorus of protests. babel
o. small talk, then by degrees the com,
p1ny slowly and silently melted away,
and the brother and sister were left
al, ne
How good it is to see rou hack again,
Fr&rk." said Lady BsRuca:.nlp as snc
po.@ ed out some tea w'.;e.l servant
had just brought in Gore you not GO
lEg 10 settle down in England for good I"
My dear Helen, wh4re one is bitten
by the love of travel, settling down, as
you call it, becomes an absolute impos-
sibility. If man is accustomed to live
and breathe amid the illimitable space of
the oceans he cannot endure the cramp-
ing effect of four brick walls, be they
ever so tastefully decorated, for more
than two or three weeks
"And l had hoped, so earnestly, Tor
better things" she said despondently
ut is all Irene's fault 1t is She who is
responsible for your being a wanderer
over the face of the earth. Believe me,
she is net worth moments serious
thought. Heartless, selfish, worldly to
the finger tips"
Franklin raised his hand in depreca-
ton
do not blame Irene" he protested.
"She is far happier as a duchess than
she could ever have been as the wife of
plain Franklin Cover of Rowsely
Grange"
''She rejoices in the fact that for love
of her you have made yourself an exile"
'Let her rejoice. What may have be.
gun in pique has certainly ended in meas
ureless content. Believe me. Helen. fair
Nature has quite cured me of my infatu-
alton. If not exactly heart-whole, can
at least claim for that useful organ that
not scratch, nor a scar, is visible
Lady Beauchamp laughed
Then prove your state of perfect re-
pair by remaining at the Grange for at
least three months. Or better still. stav
here with Trevor and me. Eddie and
Leo are always asking if Uncle Frank
is not coming to see them some day.
Jolly little chaps How are they 90
"Bonny and highspirited as ever. Too
exuberant sometimes for their pastors
and masters. But l am sadly afraid that
Trevor encourages them in their iniqui-
ty."
"And if their Uncle Frank We're to do
ditto they would become absolutely un-
bearable in their bold, bad ways. No,
no, Helen! You cannot tempt me TO
forsake my roaming life till / settle
down with govt amid rheumatism and all
the ills that old age is heir to. As a
matter of fact, | have come home now,
Nell, principally for the sake of getting
you to help me out of a difficulty
Helen opened her pretty eyes very
wide
How our positions are reversed" she
cried. at was ever your especial prov
ince to help me out of scrapesn
''Was it? All right, them One good
turn deserves another. Some five years
ago, when was cruising aimlessly about
among the Ionian islands, fell in with
an old college tutor. At Cambridge, in
spite of the difference in our ages, we
had been almost like brothers, but the
silence of long separation had. of late
wears. fallen between US. He was then a
widower with one little girl. lie had
gone south to get cured of some lung
trouble, but it had increased rapidly, and
he died out there. Before his death he
begged me 10 act as guardian to the
child and to manage what little property
he had bequeathed to her She was then
in convent school near Vienna. Like
myself, he had been lately a wanderer.
In a rash moment, impelled | suppose
by sentiment and the desire TO soften
the last moments of a dying man, j ae-
cepted the charge, which up to the pres
ent has certainly not been an onerous
one. the child remaining always at the
convent where her father had placed her.
Now. however the good sisters write TO
inform me that Beryl-queer name 10
give a girl. is it not ?-is II years old.
They say that she cannot remain with
them any longer as a pupil, and ask for
instructions / don't, for the life of me,
know what instructions | am to give.
thought perhaps you would help me .
81, Frank? How in the world can /
help your"
Il don't exactly know Unless you
would take charge of her for awhile, in
troduce her into society, and give her a