Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-30
CHAPTER II.-Continued.

vour study tomorrow"
srNine o'clock"
And without bestowing even "Good
u;gbtp on her he took up his paper. and
Lent his eyes vigorously on it till she
was gone.
aAha! A vixen of another sort than
1ona-but tameable. Well, I am not
one to stand nonsense, and I have
crushed most things except
It was nearly midnight before Aunt
lane whose tender mercies were even
loss conspicuous than her spouse's, lib
Grated Diana to go to bed.
There was Dodo to wrap in flannel;
Bezi1ue to shut in his kennel; three
Persian cats to be summoned from any
whore. and disposed in their several
baskets: and finally Uncle Mats two
noodles-Bismarck and Wilhelm, dogs
IF wonderful pedigree that had won him
countless prizes in times past-to be fed
and nut to bed with care and ceremony.
Sometimes Nathaniel himself superin-
tended this function. Tonight he did not
make his appearance.
an exploration of the park.
The grandeur of the hoary trees i'm
messed Diana's nature loving soul, the
peaeeful antiquity breathing from crum-
Hing hattlements and weed-smothered
sun-dial, appealed to her ardent senti-
ments.
Unconditional as she was, there were
depths of UNEMPLOYED passion and feeling
within her that as yet had had little
scope for utterance in her quiet and
limited life.
She wandered through the park, vis-
tied the dairy, and sat on the broken
fences for an hour; and then she girded
herself with good resolutions for the
day.
Her labors with her uncle, however,
interested her.
For ten years past he had been busy
collecting details Of local biographies
and local fora and fauna, that diverted
him when he was not maddened by govt,
and lulled him even when crippled.
His late secretary brilliant young
fellow cut off from active pursuits by
the loss of a leg gave impetus to his
studies, and brought literary ability to
bear upon these great chronicles of
Datchett and Crockett Nathaniel him
self had no literary skill, and only an
observant eye and a good memory for
his task
Conscious that his irritable temper
and overbearing manner could never
secure such a secretary again, he east
about in his mind for stop gap, till
advertisements or chance should throw
the required object within his reach.
Blood is thicker than water and more
amenable to avuncular tyranny, there
fore Nathaniel Crockett thought of his
great -nieces, and decided he was doing
something very munificent when he
wrote and babe one of them appear at
his court on salary of twenty pounds
per annum.
The feeling with which he saw Diana
Fayrer establish herself at poor Chris
topher Marvell's desk that morning were
barely tolerant and no more.
How many pens Will you try before
you are suited ?" he asked sharply, after
he had watched his young amanuensis
try and lay aside half dozen nibs.
Diana tested seventh and found it
wanting
Il like to be sure of my implements
beforehand, Uncle Nat"
He crumpled sheet of foolscap in his
great palm for lack of something else
to display his irritation upon.
AS you like" he snapped. "Extrava-
gance in tools can be rectified by a re-
duced salary, young lady"
Thank you'll Once suited, my tastes
are conservative. All, here is beauty
Now, as my materials are all right, may
! grasp little of my subjectY Could
4 read a page or two before this para
graph, uncle, just so that my brain may
hollow you as well as my pen"
didn't ask for your BRAIN" he
growled. Women should act under
orders, the brain emanating from their
superiors."
Diana propped her chin in her palm,
and turned her wide eyes upon him with
a smile.
Nowadays we moderns, Uncle Nat,
cont acknowledge superiors. You will
geC better work from me if you grant
me the possession, as well as the exer-
only"
=, The old man glared at this rebel, but
Anana was not intimidated.
There, now we begini"
rushing lock from her brow, she ad-
lusted her papers before her in a work
man like fashion, and presently was
peepiy and silently at work.
der silenee-her occasional comments,
wise and to the point-her undated
pngence; all these things he could not
out recognize, though he failed TO ap-
She has the twenty pounds in view,"
ne sad sourly to himself. "She hopes
70 ., make it thirty. She remembers-they
a.! remember-beggars have such mem
O'ies that I am accounted rich man"
mn o'clock they worked increasingly.
with a perversity, due partly to govt,
party to moroseness, he Kept his great
a-lece-because she was a woman-an
9lOuF longer than Christopher MARVEL;
ouI she was quite unconscious of the
Fanny. and cheerfully grateful when
.He .L Tod her she could 60.
h. WHAT eyes and ears you have kept.
aele Nat" she said admiringly, as she
uS away her papers, wiped her pen, and
-, Ss@sa the desk. "You have made this
~ tu t.4. corner quite an interesting page