Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

stay here in the country and play the
fiddle
How awfully fond you seem TO be Of
that fiddle of yours!" he said.
DO you know, my dear guardian,
she said, Il often wish that l We're poor
-awfully, desperately poor!"
What an original sort Of wish,' he
said And what would you do if you
were desperately poor?"
I would be a professional violinist.
she said. 1T is so stupid playing in a
drawing room to people who stop talking
Just as you leave off to say Thank you
SO much; that is awfully pretty"
Where did you get this mad desire
for publicity, Beryl?'
Il don't know. Heredity perhaps.
Who can tell? l may, some time or
other, have had remote ancestor who
was a fiddler"
'You-a descendant of the house of
Vivian!"
Am l so grand? I did not know.
Why does not the house of Vivian come
forward and look after me, instead of
leaving all the trouble OF me to your"
Your grandfather, for some reason.
did not approve of his sons marriage.
The estate not being entailed he disin-
herited him What money your father
had came from sugar plantation in
the West Indies, bequeathed him by his
mother"
And that is all l inherits'' asked the
girl
THAT is all, little Beryl@
"And is it muchg"
Well, affairs are not wound up, They
take some little time to settle YOU
know. | cannot tell you exactly how
much, but it is enough to keep YOU of
public platform"
oh what a pityls sighed Beryl.
Sir Trevor Beauchamp, not having
taken house i'll town for the season. his
wife engaged rooms at the Cosmopolitan
hotel, in which she and Beryl could make
their toilettes for the court at which the
latter was to make her eurtsey to her
sovereign. select number of privileged
friends were assembled in the reception
rooms set apart for the two ladies'. The
furniture had been all set back. and over
the carpet was spread white floor cloth,
IN order that the delicate trains might
run no risk of gathering speck of dust
or suspicion of a soil. Among the
small assemblage were Franklin Cover
and his two little nephews who. all
three, secretly despised this homage at
the shrine of fashion and professed to
come for the sake of lending countenanee
to each other.
When, after frequent mild reproofs.
Eddie and Leo had to be foreibly re-.
strained from sliding up and down the
spotiess hoor cloth, they began to find
the proceedings very dull
The boys We're Just commencing. To
his extreme embarrassment. to execute
dance, enliyened by sundry outspoken
criticisms, round their father, when the
door was thrown open and Beryl ape
peared upon the threshold
| Her miiliner, with the view of accen-
tuating the girls childish appearance,
had wisely eschewed heavy silks or
satin, and robed the young debutante in
tilmy, diaphonous robes that seemed to
float round her slender form, while the
| gittering gems Eith which the gown
was sprinkled recalled the dewdrops that
| sparl<led in the light of the rising sur,
on the delicate petal of pure white
rose.
Perfect nature enhanced by the skill
of most perfect art" said Franklin, i'm
a low voice to the girl, who was I'M
feignedly admirfng herself in one of the
long mirrors
How different the ugly duekling looks
now, she sand with laugh. zone
might almost fancy that she had ae
tually turned into a graceful swan
You still remember, and resent. nav
unlucky speech z" he said
oh, yes, of course! 1t is just the
nnlucky speeches that one always does
remember. Don't you find it so?''
Perhaps. But one is loath to believe
that so much beauty could cover an I'm
forgiving heart
IF you cast down a rose and trannla
/ it in the dust beneath your feet do Won
expect it still TO give out its choicest
fragrance for your benefit :"
Come along Beryll" cried Lady Beau
champ, who, the center of an admiring
circle. was receiving many congratula,
tions on the appearance Of her charm
ing self and her still more charming com
panion. Good night, boysi" she con
tinued, bestowing light kiss from a
carefully calculated distance upon her
obstreperous offsprings.
In the society papers next morning
Franklin read what, for his peace OF
mind he already knew only too well
that Miss Beryl Vivian, presented bv
Lady Beanchamp, was the Ioreliest
debutante Of the season.
Go Be Continued.