Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-24

from the first, and she's still fun of hope
that if ! take it in hand it may be
proved to the world even yet / warned
her that / was afraid disappointment
would be in store for her; but I've given
my promise, so / must eontrive to get
at the root of things again. You'll
help me as far as lies in your power
Yes, yes, III help you willingly; but
don't see that anything can be done
save to 60 over the old ground anew. To
try TO start on fresh tack would be
rather like cropping uselessly in the dark
after all this lapse of time"
Are you two going to stay in here all
the EVENING"" asked Mrs. Lynthwaite's
voice from the doorway She was stand
ing under the velvet portiere-had been
standing there for the last couple OF
minutes, only they had not noticed her.
What subject, pray, is so engrossing
that it is kept until my departure, when
father and son sit discussing it like a
pair of dark conspirators ?"
| The question was put jestingly, but
there was kind of forced lightness un-
DERIVING her tone that caused Austin to
turn quickly and glance at her. She was
smiling; but it seemed to him that she
was. unusually pale tonight. She came
| farther into the room now, and, drawing
her own empty chair little way back
from the table, sat down.
Us it about Nan, Austin ?"-glancing
at him anxiouslys ~~
at began With Nam" he admitted
smilingly. Its all right; the governor
is as willing as you are to welcome his
new daughter"
SsT'un niaJ ~ +bot 1oor IT., ,.o,1y ogioJ
of tina" she said, turning from one to
the other with look and deep-d drawn
breath that were both suggestive of
some burden of misgiving suddenly
lifted
Then from Man." continued Austin
gravely, eve drifted on to matters which
relate to her brother
"Ahl" she said, waiting expeetantly
to hear what was coming.
But it was her husband this time who
took it upon himself to explain.
THE girl-with girls usual faith IN
her lovers powers-wants Austin TO
take the matter up again, Mary
''To-take-the matter up again
| That's-that's rather useless, isn't it"
-glancing from her husband to Austin
"I'm afraid it viii prove So" the lat.
/
refuse, you see. 1t is the first request
that Nan has ever made to me-"
1T strikes me"-the comment came
almost petulantly--"as being rather a
nonsensical request. Lance Heriot had
a fair trial-no one was unduly anxious
to convict him. If there had been any
shadow of doubt / suppose the jury
would have been in duty bound to give
him the benefit of It, 1t seems ridicu-
lous-and rather unwise in the Heriots'
own interests-to probe into an unpleas-
ant matter and bring it to the front
again after whole years interval"
Perhaps it does. l confess for my
own part / would rather let sleeping
dogs lie. But since Nan thinks that to
rouse them may be productive of good
results, and I've given my word to do
the utmost / can"
'eThe boy is right, Mary" interpolated
| Mr. Lynthwaite. 1T will do no good !;
but one can understand the girls feel
ings. Austin would have been regu-
| lar bear to refuse. Jove, / dent believe
could have refused her myself if she a
made a point of it and looked up at me
with those bonnie eyes Of hersi And
since he's passed his word he must keep
1 1T, be the upshot what it may"
Ito BE Continued.)