Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-13
"can YOU give me their addressi"

"Can you give me their addressf"
YES" she replies rather unwillingly.
"I'vo got their address, for / sends on
letters and parcels once week"
Can l spend the night heref" l ask.
For cannot go on to Ireland today"
She looks very frightened and answers
No." but when l tell her who / am and
what an awkward predicament / am in
she relents little and let's the cabman
bring my boxes ih5o the hall.
1--WE nothink prepared" she says, mot
being used to company, nor yet engaged
to wait on it. Pve no food in the 'orse
fit for you, nor no money to buy 1t with
do you live here alone?"
q do excep' for my husband, who is
lame and don't count, being as helpless
as child and not able to help me, and
this is a big house and requires deal of
keeping, and my lungs are bad"
give her some money and tell her to
get me some tea, and she departs, leav-
ing me alone in the shrouded hall.
1t is all very different from what ex-
pected, and feel rather depressed; but
cannot blame any one, as it is nobody's
fault but my own. / wander through the
rooms rather disconsolately and see if |
can form any idea of the tastes of my
relations. They must be rich-that is
my first eonclusion-and also some one
with good taste and knowledge must
have chosen most of the furniture and
ornaments, SO / look forward with more
pleasure now to meeting my cousin.
! remain upstairs inspecting the differ
ent articles of interest until the old wom-
an calls me down to tea.
1t does not look very inviting laid on a
corner of the great dining room table--a
dish of ham and eggs, some bread-and-
butter, and large piece of cheese. l am
glad of the tea though, which is good and
| strong.
| The old woman prepares bedroom for
me, and / go up to it as soon as it is
ready. She has lit fire, and the room
looks more habitable than the rest of the
house.
Il got this room ready for you," she
| explains as she bids me goodnight, DE
cause it's more prepared than the others.
! Mr.. Mohun always sleeps here when he
comes"
| "Who is Mr.. Mohun?"
MIR. Mohun Fitzgeorge, miss-Mrs.
Ftzgeorge's son."
1 Il
II am sure don't know, miss. / don't
know much of the family. My husband
is an army pensioner, and we was en-
gagged to look after the house when they
went away. l never seen nobody but Mr..
Mohun."
1t is clear that the caretaker cannot
| give me any information on the subject
of my cousins. / rather dread another
long journey tomorrow by land and sea
I am tired of travelling and shall be glad
to settle down. am not sorry, however
to be going to Ireland; it will be freer
and less conventional than town. / shall
enjoy staying in big country house full
of people. have often heard dad speak
of the jolly house parties there used to
be for the shooting.
| / shall not care to join in the merri.
ment, but it will interest me to watch
and look on at all that is new to me.
/ smile at my reflection in the glass as
/ brush my hair. / wonder how they
will all like me, but / do not feel many
misgivings on that point, for most people
meet rather admire me, and have had
a fair share of attention in my twenty
years.
As I open the dressing table drawer
something falls to the ground with q
little bang. stoop and pick it up and
see it is a miniature-the face of young
girl, almost a child, about Is years old
She has golden hair in curls all over hel
head, with violet eyes and a rose-leai
complexion.
what lovely facet" / exclaim in.
voluntarily, and then glance from it to
my own reflected in the glass. / ALWAYS
envy any one with bright fair coloring
and golden hair, and feel very dissatis.
fed now as ] look at myself, because
have dark hair, and little twinge OF
envy goes through me-
"Who is it ?" ] wonder, and turn II
over to look at the back.
There is tiny piece of white paper
pasted on it, and written with very
fine pen are the words IN. f., with Dol.
lies love-"
feel rather thoughtful as | retire ia
bed, and wonder many times who Dollie
is and if shall meet her at cousin Eliz.
abeth's. Perhaps she is friend of Mr.
Mohun's, or perhaps she may even be
engaged to him. The initials an. F."
most probably stand for Mohun Fitz-
! george. All the time until I fall asleep
keep thinking of the beautiful girl
wondering whether she viii come across
my path and be one of my friends in the
near future.
Ito Be Continued
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