Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27

as a land owner" / continue, losing my
hesitation and warming to my subject
as | go on. "You spend your time with
a days sport now and again, you allow
the house and garden to go to rack and
ruin, and you never read or do one use
full thing from morning till night"
/ pause-I have said more than 7 In
tend, I am rather frightened.
A dull flush rises to his face at my
words and then he turns deadly pale, but
he does not answer for a minute, and
then he says quietly
How do you know never read or do
one useful thing from morning till
nightf"
Il was only judging from appearance"
l answer lamely, and the few books l
have seen about the house are of sport
ing kind"
He makes no attempt to explain or
justify himself in any way.
when you are older" he remarks,
"you win learn that it is best not al,
ways to judge by appearance"
| am piqued and answer holly
IF live to be a hundred | should say
the same; nothing can excuse your lazi-
ness"
But Mohun will not quarrel, and 1 feel
very much ashamed OF myself all the
rest of that day. | lie awake a long
time after | am in bed too thinking; T
have certainly been very rude-quite
unjustifably So
! am just dropping off to sleep when I
fancy | hear a stealthy footstep in the
corridor outside; my senses are on the
alert in minute, and l sit up in bed.
Who can it be2
! listen intently and hear a soft knock
at the door which l believe to be Mo-.
huns, and then there is silence ] wait
a few minutes and then hear the foot
steps again.
| jump out of bed and softly open the
door an inch or two and am Just in time
to see Miss Lattimer, quite dressed and
holding a candle in her hand, disappear
through the baize door leading to Cousin
Elizabeth's apartments
What is she doing? Why is she walk
ing about the house at this hour? I
remain where am. lost in thought, I'M
til / am reused by hearing footsteps
again.
This time it is Mohun; he walks soft
ly In the same direction that Miss Latti-
mer took and disappears through the
same door. / am very much puzzled and
wonder what it all means, and then /
think how stupid l am. Cousin Eliza
beth must be i'll, and Miss Lattimer came
to call Mohun. | almost make up my
mind to dress and go and see if / can be
of any assistance, but the thought of
my last reception when l went to my
cousins room makes me chary of en-
countering another rebuff, so | get into
bed again and fall asleep without hear
ing any further sounds.
In spite of my disturbed night l wake
early; the sound of a moving machine
falls upon my ears, and l listen to it
lazily in drowsy fashion. So my hasty
words had had some effect: Mohun had
evidently told old Driscoll to cut the
grass.
| wish had not been quite so nasty,
but must try to make up for it today.
look out of the window as dress and
see with satisfaction that the whole OF
the lawn outside the breakfast roofn
window has been cut and the paths have
been tidied
! have my breakfast alone this morn
ing Old Hart tells me, "The masther is
without and the misthress is kapfng the
inside of her room today"
/ wander into the garden, pleased at
the improvement / see. get some sticks
to tie up the carnations and amuse N.Y.
sslf for an hour or two gardening Real.
ly, now that the grass is cut and the
flowers are not quite so Wild the place
is beginning to look respectable.
In the afternoon go up into my little
tower room to paint, and then in the
dusk / go for walk Even at dinner no.
body appears, and the weary day at
length draws to a close.
hear the lawn mower again the next
morning and feel pleased to think the
improvement is still going ona / peep
out of the window and instead of old
Driscoll l see Mohun in his shirt sleeves
vigorously pushing the machine. So No
hun is the gardener. My words must
have hurt him more than / thought, or
he would not have risen at daybreak to
do such manual labor. l am pleased, and
a warm rush of feeling comes into my
heart. How good of him Perhaps they
have lost most of their money and can
not afford to keep more servants and
have the place better kept.
Ito Be Continued