Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04

at every meal, l walk with you. drive
with you, play tennis with YOU. and ac-
company your songs
I'm awfully sorry about that / said
hnffilv.
Il don't suppose you can help it. They
insist. they drive us-and YOU seem to
like singing There was an. element Of
surprise in her voice that | think was
quite uncalled for
no, no" / disclaimed, 1T is quite
as much bore to sing to unmusical
people as it is for mmusieal people to
listen to singing"
you are annoyed now
Il am not / said Indignantly. / was
not. | was sorry. / had thought Marian
was musical. was sorry that she was
not. There is great difference between
being annoyed and being sorry.
Il am glad that you are annoyed
She dug her parasol viciously into a
clod of earth and set number of in
offensive beetles scurrying in the widest
alarm. Anything is better than your
cowardly complscencya
The mistake Is that we never met
before | said. When you came out,
was running over Europe with Uncle
Joseph
Thank YOU She sat up stinly. III
we had met before the return of yom
parents
Il did not mean that | said quickly
And YOU We're not, therefore. hvp.
Noticed into unwilling - she continued
yiciously
"0h, come. Miss Wemyss!'' / cried.
Unwilling obedience to their com.
mands," she sailed ON serenely. 'you
might have conveyed to me the dis.
i taste
4 should never have done that / as
serted
There; You are still acting unde,
their influence she cried. with the
triumphant air of clinclling an argu
ment.
However much felt it, I continued
Obi" Her back became rigid.
You were going to indulge me Will
an explanation, Miss Wemyss," / ven.
tured, after i'm interval,
| Yes. Here it is. | do not agree wifi
my parents
Really? have found them mos.
agreeable
1T is they who throw me at you
head | am merely passive" She ac
lively assaulted a small pebble with tho
! point of her parasol.
/ when you walk, drive and play Will
me-y But surely there is way
out. Tell them frankly what you think
of me-"
Mr.. Courtenay, | could not. They
have very high opinion of you. and
may--I am willing to admit that / an
fallible-I may be misiudging you.
could not seek to destroy their-theil
opinion of you. | hope you do not mint
my frankness =
Not at ALL It is refreshing
spoke yiciously No man is quite un
rltiied at the adverse opinion of a pref
ty woman. | think / have stated that
Marian is pretty.
"0f course, you don't like it. No mar
ever can stand the truth / have showr
you that it is impossible that | can 90
to my parents As a matter of fact
you have been thrust down my throat
ever since ! left school They-they
have set all their hopes upon-up ac
Icomplishing their desires .
Your frankness IS not so discernibl,
now, Miss Wemyss. You mean they
have set their hearts upon making j
match between us"
IF you prefer that crude way of put
ting it--yes. And so | cannot-you Sc,
my position. Now YOU" She turned
round suddenly and smiled at me. Ma
rian has a fascinating smile 1t blaze:
out suddenly from eyes and lips-like {
sun slipping round the edge of cloud
you wish me To-
Exactly. You cannot care for me.
You give me hope-you are awfully
good to me- / spoke humbly. Hum
bleness, if adroitly used, is often Of
much weight. But | think l had bet
ter speak to- to her first, don't you?''
Perhaps it would be BETTER" she said
She stared vacantly at belt of trees
shifted my seat little.
Il have been fool" | commenced.
rs that worthy of comment?'' she
asked.
"A eomplaeent ass. But I am cured
Marian, remember you gave me hope
| thought there was none
honestly | did. But you said Is there
any hope, Marian?"
There was. And so we discovered tbs
solution Walter f. Grogan i'll tht
sketch