Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-02-12

have me-
Il am glad to hear you speak so
frankly about it, Mr.. Allistahe. 1t en-
ables me TO speak frankly. too. Tell me
something about yourself. What have
you done. say, since you left school?
Have you done anything to justify your
existence?''
'Done.7 replied Hugh, looking at her
blankly. How do you mean?"
Il mean, how have you passed your
time? Have you taken up anything
seriously? You must have done some
thing"
Il have done no useful thing. | fear"
replied Hugh, astonished at his own
confession. Indeed, / have done a good
many things of which | now feel thor
oughly ashamed"
Poor boy" said Miss Chudeigh as if
she We're addressing someone ten years
her junior, instead of one two years her
senior Poor boy, / suppose you are
not altogether to blame. Your parents
are very wealthy, | hear"
The idea of being a child in anything
came to this man of the world in the
light of a surprise. Yet he fe t vaguely
that there was some truth in the sug-
gestion.
Tell me- he said simply, tell me
what | should do, and | will do it,"
Without hope of reward ?" she said
with mischievous glance in her eye.
Il did not say that. / have a hope
that if ! succeed in making q man of
myself you will not treat me as YOU
treat me now-as a boy"
But you are a boy, You know. Wheth-
no 10,
that only you yourself can answer
And you will help me?'
mo one can really help you"
But you will not desert me? You
will not 60 and get married while | un-
dergo that necessary training?"
is it likely? Marriage has never vet
presented itself to me as a concrete fact,
1t will require strong man to induce
me to give up my name for his
Then | will be that mani" The
vehemence and strength of purpose in
Hugh's voice thrilled Miss Chudleigh,
and her smile was a little forced.
few days later Hugh called to say
he was going out with Capt. Harvey of
the Royal navy on an expedition to the
south pole. He would, in all probable
ity be away two years.
Miss Chudleigh gazed at the young
mali with tears in her eyes Il hope
You are not doing all this for me?" she
said
Il am doing it for myself, but | do
not conceal the thought that but for
you | would never have thought of it.
If | become a man in your sense of the
word, | viii owe it all to you And re-
member that | am coming back"
Il will not forget" she said, with her
eyes fixed on the ground.
Two years elapsed without any news,
and the vague feeling of alarm that had
haunted the friends of those on board
the Samson took visible shape; but all
the inquiries that were made resulted
in nothing.
Some six months later news filtered
through to the admiralty that some APP
paratus which had belonged to the Sam
son had been found floating in the Are
tic ocean Aching hearts in England
began to despair. Then another inter
val of silence. Three years had passed
since the Samson steamed away, and
not sign of life from Capt. Haryey's
party The government began in haste
to fit out relief expedition.
The relief expedition was almost
ready to start, when one morning news
was flashed from America that zone Of
ficer and thirteen men of Capt Harvey's
expedition had been landed in New
York.
Capt. Harvey had died only few
weeks before the remnant of the crew
had been picked up, and he had left pa.
pers containing a full record of the dis
coveries, disasters, and sufferings of the
expedition.
These papers showed that the men, as
a whole, had behaved splendidly; but in
the later stages of the expedition. when
Capt. Harvey had his leg broken. and
was otherwise incapacitated th3 Whole
of the duties fell upon the fourth officer.
Hugh Allistaire, who had, by his heroic
work and example, literally dragged the
where they had been picked up.
When poor Capt. Harvey'5 papers were
published in full it was abundantly evil
dent that Hugh Allistaire was man of
whom England might well feel proud.
The newspapers were full of eulogies
OF the conduct of the gallant young Of
ficer, when that young man himself
with his left arm in a sling, appeared
at the residence of Bishop Chudleigh, and
asked to see Miss Nora Chudleigh.
In answer to the maid, Miss Chud-
leigh, with white face and eyes that
expressed fear as well as pleasure, asked
Mr. Allistaire to be shown in immedi-
ately.
Hugh entered the room, his face bear
ing unmistakable traces of hardship and
exposure; but his eyes burned brightly,
and Nora Chudleigh noticed at once that
he had greatly changed in appearance,
and changed for the better As he came
forward with right hand outstretched
she ran to meet him, but when she saw
his arm in sling she half stopped, and
gave a little cry of alarm
1T is nothing" he said, "only little
frost bite"
"Oh," she murmured, as she took his
right hand in both of hers. You have
come back. | am so glad"
Yes, thank God!! There were times
when | whispered goodbye to you in
my prayers, but here / am. Do you
think-do you think am man now?"