Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-17


away.
The days following the concert on
board the FREELY fed away rapidly.
Considerably to the relief of little
Anne, Lord Germayne's yacht left Sand
beach for the west early on the morning
after the party, so that she had no Eur
Their encounter with any of the guests
A note, delivered by hand from the
yacht club during the day, contained q
check from Germayne for ten pounds
instead Of the promised five.
The communication was characteristic
of the writer. It WIS
Dear Miss Hallond: You and the kids
were ripping yesterday, though / am
afraid we all played the fool bit at
the last. Truly yours, GERMAYNE"
"Oh, he is kindl Fancy, ten poundsi
Why, it's fortune I don't think We
ought to take so much, only / don't
know how TO send it back" exclaimed
Anne, her pale cheeks flushing.
Sir Roger, sitting opposite her in the
green little parior at Fuchsia cottage,
where he had made his appearance early
in the afternoon, decided that In his own
mind that ten pounds was well spent to
produce such radiant happiness in the
recipients, and felt distinctly jealous OF
Germayne's privilege in presenting it.
II came to ask if you and the chill
dren would come for a bit of a sail to
Smugglers' cove this afternoon2" he said.
There's fair wind, and we could get
there and back in a couple of hours ard
have tea on board. Don't look as if you
were going to say no." he added, seeing
that the girl hesitated.
'Tm not sure. Yes, 1 suppose we
| might" she began in rather doubtful
tone. Only, we're only workers, you see,
Sir Roger. We have our living to get.
We can't really afford to idle like rich
people. Pm only Lady Chilcote's gov
erness, and Phil, poor child, will have to
be all errand boy when we get home, and
| Gerry will go to school when she's strong
enough. We're not like you and your
friends bit. 1t doesn't seem worth
while to be equal for little while, does
it? 1t makes it so hard to go back
again." said Anne, who was growing
rather desperate.
| 81 don't know who wants to go back;
I'm sure 1 don't. You're a great deal
nicer than any one ever saw before;
and as to earning your living, / admire
| =
rich and idle,' exclaimed Roger, turning
extremely red with the earnestness Of
his feelings.
Just at the moment Phil and Gerry
came tumbling into the room from the
beach. They accepted the invitation on
board the yacht with acclamations,
amidst which their elder sisters feeble
otests were drownrl There was moth
ing left for little Anne but to fetch her
sailor hat and trot off TO the harbor With
the rest of the party.
The sail to Smugglers' cove was the
beginning of many such little expedi-
lions during the days that followed, but
Anne was resolute IN not foregoing their
usual morning and evening entertain
ment on the sea front. No persuasions
on Sir Rogers part would induce her to
break through her original plan, but
their afternoons pleasure in cruising
about the bay and having tea on board
the yacht was so great, both to the chill.
dren and herself, that she Tad not the
moral courage to refuse it, while
Greshams evident delight ia their enjoy.
ment made the habit once established
almost impossible to break through.
During those sunny afternoons, while
the children, under the charge of the
mate or one other of the crew, fshed
over the side of the yacht for whatever
they could catch with The new rods Roger
had bought for them, and Anne and he.
host sat under the red-and white awning
on the deck, chattering or silent as Their
mood prompted them, the gay prosperous
young man of the world learnt for the
first time in his thirty years OF life what
the companionship of an unspoilt, refined
pure minded woman could really mean.
His experience of the sex had hitherto
been the reverse of fortunate, for, an
only child with no near family connec.
tions, and losing both father and mother
before he left Eton, Roger had beer
launched into society when a mere boy
of 90, heir to an old baronetcy with al
ample fortune, a fine old place in Sussex
and a London house, and host of arts
tocratic acquaintance.
Unlike most OF his compeers, the fem.
mime adulation he received had not the
effect Of increasing his self-esteem. Or
the contrary, he was pursued by haunt
ing dread that he was made much of
not for himself, but for the worldly adj
vantages he was able to bestow, and this
fact, coupled with nature not especial
| ly susceptible to women, caused him Il
hold so far aloof from them that by thC
time he was 80 most London mothers
came to regard him rs too shy a bird Il
waste time upon, and therefore left him
IN peace.
TO BE CONTINUED.