Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-31

hurredly up and down. What about
iStandish."
Hes dead ! said simply. He made
clean breast Of it before he went out.
and your names as clean as ever il was
BY Jovei Collins, but it was handsome
| OF you! Why did you do it. old chap?"
He laughed grimly.
Listen; I'll tell you the whole yarn.
But. first OF all. hows Ethel Standishg"
shes looking weu enough-or she
was when / saw her last She's married
to Nyeroft but you'd know that, of
course
"Well. | suppose it's only natural.
| Aou seem surprised that / didn't know
Standish was dead and Ethel married.
Since that day-five years ago. isn't il
i've never looked at home paper
cut myself off from the world altogether.
But IN make a clean breast Of It since
Standish is dead.
| You remember the night of the bio
affair at Lady Eglinton'sy Well. it was
that night that young Standish came
to my rooms
| Collins he said. I'm in deuce Of a
mess got dunned by the Jews for
that big money / owed and IL wrote
| tnsin9hai's name on big check. What
am ! going to do"
You could have Knocked me down
with a breath. The poor youngster was
sitting there all broken. his poor white
face was stained with tears; and he was
the dead image of his sister-Ethel
Standisb. 1t was that that made me do
what / did
It's good lot, | said in answer. and
felt the lameness of my remark.
But now" | went on. as he made no
answer, what do you intend to do?
The lads dead, and your names as clear
as ever it was. You'll cut this business.
of course, and come along home with
meg'
no" he said; mo. l think I won't
90 home. You see old chap. there are
some things that are hard to stand. You
say Ethels married to Wycroft? Well.
that in itself's enough to keep me away
from home. | loved that girl ever since
| met her--you know her, so you can
tell what sort of a love she bred in nv
heart
What shall tell Ethel Wycroft ~
! said suddenly; and / saw him vince
/ TELL her? Why, nothing. Is she
Ihappy?'
Didn't you heara" he repeated as
she happy? ?"
ihCh 1 toiu d tl'5 d SoOu ono. WIN
out tremor.
shes as happy as the day is long"
| said.
1t took me year to get home again
Ia been away eighteen months, and
found changes
Lying on the table in my room was
a letter from Lady kilbride; it was an
/ invitation to a crush that very night
1 SO | dressed and went. On the way |
got an evening paper and, looking
| through the shipping news, | saw that
| the Prometheus had locked in the East
India But | was too excited to notice
| it much.
The first person | saw at Lady Kill
brides was Ethel Wycroft She was
looking eXquisitely beautiful but her
dress seemed strange somehow. Then
| saw it was slight mourning.
/ "How's Wycroft 2" asked as | shook
hands She started a bit and flushed.
Didn't you krow?' She said He
died last year.
/ AVE were seated in comfortable cor
ner by this. And then while | was
talking, a sudden flash of light came to
me. ] remembered the notice in the
paper about the Prometheus, and the
path opened out with glaring cIearness.
Look here | said swiftly, this is
pretty sickening. VIII YOU go for
jaunt? 1t isn't late
She hesitated little and looked about
her rather shyly, But | got her per-
suaded at last and we went out. Then.
as she started to ask where we were
bound, broke a solemn oath
/ DO you ever think anything of Ar
/ tlt,4. NH ~ I 1.
cause" [ said slowly, Il met him out
abroad"
Then he isn't dead ?"
lie was very much alive when | saw
him last, | said Then l started in to
tell her OF what I'd seen and done dur
ing the last eighteen months. 1t was
not until we clattered through the dock
gates that she began to get uneasy.
Where are we going?" she said
quickly.
told her she'd see soon enough. But
she drew back when | handed her out
alongside the old rusty Promotions.
got the Waterman and asked him if
James Jones were aboard and he led
us to Il cabin aft. | looked in Collins
was sitting there-he was second mate
and his face changed when he saw
me. Then | reached back and pushed
! Ethel through the door
| waited for a moment, just long
enough to hear two words spoken in
most incredulous tones Arthur" and
"Ethe! And then shut the door and
went To the wharf, for | knew from
what I'd heard that everything would
| be well~Ernest Winchfield in Cassell's'
Saturday Journal
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