Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-07

down; you know 1 can't bear the sun
shining in my face"
"Is that better, Sir Jasper?'
Eyes, that's better All! Miss Granger,
you think me crusty old curmudgeon,
I dare say; but wait till you are so, and
perhaps you will be the same.'
The girl addressed, pretty dark-eyed
maiden with clear, pale complexion,
and hair of soft, warm brown, came
forward with a smile
At hope / sha'n't have had so many
troubles to worry me-" she said gently;
"but, now. what would you like me to
do, Sir Jasper? Shall read to your"
mo, thank you; no, don't care about
reading this afternoon! Miss Granger,
did | ever tell you that your voice re-
minds me, sometimes, of my daughters ?"
"You never told me that you had a
daughter" the girl said
"Ah-h; that was years ago! Heaven
knows if l have one nowl She disobeyed
me, my dear, married into family that
/ particularly disliked, and married the
most Objectionable member of it. l for
babe the whole crew the house-never
would have one of them inside my
doors; the servants all knew that it was
as much as their place was worth to
admit a person bearing that name
tits years since any of them tried to
get admission" he went on after a
pause, "but sometimes think l should
like to know whether my daughter is
alive or dead"
Couldn't you write, Sir JasperP"
''Write!" cried the old man. in high
pitched, querulous voice. write to the
girl who defied and disobeyed mel You
don't know what you are talking about,
Miss Granger"
Miss Granger certainly did not. She
only knew that all this which the old
man was telling her was probably very
ancient history indeed, and long past
remedying; so she made an attempt to
change the subject.
"Have you noticed how the days are
drawing in?" she said at is dark soon
after now, and though the sun is hot
in the daytime the evenings are quite
chilly"
"Ah," Sir Jasper said, "the winter will
be here soon, and with the winter will
come the burglar season 1 hear there
have been bad characters seen about the
neighborhood already"
Ethel smiled, though she took care
that her smile should not be seen by her
employer, whose we'll known dread of
robbery she had thus unconsciously
brought to the fore. ---.-
eN.-"Let US hope your informants are mis-
taken, she said -. s.sssss ,1.,zysszD---
Sir Jasper shook his head.
There is no mistaking people of that
sort once you see them" he replied;
Sand now come to think of it, my dear,
it would be well for you to start home
early tonight before dusk, as it would
not do for you to encounter any of these
gentry"
'Thank you, Sir Jasper; it is kind of
yod to think of lit"
Ethel really was grateful for the old
gentleman's thoughtfulness, for he was
a crusty old person as a rule, and not
given to consideration for the comfort
even of his pretty little secretary.
She parted from him, therefore, when
she went out with a sweeter smile than
usual, and as she walked through the
park towards the stile that was her best
agrees from it her heart was full of pity.
She had been in Sir Jaspers employ
rs secretary just three months, within a
few weeks indeed of the time when she
and her brother had settld down in their
tiny cottage in the village and COM
menced their modest housekeeping. Sir
Jasper seemed to be satisfied with her
in his carping unenthusiastic way, and
she had a genuine liking for him, and
was sorry for his loneliness.
She was thinking of him when she
came within sight of the stile, but the
figure she saw seated there drove such
thoughts out of her mind.
1t was a tall mans figure, clad in a
dark tweed suit, and as she approached
he rose and came to meet her.
MY lucky star is in the ascendant to-
day." he said; "a punctured tire took
me into Frayling this afternoon, and SO
sat down on the stile to wait for-6
o'clock-and five minutes after saw you
coming. If it hadn't been for that tire
l should have missed you"
Eyes, am early today" Ethel said
without meeting the gray eyes that were
seeking hers.
Are you sorry?"
mo; it is nice to get home before
dark"
ut will not be dark for some time yet
Miss Granger. Will you not come round
by the lane? You will not be expected
quite so soon"
Ethel hesitated. Propriety babe her
go straight home, inclination kept her by
the side of the young man whose hand
some face was looking so eagerly into
hers as he awaited her answer.
At length she said, with a faint
smile
"It will hardly make five minutes diff.
ference will it? 1 will come"
So they crossed the road. and turned
side by side up the tree-shaded lane
They walked a few moments in silence
and then the young man said
Miss Granger, do you know this may
be the las. time that am able to see
you home? The-business-that l came
about may finish at any time now"
The girls heart sank so suddenly anC
Enthusiastically that she was unable tc
keep the depression she felt out of hel
voice
And then-you go away?"
Eyes, Ethel,' lowering his voice anC