Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-04-09

and, supper being announced moment
later, as Gen. Majoribanks came up to
carry away Mrs. Gerard, Lord Trefoil
rose.
Il had better go and secure Mona" he
said; this must be my dance"
He sauntered away. An hour later
they encountered each other again. The
terrace opening out of the ballroom had
been covered in with an awning and
lighted with Chinese lanterns, cunningly
hung among the palms and Towering
plants. Between the pillars of the
marquee one caught glimpses of the wa
ter and of the illuminated yachts at an
Choir. The Kelpie was sending her
searchlight backwards and forwards over
the woods and the inky waters of the
loch. Mrs. Gerard was leaning over the
balustrade with Lady Bannatyne and
her brother-in-law and some others,
watching the giant beam travel to and
fro.
Lord Trefoil, smoking cigarette with
another man at a little distance with his
back to the balustrade, watched the
group while he talked. Mona's partner
had just borne her away from hint
was impossible to secure Mona's indi-
vidual attention for five consecutive
minutes tonight, but he had managed to
annex another waltz, and he would have
chance of speaking then. He would
force the hayward little thing to listen
TO him, to promise-the idea of it made
his head spin-to be his wife. His eyes
went across the marquee to the straight
slender figure in black standing by the
balcony, her gloved hands resting on the
GfAnpyVnrk hpr H.
could hear her quiet tones now and then
as she answered her companions.
Presently Sir John came to carry his
brother away for talk, and something
or somebody else claiming Lady Banna-
tyne's attention, Mrs. Gerard was left
| alone. She was not sorry to be left
alone. Her head ached-the long hours
passed so slowly. Oh to be at home at
Ardcaein, with her head on her pillow
in the greatful darkness, her ears no
longer deafened with the interminable
waltz music!
On such night as this" somebody
quoted at her elbow, and she turned to
find Lord Trefoil leaning over the para
pet.
"On such night as this a woman of
my years should not be moaning on a
balcony without her shawl!" She
turned slowly to go in
"Oh, never mind the years-the moon
herself will appear in minute or two.
| just there over Cannot Point"
THE moon!" she said, in the same
bantering tone. What have | to do
with the moon? A cloak now"
Here is one" he said. "It is Mona's-,
l saw her refuse to put it on lust now
Foolish child!" she said, as Trefoil
wrapped it round her shoulders. "Haye
you had your dancer"
Yes, and she has promised me another
the last on the list"
Are there many still on the list 7"
she asked as she stifed a yawn.
Only three. See, there is the first rim
of silver-just showing over the cliff!
She will be here in a minute
THAT orbed maiden
With white fire laden
Whom mortals call the moon!'''
you are as fond of Shelley as ever
CAS- eyer?"
81 arr afraid"-she turned her serious
eyes to his face-"you will think that
have neglected my little girls education
sadlv-that is, if she aired her senti-
ments to you as freely as she did to me
the other evening"
about Shelley2"
about Shelley-and poetry in gen
eral But you must remember that a
schoolgirls knowledge of the poets is
confined within certain very well-defned
limits. Mona is not like me, who de-
voured every book l could lay my hands
on since I was 10 years old l never had
even q governess. All / ever knew |
taught myself"
81 prefer that kind of education"
She shook her head
mot when it comes to earning ones
bread. My father would never have al
lowed it-people didn't in those DAYS
| but there came time when it would
have Jared better with me if | had been
allowed to 60 to the national school
when | was young"
Tell me-" he said quietly.
There is not much to tell. We were
quite penniless, Ned and l. / tried to
get a situation as governess, but no one
would have me- naturally. | had never
been taught, so how could | teach! Then
Ned's godfather gave him hundred
pounds to 60 out to Canada and start
farming there in small way, and he
decided to take me. My heart aches
when / think of the pair of us, ignorant
children, making up our minds to go out
hand in hand like that-to die by the
wayside probably like the babes in the
wood" Ito Be Continued
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