Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-11-04

had selected for him. that OF Agaths
/ Sixth's lover, little better than us
ual. He was certainly all attention
| to the girl at his side and listened to
her every word with the eager inter-
est of the most devoted sutton And
the delicate face of Miss Lawrence
was alive with feeling and glowed
pink even without the aid of the rose
colored parasol she carried
| 70. what do you think" she cried
in her soft, cultivated voice. mir, Ter
hume says that the ruins are haunted
BY the ghost OF nun that was shut
! up in the wall oncei" Her really won
derful black eyes We're bright with
interest and ! thought she made a
rather dazzling picture In her white
| frock and the fictitious aureole of
| pink sunshade about her. But l
couldn't swallow q bare-taced whop-
per like that. for tnat nun story Is
| so old. So / had Just begun to ex-
plain that Arch was chatting her, and
! the ghost racket his own invention
| entirely, when ! caught his express
| sion and my wife's eye The former
was embarrassed and the latter Sc
we're, and / stopped in the middle of
| a sentence as | fathomed tho COM
bined significance of eye and look
so that's it. is it," l thought to
myself. Poor old boy! He's so
much in love he doesn't know what
he's saying. Anything will do as long
as she will listen And I'm deuced
glad to see it, tool"
But Freer showed less perspicacity,
though of course there's this to be
said he didn't have the key to the
situation as l did, and challenged poor
old Arch's story of the nun, and Al
five minutes had him showed up
proper. the old fellow at last having
to take refuge in the statement that
it must have been some other ruins
he had in mind. Strange to say,
| however, for all his learning Freer
did not w.n a smile from Agatha
sixth, who only turned to Terhune
with more interest than ever as a
| result of his efforts
1t was then that Dearest made her
remark about motoring over to see
Mrs. Chiltern on the following day.
1t was an innocent enough remark
and very casually said, but 1t seem
ed to have an electrifying effect upon
Agatha First. She jumped up and
came over to my wife
Don't do that" she said, low and
Sp1a
dear!" Dearest was surprised. and,
by Jove, so was l. or puzzled. at
least! The girl 81 med so awfuily
earnest about not wishing us to see
Mrs. Chiltern-out of all proportion
to the importance of her request, 1t
seemed to me. But why not?" my
wife couldn't help asking.
Because we have such a little time
left to be together. you and Lord
Vincent and Mr. Terhune and Agatha
Sixth and myself she said. 'Mr.
Terhune tells me he has to 60 back
to London in a day or two, and
think it's a shame to waste a whole
| day by going over to Chiltern housel
Besides, you said they owed you a
CALI" She had lowered her voice
during this last statement, but 1t was
not necessary. Freer had strolled OFF
to the ruins and Archibald and Agatha
Sixth were too absorbed In each 9th.
er's company to notice us.
Her reasons were specious and IL
logical enough, but Dearest, to my
surprise, seemed inclined to accept
them and had to interfere.
THEY do owe us a call" I said,
but that wouldn't prevent US from
having a jolly time of it if we all
chose to go over together! On the
contrary, it would be something to
do"
Then Agatha First, evidently goad-
ed into a corner, set her young face
in a fashion that was almost desper-
ate. But Agatha Fourth-Mrs, Chill
tern--isn't there" she declared. she
told me she was going down to Lon,
don for week or two!"
Dearest stared at her, but she did
not ask her, as I wanted to do. why
she hadn't said so In the first place.
Instead she took pity on Agatha
First's white face. for the girl had
actually turned pale, and assured her
charitably that she had entirely given
up all thought of an expedition to
Cbiltern house, though. as I told her
afterward. obviously the young lady
was examining her But Dearest has
the kindest heart in the world.
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