Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-05-06
A BITTER REVENGE.
BIZ GwENDoLINE MILLER.

line MILLER. III
publicly expel you from this school,
whose name you have dishonored for
your cowardly revenge for we'll merited
punishment of the whole school. / was
determined to stop the horse play and
riotous exhibition of willful mischief
which occurred on half HOLIDAYS and
other occasions in the various shops in
the town. Many and serious have been
the complaints made to me, and this is
the revenge you, one of the seniors of
this house, take on me. You Leave this
school publicly expelled, repeat, by 10
o'clock tomorrow morning Col"
Monkton gaezd at the head master in
silence for minute, every atom of
color leaving his face, then, in voice
shaking with passion, he burst out
Yes, l am going, but before I do so
l declare solemnly | believe Laurence
Harcourt has told you. | will be re-
venged on him for this before / die. So
Laurence Harcourt, remember" and he
turned on his heel and walked proudly
out of the room.
Harcourt, his eyes blazing, and his
NOANS IeShEuIeSS OF masters
and boys, sprang after him.
Il swear | never opened nv lips-I
swear l did not, Monkton!"
But Monkton, without a glance back
ward, closed the door on the beseeching
voice and the curious faces, and went out
of their sight for ever.
Harcourt, his heart too full for words,
bowed his face on his desk. and burst
into passionate tears.
Vivian Monkton. who had no parents,
was warmly abused by his angry guard
ian, and sent to a private tutor.
The story of his school life was care
fully hushed up, and in few years he
passed into the army with great distine-
ton, and was gaZetted to the Twelfth
Hussars, and went with that regiment
to India.
1t was again a summer afternoon, but
it was an Indian midsummer, and the
fierce rays of the sun blazed down on
Delhi city. blazed on the bungalows, the
shops, and native baZaars, until the I'M
fortunate people whose lot in life had
been cast for a time in that ancient city
felt as if they had no air to breathe.
Three or four young officers who were
waiting at the station to meet the train
from Cawnpore grumbled, perspired, and
cast envious thoughts to their more
lucky comrades who had gone up to the
hills with their cooling breezes.
ooh, there is that COMPOUNDED train at
last" said Capt. Hermon, rising languid-
ly from the seat on which he had thrown
himself. What on earth do they want
to send another detachment up in this
heat-the poor beggars will be half deadl
Come on" and he and his companions,
Maj Lambert and Lieut.. Jefferies,
strolled towards the heavily laden train
1t really seemed as if his words would
be verified, as the sweat-covered gunners
tumbled out one after the other, drag
cling out some miserable looking objects
who could not stand. No one who has
not travelled thousands of miles under a
blazing tropical sun can picture to him
self what it is to transport troops from
one station to another, with their wives
children, horses, etc, etc. The walls OF
the wretched women. the moaning of the
children covered with prickly heat, and
the imprecations of the thirty Tommies
are not likely to be forgotten by the
officers in charge of them.
what, Harcourt, you here, old man
Good business Are you in command p
cried Capt. Hermon, warmly shaking
hands with a tall, handsome young fel
low, with crisp. curly hair, and his face
burnt mahogany color with the Indian
sun.
YES, here l am, Hermon. We have
had a beastly time. | had to leave some
-
sunstroke. We came right up from Mi
apur. There are rumors of trouble or
the frontier. and / am to take this de
tachment of my battery up. An awful
slice of luck for me-" and his eyes
danced with suppressed excitement.
Right you are, my boy" said Capt
Hermon. slipping his hand within the
others arm. Get these poor beggars tC
the cantonment, and then join me at din.
ner at the Queens hotel W are all OF
us there. waiting for a draft out from
home. l expect you will have to wait
too The guns are delayed, some col
lision at sea, and putting in for repairs
Meanwhile those brutes are playing the
deuce up at the outposts. Ia, tai"
The evening was getting cooler, and
Laurence Hareourt felt a different being
after tub and change. And the veranda
of the hotel was very pleasant after that
long weary journey through the heat
from Calcutta As he lounged into the
dining room after his host his eye light
ed upon an extremely pretty girl chat
tering gaily to an elderly military look
ing man. Laurence crossed over quickly
to the table.
How do You do, Gen. Cameron? Ant
you, Miss Cameron? I thought you wert
in the hills?"
The girl smiled and shook her head.
my dear boy" said her father gen
tally, glad to see you. No. Ny CIR
would not leave her old dad. viii Sc,
the last of me. l am sick of this beastly
waiting. Are you on duty"
Yes. sir. am in command of a small
detachment to take up to the front. Ny
senior is laid up wJh a touch of the
govt, poor chap but a bit of luck fol
me- he added boyishly
Nora h Cameron pa Zei I'M a him kepT