Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02

Why then she refused met" he said
| She told me L were the last man on
earl she wouldn't marry me! It was
very cruel and can't imagine why she
should speak so harshlyi" | thought
| could. | fancied | understood Agatha
Sixth's reasons for behaving as she did
perfectly well, in the light of her suit
or's performance the previous evening
But of course Terhune was still il the
dark as to our nowledge of that cpl
sode.
Cad, Wilfred!" he went on In de-
| spairing tones. Think what I've Iost!"
Yes" agreed. Dash it all! |
thought we had you all fixed for for
tune, Arch"
But he didn't appear to hear me, for
he dropped despondently into an arm
chair, repeating as If to himself.
Think what I've LOST"
/ There was a momentary silence in
/ the room, broken only by the dry
clearing of Mr.. Barnes legal throat
Then | went over and put my hand on
Arch's shoulder. | felt sorry for him.
J
/ bright plans for his future end so.
wouldn't have it, in fact Come.
GOMEZ" | eXpostulated, Don't give up!
/ You must make another try! Surely
you're not going to throw away your
only chance of inheriting a property
/ that will make you rich for life and
which should be yours by right of your
( n Frr 10 oh Of
spirit! Or if you do, it's not like you,
! hats ALL"
| But my words did not succeed In
arousing him.
| oh. as to that" he said, speaking
from the depths of his misery and the
arm chair, "as to having another try,
| look at the clock" | looked. 1t was
half after twelve
Times up at one, isn't it, Barnes"
he asked. taking notice of that worthy
barrister for the first time.
Il believe it is, Mr. Terhune re.
piled Mr. Barnes, as indifferently as If
it were only a question of boiling
breakfast eggs.
You see, said Arch. looking at me
despairingly, there's no use talking OF
urging her again. could do nothing
at all with her in that short time, even
| II l were inclined to- It's a pity, of
course. rather fancied that property
of my aunt's. An income of $4,000
year is good deal to lose at one blow.
Especially when the blow is unexpect,
| ed BY love, you know, she did half
way promise to marry me, after all!
Can't think why she changed her
mind" But of course | could think,
and | didn't quite see how Terhune
could call the blow unexpected
| You know | warned you that YOU
were paying far too much attention to
Agatha First" | said, but you would
/ indulge your fondness for Irritation and
! you see the result--an upset kettle OF
/ fish" 1t was all the reference to the
scene in the drawing room of the night
/ before that intended to make After
all, as in the case of my discovery OF
the red automobile in the wood, we had
seen what we were not meant to have
seen. And until Arch came to me and
spoke of that event himself and asked
my ADVICE, my hurt friendship made
me resolve not TO demand his conf
dence or thrust advice upon him Let
| him keep mis- secret if that was his
wish, would not intrude upon It
though his reticence panied me ever SO
much.
Il couldn't very we'll help it," he re,
Piled Upon my word couldn't The
girls very fetching you know, and she
| seemed to take such an extraordinary
fancy to me that | couldn't help re.
spending. Agatha Sixth, on the other
hand had hardly word to say to
tme!"
! "Of course mott" said hotly. The
more attention you paid to Agatha
| First, the less Miss Lawrence paid &c
you That was quite natural YOU'D
asked the girl to marry you, you know
and she couldn't understand why you
should want to have anything to dc
with anyone else"
Yes, / did ask the girl to marry me
and she chose to keep me waiting for
an answer" replied Arch impatiently
which kept everything at a standstill
! | couldn't go ahead till she said the
word and as time hung heavy on my
/ hands"
You made love to some one else
Deuced clever" interposed sarcastt
caIIy
/ Well. couldn't make love 10 her
very well, could |, when she wouldn't
say positively whether she wanted me
I to or not? She kept me at ARM
/ length all the time"
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