Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-03-04

| IpCaSt by wave and wind.
New York Evening sun.
!
THE HATEFUL MISS DOUGLAS
Mrs. Ransom surveyed her tall broth
er medtatively, while he returned the
scrutiny with smiling ehecrfulness. John
MACPHERSON was enjoying to the utmost
the little visit to his sister whom he
had not seen since her marriage a couple
Of years previous, so he did not in the
least understand why she should sigh
and remark seriously It's too bad yes,
it Isl
"What?" he asked lazily
Why that you got here just the day
after Isabel Douglas left town. re-
sponded pretty little Mrs RANSOM.
shes the dearest girl! Shes
Lives i'll Kentucky beautiful as a
dream, glorious brown eyes most charm
! ing disposition on earth, is"
"Where'd you meet herr" broke III
Mrs Ransom, breathlessly.
| -, never had the pleasure laughed
| her brother. Only ! had TO sit one
whole evening during my visit in To-
| ledo and hear my hostess recount the
charms of this most evasive Isabel. She
| had left there just the week before my
arrival, | seem to east blighting
shadow over her enjoyment; at any rate,
she runs at my approach"
But il he had not seen her the fame
| OF Miss Isabel Douglas was destined to
haunt his ears. During his visit at his
sisters he heard Miss Douglas name so
frequently on the lips of visitors that he
grew half irritated. 1t was impossible
that any girl could be such a paragon
and if she was he had no desire to
! know her.
When he reached Chicago on his home-
ward way he stopped to transact some
business. Phillips. his lawyer, was most
| cordial in pressing his New York client
to come out to his house and NacPher-
son was half inclined to accept. His
frame of mind experienced an instl.a
| tancous change, however. ,rn Phillips
added;
We've visitor coming tomorrow
you'd like to meet, ] know-NIss Isabel
Douglas of Kentucky She"
Sorry" said Mr.. MACPHERSON, decid-
eddy, "but | can't wait over a day on
any account, my dear man."
Even in New York he was not left in
peace. One of the newspapers printed
Il page. of pictures and gossip about
beautiful women and, idly glancing it
over, the name of Douglas caught his
eye. He groaned as he looked closer
yes, the first name was Isabel Then he
searched for the picture of her and stared.
at it half indignantly. 1t was Sery'
lovely face. more than that. it was high
bred and thoughtful. as well as perfect
in line and form. In a few weeks she
had passed out of his mind entirely.
But John MACPHERSON was not to slip
ont of the clutches of determined fate
in this easy fashion. With no warning
whatever no premonitions of the trap
before him, he climbed the steps Of a
Fifth avenue house one night to fulfil
a dinner engagement
His hostess was a charming woman.
and her dinner was famous. He was
in a very pleasant frame Of mind As
he opened the little envelope containing
the name Of his dinner partner he ex
claimed so sharply that the we'll
trained footman could not forbear
glance Of astonishment On the card
was the name Isabel Douglas
MACPHERSON. instantly ia revolt. medi-
tatcd flight for an instant, then realized
how impossible that was and that there
was nothing to do but go downstairs and
meet her.
At any rate, she should not add him
10 the list Of victims report said strewed
her path.
lie entered the big drawing room and
greeted his hostess.
I've favored you tonight" that lady
said, smiling. I've given you the pref
| test and incest girl here to take out TO
dinner. Do YOU know Miss Douglas of
! Kentucky"
Il do not =" said the hapless John
| MACPHERSON, crisply, and mentally set
| his teeth, In two minutes it was all
over and he was properly introduced to
her. Just what ne had expected Miss
Douglas to do was hard to Say-he had
hraeed himself for resistance. But to
his bcwilderment, like II dash of cool
water in his face, he realized there was
absolutely nothing to resist.
Miss Douglas, 1ar iovelicr than her
| picture, had given him one rare, cordial
smile which revealed the secret of her
power, for it was smile speaking n
! SEmpdlhetic interest IN the individual
addressed, and then had not paid vcrv
much more attention to him. being in
terested in the conversation OF a re-
turned arctic explorer.
MACPHERSON studied her at his leisure
and a. the moments passed found him
self grasping wildly at all his mgrained
prciudiees against her He had wits
enough to reflect in a panic-strickcn
way that if the mere sight of her was
80 charming. acquaintance with her
might work marvellous changes in y
mans feelings. When they passed onr
Ito the dining room MACPHERSON found
himself hating for something to saw n
new experience for him.
The girl herself broke the ice bv ra.
marking that she thought she knew his
/ Sjster-waS not Nan Ransom out w..