Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-03-11
THE SIMPLE LIFE.

-AS lStu9 susan StOOu, iIaifeu III tue
opening OF the old honey euckle covered
porch, she made very pretty picture
indeed
At present she was an ardent and en-
tlrusiastic exponent OF the simple life
and had come to live at this isolated and
oId-fashioned cottage on the edge of the
moor.
She had arrived that afternoon. She
was expecting her brother tomorrow.
She had made the tea and cut the
| bread and butter and was merely wait
ing for the water to boil in the sauce
| pan to pop in her egg, when the kitchen
window was violently thrown open and
a man, mud bespattered. travel-stained
unkcmpt, hideous with two day growth
of stubble on his cheeks and chin. and
CHASTITY pale, climbed onto the window
sill and leapt into the room.
| I've got away" ne gaspcd presently,
and Lady Susan realized to her utter
| horror that his clothes We're lavishly
! decorated with the emblem OF the broad
arrow. and taht her mceremonious Wis
! itor was nothing less than an escaped
| convict
She was greatly frightened. OF course,
! "Nt 04tt Ni'N Int "a liIt lHCt@@ANN III
such circumstances of preserving an out
ward appearance OF GOODNESS, even if
| you don't feel it; so she did what she
had previously been going to do she
popped her egg into the now boiling
saucepan
| When she turned round her visitor
had poured himself out cup Of tea
and had commenced voracious attack
on her plate of bread and butter
| Could YOU eat an egg" she inquired
calmly.
Six" said the man.
! His meal lasted upwards OF half an
| hour He thanked her with charming
courtesy, and then had the cffrontery to
ask her to provide him with il change
of clothes
Il will lend you some of my brother
Lord Algernon's, il You will promise to
/ 90 away directly you have put them on
| am Lady Susan Marehmonts
| Lady Susan, ! assure you on the
word of a gentleman that ! am a per
| fectly innocent man. and that You win
never regret your Kindness
J If you viii show me your brothers
ROOM he said, 4 will so and change at
once" !,
She went as far as he foot Of The
staircase and directed him to the first
door on the right
Then she returned to the kitchen and
sat down, She was suddenly feeling
very faint.
When Lady Susan recovered conscious
ness, an extremely we'll dressed, we'll
groomed, good-looking young man was
leaning over her and saying, in an agree
! able, coaXing voice: DO try to take
! little more"
! She smiled at him and took "a little
more. She was certainly feeling better.
You fed me; now you must let me
iced YOU | can prepare you a nice lit
tie picnic dinner in no time"
! Before she could reply to this prepos-
! ferrous proposal there was a loud bang
at the back door, and grutT voice
| called:
Open, in the name of the law! We
are the policei"
Look here Lady Susan. you-you
won't betray me?''
Are you really innocent"
II swear | am he said
An Inspector of police and Il bury
constable stepped into the kitchen
Good evening madam" said the IN
was occupied and seeing the light we
thought it best to inquire. We are
very sorry TO have disturbed you aud
yor husband. but"
He is my brother Lord Ngernon
Marehmont And am Lady Susan
Aiarchmont."
Indeed your ladyship." said the in
lSpector, = offer you a Thousand apollo
gies but the fact is. we are on the
track OF an escaped convict. and we've
tracked him to your garden"
There, Susan" said her adopted
brother audaciously. Il told YOU Il
thought | heard some one prowlmo
about outside but YOU wouldn't let me
60 and look
Lady Susan asked who the escaped
convict was
Height, five feet eleven vour lady.
ship. and broad in proportion: age %.
Is believed once to have been gentle
man; sentenced six months ago to ten
years penal sewitude for forging The
codicil to IL will; sentenced i'm the name
Of Jones, though there's great Doubt
whether that is his real name"
The Inspector and the constable bowed
themselves ont.
| Lady Susan, how can ! ever thank
/ wv VitbEN
But what are we 10 do now I've
I've said YOU are my brother"
60 to bed and get good NIGHTS
vest" he reioined airily
II couldn't" she said.
Very Well" he said ii Won don't
promise me to ~ to bed and 90 IN
sleep, I'll walk ont of the house and
give mvSelf up this minute
Lady Susan slept like top. ami when
She came down in the morning she found
that Mr. Jones had made the tea and
toast and cooked the bacon for break
fast
The mornings post brought curt
note from Lord Algeuou iutjmafiun
that he'd gone of Ca dcer-shaot IN = |
remote part of the Highlands.
\ month bad gone by. and Mr.. Jones /
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