Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-03-11
CHATTER XII.

Perhaps the simplest way of relating
the events which had taken place in the
three years interval that separated the
lives of these persons who were now
brought together again at Lausanne will
be to tTanscribe few letters which
passed between some of them during
that period, The first was from Dem
zilia LaVenham to q friend in New York.
and gave tolerably complete resume of
the events already narrated with some
particulars not mentioned hitherto
From Denzilia Lavenham. Hotel Cres-
cent, London, Aug. 28.--To Francesca
Vanbrugh, New York:
My Dear Francesca: When | babe Won
Good bye in New York I told YOU I
would, in due course of time, send you
an account of my adventures in the old
country.
well, then. when / resolved to leave
America and visit England I was tired
of my aimless life / was tired of nv
wealth, of my social duties, of the adu-
lation of my acquaintance, and of the
alteration of Alick Langrishe and others
of his type. No, that is scarcely Just
would say of others of an inferior
type, and few of superior one. I
resolved to go to Europe.
my aim was to be lost entirely to the
world that knew me, and to live, exactly
according to my own ideas, an entirely
new life.
"To carry out the plan which had in
view | needed a male aceomplice. But
any man | could trust would have re-
fused to lend himself to my scheme And
l naturally did not want to take into
my confidence a man | could not trust.
ran over in my mind the list of my
female acquaintances, and / thought of
two-both women | liked, both women
| could trust, both women to whom the
earning OF little money was a consid-
Grafton, and. above all, both women of
quickness Of resource and love of fun
which would carry them through the ad-
venture should they once embark on it.
"The elder of the two would,
thought, play well the role Of bachelors
and to the other / assigned,
in my mind, the part of house parlor-
maid. As / had anticipated, both my
friends were more than willing to give
me their assistance. ] provided them with
money sufficient to 20 TO England and
take, and furnish, a small house which
any bousekeeper was 10 say was for her
master, one Denzil CaterhOuse.
The younger lady had been engaged
by her TO act as house parlormaid I'M
der the same master They were to give
out that their master was an eccentric
invalid. In private they were to make
all preparations for manufacturing the
said Denil Caterhouse out of myself.
They had both had some experience of
private heatricals, and understood what
was needed for successful make-ups
when | judged that all was ready
for the completion Of my game, made
, will begueathing everything / pos
sessed in the world TO my uncle, Denzil
had been careful TO allude,
occasi onally, in casual way, to my
uncle for some time past. then gave
put to my friends that was eontem-
plating a trip to Europe, and soon after
departed with my maid.
This was young woman had
.hosen expressly for her stupidity, for I
lid not wish to have about me any one
If particularly sharp wits. ] had no
liked plan Of how and when I should
escape from the ken of this daInsel and
ransfo rm myself into Mr.. Denzil Cater
rouse, my uuch-respeeted uncle after
whom ] had been named II is by the