Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-01-31
CHAPTER l.
TwiIiaht In the PARK.

hO0 may Wdtty Il6uduQ.
The voice was firm, but the lady
sssrseif hesitated as she stepped from
she tonneau. There was no answer
holding the Tapping ends Of her. veil
away from her face, she turned and
booked fairly at the driver of the
machine.
He seemed a businesslike, capable
man. though certain minor details OF
his cilauffeur's rig were bit unusual
and now that he had been obliged by
ecme discomfort, to remove his Cog
giles. his face appeared pleasant and
quite untanned. His passenger noted
these things. renlarking: "Oh. 1t isn't
RenaMd!"
NO, Mademoiselle: Renaud hadn't
showed up at the Office when you tel
@Vhoned, so they put me on in his
v5aee''
~Ah, see" Accent seemed to i'm.
TEy, however, that she was not quite
Cseased @The manager sent you. And
your name is--?"
~Afy name-rather odd name
Hand
AuG AeACC Hall iiNuCh bCItAA NAS 49,
remained impressive. A moments hes
ff&ttcH. and then the lady turned
away with short, You will waltz
AS mademoiselle wishes. Or shall
perhaps follow slowly along the
driver
~No. walt here. ! shall return
Rnomf'
FRc vouno u,oman vaItod awav
erect, well-poised. lifting skirts skill
ezkEy as she paused moment at the
COP OF the stone steps leading down
Emeo the tiny park The driver of the
machine, free from observation, al
kawed perplexed look to occupy his
c1untenance. What the devil is to
pay &c she doesn't return-soon!"
The avenue lifts camels hump
toward the sky in the space of fifteen
BLOCKS. and on the top, secure as the
howdah of a chieftain, stands the
nobIe portico of the old college. To
tire westward, as every one knows.
He Che river and the more pretentious
park; on the east an abrupt descent
offers space for small grassy play
ground for children, who may be seen,
during the sunny hours or the day.
romping over the slope
AS the gaze of the woman swept
over the charming little pleasance. and
bey0nd, over the miles OF sign-boards,
roofs, chimneys and intersecting
streets, the serious look disappeared
from her face. Summer haze and dis.
lance shed a gentle beauty over what
she knew to be a clamoring city
New York. Angles were softened,
noises subdued, sensational scenes
lost in the dimmed perspective. To
chance observer, the prospect would
have been deeply suggestive; in the
woman 1t stirred many memories. She
put hack her veil: her face glowed: a
Tong sigh escaped her lips. Slowly
sae walked down the steps, along the
stoptng path to a turn, where she sank
down on bench. A rosy, tired child,
rather the worse for mud-pies, and
hanging reluctantly at the hand Of a
nonchalant nurse. brought a bit OF
tire woman's emotion TO the surface.
She smiled radiantly at the tagging
SRfant.
The face revealed by the uplifted
veil was of a type to accompany the
youthful but womanly figure and the
spirited tread Beautiful she would
be counted, without doubt, by many
an observer; those who loved her
would call her beautiful without stint.
But more appealing than her beauty
WAS the fine spirit--a strong. free
spirit, loving honesty and courage
which glowed like a fame behind her
beauty. Best of all, perhaps, was a
tOUch of quaintness, slightly comic
twist to her lips, an imperceptible
elertness of manner, which revealed
Co the initiated that she had a sense
of humor In excellent running order
IL was evident that the little excur
Hlon was of the nature Of pilgrimage
The idle hour. the bit of holiday he
came a memorial. as recollectio,
Brought back to her the days of child
hood spent down yondeT, few souara
away. in this very city They seena,
bright in retrospect. like the nleas.n
paths OF quiet garden, but thew bo,
ended abruptly, and had been foIlowa
by years Of activity and colorful exne
Tfence in another country, Thropgb ;
aII what anticipations had been lo5oa
fra her return to Home, SomathI,,
eSaere would complete the storv--th
sbory with its secret ecstasies and =
ptrations-the story of the arder
springs of youth.
Wttadrawing her gaze from n
sce1e below. though with apparent ?
Eue&2nce. she took from the poke.
her coat an opened envelope viii,
che regarded moment with though
eHk1esS. before drawing saSth ths q