Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-09-25

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met by a gesture Of repugnanca 70
the grim old man. "Om
Your story, Miss Castlstor
said hoarsely. ~
From the beginning, II Won n,a....
added the lawyer quietly. Leave ~,
nothing" Vut
Clearly. steadily and with tba :.
most sincerity in her voice ana ~"
ner. the girl began the story ~ -.
life. She passed hastily over the ear
lier periods, frankly exposing the ~
happy conditions attending her bor..
life. her subsequent activities as
performer on the London stage att.
Colonel Castleton's detection: the ta~
months devoted to posing for Hawt
right. the painter, and later on he,
engagement as governess in tbo
wealthy Budlong family. She deyoteS
some time and defniteness to her Ars,
encounter with Challis WrandaIl ~
board the west-bound steamer an 4.
cident that came to pass in perfectly
natural way. Her deck chair stoos
next to his. and he was not slow n
making himself agreeable. It did M.
eur to her till long afterwards thar
he deliberately had traded position.
with an elderly gentleman who occv.
pied the chair on the first day out
Before the end of the voyage thew
were very good friends.
When we landed in New York ha
assisted me In many ways. After
wards, on learning that was not to
go to California, | called him IN On
the telephone to explain my predica.
ment. He urged me to stay in Nav
York; he guaranteed that there would
be no difficulty In securing a splendid
position in the east. had no means
of knowing that he was married
accepted him for what thought him
to be: a genuine American gentleman.
They are supposed to be particularly
considerate with women. His conduct
toward me was beyond reproach.
have never known a man who was 90
courteous. so gentle. To me, he was
the most fascinating man In the world.
No woman could have resisted him,
am sure Of that"
She shot quick. appealing glancs
at Booths hard-set face. Her LIP
trembled for second.
Il fell madly in love with him." she
went on resolutely. Il dreamed OF
him. ! could hardly wait for the time
to come when was to see him. He
never came to the wretched little lodg-
ing house have told you about II
met him outside. One night he told
me that he loved me, loved me pas
sionately. I'll said that / would b
his wife. Somehow 1t seemed to M
that he regarded me very curioust
for moment or two. He seemed b
be surprised, uncertain. / remembet
that he laughed rather queerly. Il
did not occur to me to doubt him. One
day he came for me, saying that be
wanted me to see the little apartment
he had taken, where we were to live
after we were married. ! went With
him. He said that If / liked 1t, could
move In at once, but I would not con.
sent to such an arrangement. For the
first time / began to feel that every.
thing was not as it should be. I'll
remained in the apartment but few
minutes. The next day he came to
me, greatly excited and more demon
strative than ever before, to say that
he had arranged for a quiet, jolly
little wedding up in the country
Strangely enough, / experienced
queer feeling that all was not as
should be, but his eagerness, his per
sistence dispelled the small doubt
that had begun even then to shape
itself. consented to go with him on
the next night to. an inn out in the
country, where a college friend VINO
was minister of the gospel Woulu
meet us. driving over from his parish
few miles away. / said that ! pre-
ferred to be married in a church. de
laughed and said it could be arranged
when we got to the inn and had talked
it over with the minister. stu uh'
easy, | asked why it was necessar!
to employ secrecy. He told me thai
his family were in Europe and that ne
wanted to surprise them by giving
them daughter who was actually re-
lated to an English nobleman. Ine
family had been urging him to mari!
I. stupid but rich New York girl anu
he-oh. well he uttered a great deaI
of nonsense about my beauty N!
charm, and all that sort of thing
She paused for a moment. No ons
spoke. Her audience of judges, VIE
the exception of the elder Mrs. Wran'
dali, watched her as If fascinated
Their faces were almost expression
less. With perceptible effort, sns
resumed her story. narrating eFenS
that carried It up to the hour Wns~
she walked into thu little ups'an'
room at Burton's inn with the nSA
who was to be her husband