Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-10-20

1ouh try to like us. wor,9
timidly. e Old lady.
i intend to love you both vecv H..
y shyly returned the girs ana , lear
tne nght in Lorelei's face Roh VIVA, wt
ton was satisfied. mar
restraint vanished Swiftly md
OLD couples evident determinot;-. uie
make amends, but after thav 49, 'lon 10
Lorelei became so pensive that s pe
SAID, anxiously, 81 hope Won wo. poo
ponte to them merely for my sake
Loreiei shook her head "No
only thinking Do you realize va, vas
none OF my own people have been ~
see me? That haven't had \ sinn,o
word from any of them?"
Bob stirred uncomfortable. no s,o..
ed to speak, then checked hjmsoIs y.
she went on, not without some afos.
I'm going to say something unn,oas
ant, but think you ought to know =
When they learn that your poran,.
have taken me in and made up with NJ
they're going to ask me for money ~
terrible thing to say, but it's true"
DO you want to see them? Do 70,
want them to see the babyY'
'N-no" Lorelei was pale as al,
made answer. mot after all that ha.
passed.
Bob heaved grateful sigh. "pm
glad. They won't trouble you am
more"
why? What"
'I'ye been waiting until Won wa-l
strong to tell you I've noticed how
their silence hurt you, butts NV
fault that they haven't been here
sent them away"
You sent them away?"
''Yes. l fixed them with money and
they're happy at last. There's consid-
cradle to tell. Jim got into trouhIa
with the police and finally sent for me
He told me everything and-it wasn't
pretty; I'd rather not repeat all he said
but it opened my eyes and showed mo
why they brought you here, how they
put you on the auction block, and how
they cried for bids. He told me things
you know nothing about and could
never guess. When he had finished I
thanked God that they had flung YOU
into my arms instead of-some other
mans. It's miracle that you weren't
sacrificed utterly
Where is Jim now?'
Somewhere in the boundless West
He gave me his promise to reform"
HE never will"
'Of course not, and don't expect 1t
of him. You see, know how hard it
is to reform"
but mother and father?
I'm coming to them. My dad came
around the day after our baby was
born and shook hands He wanted to
stamp right in here and tell you what
fool he had made of himself, but
wouldn't stand for it. Finally, when
he saw the kid, he blew up entireF
and right away proposed breaking
ground for a Jasper palace for the
youngster. He wanted to build It In
Pittsburgh where he could run in, 90
just as foolish, too. Well, when had
had my little understanding with jim
and learned the whole truth about your
people / realized that no matter where
we went they would be a constant
menace to our happiness unless they
Were provided for. 1t struck me that
you had made a game fight for happi-
ness, and l couldn't stand for any
thing to spoil it at the last minute
went to mother and told her the facts,
and she seemed to understand as well
as how you must feel in spite OF all
they had done, so we shook down the
governor for an endowment"
Bob! What do you meant" LOrelei
faltered in bewilderment.
eve asked him for hundred thOu-
sand dollars and got it."
Lorelei gasped.
"He beloved like a bull, he spat
poison like cobra, he writhed like
bucket of cells, but we put it over"
"a hundred thousand dollars" whis-
pered the wife.
10 penny. And it's IN the UahA "
your credit. But I didn't stop there
Bob's voice hardened. II went to your
mother and in your name / promiSeu
her the income from it so long, anu
only so long, as she and Peter stayed
away from you. She accepted -ra'nel
greedily, / thought-and they nave
gone back to Vale. They have your
old house, and l have their promise
never to see you except upon your INV
tation. OF course you can go to them
whenever you wish, but-they 10
happy, and l think we will be happier
with them in Vale than in New 1OFA'
1 hope you don't object to my arrange
ment.''
There was a long silence. then Lore
lei sighed "You are a very good VA'n'
Bob. 1t was my dream to do some
thing of this sort, but l could never