Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-12-14

she told me. Ketch de buns dow.
first and den sen a relefe core 81. 'oas
out Of soke youres truly. me
WHISTLER DICK
There was some quiet hut ron,,
maneuvering at Bellemeade d.ri,, ~ t'-
ensuing half hour, which ended in e fno
disguised and sullen tramps heinz a w
tnred and locked securely in ap ~,
house pending the coming of The ,oro
ing and retribution. For another ra-
suit the visiting young gentlemen boa
secured the unqualified worsgin of H..
visiting young ladies by their dis,in.
guished and heroic conduc,. For sti,
another, behold WhistIing Dick +ha
hero, seated at the planters table
feasting.
The planter vowed that The wgnda-.
er should wander no more. that hi.
was a goodness and an honesty tbo+
should be rewarded and that debt
of gratitude had been made that musr
be paid, for had he nor saved them
from a doubtless imminent loss and
maybe a great calamity? He assured
Whistling Dick that he might con.
slider himself charge upon the honor
of Bellemeade, that a position suited
to his powers would be found for him
at once.
But now, they said, he must bs
weary, and the immediate thing to
consider was rest and sleep. SO tbe
mistress spoke to a servant, and Wits.
Ting Dick was conducted to a room in
the wing of the house occupied bv the
servants. To this room in a few min.
utes was brought a portable tin bath
tub filled with wafer. which was
placed on a piece of oiled cloth upon
the floor. There the vagrant was left
to pass the night.
BY the light of candle ne examined
the room. A bed with the covers neat.
ly turned back, revealed snowy pill
lows and sheets. There were towels
on rack and soap in white dish.
Whistling Dick set his candle on a
chair and placed his hat carefully I'm.
der the table. After satisfying what
We must suppose to have been his curl
osity by a sober scrutiny, he removed
his coat, folded it and laid it upon the
| floor near the wall, as far as possible
from the unused bathtub. Taking his
coat for a pillow, he stretched himself
luxurionsly upon the carpet.
When on Christmas morning the first
streaks of dawn broke above the
marshes Whistling Dick awOke and
reached instinctively for his hat Then
he remembered that the skirts of For
tune had swept him into their folds on
the night previous, and he went to the
window and raised it to let the fresh
breath of the morning cool his brow.
AS he stood there certain dread and
ominous sounds pierced his ear.
The force of plantation workers,
eager TO complete the shortened task
allotted to them, were all astir. The
mighty din of the ogre Labor shook
the earth, and the poor tattcred and
forever disguised prince in search Of
his fortune trembled.
The December air was frosty, but
the sweat broke out upon Whistling
Dicks face. He thrust his head out
of the window and looked down. Fiji
teen feet below him, against the wall
of the house, he could make out that
a border of flowers grew, and by that
token he oyerhung a bed of soft earth.
Softly as a burglar goes, he clam
bered out upon the sill, lowered him
self until he hung by his hands alone
and then dropped safely. No one
seemed to be about upon this side OF
the house. He lodged low and skim
med swiftly across the yard of the low
fence. 1t was an easy matter to vault
mn.