Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-10-03
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BY RALPH HAMILTON

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When the parents IF Waldron
Lynne asked him to go down to Earl
Vile and look up a house they could
rent from May to November, that en-
terprising young man must have acted
with extreme diligence and care, for
when he returned he made the an
nouncement with enthusiasm:
I've found you just what you want,
all ready to move into, lovely garden,
nice neighbors-in fact, a perfect jew
Ell of a place"
A few days later when Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynne accompanied him to Earlville.
there were selected places they liked
much better than the one Waldron,
had selected. He seemed so greatly
taken with the latter, however. that
they decided to indulge his choice.
There was a method to the process
of our young man in influencing us to
move into this especial neighborhood,
it seems" remarked Mr.. Lynne to his
wife a week later. "Have you noticed
the large house on the rise in ground
In line with this one, about square
distant?"
"Not particularly" replied Mrs.
Lynne. ''Why?"
WaldrOn has, and continues to do
so. / remarked how absorbed he was
in studying its architectural beauties
and general environment through an
opera glass and took a look myself
1t appears that the garden of the Way
land place. as it Is called, IS a favor
ite spot with a most gAceful and
prettily dressed young lady. / rallied.
Waldron, basing the action on my
suspicious, and in mis- always frank
and truthful way be admitted the soft
impeachment Of an unusual interest
in the Young lady in question. He de-
liberately stole march on us. 1t
seems that when he first came here
and noticed the rent sign. he went to
the Wayland place to inquire some
thing about it. AS 1t might not hap
pen again in a year. Miss Isabel Vane
was alone in her garden. All the folks
were away except one servant She
was probably lonesome and she and
Waldron were mutually attracted to
one another. Anyhow. he remained
there whole forenoon and he has
managed to meet her away from her
home several times since then"
"Why not at her homer" asked Mrs
Lynne.
"Ah there is the crux Of the whole
affair. Miss Isabel yane is an orphan
and an heiress with two guardians.
one at Brocton. the other here She
equally divides the year between the
two John WayIand, who lives yon-
der, is erote.ety, stern, ssupicious
| old bear who is so afraid that his love-
~ ward Will fall a prey to some schem-
ing fortune hunter. that he watches
her as a cat does mouse.
Poor boy!n said Mrs. Lynne.
| Mr.. Lynne had outlined conditions
| correctly. Isabel vane and his son
had met a sufficient number of times
| to cement an acquaintance that had
very nearly eliminated in unexpresS-
| ed, but mutual love. John Maryland
had seen to 1t that the young people
did not meet. He denied Isabel no
rational Pleasure. that money could
buy. but at once set about arranging
to remove her to her other guardian.
many miles away from Earlville.
Just one letter Waldron had man
aged through craft and caution to get
to Isabel. In 1t he had impetuously
confessed his sentiments toward her.
| He entreated a reply. encouraging If
| 1t could be so. and then limited at a
| campaign where love laughed at lock-
$. liths. day passed by, two days,
L'lt he received no reply, and he was
! at point of desperation. He did not
make allowance for the fact that the
watch and ward OF John Wayland had
been set to method where every
move of Isabel was under the closest
| cynosure. 1t was torture complete to
sit at the open window of his room and
| take within the range of his vision so
! dlstantly a sight of the dainty, fitting
| form of his inamorata. Archery was
| about the sole recreation of Isabel,
and as he noted her in it's pursuit he
likened the punctured targets to the
| poignant wounds separation occa-
stoned to his own longing and lacerat-
cd heart.
At the end of the third day of anx-
ions, woeful waiting Waldron made
up his mind that Miss yane was not
Inclined to favor his suit Had ii been
otherwise. he reasoned, she surely
would have found some way of com
municating with him. He made up
his mind to 90 to the city. fmmerse
himself in business and forget his
! misery and disappointment. He was
seated deieetedly on a garden seat
when his little brother Willis came up
to him
"oh, NValdron = ae hailed. won't
you malse ne bow to shoot viii:
/ See. l found heautiful arrow RIGHT