Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-12-05
cHAPTER xvIII-centInued.

KIT "a LlUl1CnL A4IFTAa AC ud iuIuGU
from the shelves Of glass JAMS against
tho wan. with the potion she had ask
"A for in his hand, he uttered an ex-
clamation: "For goshes' sake, Miss ~
and. describing this adventure to his
fellow boarders, that evening, "Saggel
nretty near to the counter, she was"
h said eff / hadn't been bright,
aulck. ready-for-anything young fella
she'd " flummixed plumb l was
watchinf her out the window--talkin'
TO some young s'iety fella, and she
was all right then. She was all right
when she came in the store, zoo. Yes,
sir: the prettfest girl that ever walk
ed In our place and took one good look
at me. 1 reckon it must be the truth
what some you town wags say about
my facet"
At that hour the heroine Of the
susceptible clerks romance was en-
gagged in Frightening the rosy little
coal fire under the white mantelpiece
In her pretty white and blue boudoir.
Four photographs all framed in decor
GUS plain silver went to the anthra-
cites fierce Observation-Disclosures and
az -and three packets of letters and
notes in charming Fiorentine treas
ure box of painted wood; nor was the
box, any more than the silver frames,
spared this rousing finish. Thrown
heartily upon live coal, the fine wood
sparkled forth In stars, then burst In
to an alarming blaze which scorched
the white mantelpiece, but Lucy stood
and looked on without moving.
1t was not Eugene who told her
what had happened at Isabel's door.
When she got home, she found Fanny
Minafer waiting for her-a secret ex-
eursion of Fanny's for the purpose, pre-
sumably, of letting out" again: be-
cause that was what she did. She told
Lucy everything Except her own la
mentable part in the production of the
recent miseriesl and concluded with
q tribute to George; 1.-THE worst Of it
Is, he thinks he's been such hero,
and Isabel does, too. and. that makes
him more than twice as awful. It's
been the same all his life; everything
he did was noble and perfect. He had
a domineering nature to begin with,
and she let it go on, and fostered it
till 1t absolutely ruled her. [ never
saw palmer case of persons fault
making them pay for having it, She
goes about, overseeing the packing
and praising George and pretending to
be perfectly cheerful about what he's
done. She pretends he did such a dne
thing-so manly and protective-go-
Ing to Mrs. Johnson. And so heroic
doing what his principles made him
even though he knew what it would
cost him with you And all the while
it's almost killing her-what ne Sud
to your fatherl She's always BEEN
lofty enough. so TO speak, and had the
greatest idea of the Ambersons being
superior to the rest Of the world, and
all that, but rudeness, or anything ike
scene or any bad manners-they
always just made her sick But she
could never see what Georges man
ners wereoh, It's been a terrible
adulationl -. It's going to be a task
for me, living in that big hoRse, all
alone; you must come and see me-
/ mean after they've gone, of course.
III go crazy if / don't see something
Of people. I'm. sure you'll come as
often as you can. know you too well
to think you'll be sensitive about COM
Ing there, or being reminded OF
George. Thank heaven you're too we'll
balanced" Miss Fanny concluded,
with a profound fervor, you're too
well-balanced to let anything affect
you deeply about that-that monkey =
The four photographs and the paint
ed Florentine box went to their crema-
ton within the same hour that Miss
Fanny spoke; and a little later Lucy
called her father in, as he passed her
door, and pointed to the blackened area
"a the underside of the mantelpiece,
End to the burnt heap upon the coal,
where some metallic shapes still re-
tanned outline. She flung her arms
about his neck in passionate SYM
pathy, telling him that she knew what
lad happened to him; and presently
ne began to comfort her and managed
an embarrassed laugh.
We'll, we'll he said. II was too
old for such foolishness to be getting
into my head, anyhow"
mo, mol" she sobbed. "And If you
knew how despise myself for-for
ever having thought one instant about
--oh, Miss Fanny called him the right
name: that monkeyi He Is r.
There, think / agree with you"
Eugene said griInly. and in his eyes
there was q steady light of anger that
was to last. Eyes think ! agree with
You about thatl'
There's only one thing to do with
such a person" she ssid yehemently.
That's to put him out Of our thoughts
foreyer-forever
And vet, the next day. at six o'clock,
which was fha hn,1r Fanny had told