Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-29
FROM ACLEAR SKY
By AGNES c. BRoeAN.

| S" DSStue the tangias
hedges of roses in her garden and 80
ed wistfully up and down the road tO'A'
Reckon" she said, 1--WE NAV asmn
give up looking for some one 70 oa. va
or something to happen Susan w Ing
been looking a good many years
The black cat who was the lone t,,.
woman's only companion, answa.as
by sympathizing purr.
Seems" Rosalia went on "tbo.
ought to get over expecting. If anyth,"
new or pleasant had been coming o~s
way, it would have come when tho opa
house was fresh, when father tansa4
the rose vines and kept them roat
when carriages drove past orr d.
with happy folks coming to town -.
holiday, or stopping in to visit
Rosalia sank down upon a qrassv
mound and drew the cat into her Ior
! silent with her memories.
Carriages come no more down ~.
quiet lane." she told the cat aifs
autos now, great whirring autos av.
! ing along the great white roadr
Rosalia rose to her feet smiling wbiu-
sically upward, anything that win
come our way these days. puss. must
drop from out clear sky" And as tba
woman stood gazing absently inward
a whirring sound coming not from the
main road rent the air. Then she saw
1.-THE wonder thing with the ont.
spread wings of a monster bird sweep-
| ing the sky. And before Rosalia could
catch her astonished breath, the WON
der thing circled, dropped, and still cir.
cling, came crashing toward her own
neglected garden.
Like a throbbing monster it Law IN
the wide space beyond the rose hedge.
and Rosalia, trembling, rushed TO A
man who frantically beckoned from its
side. He was young man and dead.
ly white.
you'd better get someone" he gasp
ed, ito help carry me inside. Nothing
but a broken bone. guess-awful FAR
but made landing-in time" Then the
man of the airplane tainted.
When she returned with the assur.
ance that help would soon come, the
young man turned upon the cushions
she propped about him.
cts probably nothing to worry
about" he said slowly, "but you new
er can tell Might be internal injury.
So wondered-if you'd be kind
an011ub 70 xryv;to N eo~+ 90 ,,,o-.c,. 90 q.
girl. You could mail it TO her from
me in case" he smiled family "Wen,
in either case" he said
So Rosalia brought her best note
paper, and seated herself close to the
great broken bird, which had SCARED
toward the sky.
"Yes," she prompted.
"Begin it" the man said steadily.
Dearest that includes everything"
Dearest" Rosalia wrote, and wait
ed. To-day only, do dare to tell sou
that which has long been in my heart,
love you. Always, / think l have
loved you" She still waited as he
lay with closed eyes apparently think
Ing.
Rosalia was thinking also. She had
wished for something to happen
Something miraculous had happened
the something had darted into her
solitude from out a clear sky Ro-
nance itself, was close to her. and she,
as usual, but an onlooker. She thought
Of this dearest girl far away. won
dering If she had listened YEARLY for
a step that never came back. But the
Dearest girl did not live, she was
sure, in an old house set far back
from the road, where briers and cares
grew thick, to screen and choke young
life. The dearest girls lover had not
gone away years before. He was a
young lover still. Neither had heart
less parents sent him abroad to finish
a medical education. killing romance
country romance they had called IT,
with one blow. And after twenty-five
years the memory of that broken ro-
nance still had power to bring a mist
to Rosalia's blue eyes.
He had r1arried-her own lover OF
long ago. gay creature abroad VINO
had not lived long enough to return
with her husband to his home. Ana
when he had returned, taking up IN
later years his fathers practice OF
medicine, Rosalia kept resolutely anu
proudly out of his way.
As an auto rounded the curve sne
jumped apprehensively to her feet anu
hurried into the house. 1t was 'he
same step she remembered, which no"
crossed the porch, as the doctor car,
ried the aviator upon his own oroau
back. The same confident laugh
which echoed back from her sitting
room.
Presently the doctor sought her OUT
"We shall need you" he SAID pu.
his eyes were upon her, as he 'alNeD
with his patient.
And later when Rosaiia and her io'
er of long ago stood together heSluo
the airplane in the garden, the uoV'V'
bent to pick up piece of paper. ,,
Dearest" he read, to-day only ~
y NanE