Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-12-19

either by her hostess or by herself-an
oddity contrived between the two
ladies without either of them realizing
how odd it was.
AT other times Luey's thoughts Of
George were anything but continuous,
and weeks w,nt by when he was not
consciously her mind at all. Her
life was a busy one: she had the big
house ito keep up" she had a garden
to keep NJ, too, large and beautiful
garden; she represented her father as
q director for half dozen public char
ity organizations. and did private
charity work of her own. being proxy
mother of several large families; and
she had danced down." as she said.
groaps from eight or nine classes Of
new graduates, returned from the uni
verslties. without marrying any Of
them. but she still danced-and still
did not marry.
Her father, observing this circum-
stance happily, yet with some hgpo-
critical concern. spoke of Il to her one
day as they stood in her garden. "T
suppose I'd want to shoot him. he
said, with attempted llghtness. "But
mustn't be an old pig. I'd build you q
beautiful house close by--just ovss
yonder."
mo. no! That would be llke-'' she
began impulsively; then checked hers
self. George Amberson's comparison
of the Georgian house to the Anderson
mansion had come into her mind. and
Sac thought that another new house.
bunt close by for her, would be llka
the house the Major built for Isabel
Like WHAT"
Nothing" She looked serious. and
when he reverted to his idea of "somx
day" grudgingly sarrendering her up
20 sutton. she invented a legend.
'.Did you ever hear the Indian name
for that little grove of beech trees on
the other side of the houser' she
asked him.
'sNo-and you never did eithe. !" he
laughed
Don't be SO surei I read great
deal more than used to-getting
ready for my booklsh days when I'll
have TO do something solid IN the eve
nings and won't be asked TO dance any
more, even by the very youngest boys
who think it's a sporting event to
dance with the oldest Of the older
girls The name of the grove was
Loma-Nashah' and 1t means They
Couldn't.Help-It'
doesn't sound like e."
'sIndian names don't. There was q
bad Indian chief lived In the grove be-
4 fore the white settlers came. He was
| the worst Indian that ever lived. and
his name vast was 'Vendonah.'
That means 'Rides-D Down Everything
" see,v said Eugene thoughtfully.
He gave her quick look and then
fixed his eyes upon the end Of the
garden path. go on"
"vendonah was an nnspeakable
case" Lucy continued "He was so
proud that he wore iron shoes, and he
walked over peoples faces with them.
He was always killing people that
way, and so at last the tribe decided
that 1t wasn't good enough excuse
for him that he was young and mex
perlenced--he'd have to go. They took
him down to the river, and put him In
\ canoe, and pushed him out from
shore: and then they ran along the
bank and wouldn't let him land, until
at last the current carried the canoe
out into the middle. end then on down
20 the ocean. and he never got back.
They didn't want him back. of course,
and if he'd been able to manage ii.
they'd have put him In another canoe
! and showed him out into the river
again. But still. they didn't elect an
other chief in has place. Other tribes
! thought that was curious, and Won
dered about II lot, but finally they
came to the conclusion that the beech
| grove people were afraid q new chief
| might turn out to be bad Indian, too,
and wear iron shoes like Vendonah.
! But they were wrong, because the real
reason was that the tribe had led such
| an exciting life under Vendonah that
they couldn't settle down to anything
/ tanner He was awful, but he always
kept things happening things
OF course. They hated him, bat they
weren't able to discover any other
warrior that they wanted to make
chief In his place. They couldn't help
feeling that way"
II see" said Eugene. $50 that's why
they named the place 'They-Couldn't-
| Help-Itp"
at must have been"
"And so you're going to stay here IN
your garden" he said musingly. You
think It's better to keep on walking
these sunshiny gravel paths between
your flower beds, and growing to look
Ike pensiye garden lady in Vic
torian engraving"
Il suppose I'm like the tribe thas
lived here, papa. had too much un.
pleasant excitement. It was unpleas-
ant-but 1t was excitement. Cont
want any more; In fact. dat want
anything but you"