Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11
TIE NEW POSTWAR
By EDITH W. GOODWIN.

has a headache and l can't make any
noisel all the other boys have gone
sliding, and / can't got"
David Burbank roamed listlessly
about the house in search of something
TO pass away time. A slight cold was
the reason he wasn't allowed to 60
sliding with his chums.
He failed to find anything among his
playthings that appealed to him. so he
struck a few notes on the piano. but
was promptly told by sister Adele Ito
stop that noisei"
The little fellow wondered what
made Adele so cross. She was usually
a good pal with her young brother, but
today she had only cross words for
him.
'What's this?" he queried aloud.
"Sister must have forgot to mail her
letters: I'll go mail 'em, then maybe
she won't be so cross at me-"
He had caught sight Of pile of let
tiers, but failed to notice that each one
had been opened, and that they were
all but one addressed to his sister. He
counted them; there were twenty-four
in all.
He quickly put on his coat, cap rub
bers and mittens and. taking the let
tiers under his arm, proceeded down
the street
Dayie walked on little further, then
quite suddenly he retraced his steps.
He had an idea. Why not play he was
the postman, and leave the letters at
different houses?
With him, to think was to act, so he
didn't stop to consider the fact that he
might not leave them at their intended
designations, but quickly assembled the
steps Of the nearest house and dropped
the letter at the top Of the pile into the
mail box. Then he rang the bell and
hurried on.
He repeated this at four or FIVE
houses, then decided to try different
streets. Ere long he came to the home
of Wilbur Downes. Wilbur was par
ticular friend of Adele's. In fact, al
though the little brother didn't quite
understand the situation, he had been
Adele's promised husband, but only
few days previous they had parted with
bitter words.
Guess I'll leave two letters for VIII
bur-" was the lads next inspiration.
He carefully selected two fat letters
from the bunch and dropped them in
the box one at time.
AT last he had finished his self-im-
$Osed task and turned his steps home,
ward. The family were at supper.
Mothers headache was better; Adele
looked pale and was very quiet.
When questioned as to where he had
been, Davie replied that he had gone to
walk, as he couldn't think Of anything
else to do. His mother feared he might
have taken more cold and put him to
bed soon after the meal was over.
He suddenly awoke after what
seemed to him hours and hours. The
doorbell was pealing loudly. Pretty
soon he heard Adele exclaim rather
curtly:
wilbur Downes! thought pou
were done coming to see me-"
Il thought so, too. Adele; but must
ask you TO explain something; then I'll
know just what course to take"
You'd better come in, then; it's too
cold to stand here"
Davie was very anxious to hear the
remainder of the conversation, so he
hastily got out of bed and went into
the spare chamber on tiptoe. There
was a register in the floor right over
the parlor stove, and he had on several
occasions listened here when Wilbur
was calling on Adele. He heard the
following:
Il found these two letters in the mail
box at home, and | can't imagine how
they got there. Perhaps you can tell
me-"
''Let me see them I" and Adele
snatched them away from him. One
was addressed to her in Wilbur's hand.
writing; the other was addressed to
him in her own penmanship.
Her cheeks famed and she got up
and walked the floor. After d few mo-
ments she faced Wilbur and, asked per-
enptorily:
did you read the one addressed TO
yooY"
"of course 1 did, Adele: what else
could l dor"
well, I surely didn't want you to
see it-not yet. anyway Davle must
have put them there, but what his OBJ
1ect was l can't imagine"
swell, Adele, II you really meant
what you wrote, l shall bless Davie to
my dying day. Tell me, dear. did your
The listener upstairs was getting ex-
cited First he believed Adele would
nearly take his head off the next morn.
ing; then it appeared that Wilbur was
glad he had got the letters
All was quiet for a moment or two;
then Davie was sure he heard his sis
ter sobbing. Wilbur was speaking in
very low tones and the lad couldn't
hear what ha said