Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-16


ing he continued; "but you viii want to go
there again. l always think of that IN gong
to new place 1t isn't so much ones enjoy
ment the first time, but the practical knowl-
edge one gains. Il helps you in making up
your mind the next tirne-adds another bead
to your rosary, as it were"
"Euchred," said Arnold.
@Now, isn't that just my luck!a exclaimed
GREGORY: aand hadn't bad hand either.
Ard then he continued, although he was
now at another table, and had to look over
his shoulder to address Arnold, lit IS such
comicaI idea. this clubbing arrangement, and
not q bad one either. 1t works well all
around. helps fill up the hotel, and provides
Won with company of your own choosing."
ave do not ell get our board free" said the
widow.
NO, Of course not. Only the one who gets
up the club, or-and this is the best plaza
/ club can invite q guest instead. -Four Of Us
( could take one extra person, and eight of US
/ two, and so on. Il is what might be called
/ the hospital plan. No one is at extra expense,
/ no one under obligations. You have just the
same rates, the same rooms, tie same board,
! as member Of club, that you would have
/ if you went alone, but there is the extra
guest You can go as a third-story party or
a first floor. 1t is share and share alike. No
one knows which is guest and which one pays,
so there is no discrimination l call it a cap
/ ital plan"
You are sure it is q good house: Wei
kept!7
First rate. Oh, come now, Mrs. Lyons!
know l won't get the BOBBY prize. 1 am not
playing for prizes tonight. If l were Ishould
not try for that"
You must have them strung up ike scaIps
around a wigwam, Gregory. Tell US how
many have you got:'
( One for each tally card" asked the widow.
/ Gregory laughed mysteriously. 4 am
going to play for a prize, he said, and I am
( going to get it. What kind of a prize it viii
be you shall judge when you see it.
Thus far Gregory little scheme had worked
fairly. He had interested the party, and had
almost persuaded the AruoIds to promise to
90. The widow needed no persuasion. She
wanted solitude, she said, so as TO practice her
( Spanish, and she was from the first on Greg.
ory's side. To Hilda he said very little. This
was the delicate and difficult part of the mat
ter. He was quite sure that she could not
afford the holiday, and he knew she would
not accept the position of guest unless the
affair was managed with great delicacy.
If appear in tiff I propose inviting
her be said to himself, she is 50 shy, so
proud, that she viii refuse at once. 1 must
suggest. but must never say it
To this subtle and embarrassing task he
thus addressed himself He talked as if both
Stefano and Hilda were going; he suggested
that he himself might be invited as guest"
He did all that he could to show that the po-
sition was most honorable and desirable He
spoke Of the rest, of the exhilarati0n in the
air, of leaving the city behind, and yet iv-
ing in a friendly circle What were they not
to do at Coast Cove! He bought books to
read there; he collected photographs and
games for the one rainy day they Were TO
have, and finally sent HIiia a volume of
poems, On the fly leaf Of which was written,
Coast Cove, Easter week, 1855" After a
time his persistence persuaded them all that
they were going, and they fell into the habit
Of discussing their plans before they were
really aware that they had seriously formed
any.
Stefano took but little interest in all this
English talked around him. He lived in his
lagoon Of French and Italian, and the out
side waves did not disturb him. His plans
for Florida did not please him as tho time for
leaving drew near, but he promised himself
that he could soon sec all of the south that he
cared for.and he would speedily return. In
the mean time he devoted himself to talking
to Mrs. Lyons and practising with HIlda. He
shrugged his shoulders a. the idea Of the
northern sea coast in March, and told them
that he preferred thinking Of them as at home.
When the second week in March came,
Gregory had = summons to Chicago, and had
to leave New York at once.
1t Is tie most unfortunate thing he said,
~but l have written to the Coast Cove house
and made provisionary arrangements. Ar
nol. can see how they suit. I have q copy of
my letter for him. VIII certainly get back
during the week and viii join you there. [
have said that there VIII be ct least . club of
four and guest.
But the guest! Whom are we to invite
inquired Mrs. Lyons, gayly.
Gregory Eesitated 1t was 4 breathless
moment to him. He did not dare to look at
Hilda He did not dare 10 mention her, nor
vet TO pass her name over. II she did not so
the sea would be Only 4 bowling wilderness Of
waves He looked at Mrs Lyons; there was
c world of entreaty II his eyes. Surely,
surely she must know who ought 70 be the
guest!
We have had 50 pleasant G winter together,
cur party ought not TO be broken now. No
one has so much influence as you You
choose the guest, make up the party, Mrs.
Lyons. and if persuasion fails, Try coercion.
Then he laughed, his handsome face flushing.
a great deal may hang on this Let Us DO
unto others-7
i see,7 cried the widow; you are wicket
fellow. But l see through it all You may
depend on me. and the party shall be to your
mind
Are we limited to fourg asked Mrs.
Arnold.
Leave it to me- replied the widow; Il
have made my plans. l know just how to
manage It; know just what we want But
you, Gregory-oh, 1 shall envy Chicago
every day that she keeps so charming g
schemer from Us, and then she arose and
swept Gregory the lowest Of bows.
How well her Spanish comes on" said
Hilda She puts It in English, TO be sure,
but she thinks in the noble language of com
pliment, and 70 think in language is great
proof of progress in it.
The widows eyes Sparkle,i as SIZE looked az
Hida
Don't you raj at Gregory she said; I
am his friend for life
And 50 the matter rested, and Gregory went
TO Chicago, relying on Mrs Lyons discern
rnent AMI management. But once II the
west, the stars seemed to fight against him,
and he WIS delayed day after day Hand
some. young. and successful, lie was feted and
Toasted. but his Impotence 70 leave Uado
+ everything 6jistaS-etgl 70 HIM HIS eyes only
s2w : lonely beach. and 4 girl standing there
AMI waiting.
/ Once free steam hardly few fast enough
fer him. AMI indeed he might be parjoned. Il
l. was Thursday after Easter when be- reached
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