Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-26

time"
at is good" said Wentworth.
"Good. It's gloriousl Who would
have thought, when leaving New York
in a snowstorm as we did, that we would
run right into the heart of spring? 1
hope you are enjoying your voyage?'
Il am"
"You ought to. BY the way, why are
you SO awful stand-offish? Is 1t ma
tural, or merely put on for this occa-
sion only.'?"
81 do not know what you mean by
'stand-offsh.'
you know very well what mean.
Why do you pretend to be SO stiff and
formal with a fellow?"
81 am never stiff and formal with any
one unless I do not desire his acquaint-
ance."
Fleming laughed loudly. 81 suppose
that's a personal hint. Well, it seems to
me, if this eXclusiveness is genuine,
that you would be more afraid of news
paper notoriety than of anything else"
"Why do you say that?"
Because / can't, for the life of me,
see why you spend so much time with
Dolly Dimple.' l am sure 1 don't know
why she is here, but do know this,
that you will be served up to the ex
tent of two or three columns in the
Sunday Argus as sure as you live"
81 don't understand you"
You don't? Why, it's plain enough.
Y9 az aofnat mot 81 e4en To6 RhJWR Rst ST. With beEu are
speaking"
"Oh, come, now, that's too rich. Is
it possible that you don't know that
writes those Sunday articles over the
signature of Dolly Dimple?'"
A strange fear came over Wentworth
es his companion mentioned the Argus.
He remembered it as j. X. Rivers paper,
but when Fleming said Miss Brewster
was correspondent of the Argus he
was aghast.
I'LL don't think 1 quite catch
your meaning" he stammered.
well, my meanings easy enough to
see Hasn't she ever tol you? Then
it shows she wants to do you up on
toast. You're not an English politician,
are you? You haven't any political Sc
crets that Dolly wants to get at, have
you? Why, she is the greatest girl there
Is in the whole United States for find
ing out just what man doesn't want to
have known. You know the secretary
of state"-and here Fleming went on
to relate n wonderfully brilliant feat
of "Dolly's," but the person to whom he
was talking had neither eyes nor ears.
He heard nothing and he saw nothing.
Dear me-" said Fleming, drawing
himself up and slapping the other on
the back, you look perfectly dunn
founded. / suppose l oughtn't to have
given Dolly away like this; but she has
pretended all along that she didn't know
me, and SO | got even with her. You
take my advice, and anything you
don't want to see in print don't you tell
Miss Brewster, that's all. Have a cigar ?"
mo, thank you." replied the other,
mechanically.
Better come in and have drink"
mo, thank you"
"Well, so long. I'll see you later"
at can't be true 1t can't be true"
Wentworth repeated to himself, with
| deep CONSERVATION, but still with some
| misgiving, warning him that, after all
| it might be true. With his hands
| clasped behind him he walked up and
| down, trying to collect himself-trying
| to remember what he had told and what
he had not. AS he walked along, heed
| ing nobody, a sweet voice from one of
| h.. hai h,.i1l hA
"Why, Mr.. Wentworth, what is the
matter with you this morning? You
| look as if you had seer IL ghost"
Wentworth glanced at the young
woman seated in the chair, who was
gazing up brightly at him.
| WELL" he said at last, 81 am not sure
but 1 have seen ghost. May / sit
down beside you?"
MAY you? Why of course you may.
shall be delighted to have you. Is
there anything wrong?"
| 81 don't know. Yes, / think there is. v
'Well, tell it to me; perhaps L can
help you. A woman's wit, you know
What is the trouble?"
''May 1 ask you a few questions, Miss
Brewster"
Certainly. A thousand of them il
you like; and will answer them all ii
! can"
"Thank you. VIII you tell me, Miss
Brewster, if you are connected with any
newspaper"
Miss Brewster laughed her merry
silvery, little laugh. "Who told youi
All, 1 see how it is. 1t was that crea.
ture Fleming. I'll get even with him
for this some day. | know what office
he is after, and the next time he wants
good notice from the Argus he'll get
it; see if he don't. l know some things
about him that he would just as soor
not see in print. Why, what fool the
man is! suppose he told you out OF
revenge, because | wouldn't speak tc
him the other evening. Never mind,
can afford to wait"
"Then-then, Miss Brewster, it il
true"
Certainly it is true; is there any
thing wrong about it? hope you dom
think it Is disreputable to belong to {