The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-03-17

e. tertainment.
ca 0)' An hour or so later,
- ~ the crowd" hnyin1
dispersed, Birdy Jackson, Hartley and
were idly discussing the events of Tho
affair IN the smoking room. jackson
ana were stopping over night with
our hest, being old chums of hig. and
living some distance out Of town.
"No idea you could give us such -
ripping performance, Birdv," re-.
marked Hartley "and when vour wife
Jo'heG In was perfectly astounded. !"
JACKSON laughed softly.
''No, she doesn't do it fall bolIz, -
he ao mltrei. lyon know, Dick, there's
bit OF romance attached to TINT
whistle OF hers; in fact, it was the
means OF bringing our matrimonial de-
hIres to an abrupt point nj nm extreme
~ critical period in our courtship."
Hartley gave me gentle kick.
linen your union hal II spice of
romacce about it?" be said.
"Rather! Unique in the annals Of
love making, | should say. But folks
nre so incroiulous nowadays. I've
never attempted TO tell tho warn but
once, and then swore I'd never do IL
again"
But he hG to on this occasion. and
soon began to interest us rs follows
FIRST OF all, you must know, .tMr.
h,nS addressing me-" I'm called
HIrdy on account of having practiced
from earliest infancy cheap form of
mus cal recreation. Though cufred rs
boy, severely reprimgndcd for warb-
ing III slack business honrs and sound
ly eAecrated by the ueighborg, never
thciess pcrseverei.
"a year this Lass summer I clmo in
Tor sum of money, which rendered
me ALPHABETICALLY wealthy and indepen-
dent man, and to celebrate nv GOOD
fortune J threw up my business berth
and went into Yorkshire to spend n
few weeks With n professional bachelor
friend and to idle generally.
While there was introduced to n
Colonel and mis- daughter Evelyn, AGED
twenty-five, who lived Mt The Chase.
and were intimate friends OF my chum.
Nice girl she was; plenty OF go with.
out being the least fast In iess than
fortnight | was over head and ears
IN love with her. The subsequent of.
ternoons at the Chase were too hot for
tennis. Colonel Alton spent them
snooziug in nisstudy; EyeIyn's elderly
companion and her fathers house.
keeper-fOr Mr.. Alton had been dead
some years-noldod i'm tho shade of
her favorite elm, and my friend Ina
invariably to leave for au important
case before the tea came out. Very
nice Of him, ] thought.
Thus thrown together, Eveivn an 7 I
mopopolizei the arbor, and | used to
amuse hcr 10y thrilling selections from
the operas, latest airs comic and
seriOus), and she would occasionally
Join IN as q kind OF Hip to my pcr-
iormauces. IhoJ4h n woman in cverv
respect, she couid whistle. Ia most
o. the weil-Known tunes, M 20 date or
pathetically aged, she cxcelled, OWING
TO the fact thl5 during tho winter
months for some years past sao had
always oiiiciated Mt tho pinno for The
village popular concerts, wupu tbs
vocal aud Instrumental items were
naturally OF on amusing cad light
order-at times scarcely high class.
perhaps.
'Then came tho time when the
Colonel had 60 be approached. Tho
man gave me prompt and cure re-.
fusal. To hal other views for his
child. ] tried rcmonstranca. then
Goyged Professionally, but with no
avail. Eyc.yn stood ont like brick.
This hurst of Independence resulted
iu her immediate punishment TO
regions unknown % me, uaicr tho
surveillance o. "a relative ot mature
nge and experience, AMI oil commune.
cation between us streuuous,y denied
nul fOrestallcj. All chances Of cio9c.
ment, even, wore reduced TO nil.
''N few days later LETT my friends
for Bournemouth, tncrc TO recruit my
fnottsrci health and hopca, md thin,
things over quietly. was crushed
for tho time being. As + alighted
from my Gao ut tho entrances to thc
North Cliff, where I had taken rooms,
"n elderly LAZY came down the step.
Her face seemed somewhat familiar
30 me, though ] could net No the time
recall TO mind when aud where had
seen it before When She started Ag