The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-26
WON BY WHISTLING.

BlNlu5 u IluSitdl az anu pGE'
formance of sifllours had proved the hit Of
the evenings entertainment.
An hour or SO later, tho ''crowd" hay
ing dispersed, Birdy Jackson, Hartley and
were idly discussing the events of the af
fair in the smoking room. Jackson and
were stopping overnight with our host,
being old ohums of his and living some
distance out of town.
"No idea you could give us such a
ripping performance, Birdy," remarked
Hartley, land when your vito joined in
was perfectly astounded."
Jackson laughed softly
"No, she doesn't do 1t at all badly" he
admitted. "You know, Dick, there's a
bit of romance attached to that whistle Of
hers. In fact, it was the means of bring
ing our matrimonial desires to an abrupt
point at an extremely critical period in our
courtship."
Hartley gave me gentle kick.
"Then your union had spice of 70.
nance about itY' ho said
"Rather! UniGlo In tho annals Of love.
making, l should say. But folks are SO
confoundedly inoredulous nowadays I've
novor attempted TO toll tho yarn but once,
anu 'ieii l sWoro no'of w ~ ''eain'
p"e he Ma" W vi WIS oIo"sioi' anu Sud
began to interest us as follows:
firs' VI ali, you inust hnow' WI.
King addressing mo- I'm cailou blruy
on account of having practiced from earli.
est infancya cheap form Of musical rocrca'
ton. Though cuifod as boy, severely
repriia"hucu lor warming III siach pusi'
Icss lio'lfS anu souiuis eAeor"'oo Wy 'iie
helghoorS' hc'eruhe'osS pefse'orou'
s''r 'i'ie i'le' suil,ii'ei ooii.o III III
sum vi iholey "hici' rohuelcu i'o
Pracil"hlly "eal'hy anu lhuepoiuenV man.
ana 10 celebrate my soou lor'uno tllrow
up my puSii'ess per'i' ana "enI ii''o ipsA-
shlfe 10 slehu III" "eohs WIN proios'
eio.l1i onchelor irlcii" anu W iulo eohei''liy'
WINE there was lh,rou''cou ~ ooio,
mel Alton ana i,'s uaugh'of hVelyn' aeea
~, VINO liNe'i az lho Slhac' az" were III
'iii'''e lrloh"S U. my .iui''' NV e'iA s,io
was. flollty VI go, WltAo"l peihg .Ho
least ii!ss' III less IMAM lorti'!sh' WIS
over heau anu cars Ill love WIN ner' Inc
subsequent afternoons at Inc olase were
100 hot lor tennis Coiohol Anon spent
thehi shoo1lAg III ms Stuoy' LNe'yh
elderly companion anu hor l".iier house,
keePef-lor MIS- Altoi li''u poeii "uau
some yeArs-hout'eu III INV silisuo VI mgr
laNoHl'e eil'l, ann my lrloilu l"u iiNari"uiJ
W lot'No lof III liilpoF'aht "''Se 'eioro 'i'e
toa cana OUT very hlco Vi hlih'
thouRbt
anus thrown 1ogether' f.Veiyh anu l
lIlDllbpbIlMV llit uEbDi, anu 1 NSth W
"muso nor by trllilhg solecllohs lroih INC
operas latest airs Ncoh'ic anu serious)' anu
shc would occasionally JON III nh Emu
OF lillp TO my performances. iho,'go
woman III every respect s'ocoulo "'llS'io'
In most OF tle wei! KNOWN lules' up 10
date or pathrtlcally aged she eHcei'oa,
owing TO TIE lhct that curing INC Wlhtor
months lor some years PAST hhe itu always
o1llclateu at the piano Tor INC village pop
ulaf concerts, wien tlIe vocal ana lhstru-
mental Items were naturally oil an anus
ing ana hight uTuuf-tt Times scarcely hlsh
Glass, perhaps.
"Ihen came the tine when the colonel
had to be approached. Inc pld man gave
me prompt anu curt REFUSAL. he hau
Other views Tor his chlld. tfleu roilioh-
STRANGE then logged perslstehcy, hut WIN
no avail Evelyn s'oou OUT ike hflch.
ms BURST OF huepohaehcefesulVoa Ill nor
Immediate hahlShmont to regions un-
known To me, under inc slfVe1liahoe OF
relative ol mature age ana experience, ana
all communication between US strenuously
donicd and forostallod. All chances OF
olopemcnt oven were reduced to M.
"A lew days laltr lclt my l!l"hu lpr
Them n rnrrlljt
ed health and hopes and think things over
quietly. l was crushed for the time bong.
AS allglitod from my can OF inc entrance
to the North Cliit, where hao taken
rooms, an elueFly lauy c'ilhe uoWh the
steps. 1er lace Seenlcu somewhat TAMIL
lar to me, though could NOT at inc llme
recall to mind when ana where had seen
1t before. When she started as sho saw
me ana somewhat hurrleuly rc-enlereu tilo
hotel, was further mystllled. A thought
struck me as was signing my name III
the hotel register OF visitors sometime lat
or. Two pages back l. loullu an eh1ry,
Miss Alton ana MISS H. Alton. tuln'
DIED to IL III sccoilh theh. Inc olderly
lady had encountered was undoubtedly
Colonel Atoms sister, who lad been stay
ing ut Tho Chase and lett Two days after
my arrival III the village, ana before l
knew anything of Evelyn had once pass
cd her walking with the colonel, anu Ghe
must have recognized me again.
II rcmarked Oh the entry to the clerk ina
casual way ana he volunteered tho lnior-
mutton that Miss Alton had hut fnw mo
ln"nts previously given notice of her IN
tention to vacato their apartments tho
next morning. The news staggered he.
Thon Nils Alton certainly did not know
all and had decided on Hight as the only
safe remedy under the circumstances.
mot IA glimpse could l catch OF Evelyn.
Al''r "li'i''r irN,'' Hc .',r. nh 'hc pior
r',"'',eo 10 ,no 1>ofl'' o'.i' ant, s''' ataoon
S"H'''!y Sln"N'iiS ou' III 'hio '''lo"h1 VI my
room III ,io Hr""i''s uush' Al'i'osS uli-
o"''''i'uS'N h'iH'o in'o iAol"uS anu up'
F,oPf'',riy 'o',''I't M, 70 "t.pio soi'Iy'
AIlr'' "n'rH Art iiou' "A s!'Rh' ino'e
ill''t Oh inc nh'rohS h'"Ne mus "''l QUE
"'l,''" J." INV toiV o",'Sou ii'o I" si''iGo "p
inquire III ""''o 'l'e' my e"Ho' WIN oi'"
III II" hahuS, Us II ae'i''''"ihe Sii1nco,
pol"lliis ""lhi'BlJ b. VIZ "inu"" "e''iiiu
H"f' i'h, 1t was hFelyh' o'it her ac'u''o'
AM urnE"h VI "'i au''' was eNlu'i''y cloS It,
nv manu-, ,'r'''i ooi',I'u''l5''io' "s VIII
as VIII ihS' WIS ""c vi .,io q"eS'ioi', ~ was
aife't'y ,"o "hFh lor WY 'G"' an" "u'iio
a''pn'"'ioh' own 'foNl'cu "ho hhe" ~, us
"urh''s' ~" iu''' iiaan'i utuii me- why
MOI lFNF ND f'bil'T tIlDNkit VI llluu uOIlt