The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-11

that's q personal hint Well, IL seer-s 70
me. IL this exciusiveness Is genuine.
tias yOu would b. more afraid Of Desss-
Paper nosoriety ;har Of anything else .
Why do you say ;bas1-
'Beosuse I can't. for TIE life Of ne.
see why yOu spend 50 much time with
Dolly Dimplet' / am sure I don't know
Why she ID herr. but do know this.
that yOu will b. served up 20 the ex-
tent Of two or three columns in the
Sunday Argus as sure a. you live
4 don't unders;and you"
~You dOn't7 Why, it's plain enough
You spend all your time With her
i Do not even know Of whom y0u are
speaking.-
'-Oh. come. nOvT. that's too rich. l.
8; possible that you don't knO7v iha;
Miss Jennie Brewster - the one VIII
writes those Sunday articles over the
signature Of Dolly DimpleT
A strange fear came over Wentworth
as his companion usentiOned the Argus.
He remembered il a. J. X Rivers paper.
bot when Fleming ssid Miss Brewster
was correspondent Of the Argus be
was aghaEt.
III don't think I quite catch
your meaning be stammered-
Well. my meanirg's easy enough 20
see. Hasn't she ever told you? Then
II shows she wants 20 do you up on
toast. You're not an English politician.
are you? You haven't any political So
crets that Dolly wants TO get at. have
IL l. .
is in the whole United States for fnd-
ing out Just what a man doesn't want 70
have known. You know the secretary
Of state"-and here Fleming went on
TO relate wonderfully brilliant feat
Of "DOlly's," but the person TO whom h.
was talking had neither eyes nor ears.
He heard nothing and be saw nothing.
Dear me" said Fleming. drawing
himself up and slapping the other on
the back, you look perfectly dunn
founded. I suppose ] oughtn't TO have
given Dolly away like this; but she has
pretended all along that she didn't know
me. and 20 ! 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
NO, thank you" replied the other,
mechanically.
Better come in and have a drink
NO, thank you"
We'll, so long. I'll see you later"
"It can't be true. II can't be true
Wentworth repeated TO himself. with
deep CONSERVATION, but still with some
misgiying, warning him that, after all.
IL 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. IS he walked along. heed
ing nobody, a sweet voice from one Of
the chairs thrilled him and he paused
why, Mr.. Wentworth, what is the
matter with you this morning? You
look as IL you had seen ghost"
Wentworth glanced at the young
woman seated in the chair, who was
gazing up brightly at him.
We'll" he said, at last, 81 am not sure
but have seen a ghost. May / sis
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"
well, tell it to me; perhaps can
help you. \ woman's wit, you know.
What is the trouble?"
MAY | ask you few questions, Miss
Brewster?"
Certainly. A thousand OF them IL
yon like; and ! will answer them all if
can"
Thank you. VIII you tell me, Miss
Brewster, IL you are connected with any
newspaper"
Miss Brewster laughed her merry,
siivery, little laugh. "Who told you?
All! | see how it is. 1t was that crea-