The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31

passed and no change. Moreover. from
ali appearances there does not seem 10
be any likelihood OF any change ex-
cept for the wOrse-worse for u.s." he
added.
That young Dwight voiced the senti-
ments OF the entire crowd was very
evident His sentiments we're accepted
as disagreeable facts by every one. The
guests smiled significantly.
we have got to smash things some
how" said Grey one evening, as Law
renee and Miss Kennedy strOlled
down the driveway. This game Is too
one-sided. fail to see where our fun
comes in at all. II is time TO make
some on our hook. We've got to
make him ridiculous. make a fool of
him by some practical joke. / tell you,
fellows, we've got to do something.
We can't let one man beat dozen of
us, can WEI"
"All Fight" grinned Goldthwaite
"You bright boys get together and do
your prettiest and III look on and APP
plaud. AS for me, l am done with the
whole business"
The boys got their heads together
and from that time forth Mr.. Law
rences life became unbearable. One
night, when he came in late he found
his doors and windows nailed, shut and
was compelled to sleep in Goleth-
waites room. He was subjected to
many other annoyances. One evening
when he attended a dance at a hotel
at North West Hampton he found that
his dancing pumps had been stolen
from his satchel and replaced by a
pair of dusty goloshes. Lawrence.
however bore these indighities with
the stoicism of an Indian chief.
The end of the three weeks brought
with 1t the time of Lawrence's de-
parture, but strange to say there was
little happiness among the young men
over that fact. They had come to
the conclusion that Lawrence had won
out.
I'VE accomplished absolutely no
thing" said Chauncy.
Nothing" said Grey. Yes. we
have; we have succeeded in bringing
them closer together. If we had kept
on much longer we would have had
them engaged. That is, if they are not
engaged already"
"Oh, don't let that worry you" said
Dwight, who became angry when any
one spoke of Miss Kennedy being en-
gagged.
The boys were all seated in the sum-
mer-house near the winding pathway.
Lawrence was to leave on the 10 o'clock
train, and it was already O'clock.
Miss Kennedy and Lawrence had not
| been seen for some time and Gold
thwaite was also missing. There was
no moon and it was quit dark. Chaun-
! cy and his companions sat silently in
the summer-house, every man putting
gloomily upon a pipe. There came a
sound of laughter from the porch and
a second later three persons came
strolling' down the driveway. One
was Miss Kennedy, the other two
were Goldthwaite and Lawrence. One
was walking very near Miss Kennedy.
He was Goldthwaite. Lawrence seem
ed content to fall into the background
He carried a dress-suit case in either
hand. AS they reached the summer
house, Goldthwaite looked back al
Lawrence and said:
"Say, Jack, it WAS blamed fine OF
you to turn in and help Edith and me
out the way you did. The boys would
have killed me hnd they known thai
l was engaged to her before she came
here, but we were not quite ready tt
announce it at arst and did not dare
to afterward. Your a good actor
Lawrence, and see no harm in your
flirting with girl even if she is YOU
sister-in-law. You came at the RICH
time; l could not have kept the secre
much longer. We will follow you t
the day afte~ tomorrow"
Then the! passed on to the depot
The suumer-house remained a.
Gdfk anu do quite as the dDOue OIL Ju'
dead Far into the night shone thu
glow of the embers in a dozen bull
dog pipes, and when the damp mid
night breeze began to set in from tn
Sound a line of ghostlike figures stol
silently and sullenly from the summer
house and went to bed.-New Yorl
Evening Sun.
Deaf and Dnmh Artiata.