Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-10-24
THE MAN WHO WOW.
A Little Comedy of the Summer Hote.-
Perhaps You Saw 1t There. :: :: :: ::


another hotel said he had known her
in New York. Goldthwaite was very
close mDuthed and would not talk of
his affairs. He still cllng tenaciously
to Miss Kennedy, and although he had
witnessed the downfall of many he had
never been in a position where he
could experience their sensations. His
friends unlIndly said that this was be-
cause Goldthwaite did not know when
he was rebufted or squelched. How
ever thai may have been, he seemed
perfectly happy and said nothing.
Scme time after the arrival of the
newcomer a number Of the boys were
lying in hammocks enjoying the cool
ing breezes from the Sound and dis
cussing plans for bringing the next"
to his fate, when the sound Of merry
laughter in the direction of the hotel
caused them to look up. What they
saw caused involuntary CALCULATIONS of
astonishment to escape the lips of the
young men in the hammocks, for there
coming down the steps together, were
the prospective victim and the very
young woman they wanted him to
meet. They appeared to be on excel
lent term for so short an acquaintance,
and this fact struck Chauncy SO forci-
bly, that he rose in his hammock and
gazed at them with curiosity.
"Humph!" he grunted. Some one
seems to have got ahead of us. How
ever, it's Just as we'll. And now" he
added, slapping a companion on the
back, "all we've got to do is to push
things along gently and watch"
That evening at DINNER the boys all
met him. and found, among other
things, that he was a lawyer, and that
he lived in New York City, Miss Ken
uedv lived in that city; SO did Coldth-
waite. He was a very interesting, self
reliant sort of a man, and he was pro-
nounced very promising victim. His
name was Lawrence.
By the end of the week things were
progressing splendidly. Lawrence mad
paid attentions TO Miss Kennedy in
a way that exceeded the widest
dreams Of the hopeful, and he had
surely become entangled in the meshes
that had captured so many youthful
bearts. In the morning he accompanied
her to the beach or sat under some
shady tree while she read. and in the
afternoon they went driving. OF ever
ings they took long walks in the moon
light or sat together on the porch.
Goldthwaite managed to get in an oc-
casional tete-a-tete or a moonlight
stroll In short, he PLAYED a very ex-
cellent second violin with a complais-
ance that dumfounded his comrades.
THE best part of it is" said Curtis
one night, I'VE did not have to do a
stroke of work in getting them togeth-
er. He seemed to take to her as soon
as he saw her and now they are as
thick as thieves"
"yvbo introduced the,n9" asl,ed
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find how it occurred and the circum-
stances for a good while but no one
seems TO know ANYTHING about it"
That's so" said another Come TO
think. it does seem a trife strange that
thew should, he seen bobnobbins so
thiclllv an hour after he arrived
well" said Young Dwight chow
ever thev NAV have become acquainted
or whoever introduced them, one thing
is certain, they know each other now
So let's not worry about such a trif-
ling matter, but look forward to that
glorious day when the Hon. John
Lawrence will go around with face
as dark as a November landscape and
yainly wavering between the pistol,
arsenic or a foreign cline"
Just as Charley Dwight did" inter-
rupted Chauncy, with a grin.
oh, there were Others" retorted
Dwight. AT any rate, | give him an
other week before he lands on his back
on the cold, cold world with a hideous
realization that life is not what it
seems
Hear, hear!" cried several, and
then, as the strains of dance music
reached their ears thew adiOined tn