The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-11-22

was. Archie says she to him, this
makes me positively Ill. 1t spoils ev-
erytbing. Mr. Van Cortland shook his
hst ut one of the windows. and could
see HIN swear, though he didn't really
say anything. Suddenly he turned to
we.
'Wasson,' says he, you're smart.
and here's where you've got to prove
1t. Ii you do. it'll be a pretty penny
In your pocket. You know mev
We'll, sir, did know him for as lib
eral man as ever lived So 1 said.
What's the troubler And he told me-
1T seems that he had made arrange
ments to get away secretly with his
bride. There was a shabby looking
carriage by the east door, and they
were to get into that and be driven TO
a place on the railroad twelve miles
out of Newport, where Mr.. Van Cort-
lands private car was waiting. He
had engaged these rooms In this hotel.
where nobody knew him. and he i'm
agined that he could hide In them for
little while and be at peace.
Il tell you, Wasson,' said he, T'vel
seen my private affairs in print till l
Just can't stand II any more, but there's
no escape. The reporters have found
out all about my arrangements
They're waiting to follow the carriage
on bicycles. What can I dor
fright there I got an inspiration. 1
almost wish l hadn't now, but for a
time It looked like the making Of me.
why not have somebody else 60 in
the carriager said l. Let the report
srs follow the wrong parties, and when
they're al out of the way you can go
where you please
"That's greatr he exclaimed. But
who'll goT
''Then the two Of them fell to dis
cussing this one and that one. but
there was always some objection. Peo-
pie that might be willing didn't have
the right appearance. 1t was easy to
get a man or a woman who could play
the part, but to get a man and a wom-
an was a different matter.
"Finally Mr.. Van Cortland struck
the desk that he was standing by so
hard that the ink bottle jumped up IN
to the air.
ais it a fact said he. that you are
going to marry my sisters maidr
II answered that l hoped to some
day. She had given me her promise.
The fact was that we had already got
the license, but the sight Of all the
money spent on Mr.. Van Cortland's
wedding-all the flowers and jewels
and fine clothes-had taken the heart
out of both Of us. Somehow we felt
as II poor people didn't have any right
to get married. You see, we had 1t all
under our eyes, and It was quite a
strain. You may not understand 1t, sir,
but II was.
"Well. I've told you enough SO that
you can understand the rest. I'm the
same height ard build as Mr.. Van
Cortland. and Mile has golden hair
like the other bride. They got Mr..
Van Cortland's cousin, who is q cler
gyman and was among the guests
downstairs, and we were married.
Mr.. Van Cortland gave me $500 as a
wedding present and promised me a
different and much better position
when ! got back from my honeymoon
Journey, or his honeymoon journey, to
be more exact, for we took the shabby
carriage at the east door and the spe-
cial car and this outfit of awful mag.
nlficence here, and everybody was
fooled. They fixed us up with their
clothes, and-well. sir. you've seen the
newspapers.
"Millie was taken i'll on the train,
and she hasn't been able to hold her
head up since we've been here. It's
the grip and perhaps the excitement of
1t all. Why. she couldn't even eat the
dinner that we ordered when we got
here that evening. and you ought to
have seen that dinner! Millie cried at
the sight Of it and took to her bed. poor
girl. Isn't IL hard luck? Mr.. Van