New-York tribune., 1903-01-06
Orange Blossom.
BY MISS VI FALCoNER-

restoring the paper to its envelope Il vozidn's
make two eases-one win De more Than enough.
club will Be immensely amused Illegal detention
a HI & the ny " we9F es5c wi ;b say you Sstsd your
During this speech Mr.. Lindsay's face had grad
Hang II an he groVIed ssvsgsIy and began
to walk up and down with his hands in hts pockets
tormsntor Of any co-members who had got into
II they get the chance they woG-s roast him IN
sparingly- Now. like rany teasing spirits. hs
simply have to leave the club. and thereby deprive
Tom allowed the idea 10 soak IN. and then put
forward suggestion Probably the lady had sp-
Rsd Rond i95 aft @ to N f. s srs sf Rg s9
was entirely at his uncle's service. Mr. LINDSAY
one who holds in his hands the threads of deli
cate intrigue. ind!ted note as follows:
Dear Miss Krkwood 7 have Just learned -
my resret that legal unpleasantness IS threatened
over the recent unfortunate episoHe- l2ps dna
believe that everything may yet be SATISFACTORILY
arranged in private Allow me 70 point ont thas
sirable end. May have an Interview vith some
private friend of yours-say your niece-this morn
''"' O'7O'e''' THOMAS KIRKwooD~
You owe me SIX and eight for that he r.. Re-.
cook In quarter Of an hour Selma appeared
VIII Dasr 91 NV aunt Il roo sgated 20
write but We think ycur suggestion a good one.
Everything must be done TO avoid puoiieity Yours
Tom put this note in his pOcketbook and
fastened 10 select his most becoming 5le. He coua
sat down In the prim cool drawing room of
Marengo villa to discuss matters with Polly.
ror,S LIE b.s a,rorgiyS Iissna5sd him bur he has
apparently done this in moment OF anger and
now he regrets it bitterly am sure he vii
But can her thought when criminal matter
had got into the hands Of the authorities II could
well perhaps not as a regular thing 5ut there
PoIIv.% said Tom mysterfousIy Few people know
anything about IT as yet and my ability TO st act
RfSysHtss Rawysrts the need OF eonhains IN any
My uncle makes one condition-that the rnatIeS
ask Is your aunt within hearing
Ne said Polly dimpins In Ton. 5 Is .r rpSsGlr si1
Did she tell you that she had sent summons
'rYou-don't-say-so:
Fact. assure yod'
| for. She told me she seeking suitable per
forated cardboard d. How af1l ofE,5 20 vou sbo, II
strongly 1ecommsnd end thai y9p IS sn9Tg Is S 1h
drawn also. Perhaps / can see her alone for
Miss Kirkwood came down red-eyed and miser-
able. If Polly had been mean enough to listen az
that instead Of stipuIasing for the withdrawal Of
summons the young man merely @ exeeueeG 6t . !
to be mentioned between principals
My uncle hopes We VIII all be better tTienas
pocketing the pape-. But if ever the unhappy
affair is alluded TO. 1 won't answer for his con-
what a charming sensible young man" said
the lady 20 her niece How superior to his uncle
The Charming sensible Young returned
home. where Mr. Lindsay vas waiting anxiously-
TITS all right" he said Done in moment OF
anger as I supposed II I'm not mistaken. she has
cried her eyes out since I am TO take steps 20
have the summons withdrawn. and she earnestly
hopes IL will never be 50 much as alluded 70 again
Dear me- She must have some proper reelis2
after all Nice little girl that niece OF hers seems
That very night IN the twilight Orange Blossom
came home putting abrupt stop 70 the memorial
one day in August Polly stood a chair watch
ing over the hedge. while Tom sorted pile or
lumber on the garden walk He leaving 70
commence practice in a country town. and though
a great many delightful things had been arranged
as to the future including a wedding Christmas
windy morning, which had spoIed little ex,
| eursion they had planned. and Tom had started
instead to empty the loft and o'ernaui us cor
There's pussy'< hamper" he remarked ineau-
-'sTvhat do you mean?' asked Polly.
"on-ah-what did say? On ! mean your 5sd a9ny f1y
Orange BIossom@Drophetic namsrS
''MOuldy old thing! She won want H.
''I'll burn it. then Here's my Old press
What did YOU do with a printing press
'sOh fooled with il at school, printing the school
magazine and football fixtures and things won,
the ton and the wind straightway lifted piece OF
paper and bore il into the air Tom yelled ana
leaped It went straight to Polly who caught ~
.sNotice-hereby called 70 appear-felontously en-
terfng'' she read between blurs and corrections.
why, It's the thing Aunty got
Toms face was brick red.
IL had TO do something to get properly ac-
1uafnted.' he murmured-
You wretch she said. laughing jOyously- y
give you back the discriminating evidence. burn y
along with the hamper. But you ought 10 get penal
$50 I have already Hfer-"-(CfIssgow Weekly
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