New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-01
Cecil Morpefb's Funny Story.
BIZ c. EDwARDEs.

word. or even betraying look don't you know
They satisfied him on that point
grin, Il know for fact It's that wideawaIxe puss.
Yam @ Sno how RFeT S n aunt peer o his fss
her rapture when she heard he was after Sir
not twopenny piece for her TO inherit. have II
Noses b bnsS eye48 ers snd Chair m s
house And the Joke Of il is that Ceeils Aunt
he grIs beauty risht enough but our Aunt
Eusenia don't see the force of letting Cecil play
glance suffered toast frona dry toast And that's
why she stuck ker hat pin through Monty MAJ
boroGghs heart. Cecil says. more or less durinH
The supper hour after she's squared her book witty
CeciL Ny word Cecil ought to remember his
And who's the other one. Billy" asked Louis
Guise. when the three had dgested this informa-
But !Slo Lord Billy now went back on his word
20, hs SAD II don't think It's al Ihat fsT;
vas only old Cecil, but, hang it! one must draw a
The others also drank 70 her Perhaps they had
suspicious, perhaps not Anyway she had had
awkward part to play. and apparently had played
1T all depends" murmured Harry Houst ION the
great Aunt Eggenia, l imagine. whether Miss A.
Lord Biiiy fred at that.
kind aT y2u Rs any ssh mistake n II that
wonder. but she doesn't the universe Miss A..
as 2i0! you call her doesn't even know Lady Eugena
That's hats not my point said Harry HOust Does
You I, Gan mind your own business, Harry" said
LORD billy TO that Ard now boys, what do you
I 4
They all thought it ought to be; and in minute
or two the smoking room was deserted and each
man rad gone to his own chamber
About five minutes later Lord Billy in his dress
ing Jacket went down the wing corridor and
teeil was not in BED, Truth to. tell he was feel
tbn ne9s snsr nad with mmseh as well as with
He was brooding over the fire.
He had had visions since leaving the smoking
room Maud ShannOn's pert little face. with It's
about that part of herd and very intelligent as
well as very beautiful blue eyes, seemed to him 10
have lost their charm strangely now. or course II
was due TO the exposure OF her mind. But that
With his chin in his hand Cecil had paIed in the
o24S Of his his im5ecy in making Lady
M sas !, Lord I'd sillys younger sister had never
had listened to his little story and-promsed to
help him They had been boy-and-girI friends;
40 sooner had he told her than he feit0yes. he
S1ew y n6w-ae felt that he had not outgrown the
perfectly sweet, with the faint flush her cheeks
Whisper Of Never nina GeS s hope 9 Is Wons
And here he was. when Lord Billy came TO him IN
ms ms G s j.csst with the very last eaEette OF
realizing thoroughiy-most thoroughly if it may be
ssd aItnas he had never really loved girl he
.TWhst.s the matter? asked Cecil OF Lord Billy
ten you old chap. u thas all %aGt eSce q
queer thing IL IS after what you've been telling us
V Sa suS 9 h anyway kR %i
your yarn about the shannon miss"
Cecil looked hts impotence
m It's about F1orry. old chap Lord Billy went on
II must tell you What do you think? / found her
sn q corner o. me terrace an hour two efter
Weeping Billy cried Cecil
sba SAG sag weeping old chap, and weeping 1t was.
until got the truth out of her and the truth Is
SSnlS-sheS most rtdtculOusly in love with-steady,
or course l was surprised But I'm not all that
sorry, and she's got a hundred thousand OF her
own, don't you know. and heart of gold, as thew
say IN the story books. That's ALL 1t mayn't be-
lalr 10 her. but I n he IA 10 Won and
and-I can't think what you were up TO TO Iet
yourseIf TO he caught by Maud Shannon. Thank
self how tIckled must have been by your yarn
Just now. Well mighty mighty. old chap again and
as Elijah says. Buck up -
LORD Billy made for the door but before he got
10 u Cecil was upon him with flashing ewes
Tlly' he whispered hoarsely.
DO mean II? Is il possible she can love ma
after-after' - -
My dear chap" said Lord Billy You must
judge for yourself She loved you before so you
can Just work II out In sum. Yes. you donkey.
Of course she loves YOU and. if you want the verv
straight tip, that's what your sapient Aunt Fr-
senia's been steering for. Well. night-night She's
and. between ourselves. she's asked even me what
they cali leading questions"
Cecil grasped Lord Billy's hand. cigarett and
all, and almost made pulp OF It,
Il don't deserve it," he said quite hurnhlv You
dear Old Silly. do you really thing
Lord Billy freed his hand and put his foot the
cigarette.
We none OF do. old chap suppose but we
get there just the same" he said cheerfully.
With his head on the pillow Cecil felt grateful
grateful also 90 Lord Billy and Aunt Eugsnia He
knew now that there only woman in the
world Tor him. and she his for the asking
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