The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-23
BIS Negotiable
Hunt
BY Ohio Is. Sensa
Copyright. 1904. by otse d. ssnsa

the piano stool and faced the five girls
Probably You girls are not aware
OF It, but our friend Jack has been
adopted"
Jack lIawarden.s honest face cloud.
ed
Don't. Alec he protested
jack said Alec solemnly, we are
hidden not To hide our light under n
bushel. You're trying 10 hide yours
in II pill boN, and | shall tell the girls
the whole story"
Il came to See Mrs Gray" said Jack.
rising, Il will find her upstairs, /
think"
As he passed Bruce he whispered
tiercely, For heavens sake, Alec, keep
that thing To yourself"
Alec smiled and nodded, but as soon
as Jack had disappeared he continued
seriously. It's IL thing you ought to
know. girls. and I'm determined you
shall. jack is too modest an unusual
trait in mn Englishman," he added
thoughtfully.
Forget That you're Scotch and let's
have the story" cried the girl who
wrote stories
Sure. I'll begin right in the middle
80 ms TO reach the dcnouement sooner
Our jack is In love"
Laughing ordinations OF incredull-
ty from the listening girls.
lie is honest. Ills soul Is tuned
TO sweet accord with peerless strains
Of
"Never mind his soul" interrupted
Kathleen again. Tell us the story"
This Isn't Wild Irish story, Miss
Clyde he returned, with nn mir of
impotence. This is the story of II
slow moving and particularly slow
speaking Englishman. He hnsn't told
his love because the young lady IN
earning IL fine salary and Is seemingly
happy In her work, and his position
was far from satisfactory but the
first of the year he was promoted,
with II generous increase lie wns
scrcWlng up his courage" here Alec
paused and made II strenuous imita.
tlon of II person using s,'tewdriverl
when he received n mess lge from
the immigration authorizes that
changed all his plans"
The willy story teller stopped as II
the narration were complete.
DO go on" cried some one impa-
tlently "fhat surely isn't the endf'
"What could the immigration au
thorities want of MIR. IIuwnrdeny" ex-
claimed another.
ftnr much urVinu la. ,nntiunn1
when Jack went to the immigration
Office he found II clean, decent looking
old Englishwoman, who fell upon his
neck md called him her dear nephew
and announced To the officers that he
was the living image of her dear deHd
brother lock. Now. jack hasn't II liv-
Ing relative and never Ind an aunt,
and he tried to explain this TO the old
lady and to the officers But she would
have none Of IT, and the officers told
him very gruiiiy that If he didn't In
tend to support his aunt to say so at
once. for in that ease the woman would
have to be deported She broke down
ut this and cried in the most pitIful
way, and well. II ended Ia jacks tnk
ing her away with him. lie has n
room for her In the house where he's
boarding and is doing his be to make
her comfortable. lie spec most of
his evenings with her, Il the old
creature IL ns happy as en- ne
Jacks ii brick" cXcln lci Kath-
leen eXcitedly.
ut Is certainly very mol of him"
said the editor warmly.
Cant he find the real nepi ew? z" ask
ed the artist
mo. He has visited every Ilawnrden
III the city, and none has any knowl-
edge of the old lady. lie has found
the record of the death of John Ha-
warden who came from England TWEEN
ty years ago and who died shortly after
his arrival"
THAT was undoubtedly the real
nephew" snid the girl with the violin.
AN old person does not realize the
change there would be In young
man. She would expect her nephew
to look AZ he did when he left Eng
land. and almost any big blond
young Englishman would correspond
to the picture she has carrtcd In her
memory nll these years"
'What does Jack intend IL dof' ask
ed Miss Fairle.
Take care of her ~ long ns she
lives. 1t cant be SO very long. poor
soul, and she hasn't cent .lnck says
Providence has sent him an aunt and
he shall do his duty by her She nd
mltted day or two ago that perhaps
she might not be his real aunt but she
was his negotiable haunt OF course
the poor old lady hasn't the slightest
idea of the meaning of negotiable but
under the circumstances the way she
has transferred herself to Jack youll
admit It's funny. He's upstairs now
asking Mrs Gray to go to see the old
lady"
He turned abruptly to the music
teacher, who had remained silent.
what do you think of Jacks qulxot
Ism, Miss STUART"
II think Mr. Hawarden Is doing
right" she said softly, ''only he
ought She stopped. with flushed
check and shining eyes. for Jack Ha-
warden stood In the doorway.
ALEC he cried reproachfully, turn
Ing to his friend. you've toldw
Jack" returned Bruce, spreading
out his hands tragically, Il have all
except about the pill box and that Pm
going to tell now"
ALEC" protected Jack desperately,
you're really going too far .,ou've no
right
'That's whore your ideas OF right
differ from mine" said Alec coolly. 81
have my Instructions from the ne
gOtlable h, unit herself, aud intend to
carry them out. You see" he con
tlnued, turning to the interested little
group. I've called frequency on the
old lady, and she has taken a great
fancy 10 me ns the friend of Ler dear
Jack. Last night she gave me this
little box and asked me to give it to the
young lady OF Jacks choice, with the
request that she make use Of 1t In
furnishing a home"
He took from his vest pocket tiny
fiat hoy nf rim bardIu mara thau an