Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-04-02


without his ~suspecting.
She t~elephoned him the following day
and asked him to call that evening.
He complied with her request as to
the call. but seemed In an uncommuni-
cative mood.
by the way" she finally said. Il had
q note from Dick. He was just OF for
Denver"
YES; we will all miss him ut the
club"
II suppose he will not be away long.
| think he mentioned the date of his re-
turn. but I don't recall It."
why. did hep exclaimed her uncle
in surprise. Courtney told me his
length Of absence was very uncertain.
gave Dick a letter to the Darnleys.
friends of mine. Ellen Darnley Is quite
a society leader. | wrote her person
ally"
Uncle Henry proceeded to expatiate
on Ellen Darnley's charms until Gym
thia decided mentally that all men
were bores. As he was leaving he vol
unteered the information that Ellen
Darnley was TO be married In a couple
Of weeks. Then. seeing the little leap
Of relief in Cynthia's countenance. he
Offset 1t by the remark that there
would be ''heaps of doings" and Dick
would be. strictly In 1t.
In two or three days Cynthia received
a Denver paper addressed to her in
Dicks handwriting. Under society
notes she read OF a dinner dance.
Dicks name was among the list OF
guests. He had transgressed the Unit
ed States postal rules by writing his
address on the margin of the paper.
In a day or two her uncle dropped In.
II had a letter from Dick today" he
announced. sRe was very modest and
only said how Kind my friends were
in introducing and entertaining him.
But | received a letter from Ellen
Darnley lauding him to the skies and
saying that had she been heart whole
and fancy free she didn't know what
might have happened"
He left Cynthia a prey to jealousy.
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that night telling him how glad she
was to hear he was having so gay a
time and how he must dread the
thought of a return home.
His reply was friendly and gave de-
tails Of the good times he was having.
Tomorrow night" he concluded. lis
Miss Darnley's wedding. at which 1
~officiate as one OF the ushers. The
bridesmaid whom | am TO fall In line
with after the ceremony has Eyes like
that picture Of E~vangeline you are so
fond OF. I wish you could see her.
Cynthia threw the letter In the IRE.
The next time Henry Ormsby called
he brought a paper from his pocket.
81 want to read you about Ellen's
wedding" he said. "Dick is given spe-
cial mention as a cultured young man
from the east"
II am sick of the sound Of Ellen
Darniey's name. and Dicks. too!" cried
Cynthia. forgetting Uncle Henry's
shrcwdness.
lit is a bore to hear of people you have
never met" And he discreetly turned
the conversation into other channels.
Two days later Dick was shown into
the library where Cynthia was sitting
before the fire as he had seen her last.
Her cheeks flushed at his sudden APP
~pearance.
"Why." she exclaimed, did you ex-
pect TO return so soonT'
"No." he replied. "They t~elegraphed
me last night"
He forebore to say to whom they"
referred. but Cynthia naturally inferred
that 1t was the firm. Later that even
ing Dick met Uncle Henry at the club.
Say. Ormsby." he said joyously. Its
all right"
"Why. my dear boy. when you are as
old as / you will know that nothing
succeeds like success. told you I'D
hx It,"
you got Courtney to send me to
Denver"
"And the letters and Ellen Darnley's
wedding did the rest. saw the fruit
was ripe. and I telegraphed you to
come and pluck It."