The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30

+ xCopyrlshted, 1905, by Central News and
Press Exchange)
CtIAP,rEH L.
.Do you think don't know I'm q
fool7n
~ don't think anything Of the sort.
The fact is too transparently clear for
even you not to know IT.
Very we'll then, we understand each
other. And you must understand that
mean to DO foolish III my own way.
am going to lie foolish IN my 9; own way 4,
am going eyer to , lev n losK On 'ne
"All right. Then hope you'll drown;
yourself with them, For see you're
4 bent onientangling yourself. and no dou i
the girls viii DO very willing to help
you, and
.'Do you mean to 2insinuate-- Z,
ooh, no.. no. don't be fierce. IN, IN
sinuate nothing. Heaven knows I've
spoken out plainly enough"
"But why, why, why7 In all your
+ plain speaking you haven't said Word
\ worth listening to. The whole substance
OF your. perpetual sermons merely
amounts to this: that It's very wrong
for q man to fall In love without ms
uncle's pern,issi .ea . ~. ,x,,, ,o,r
Haven't you admitted you're making max
rather fool OF yourself over this?"
,Wel. yes, know that that's the
accepted term to apply to fellow VINO
loses his head over a pretty. girl, as rs, !
y own i've lost NINE 30 allow myse'I
10 be placed In that category without
= m,Irni,ir. ) But II you go into the mat
ter, you'll have to admit that there
no such great folly in It. The time
10 marry Is the time when one wants 70
marry .,..,, :,
1,Cood heavcns. man! You've surely
not made up your mind al ra,,,ya 'n nut
you want to marry her! lou We + NJ
known her three weeks.
Bob Devcrill nodded. go ~
.iOnly thing that stops me Is that sne
won't give mo tho chance 70 ASK ASK me- ne.
i don't believe she cares two straWs aDoue
mel - e.
quite sure that won't prevent ner 1uinp
ing at you, Dudley olit Garrs s -
& N.Y. a. 80, az .n,a
,,,,,,o,, ,,hich he was loungng. and $1,000
over his friend, They were alone IN q
corner OF a Southport boardins -ho .,.'
alonc that Is to say. In the sense .,,as
nobody was near enough 70 overneat s, 'n tte
Il cnnversat ton. But that old man IN 5 '.'e
corner. without whom no boa ding ho 2.ite
ss v complete was watching them WIG
e intercst from the other end Of the room,
IIo was between fifty and sixty, thin am anu
dry. with lank grey hair and q sttas l s,ins
iank grey beard. and his name va ss hl'as
Judd !, :. 2, E. ~, I, g1oyv
vvo,ce you've heard how I feel about
this. so you might have the decency, ~. 20
4 rar,emher that you're speaking OF I tnts
4 iadv9 I wlsh.to make my wife.
..,wel; and you might have the sG :, :.
sense to remember. you know. tnat e.. az
sWifred ought to be consulted III .lne
matter. and that IL you rush headlong into
nutbinr az the sort, you propose With
ont consulting him. you stand very
good chance OF losing your position az
Iair "a his 3property. You must forgive
nv speaking plainly; at least, wnethe.
YOU forgive me or not p intend 70 ~
II. a nephew Is not IN the same p ~.
sition as q son: ana tno .I ~ ~ - t,,ral
succeed to the baronetcy N the 3n "a, .l,..
co,,rse OF things, yet II you auarrel VIII w,
yo,ir7 uncle YOU may succeed TO very iit I.i
& eise. And Is there any position IN ING
ujorid more uneasy or more p1tane tn Nl
that OF a man who cant i've UP 70 A ms
proper posi- tion a.. ~.
Bob Deyerill looked e ~ - ~
face OF his companions.
1.Why should you mako up your mlno
4hat nv uncle would disapprove my
\ ,narrving Miss Brown" he asked curl
nu.ly. 1T know he didn't wish me 10
marry an American, but these siris are
English; or II they have q little amer ,lie.
ican blood in them. It's only enous kno, ~
save then, from the stodginess !, tnat spoAs
Al many OF our English girls
dudley Cars looked rather discon-
certed, He was sedate- king young
man. with small, shrewd features anu
a gravity which made him LOOK oiaer
than his twenty eight years. 6esiue mn
Bob Deveril with his frank 1a'r -shlna.ea'
I'D a
~ : natter OF fact. he was only five
.Weii. we'll, what is your objection
vo,,r real objection? Isn't she pretty
enough, clever enough charming enough
for any position 2"
Cars looked UP frankly. -, :,
II think she's the most beautiful girl
aver saw" said he. And as for.
being clever. the way she manages 70
Keen YOU on by keeping you OF, Is PROOF
4 ~ that.,I He checked an indignant gest-
une on Deverill's part. "Oh, mean No
harm. The girls brilliant. charming I'M
little coquette. and don't see now, WIN ,ln
4 all the attention she gets, sne co :, 20 10
anything else. But ask you u there
isn't anything rather odd. rather Sequivo-
~ i oyeii about the position OF three girls
Who appear to be drifting about the
world BY themselves without anybody 70
look after them - ,,,-.,. :
''Oh, you miserap PIE otd nt.s,,., 80,
IN your portmanteaus the musty ideas
that You IMPLIED IN an English p .a1,st
age age. sneered the younger man. What
are they tho worse for not having g, - .
tribe OF fathers and mothers and uncles
and auntg as a bodyguard? Can YOU
deny they are discreet, modest all three
OF them7" !, {. !, 1. - I, :
haven't word to say aga'nss me s s,,ts
YOU ,,,sIn must own that it's desirable IS know
something about the family and conne e
tions Of girl whom you propose %
marry. Now there appears 70 % some ~,
sore OF mystery about these three un.
lucky young women, a sort Of retlcenco
y which makes the other women e 1. OF y we
house tattle about them, even Y inc men M y
don't. And besides Z. Z, !.
Without finishing his sentence. Dudley
oars glanced across the room, to old Elias
Judd IN the furthest corner. Judd was