The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-26

Occasionally" admitted the au-
thor. ''But I'm sure / beg your par
don if l anticipated your climax.
What did she do them"
"Why," said the girl, "she put
herself in her school friends place"
"Great heayens!' cried the au-
thor. "Do YOU mean in u coffin 2"
"Of course not! I meG,. she as
sumed her dead friends nane and
and personality, I think you call it
and pretended she was her."
"She," suggested the author, ''with
the connivance of the cousin ?'
"No. She told the cousin moth
ing about it. She left the omnibus
and drove straight to the mans
house in cab and rang the bell and
walked in. The man was standing
on the hearth rug alone in the room,
and she ran up to him--rcmember,
! she hadn't seen him for ten years
and, with a wild gesture, exclaimed,
Save met"
eyes," observed the author, ''you
have hit upon strong dramatic sit
uation there. What does the man
say, though ?"
E'rhe man replies, q will proclaim
your innocence with my best BREATH
or something OF that sort. and she
falls into his arms After soothing
her for few moments he inquiries
who she is. She tells him she is her
dead friend, his sister-in-law's cous-
in, but the man replies that there
must be some mistake, as he has no
sister-in-law. The girl fixes her eyes
upon his face intently for several
minutes before remarking, 'Then
you are not James de Vere?' The
man answers, No; my name is
JONES' and the girl discovers that
she has come to the wrong house"
'Ah, that, too, is fine situation,"
murmured the author-'sfor the
| girl"
"Yes, I do not think it is bad.
But the strange part is that Jones
and De We're are both members of
club where ladies can be taken as
guests, you know. There are such
clubs in London, aren't there?"
ooh, yes; several" said the au-
| thor.
$50 Jones offers to conduct the
girl to this club and hand her over
to De We're, and they drive off to-
gether. Meantime the girls hus-
band has discovered her flight and
starts in pursuit. Having heard her
once mention the name of he- dead
school friends cousin, he first seeks
out this lady and from her learns
that his wife and she met that very
morning in an omnibus. That ra-
assures him, and he goes home to
dinner. Jones and the girl reach the
club and Jones finds De We're TAX
| ing afternoon tea with-whom do
you think 2"
81 am at loss to conjecture"
said the author. permitting his eyes
to dwell dreamily on the girls flush
ed face.
'sWhy, with tile school friendp'
exclaimed the girl, clasping her
hands.
st'The school friend ?'
Eyes. She wasn't dead. after all.
It turned out to be merely a mali
cious and unfounded report. On
the contrary, she was engaged to be
married to De Vere."
"Ah, lucky De Verel And is that
all ?"
eeNo; that concludes the first half
of;the story. The rest is principally
explanations. I want to know how
it ought to be written" said the
girl.
cts too exciting cor me to give
an opinion straight off," rejoined
the author. "You say the girl knew
the man for ten years? 2"
Eyes,
aBut the man didn't know the
| grip"
tsNo.''
Mtswas his lossw murmured the.
author. Pray, how long have you
known me ?"
"Oh, ever since I was fifteen or
thereabouts," answered the girl, ex-
amining the pattern ofi. The authors
carpet.
ssAnd it seems only within the last
half hour that ] have known you'll"
calculated the author, rising from
his chair.
fsWhat on earth do you mean 2"
|,demanded the gill
mean, said the author, tethat
we will write your story together if
you will, but on one condition"
And what is the condition."
hat, unlike the girl in the story,
you will promise never, never to run
away from me, not even for a lark
&c b I" said the girl.
And ,.s; ..s.