The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-09-08
ing, iii her hour OF need she be-
thought her of her old friend"
Eyes, her old school friend.


"Yes, her old school friend. l
Sec"
NO, no; the man. But on her
way to him she met the mans sister
in-law--the cousin Of the school
friend-and she told her that her
school friend was dead"
Dear, dear.'' said the author.
"And that decided her to return
home to her husband, Of course"
Really" exclaimed the girl, Il
think you have very poor idea oil
plots, considering you write stories
yourself"
occasionally" admitted the au-
thor, "But I'm sure ! beg your par
don if I 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 the coffin p
'Of course not! | mean she as
su1ned her dead friends name and
and personality, / think you call it
and pretended she was her"
"Shc," suggested the author, with
the connivance of the cousin?"
"No. She told the cousin moth
ing about il. 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 i'll the room,
and she ran up to him--remember,
she hadn't seen him for ten years
and, with a wild gesture, exclaimed,
Save mer"
"Ies," observed the author, "you
have hit upon strong dramatic sit
uation there. What docs the man
say, though ?"
"The man replies, Il will proclaim
your innocence with my best breath,
or something of that sort, and she
falls into his arms. After soothing
her for a 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 intcntly for several
minutes before rcmarking, 'Th9l
you are not James dc Vcre?' 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"
murmurcd the author-''for the
girl"
eyes, L do not think it is bad.
But the strange part is that Jones
and De We're arc both members Of q
club where ladies can be taken as
guests, you know There are such
clubs in London, aren't therc?"
=: "Oh, yes; several" said the au-
thor.
80 Jones offers to conduct the
girl to this club and hand her over
to De We're, and they drive off to.
gcther. Meantime the girls hus.
band has discovered her fight and
starts in pursuit Having heard hcl
once mention the name Of her 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 re.
assures him, and he goes home tc
dinner. Jones and the girl reach the
club, and Jones finds De We're tax.
ing afternoon tea with-whom dc
you think 2"
Il am at a loss to conjecture
said the author, permitting his eyes
to dwell dreamily on the girls flush
ed face.
"Why, with the school friend.
exclaimed the girl, clasping hel
hands.
1.-THE school friend 2"
eyes. She wasn't dead, after all
It turned out to be merely mali
cious and unfounded report. Or
the contrary, she was engaged to b.
married to DE Vere.'
"Ah, lucky DE We're! And is thai
all %
'No; that concludes the first hall
of the story. The rest is principal,
explanations. l want to know how
it ought to be written" said tht
girl.
sits too exciting for me to give
an opinion straight off," rcjoinec
the author. you say the girl knew
the man for ten years."
"Yes."
'.But the man didn't know thu
girl"
NO"
at was his lossH' murmured thu
author. ''Pray, how long have 20,
known me?"
, ''Oh, ever since l was fifteen o.
thcreabouts," answered the girl, ex
amining the pattern of the author
carpet.