The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-10

HARRIS HEMINGWAY, THE MAN OF ALL
OTHERS SHE WISHED TO AVOID.
had conspired to throw them thus to-
gether when she had imagined him
safely out west?
You see, | was awfully lucky" he
was saying "Just as l was about off
my brother turned up, and we decided
the trip was not really obligatory. SO l
rang up Mrs Farwell, and she told me
that Bob Dickinson had backed out at
the last moment and repeated her invi-
tation to me- And so here l am" he
repeated joyously. Wasn't it luck?"
Great luck" repeated Miss Norton,
looking at him with rather curious
eyes. She did not understand this new
mood of his. In the early part of the
winter the two had been great friends,
and she had seen much of Hemingway.
Latterly, however, he had seemed very
busy. The few times they had met he
had appeared tired and preoccupied,
and unconsciously vague GOODNESS
had grown up between them. Today he
seemed more like his old self, and the
pain at her heart deepened. Oh, why,
why had she come!
He had discovered small boat, with
oars and rowlocks, tied to the end of
the dock, and now helped her into it.
Perhaps on board there might be some
word from the Farwells. But the cap
tain had been ordered for eight bells.
1t was now that and after Should the
dinner be served?
1T may be the best way to bring
Them" suggested Hemingway.
But the soup. the fish, had been
eaten, the salad and now the dessert
and coffee, and still no word Miss
Norton was becoming seriously wor-
ried when the splash of oars announc-
ed an arrival. However, the boat con-
tanned only one man.
Telegram for Miss Norton" he
called.
Hemingway watched the girl as she
tore open the envelope At her excla-
nation he started forward
rs anything wrongT' he demanded
sharply.
"The-the automobile has broken
". This was worse than anything that
had happened yet "They cannot get
here tonight. So they suggest that we
try to find some one we. know on
shore" Her voice was uncertain. The
last train was gone She knew Of no
one in the neighborhood. Heming-
ways face cleared.
why, the Mayhews have a place
only few miles from here" he ex-
claimed triumphantly. I'VE can easily
get trap at the station and drive out.
know they would be delighted"
Emily Mayhem" repeated Miss Nor
ton family. She go to Emily May
hew's! That would indeed be a fitting
climax for this wretched afternoon.
Was 1t not Emily Mayhem with whom
Hemingway had spent the most of his
time at the Richardson dance? Was
it not with Emily Mayhem that she had
seen him in hanson dashing down
town? And had not more than one
rumor of Emily Mayhew's engagement
to Mr.. Hemingway reached her? 1t
would be horrible to go there, she re-
iected, yet what else could she do?
Clearly it was impossible to remain on
the yacht without Mrs. Farwell.
1t could not be helped Quietly she
took her place in the boat to go
ashore. Quietly she stepped into the
ramshackle vehicle Hemingway sue
ceeded in procuring. 1t was a clear,
star lit night; the road. winding
through English-like lanes, was fra
grant with dew dampened flowers.
Everything breathed of peace and
beauty. Insensibly the girls perturba-
ton began to still itself.
Then all at once around sudden
corner came rush of four blazing
lights; the warning "honk, honk" of
the hurrying monster. The station
horse. taken unawares. backed precipi-
lately There was bump, crash.
Alicia, struggling slowly back to con-
sciousness, found herself in Mrs. Far