Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-25

nnal. | never back down, either."
 'IM wear it; only mark mes I'll get even with you. 1 always dh" {
 T am not boy any longer. ."-with an infection on the personal pronoun. Well, to continue about that .exruse4 You left the house without a hat, .and you met the boys and played poker all night. That hitches wonderfully. You didn't feel well enough to go to the embassy, but you could go. and play. pokenE That sounds, as if you cared a lot for your sister. And you wanted to stay at home the first night, because you had almost forgotten how the in side of private dwelling looked. Very good. very, coherent .
 Cut it. Chuck. What the deuce ex- cuse can I give?'-worriedly lighting the cigar I had given him. /,
 My boy. I'm not making up your excuses: you'll have to invent those I'll be silent, but refuse to lie to Nan cy on your account. Poker is the only excuse that would carry any. weight with it. You will have to let them be- lieve you're heartless wretch: which you are. if you persist iI this idiotic exploit" t
 You don't understand, Chuck I wish I could tell you; honestly, do. The girls will have to think mean things of me till the farce is over. | couldn't escape if I wanted to- :.
 ''Is it Miss Annesley, Bob? Was it she whom you ran away with? Come make clean breast of it. If it's she why, that altogether alters the face of things
 He walked the length of the cell and returned. T give up. You've hit it. You understand now. simply can't back away; I couldn't if tried Are you in love with the girl?"
 That's just what I want to find out, Chuck, I'm not sure. I've been think ing of her night and day. I never had any affair; I don't know what love is. But If it's shaking in your boots at the sound of her name, if it's getting red in the face when you only just think of her, if it's having a wild de- sire to pick her up and run away with her when you see her, then I've got it. When she stepped out of that con- founded carriage last night, you could have knocked me over with a paper wad. Come, let's go out. Hang the hat. Let them laugh if they will. It's only couple of blocks to the hat ters.''
 He bravely put the white hat on his head, and together we marched out Of the police-office into the street. We entered the nearest hatter's together. He took what they call drop-k6k out Of the hat. sending it far to the rear of the establishment. I. purchased a suitable derby for. him, gave him ten dollars for emergencies, and we parted.
 He proceeded to a telegraph office and sent dispatch to friend up north, asking him to telegraph him to come at once. taking his chances of getting a reply. After this he boarded north- going-car, and was rolled out to Chevy Chase. He had no difficulty in finding the house of which he was in search. It was fine example of colonial archi- lecture. we'll back from the road, and fields beyond it. It was of! fsd brrk and white stone, with wide veranda supported by great white pillars. There was a modern portico at one side. A fine lawn surrounded the whole and white-pebble walks wound in and out. All around were thickly wooded hills. gashed here and there by the familiar yet peculiar red clay of the country. Warburton walked up the driveway and knocked deliberately at the ser wants door, which was presently opened. q learned all these things af- .terward. which accounts for my aeeu- rate knowledge of events)
 Please inform Miss Annesley that Mir. Osborne has come in reply to her letter" he said to the little black eyed French maid. .--@ -"t.,..-
 "Ees Meestaire Osborrrne zee new groom?"
 Yes"
 T go thees minute," Hein. what a fne-looking young man to make eyes at on cold nights in the kitchen.
 Warburton sat down and twirled his hat Several times he repressed the desire 10 laugh He gazed- curiously about him. From where he sat he could see into the kitchen. The French chef was hanging up his polished pans in glistening row back of the range and he was humming a little chason which Warburton had often heard in the restaurants of the provincial cities of France He even found himself catching up the refrain where the chef left of. Presently he heard foot steps sounding on the hardwood floor, which announced that the maid was returning with her mistress
 He stood up. rested first on one foot. then on the other. and aSkvardly shifted his nev hat from one hand to the other. then suddenly put the hat under his arm. recollecting that the label Eas not such as servants wore inside their hats
 There was something disouieting in those magnetic sapphire eyes looking 90 serenely into his.
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