Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-09
DAILY STORY
FOUND HIS ANCHOR.
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| such persons preferring an automobile
CT. a carriage. Not that his clothes
were especially fine; it was something
N the general appearance Of the young
| iiian himself.
Climbing a stone wall, he entered q
wood, mounted a slight rise in the
| ground, then descended to small ar
tlficial lake and crossed Il rustic bridge.
| While leaning over Il guard rail looking
a. some water lilies he heard Il WON
ans voice coming from behind him:
! strangers are not admitted to these
grounds, sir"
The man turned and saw Il very pref
ty girl shading her eyes with Il red
parasol from the autumn sun. Rails
ing his hat. he replied:
Il saw no prohibition notice as
entered"
"If you had entered by the gateway.
you would have seen one"
"But l didn't enter by the gate
For that reason | have spoken to
you. Persons coming in here socially
or on business don't climb the wall"
I'm sorry to have trespassed. BY
your speech l judge that you own the
place"
My father rents it."
THAT makes him and his family
owners SO far as occupying it eXclu-
sively for themselves is concerned.
Don't you think it Il bit selfish in YOU
TO begrudge II poor traveller the pleas
IRE of resting in the cool Shade:"
should we do So we would be over
.un. Besides. they pull things to
pieces. We are especially anxious to
keep it in good order just now, for
our lease is about To expire. and we
wish to turn it over to the owner In
first class shape"
a very eXacting person, preSumeT
oh, no; it is we who are particular.
Mr.. Chichester concerns himself very
little about it,
chichester? What Chichester"
Robert. l believe"
You don't mean it? Bob Chichester.
know him well"
The girl cast u suspicious glance at
the stranger.
You think am imposing on you. L
will describe Chichester and prove 10
you that l really know him.
THAT wouldn't avail anything, for
never saw him myself"
You know that he has been a stu
dent ut oxford, England?"
Yes, know that"
well, we both, being Americans,
knew each other. But l didn't fancy
him
The girls eyes flashed.
"Unluckily he is not here to return
the compliment"
"Oh, l can do that for him. His opin-
ion of me is my opinion of him"
Superior persons are usually dislik-
ed by their interiors;
Bob Chichester isn't my superior"
be said. with remarkably good nature.
Were two of kinda pair of
knaves"
"Knaves always consider other per-
sons knaves. Perhaps that's the rea-
son of your opinion of Mr.. Chichester"
And the reason of his opinion of
me-
Il have only your word for that, and
since you confess yourself Il knave l
give that for it," She snapped her fin
gers viciously.
May l ask Il reason for this defense
of Il man you have never seem"
The girl hesitated She knew the
folly of chatting thus confidentially
with a stranger, but being interested in
of N L. hn
ton to the winds.
''Since renting this place my father
has had nothing but misfortune and is
unable to pay the whole of years
rent due. He wrote. or. rather, | wrote
for him. a full statement of the mat
ter to Mr. Chichester who replied with
unbounded generosity, inclosing a re-
ceipt for the amount"
'Oh, you were the writer of that let
ter?'
MIR. Chichester must be a confidnG |
person to have shown it to-
"a knave. Certainly. Didn't l tell |
you we were both knaves? You see,
Chichester and 1 are sort of DR.. |
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. 1t was I who |
prompted him to write that letter.
"Well, l declarer'
Fact. Bob declared he wouldn't do |
it; vowed he'd sue the account, al |
though you said such course would |
bring down a multitude of creditors ON |
your father 1 shook my fist at him |
and told him
stop" She stood looking at him
ike Il fury. Leave these grounds"
Il decline to be ordered off my own
Your own property?"
''Yes, 1 own this place, and when 1 |
received that letter l resolved that /
would come home and do my best to /
become the owner of the woman who
could write such letter.
She stood staring at him in Il sort OF |
1azed wonder. He advanced and put |
put his hand. She made no move. and |