Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-10-12

fo,,,1. apartment" said Warvvic,-
sa1liy Half den. half home NOT oo,a
s nneu 70 bachelors. like it. Wbo,, :
H. hg.a0~ : nau home it always sticks -
liin Dit. There's Jap comes 'i N ~, -
creams up for me, and If / want . r, ''.iu
can have it, ""H' meal.
II am going to housekeen,no - .,
oesan stanton awkwardly. 49,
"Honeymoon?" warwick.s eyes LIGHT.
ca with amusement. He had NOT
dreamed the boy had gone SO far
10 not as bad us that" Stanton
nesi'ated' glancing at the joyous. riot
GUS crowd about the piano rs nv
sister. Mothers sent her on to +aIro
care OF me until she can come harsolf
guess they didn't get very good
accounts of their little boy In Manba+-
Tan. But wrote home and fold thor,
about you and what sort of chan
you We're and how you had taken mo
unuer your wing, and l promised to
cut OUT the hotel and-well, a whole
lot OF things mother didn't like the
mayor of, and today
"Whoopee" yelled Yates from tha
dressing room. i've found Warrv,s
tablecloth. It's dreamp'
warwick sat up and dropped his
cigarette. Waiting dizziIy. radiantIv
Wickedly out from the dressing room
came Yates, arrayed in the pink silk
klmono. There was a silence. then a
long drawn howl of delight from the
crowd. They caught Yates in their
arms. and swept him up on the center
table. They handed him a Samoan
ran of dyed plumes and a Mexican
peaked hat. Trainor at the piano
crashed into the San Toy overture.
And suddenly Warwick stood ND.
white and mad, mad clear through
that they should dare even in lest to
touch anything that BELONGED to the
dear, unknown girl, the brunette with
the gray eyes.
Take that off, he said.
The music stopped short. but not
from his words. Every face in the
crowd was turned toward the door of
the hall, and Yates looked HELPLESS and
miserable. Warwick turned, too. and
held his breath She stood in the
doorway, one hand lifting aside the
heavy drapery. Behind her was
George, the colored hall boy. Her
face looked startled, and yet there
was amusement, too, in the wide gray
eyes. as they glanced from face to
face and finally rested on Yates.
There is some mistake, l think"
she said gently. George tells me a
parcel of mine was left here tonight.
| have only moved here today. and
ha
gentleman has on my kimono."
Wretched. limp and apologize. Yates
was assisted from the table, and di-
vested of the pink silk gown.
Il am sorry to spoil your amuse-
ment'- she stopped, and turned her
head toward Warwick as the host,
when all at once her eyes met STAN
toms.
"Marjorier' he gasped. Marjorie,
you blessed kidw
Silently and discreetly the crowd
averted its composite face while Stan
ton kissed Marjorie ecstatcally. War
wick looked unhappy.
Boys" cried Stanton. "this is my
sister, all the way from Nebraska to
Manhattan to take care of her little
brother"
Mother is here. too" Marjorie eX-
planned. blushing at the ELUSIVE wei
come accorded her. I'VE had the adj
dress of these apartments and you
wrote that they We're very nice, YOU
know. and that Mr. Warwick lived
hero
THAT'S Warwick" nte~posed stan
c,1l
Warwick bowed. Suddenly he felt
great. supreme gladness steal over him.
She had gray eyes. staaton's sister
from Nebrasi.a
so we came rieht here from the de-
not ana mother wanted TO surprise
You BY having everything ready.
bought my kimono on the way here
because our trunks haven't come yet
and the boy made a mistake delivering
# we have The apartment just across
the hail.
"Boys." cried Stanton. come on TO
the apartment across the hall and pc
introduced. You've got to make us
welcome, because we've come to stay.
Decorously and quietly the crowd
crossed to the apartment next door
with dignity and beautiful grace they
we're introduced to stanton's mother
and to Stanton's home. and stanton
knew he was accepted and admitted
forever to the "itness Of things
But warwick sat in a corner watch !
no Marjorie make tea, tea from his
taanot which the Jap servant had
'1ron~bt over. and over the back of her
49, ploa7i Inc tbe pink silk kimono. He