Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-03

make mistake Maybe l hired him
because I liked his looks" Betty
glanced amusedly at the groom. whose
neck and ears we're red. She laughed.
You always were an extraordinary
child. l do not understand II in the
least am even worried. He may be
a great criminal"
NO. not a great criminal" said
Betty, recoliecdng the ride Of that
morning; but frst-class horseman.
d willing and obedient. 1 have been
forced 10 make James serve as butler.
He has been under the hands OF our
cook. and have been watching them.
How have laughed OF all dron
scenes,"
So she had laughed. Ell? warbur-
toms jaws snapped. She had been
watching. too?
Il rode Pirate this morning"
you rode that horse?" interrupted
Mrs. Chadwick.
Yes. and he ran away with me in
fine style. If it hadn't been for the
new groom. / shouldn't be here. and
the dinner would be a dismal failure.
with me in bed with an arm or leg
broken. Heavenst never was so
frightened in ali my life. We went
so fast against the wind that I could
scarce breathe. And when It was all
over, tainted like a ninny."
Tainted I should have thought
You wouid. I should have fallen OH
the animal and been killed. Betty.
sou certainly have neither foretbourft
nor discretion. The very idea OF your
attempting 90 ride that ANIMAL"
well I am wiser. and none the
I worse for the scare James. stop,
stop,' Betty cried suddenly.
When this command struck his
I sense OF hearing. James was pretty TAR
away Iu thought He was wondering
if an this were true. IL il was. he
must mako the best OF &c. but III 10
was a dream. ne wanted TO wake up
right away. because &C. was becoming
niehmarish
James," The end of parasoI
uckled him in the ribs and Dee drew up
I somewhat frightened What was co-
/ ing to happen move lie was soon TO
end out For this pas to be the real
/ climax of tle dav. or. at least. the
incident was rrenaut with the possi-
buit'es of 90 climax
"CoIone. surely SOU are NOT going
| Co pass us hy n tli- iashiou2' cried
the girl They we-e almost opposite
Tho Army and Eayy club.
"Why. is chat you. 1Iiss Eetyg Pass
you by Only when ] lrow blind
/ roared q hon-,i'o voice VERY glad
90 see you. Airs. Chadwick"
That voice. of au tbo voices he had
ever heard, A chill of iudescribable
terror Few up aud down nay jehu's
l spine. and his pores closed mp. he
/ locked around cautiously 10 was he,
I he OF AIN men, his reeimental colonel.
I who possessed the most remarkable
memory of any army man west of the
Mississippi. and who had often vowed
,hat he knew his subaltcrns SO well
that he could always successfully
prescribe for their liversi
81 was just about 90 turn into the
club for my mail. declared the colonel
I 1T was very good of YOU 20 stop me.
III wager you've been Specializing IN
the shops. touching the bundles with
/ his cane.
D You win" laughed Betty. but
TN give you a hundred guesses In
which TO find out what any one OF
these packages contains"
Guessing is a bad business. What
ever these things are. they can add
but little TO the beauty of those who
Will wear them; for / presume Mrs
Chadwick has some claim upon these
bundles"
Very adrOiuy worded." smiled Mrs
Chadwick. who loved a silken phrase.
Eve shall see you at dinner to-
night?"
"All the battalions Of England could
not keep me away from that festive
board" the colonel vowed (Another
spasm for the groomD And how is
/ that good father OF yours?"
/ "As kind and loving as ever"
! q wish you could have seen him in
the cid days in Virginia" said the colo
mel. who. like ali old men. contin-
ually fell hack upon the reminiscent
. "Handsomest man in the brigade. and
fight made him as happy as a bull
pup. / was with him the day he met
your mother, softly. How she hu-
inflated him because he wore the blue!
She was Obliged TO feed him-fortunes
OF war; but I could see that she hoped
each mouthful would choke him"
What Ny mother wished that?'
| Mrs. Chadwick laughed. The groom
chin sank into his collar.
3 Walt a moment She wasn't in
love with him then. We were
camped on that beautiful Virginian
home Of yours for nearly a month.
You know how courtly he always was
and is. Well, 20 every rebuff he replied
with smile and some trifing favor.
She never had TO lift a finger about
the house. But one thing he was firm
In: she should sit at the same table
during the meals And when Johnston
came laundering down that memorable
day. and your father was shot in the
lungs and fell with a dozen saber cuts