The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-15

FRANK JORDAN.
chase ticket. He remembered it had
taken him about three minutes, and at
the end OF similar period he stepped
on the platform again with the paste
board and change in his hand, as If he
had just come from the window.
ut will be real nice to have your
company to town." she said. Bob col
ored
1--WE changed my mind" he explain
ed. I'm not going to town this morn
Ing. May wait until the last train"
Il will have father send a check to
your club" she smiled as the train
came in and he saw her settled in the
chair car. Il suppose l shall see you
at Collins Mondayr
Surely" he smiled as he raised his
hat and made for the platform, but as
the train grew smaller In the distance
he became less confident 1t was Sat
urday afternoon. He could not wire to
his office for money. They closed at
noon, and 1t was IL now. He might
try the boys, but most of them went
out of town over Sunday. In any
event, he should hate to explain that
he had left the Carvers in such hurry
that he had not even had time to send
for funds. He made his way to the lit
tie hotel, where the landlords curious
glances made him realize that the
transfer to the hotel would excite Gu
rioslty.
He began to feel that he had acted
very foolishly. If he had confessed to
have taken her to town-or told her 10
send up to Carver's and have taken the
next trainl Now it looked as IL ha
should have to stay in the town over
Sunday
The landlord could not cash him q
check, so he took a room and made hin
way to 1t. After the comfort Of Carver
castle the dingy room. with its Sheet
iron stove and fiorid wall paper, seem
ed intolerable, but it was better than
wandering around town and perhaps
running into Frank Jordan.
Somehow, as the afternoon passed,
Jordan appeared less formidable than
he had, and Pelham began to feel I'M
comfortably like a fool 1t had been
such trifle to quarrel over. He had
found them in the music room and Jor-
dan had been dlsentangling a strand
Of Alice's hssr from his coat button.
He had refused to believe her prompt
explanation that in turning the mCs,c
he had caught her hair. He had as
sumed a Irritation, and his cutting re-
marks had ended in the return Of his
ring and misery for them both. In his
hot anger he had not liked to ask his
host to cash a check and had gone
away without thought of emergen-
cies.
There Is no time to consider the COM
monplace things OF life when one has
| just lost the girl he loves, and all would
have been well enough had he not
feared Fay Gressit's ridicule.
| He made a pretense of reading a
book he found in his hand bag, but he
could not interest himself In the story
and long before the dusk began to close
in he was thoroughly miserable.
He welcomed knock at the DOOR II
could only be the porter with coal or
the chambermsid with towels, but
somehow he felt as if he had been
| stranded on a desert island end he
welcomed the advent Of any one. He
sprang to bis teet as he cried Come
in!' and confronted Frank Jordan
You will pardon my breaking in up
ON your solitude" began Jordan, but
Miss Carver sent me for you"
How did you know was herer' he
demanded suspiclously.
Miss Gressit sent a telegram warn
Ing us that you were still In town and
asking us to look you up"
Have you the telegram asked BOB.
Jordan shook his head.
miss Carver has that She just asked
me to look you up. 1 say, old chap, l
feel awfully cut up over last night.
There really was nothing to It. OF
course know how you feel. When a
fellow Is first engaged he is Jealous OF
the rest of mankind. Good Lord, when
l was first engaged to Fay used to be
jealous even Of her riding master"
] You engaged to Fay GFsssitf" shout