Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22

he had caught her hair. He had as sulned filtration. and his cutting re marks had ended in the return of his ring and misery for them both. In lis hot anger he hau not liked to ask his host to cash q cheek and had gone away without q thought of emcrgrn- cies
 There is 10 time to consider the com. monplacc things of life when one has just lost the girl he loves. and all would have been well enough had he not feared Fay Gressits ridicule.
 He made q rretense of reading 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 q knock at the door. II could only nc the porter with coal or the chambcrmaid with towels, but somehow he felt as II he had been stranded on a desert island, and h, welcomed the advent of any one. He sprang to his feet as he cried ~Fome iu.a and confronted Frank Jordan.
 You will pardon my breaking in up on your solitude.' began Jordan, "hut Miss Carver sent me for YOU.
 How did you know l was hcrc:' he demanded suspiciollsly
 Miss GreSSt sent q telegram warn ing us that you were still i'll town and asking us to look you up.
 Have you the telegrante asked Bob Jordan shook his head
 Miss Carver has that. She just asked me to look you up. l say, old chap, feel awfully cut up over last night There really was nothing to it. 0t course know how you feel When a fellow is first engaged he is jealous ot the rest of mankind. Good Lord, wher was first engaged to Fay I used to bo jealous even of her riding master.
 "You engaged to Fay Gressit?' shout ed Bob "l thought you were-well, in terestcd in Alice
 Sure I'm interested" agreed Jordan She's been a sort of fairy godmothel to Fay and me. You know, Mrs. Gres sit does not approve of me; thinks lIn not a good match for Fay, and if ii weren't for Alice I don't know what we would have done"
 II suppose everybody is laughing al my staying behind,' said Pelham weakly.
 Don't know anything about it. de clared Jordan. Il can let you have what you need and you can go right on to town or you can come back With me and simply explain that you changed your mind If I were you I'd go back. Alice says you have a ring that belongs to her.
 "I'll go,' said Bob. Help me get these things together
 Some hours later Bob and Alice sat in the music room while Jordan was doing his best to hold the rest of the crowd in the library with parlor magic.
 'I'm awfully glad you came back, whispered Alice as she slipped her hand the one with the ring on it-into his, T think Fay is the smartest girl l know
 But what made her think l was go ing to stay over:". he asked. "I told her I was going down on the next train
 .'She saw you buy your ticket and that there was only the one bill in your purse. She knew that if you stayed over there would be a chance for an explanation, so she borrowed every cent you had and telegraphed us from ] tie next stop just what she had done. ' , T think" said Pelham slowly, that l owe Fay great deal more than she owes me-"
 T should hope" said Alice, that you value me at more than SEQ" "Dear,' he whispered, you are with out price,
 '.Without money and without price" she quoted. You without the money and without the price,