The Democratic advocate., 1906-07-20


hand ratified like castanets.
The aunt had very kindly invited me
to call should | ever visit America, the
guest pursued, ''and lost little time after
| landing in looking them up. But, unfor-
tunately, found the house closed for the
summer, and the caretaker in charge only
able to tell me that her mistress was at
Nahant | promptly ran down-only to
find that the lady sought had fitted to
Bar Ilarbor think should have gone
to the length Of following her. but that the
necessity for my immediate attention to the
business which had nsibly-hrought
me across was imperative; 50 | could only
write, and as yet have received no reply.
| had depended upon securing the niece's
address from the aunt, and having missed
her leaves me no clew to the young lady's
place of residence further than that it is
somewhere in the South.
well, - TesSie encouraged him. ''if
you'I Il pardon the trite suggestion, the
world Is very small place, after all, and
its possible you may chance upon her
whcu you least expect II.
"Eminently possible, inwarlly echoed
the maid, standing demurely behind Mrs
Naudiyer's chair
Tom and his guest declining to be left
to their cigars and solitude, joined the Ia
dies on the riazza. where the Enclishman
in cordial converse with his host's sister,
whose piquant prettiness made good the
first componet of Kentueky's threefold
claim to distinction, while the fair sweep
Of moonlit meadow aud wooded upland be-
yond the terraccd lawn sulStantiated sec
oud. added another to his store Of pleasant
experiences in thi, hospitahle southland.
Next morning, breakfast passed of as
,m,.oIhly as the evening meal had done
and Marian. hearing the trap which was
TO take Tom and his guest to the station
drive to the door. was ielicitating herself
that the ordeal was successfully over, when
the Honorable Chauneey chaneei suddenly
To remember having carelesly left an his
tnric ~icnet rin., an heirloom in his family,
on the dressing table in his apartment.
- stupid of iaer he apologized
"rn just run up aud fetch ii-I shau' t
/ be an Instant
Don think Of it. bcg, his hostess
luterpseeJ. Marian viii get it for you, 90
And Marian standias los with Tessie :
heht driving coat -re9sie had agreed to
/ drive thr g,.ntlcmeu acrrS- Co the station
ru>tautl, olsyei
She caught mp the Tin- which she re
I melutyrrA 60 have seen before, and ran
hastily duwu the stairs to 6ni herself
4,uar,ly ,,,nl,unlel b. the Englishman,
! uho was awaiting her approach With i'm
{ ,.atien,lv extended hand. The VANTAGE Of
| three ,tcFs rat-.vi the gid to hj, exact
| height and their eyts me, sluarely, hers
I falling IN utter caaiu>ion and dtsmay be.
/ fore the hook e startled reousuj,iou which
4 iawurl IN his
4 hast II varied emo,iaus thronged
ut.,n hin, a, h. wilh,lFow the ouistEelehed
I hand l-which fortunately .till held the in-
tended tip, be- opened hls hpz to speak,
( bat bciSrc he could frame a coherent sen
7 tcnse hi. mental processes we're slow
she had slipped pas, hiu wiih 4 murmured
ap.,lasy aud disappeared
| Nr~ yandiyer had stepped outside TO
/ calm the r,-,tive Tom, who was calling im-
| patienily
Sorry To hurry you Old man, but we rr
| likely tn niss our trala TeSsie was al
ready seated with the ribbons ne her hand,
snl The Honorable Chauncey found moth
/ ins lrft him but "a make his adiSu 70 Mrs
! vandivc. and take has place in the trap,
Two DAYS lo.er. Tom Yandiver, return
ins from his daily run into the city, led
his sister aside with porsen,ous solemnisy
NV dear child, be began, With q
grUtssqae assumption Of patriarchal dig
/ nity. .,while have hitherto always strong
ly iizappruved uf international alliances,
wish 10 assure you that in the present in
stance shall intsrposc no objection.
T,Ssie surveyed the speaker IN blank
amaEement
..Our friend, the blooming ButlsheT,
Tom pursued, illuminately, has dleidec
to again honor our humble domicile with
his presence. He dropped into the ofhc'
this morning to ask permission % accom-
| pany me home tomorrow proposed him
self for the week : end, think he
phrased u-saying that it was absolutel )
essential that he should interview the mat
ter with DELAY. OF course this can have
but one Interpretation What a thing II
il to have 4 siren for sister, But for tht
Westphalia land deal, which trembles IN
the balance. | should have felt it my duty
to pass him the tip that you were already
wearing the solitaire of another deluded
swain But business considerations pre-
vailed, and I-temporized. | trust You
do likewise at least till we cineh the deal,
| Tessie eyed her brother with pityins
superiority
What i ehump You are, Toni she
observed, with sistarly candor. Is /
: possible sou don guess; that You dldn
See-y'
WHAT queried Tom, with hatterins
interest.
"Oh. nothing And Tessie disap
Peared
When the blooming Britisher pre-
scented himself on the following afternoon
he was 50 plainly preeocUrded that TeSsi'
hastened to arrange for ha the desired
interview with heI mother, the fsaTport o
of which she shrewedly surmised. Tom
less astute, harassed her with FiaSilv'
pleas 10 ''let johnny Bull down easy,
until she decoyed him out to the kennels
to examine purely mythical cut on hi
| tavorite setter ioreleg.
Meanwhile the Honorable Chauncey
left alone with the unconscious Mrs. Van
diver, went directly to the point.
Il think | mentioned to you, Mrs
| Nandiver, he began-apropos of moth
ing having met at Rome two compa
triots of yours, Mrs. Stuyvesant of New
York, and her niece, Miss Hallewel.
came to America with the intention o
asking Miss Hallowell to become my wife
think | told you of my misfortune II
missing the aunt, and my consequent ina
bility to locate the niece, whose home ad
dress i did not have. Imagine my sur
prise when [ found her serving in nAenia
capacity in your home. did not reeog