Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12
CHAPTER VII.
"A Way Thew Have IN tba Nr q,

capt. and Mrs. Kempt, with sabina bod
resided week In the Matterhorn E1otar
| before the two girls arrived there Tbay
| mad gone direct to New York and q "a
| CURED the seven days to find fiat tba
| suited them, of which they were IN toll
possession on the first of October. Their
| 'iefe were the lawyers to see; a grea
many business details to settle and o.
| archltect TO consult. After leaving Nau
forh the girls spent a day at Haverstock
where dorothy Amhurst bought a piece az
| iahd as shrewdly as If she had been In tbe
real estate business all her life. After tbie
transaction the girls drove to the station
| on the line connecting with the inctned
railway. and so, as Katherine Remarked
were waited to the skies on fiowar,1 ~
| OF ease" which she explained 70 bas
shocked companion was all right. because =,
was quotation from hymn When az
last they reached their hotel. Katherine
was in ecstaSies s
Isn't this heavenly" she cried. land
| indeed. it. ought to be. for I understand ws
are three thousand feet higher than we
were In New York, and even the skv
| scrapers can't compete with such an oItt
| tude."
The broad valley OF the Hudson lay
| spread beneath them. stretching as far &c
the eye could see, shimmering in the thin
| blush veil Of a summer evening. and miIss
| silver ribbon. o
The gallant captain. who had been ener-
getically browbeaten by his younger daugh-
| ter, and threatened with divers pains nd
| penalties should he fail to paw attentinn
| and take heed to instructions, had ac-
quilted himself with eclat In the selection
| Of rooms for Dorothy and his daughter
| The suite was situated In one corner of the
huge caravansary, a large parIor occupy-
| ing the angle, with windows on one side
| looking into the forest, and on the other
! giving an extended view across the valley.
| The front room adjoining the parIor was
| to be Dorothy's very own, and the. end
| room belonged to Katherine, he said. as
| long as she behaved herself. If Dorothy
| ever wished to evlct her strenuous neigh
| Dor, all she had to do was to cali upon the
| captain, and he would lend his aid. at
which proffer Of assistance katherine
| tossed her head, and said she would try
| the room for week. and. IL she didn't like
| 1t, out Dorothy would have TO go.
There followed days and nights of rev
| elry. Hops. concerts, entertainments of all
sorts, with more pretentious ball on
| Saturday night, when the week-tired man
| from New York arrived in the afternoon 10
| find temperature twenty degrees lower. and
the altitude very much higher than was
| the case In his busy Office In the city.
Katherine reyeled In this round of excite
ment. and indeed, SO. in milder way, did
Dorothy. After the functions were over
/ the girls enjoyed comforting chat with
one another in their drawing room: all
windows open. and the moon a-shining
down over the luminous valley, which 1t
seemed to I'LL with mother-o'-pearl dust.
Young Mr. J. X. Henderson OF New York,
| having danced repeatedly with Katherine
| on Saturday night, unexpectedly turned up
! for tho hop on the following "Wednesday,
when he again danced repeatedly with the
same joyous girl. It being somewhat IN
usual for keen business man TO take z