The Globe-republican., 1906-11-08
TWO LIARS MADE ONE
BY Leonard w. Conant
Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

80 Qeauly cOlQ was he anu 81 uoIn
nant was his tone and attitude tina
the girl paused.
81 offer to release you from you
engagement, Ethel" he went on, "onl.
because 1t seems to me that you de
sire to be released. God knows wan
you as ardently as ever have. 1t |.
your own GOODNESS and something thai
you have erected between us that led
me to say what | did. | do not de
mand, nor do want my own freedom
but will not hold you to your prom
Use II you desire to retract It,"
And supposing do not?" she said,
looking at him defantly.
Then all is WELL" he replied, Gag
erly.
And you will be chivalrous and
marry the typewriter with whom you
have had summers firtation,' she
said
why not?" he replied, smiling. "If
she will tie up to poor devil of a
lawyers clerk, who is not making any
more, If as much, as she is?'
you might have spared yourself
that mendacious lie" she replied,
flushing hotly. you have been de-
ceiving me all summer, and you know
it, The rich Mr.. Wenham, with his
automobiles and yachts and horses
and summer place and house on the
avenue, could well afford to take me
to the Point in hired electric launch
if he were not acting a part"
What do you mean?' he STAN
mered.
"Oh, happened to run across that
dear Mrs. Perkins, at whose demure
little farmhouse you board, and her
command of the English language was
scarcely sufficient to tell me of the
glores of your wardrobe and your
equipments, and the poor soul was
nearly distracted that you always
went forth so modestly attred and
only entertained your fine friends
from the hotel surreptitiously-albeit
at great expense. | did not explain
to her that you were putting yourself
to all that trouble to fool poor
stenographer but | did take pains to
find out just who and what you are,
and the result is that | know that
you are fraud"
The girl stopped with flashing eyes,
and the young man, whose face had
attained flaming red, broke into
merry laugh.
We'll" he said, looking at the girl
with provoking calmness, 81 guess it
is horse and horse"
What do you mean?' she asked,
sharply.
Merely that while Mr.. Wenham
may have concealed his riches from
Miss Vance, it also is true that Miss
Vance, daughter of a banker and heir
ess to million in her own right
which came to her from her grand
father Van Courtney, was trying to
fool a poor lawyers clerk and have
summers romance at the expense of
a broken heart
The canoe swept up to the dock at
this moment and he helped her out
and dragged the canoe into the boat
house without giving her chance to
answer, although he noted her fam
ing cheeks.
You see" he said, as he came out,
wiping his hands on his trousers.
your work was as coarse as mine.
1T was all very well to live at cheap
boarding house, but when we met the
Ostlers and the Olrichs and the Van
Dolds, as we did at times at the hotel
and they made such fuss over you,
| did little investigating myself. So
now that we have proven ourselves
two liars let's make it one"
And, being in the lee of the boat
house, he deliberately took her in his
arms and kissed her-and she shame.
lessly put both arms about his neck
and returned his kisses,