The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-11-15
geleet Story.
MISS NORTH'S INDICTMENT.
BY WILLIAM FREEMAN.

the steps which led to his friend offices
He found the number and knocked,
little doubtful, for Jimmy Sullivan wa
not an ordinary business man. A dee
voice shouted "Come in y and he entere
forthwith.
A short and stout gentleman who wa
writing furiously at paper Uttered tabl
sprang to his feet as Colbridge came fol
ward.
.tGood Lord-it's Dick Come in
man. I'd no idea that you would be bac
so soon.
ssSit down. There's siphon on you
left.snd box of smokers behind you.
- iDick dropped into the seat and stretche
his long legs luxuriously.
''Jim, you're an oasis in the desert
How's the Missis-likewise the kiddy
By the way, I've a cabby waiting belo'
with my boxes
''Splendid, thanks. I'll tell Jenkin
to have your things brought up
Sullivan scribbled note and touched
bell. A youth appeared from an inne
room, received it with murmured instruc
tions, and vanished. Five minutes late
Dick possessions were before him, ant
the man had departed with the fare.
II say, don't let me interrupt you,
protested the visitor, with the veneratiol
due to man who could earn nine hundred
year by writing frothy little articles ant
play cricket like professional.
aft 8 all right his host assured hin
comfortably. 1.-The stuff needn' be handed
in before Z tonight Some Curious At
tempts at Perpetual Motion Your own
case ought to be included, my son-thougf
it ism IT,
''It isn't said Dick, "because the ex
pertinent was dead failure from the first
l can t stand everlasting hotels and all the
other delights of travelling souls. Young
Myles is decent chap, but he was only
with me for day or two. And I'm
hanged if can find another pal.
GLOW about female society? a wife
is occasionally the lesser of two evils. y
"Really?' Dick pitched the remain
der of his cigar into the fire and flushed
oddly. ''For a man married couple Of
years, you re an obstinate old optimist,
Jim" Hepaused reminiscently. ''lhere
was a woman on the Ostend boat with a
face like a buffalo. She found out in
some miraculous way that [ had banking
account and was unattached. 1t was hor-
rible p
"Poor, unprotected male !! I'm afraid
you We returned to even greater dangers.
You'll stay with us for the night p
"Well l thought of putting up at Ker-
ridges. -
"My good man, you'll do nothing of
the sort. Rose would never forgive me.
"But are you sure
''Shouldn't invite you otherwise. 1t
ism from entirely unselfsh motives, either.
If the extraordinary scarcity of dancing
men continues (see press notices., it will
end in our borrowing the fiances of the
cook and the housemaid for tonight. Oh,
forget | hadn't told you. We've a little
dance on-quite small affair. Don't go
pale-it's S nothing agonizing.'
"It's awfully good of you, Jimmy, but
there are half dozen people | must see,
and"
"Who are they?''
"My lawyers, and a man about pat
ent ventilator.
Sullivan grinned unsympathetically.
1.-The lawyers and the ventilator man
won't want you at 10 o'clock at night.
No good, old man-you're booked. And
I'll see you don t run into danger. As a
matter of fact, you know a good many of
the people who are coming already. The
Russells will be there, and some people
North, who own big factory at
II know a Miss North, of Walsall, -
said Dick with little start.
POSSIBLY the same one. Meet her
abroad p
eyes, in Belgium
ssThat' the girl She about the most
dangerous young person in Europe. Trav-
els lot with her cousin and an old COVER
ness, and has dark eyes of the unfathom'
able type. | know about fifteen sane and
healthy young men who at one time or
another have offered to die for her. She
makes hay while the sun shines, and then
laughs at EN-. Then there are the Wes-
tons. those jenkins women, and heap
more of your old pals. Well give you a
treat me bhoy.''
Colbridge gave short laugh.
''Same old Jimmy All right; [ sur
render"
"Good Now, if you'll wait another
ten minutes we shall be able to get away. y
He flung himself to his work again, and
Dick waited, motionless and preoccupied,
until it was finished. Jimmy thrust the
into an envelope, halted cab
and drove furiously to a newspaper office,
where they seemed extremely glad to see
him. Emerging he gave the man an ex-
ira half crown to catch the 6 o clock train
home.
Dick abandoned himself amiably enough
to being alternately questioned and hustled,
and yielded still more willing gly to the al
most maternal welcome of Mrs. Sullivan.
She had laughed away his apologies, in
troduced him to the baby and showed him
his room almost before he had had time to
realize the signs of increased prosperity on
every side that mar ked the rising man.
Truly the star Of Jimmy Sullivan was in
the ascendant.
1t was during the long gap that separ-
ated dinner from the arrival OF the first
guests that Colbridge experienced wave
of something akin to loneliness and self
pity. Independence Of action and absence
of worries seemed an inadequate compen-
sation for the things he had missed. 1t
dawned upon him that the servant ques-
tion, smoky chimneys and sticky fingered
children were not the only and inevitable
sequels to the honeymoon. His thoughts
persistently to days spent in Bel
gium when woman's companionship had
filed a oan in his life so naturally and