The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

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Then Give standish picked up his ca
your heart. But at last couldn't bear
1t. I couldn't bear It. SO l came here
to meet you in person. to cast myself
at your feet II need DO, To"
She paused. Tho cold. inscrutable
gaze OF the Railroader's light eyes did
not tend to inspire her very creditable
recitation. AS matter of fact Caleb
was at the moment paying very little
attention to her words. He was noting
the hard dryness Of her skin and the
only half-hldden lines about mouth.
brow and eye; and contrasting them
with Anice Laniers baby smooth skin
and the soft contour OF her neck and
cheek.
Had the stranger been saying any
thing OF import Caleb would have miss
ed no syllable. But, through long years
Of experience with the dreary windi-
ness and empty pothouse eloqucnce OF
politicians. the Railroadcr had learned
by instinct, and without waiting to
catch SO much as the first wor., wheth-
er anything worth hearing was being
said, or II the case were, as he was
wont to express 1t, IAN attack OF rush
of-words- to the mouth" He had al
ready placed his present callers ora
ton in the latter categor.. But her
pause brought him back to himself.
"Well?" he demanded.
$50 am hero to tmplore you to be
just. to be generous" resumed the girl.
slightly raising the pitch OF the scene
as she approached q climax. II throw
myself on your mercy. I, Enid Con-
over
ENID conover!' snorted tho Rail-
roader "Why-
Eyes. Enid Conovcr How have
learned to love that name"
"Have, hey? Then take my advice.
young woman, and stlHe that same wild
alteration for my poetic cognomen. for
you aren't going to have the renting
Of 1t any longer'n can help"
Mot"
ooh, youll get over it easy! Just
as you got over that love for that high
sounding title, Enid Montmorency. And
Just as. before that, when you left your
mothers Germantown boarding house,
you got over any pass ion you may have
had for your original name, Emma
Hlggs. You see / know some little
about you, I took the trouble to have
you looked up. You and your family.
You told Gerald your family's old.
From all hear, I guess the main diff
ference between you and that same
family is that ones older'n you make
out and the others younger. Take
your choice as to which is which. And
now
"You insult mel" acclaimed tho girl,
her eyes flashing, her figure drawn to
the full height of a really excellent
pose, her pampadour nesting protec-
tingy above the arched brow.
mo, don't I couldn't. (Jcrry you
alt down there and behave yourself or
I'll spank YOU'D II you think I'm
wrong, maybe you'd like me to tell my
son the way you first happened to go
on the stage. No? ! guess I've got
this thing framed up pretty near
straight It's a grand-stand play, and
Papa Is It. eh? A masterstroko of sur
prise for the old man. and final ta-
bleauX OF the bunch of us clustering
about you and Gertl.u In the centre OF
the stage while you fall on each 9TH
er's'neclss and do unison eXclama-
ton of -blcss-the-dcar-old-D Dad!
How-much- he -leave-us? And how
soon? You waited in town awhile,
But Papa didn't relent and send Hubby
back to his lonely wife. Then you sick
Gerald on to acting like human bo-
ing. hoping to win Papa over by be-
Ing good boy. No go, Then ti a
last play you butt In hero on sudden
with all your lines learned down pat,
and do grand appeal, Well, Mrs, Miss
Emma Higgs- Enid Montmorenoy-Co-o
YER, 1T doesn't work That's all. If
you've got tho sense think, youth
see the shows n frost, and you'll start
back for broadway. Take my bless
ing, IL you want It, and take Jerry
along for good measure, II you like,
It's all youth ever get from mo. either
of YOU"
To Caleb Como ,r's unhounded horror
and amaze. Enid, instead OF spurnlng
him haughtily. burst into a crescendo,
throaty gurgls Of contralto weeping,