Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-02

We crossed on the same ship. in
troduced him to Judge Stott on the
Dock
The judge looked surprised, but he
merely said:
81 hope for his sake that he is a
different man from his father"
"He u.s. replied Shirley simply, and
nothing more was said.
Two days went by. during which
Shirley went on completing the pre-
parations for her visit to New York.
1t was arranged that Stott should es.
cort her to the city. Shortly before
they started for the train a letter ar
rived for Shirley. Like the first one
1t had been forwarded by her pub.
fishers. 1t read as follows:
Miss Shirley Green,
Dear Madam shall be happy to
see you at my residence Fifth Ave.
nue-any afternoon that you will men.
ton.
Yours very truly,
John. Burkett Ryder,
per B.
Shirley smiled in triumph as, unseen
by her father and mother, she passed
it over to Stott. She at once sat down
and wrote this reply:
Mr.. John Burkett Ryder,
Dear Sir:-I am sorry that am un.
able to comply with your request.
prefer the invitation to call at your
private residence should come from
Mrs. Ryder.
Yours, ETC.,
Shirley Green
She laughed as she showed this to
Stott:
"He'll write me again. she said
/" and next time his wife will sign the
letter.
An hour later she left Massapequs
for the city.
CHAPTER XII
n HE HON. Fitzroy Bagley had
i every reason to feel satisfied with
himself. His affaire de occur with the
Senator's daughter was progressing
more smoothly than ever. and nothing
now seemed likely to interfere witt
his carefully prepared plans to cap
ture an American heiress. The inter
view with Kate Roberts in the library
so awkwardly disturbed by Jefferson's
unexpected intrusion, had been follow
ed by other interviews more secre
and more successful, and the plausible
secretary had contrived SO we'll to per
suade the girl that he really though
the world of her, and that brillian
future awaited her as his wife, tha
it was not long before he found her II
a mood to refuse him nothing.
Bagley urged immediate marriage
I,4 {,,,, 49, l,nI T1ec I. 4,..S
ed her shamefully and that she OWED
it to herself to show the world tina
there were other men as good as the
one who had Tilted her. He argued
that in view of the Senator being ben
on the match with Ryder's' son it would
be worse than useless for him, Bagle.
to make formal application for he
hand, so. as he explained, the onl.
thing which remained was runawa.
| marriage. Confronted with the fait &C
compli papa Roberts would bow t,
| the inevitable. They could get mar
ried quietly in town, go away for shor
| trip. and when the Senator had got
ten over his first disappointment the,
would be welcomed back with opel
arms.
Kate listened willingly enough t
this specious reasoning. In her hear
she was piqued at Jefterson's indiffeI
ence and she was foolish enough tt
really believe that this marriage wit
a British nobleman, twice removed
would be in the nature of triumph
over him. Besides, this project of a.
elopeinent appealed strangely to he
frivolous imagination; it put her In tn
same class as all her fayourite move
heroines. And it would be capital fun
Meantime, Senator Roberts. in bliss
full ignorance of this little plot agains
his domestic peace, was growing in
patient and he approached his frien
Ryder once more on the subject of hi
son Jefferson. The young man, he sal
had been back from Europe some time
He insisted on knowing what his al
titude was towards his daughter.
they were engaged to be married h
said there should be public announce
/ ment Of the fact Tt was unfair to hiu