The Washington herald., 1907-01-18
HIS GREAT DISCOVERY.
BY CECILY ALLEN.

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The Pelham twin who wore petticoats
smiled in superior fashion on the Pelham
twin who wore pants.
The proud possessor of inhnitesimal
knickerbockers glared back at her of the
petticoats.
I shall have to tell Mumzey," said
Miss Petticoats.
II you do shall pinch you black and
blue" replied her brother. nearly tearing
himself away from Douglas Raymond,
newly arrived assistant at Morris Monar
School, who was awkwardly trying to
fasten coat buttons for his rebellious pu-
pill
Natalie has been waiting most an hour.
She says your naughtiness will give her
new money. maybe. and you'll be sorry
when she's dead"
I won't give her anything Of the sort,
you ninn," replied the Pelham in pants
as ne jerIed on his mitten. And I love
Natalie much better than you do, ANY
way, I was only kept in ten minutes,
eh Mr- Raymond"
Very gravely Douglas Raymond drew
out his watch and glanced at it,
Twelve minutes-and you might have
gone two minutes ago il you had not tied
the sleeves Of your coat together Tell
your nurse that the next time you are
kept in for being naughty boy. she had
best come inside and wait
The Pelham twins trotted sturdily to-
ward the door, the boy finging over his
shoulder:
Natalie is not our nurse. We don't
have a nurse any more. She's our sister
Then stopping stockstill. he added, And
there will not be any next time. Craclly
won't Natalie be tickled when I tell her
you thought she was our nurse
Douglas Raymond sighed as the door
closed on the twins. Then he crossed the
room and stood looking down in the
street And for this ne had taken high
college honors.
lie had just missed a small college pro
fessorship-th through lack of inhuence-and
with his mother dependent upon him. he
had not dared to refuse the liberal fuan-
cial offer of the master OF Morris Manor.
a hourishing private school overlooking
the Hudson. Even that offer had not
come until Inidwinter, after death had
caused vacancy on the Morris Manor
staff. and when Douglas had almost de
cided to give up his college ambitions and
dig into commerce.
Morris Manor was a boarding school
for boys. with Il few day pupils drawn
from the rich owners Of country homes
thereab0uts. Just across the tree-lined
avenue was a fashionable school for
girls Evidently from this school had
come the small sister Of his rebellious
pupil. He leaned over the window ledge
to see whether they were safely on their
homeward way, and suddenly his fingers
gTipped the rough stone coping
The twins were dancing up the street
one on either side Of a tall. slender girl,
clad in d natty skating suit with scar
let tam o. shanter on her well-poised
head
Natalie" And he had not guessed.
However, ne would know the graceful
walk. the splendidIy poised head. among
a thousand. The trio disappeared around
the corner. and he hurried back to his
desk
William Reginald Pelham"
There il stood on the ID" class list.
Douglas had not had time to become IA
miliar with his roll book The wise look
| ing little laddie who said such astonish-
! Iingly rebellious things in such a precise
way had been known 10 him during that
first school day only as Willie" II he
had only knowu-most certainly he would
not have detained the boy and let Her
stand out in the cold. What if she did
have pneumonia
He tried TO correct the cory books, but
his thoughts would wander
Why was she here? Why had she not
carried out her original intention of going
abroad to study art? And if she was not
studying. what was the Pelham family
doing at their country place in mIdwinter,
with the social season in full swing in the
city?
He might have known that Willie was
her brother Her odd, demure way of
saying startling things had first attracted
his attention 70 her, and finally nearly
wrecked his last year in college. How
could he work. then, with the thought
that love. and the girl who was all in the
world to him were alike beyond his reach
There was his future to carVe-his mother
TO support, a few of his fathers debts 10
pay-aud on the other side, Natalie Pei
ham, the Pelham wealth, the Pelham posi-
tiOn She had been flirting with him, of
course, not wiilfully, but just because it
came rs naturally TO her rs eating and
drinking She had never taken him
seriously. and, after cOmmenCerd-ni G4y.
when he had gone out West to teach in a
summer school, and give his mother 4 lit
tie rest in CuieI summer resort. he had
dropped out of her life, just as if there
had never been teas in the frat" room,
moonlight walks on the campus. football
games and DTOmeuades which they had
enjoyed in common. And here she was
again, just when he needed to hold him
self well in hand. One thing he must do
avoid her disturbing presence, her mag
netic charm. il he possibly could
Thereafter in justice TO the other pupils.
be explained TO himself, he showed no par
tiality TO the Pelham twin. In fact. that
youth. If he had not been so perfectly
cOgniZant Of his own mischievOus wrong
doing. might have complained Of discrimi-
nation. But every afternoon Raymond
stood at the window and watched the slen-