Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-15

DTlu&0 dIlgnteQ from HIS eau Ao
mounted the steps which led to his
friends offices. He found the number
and knocked, little doubtful, for jim
my Sullivan was not an ordinary buSl-
ness man.. A deep voice shouted Come
I'M" and he entered forthwith.
A short and stout gentleman who was
writing furiously at a paper Uttered
table sprang to his feet as Colbrldge
came forward.
Good Lord-it's Dick! Come in,
man. I'd no idea that you would be
back so soon
sit down. There's siphon on your
left and box of smokes behind you
Dick dropped into the seat and
stretched his long legs luxuriously.
Jim, you're an oasis in the desert.
How's the Missis-likewise the hddy?
BY the way, I've a cabby waiting pc
low with my boxes"
Splendid, thanks. I'll tell Jenkins
to have your things brought up
Sullivan scrubbed a note and touched
bell A youth appeared from an IN
ner room, received it with murmured
instructions, and vanished. Five min
utes later Dicks possessions were be
fore him, and the man had departed
with the fare.
II say, don't let me interrupt you,
protested the visitor, with the venera--
ton due to a man who could earn
nine hundred year by writing frothy
little articles and play cricket like
professional.
Its all right" his host assured him
comfortably. THE stuff needn't be
handed in before Z tonight. Some
Curious Attempts at Perpetual Mo
ton Your own case ought to be in
cluded, my son-though it isn't"
1T isn't" said Dick, because the ex-
pertinent was a dead failure from the
first. / 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 an
other pal"
How about female society? A wife
is occasionally the lesser of two
evils"
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" He paused reminiscently. There
was woman on the Ostend boat with
a face like buffalo. She found out
in some miraculous way that l had a
banking account and was unattached.
49, 1t was horriblei"
Poor, unprotected male! I'm afraid
you've returned to even greater dan
gers. You'll stay with US for the
night?"
well 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
isn't from entirely unselfsh motives,
either. If the extraordinary scarcity of
dancing men continues (see press no
tices), it will end in our borrowing the
f1ances of the cook and the housemaid
for tonight. Oh, forget l hadn't told
you. We've little dance on-quite
a small affair Don't go pale-it's
nothing agonizing.''
TITS awfully good of you Jimmy, but
there are half dozen people l must
see, and"
who are they?"
my lawyers, and man about pat
ent ventilator."
Sullivan grinned unsympathetically.
"The lawyers and the ventilator man
won't want you at 10 o'clock at night
No good, old MANICURE 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 named North, who own a big
factory at Walsall-"
Il know a Miss North, of Walsall,"
said Dick with little start.
Possibly the same one. Meet her
abroad?'
Yes, in Belgium"
That's the girl. She's about the
most dangerous young person in Eu-
rope. Travels a lot with her cousin
and an old governess, and has dark
eyes of the unfathomable 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 'em. Then there are the Westons.
those Jenkins women, and a heap more
Of your old pals. Well give you a
treat me bhoy."
Colbridge gave a short laugh. -
Same old Jimmy! All right; /
surrender
Good! Now, if you'll wait another
ten minutes we shall be able to get
away"
He flung himself to his work again,
and Dick waited, motionless and pre-
occupied, until it was finished. Jimmy
thrust the manuscript into an en-
velope, hailed cab and drove furious
& ly to newspaper Office, where they
seemed extremely glad to see him.
Emerging he gave the man an extra
B half crown to catch the o'clock train
home.
Dick abandoned himself amiably
enough 10 being alternately questioned
and hustled, and yielded still more will
: ingly to. the almost maternal welcome
of Mrs Sullivan. She had laughed
away his apologies, introduced him to
the baby and showed him his room al
most before he had had time to realize
the signs of increased prosperity on
every side that marked the rising
man. Truly the star CT Jimmy Sulli-
van was in the ascendant.
1t was during the long gap that
separated dinner from the arrival OF
the first guests that Golbridge expert
enced wave of something akin to
loneliness and self-pity Independence
OF action and absence of worries seem
ca an inadequate compensation for the
things he had missed 1t daWned up