Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-05-02
BY ROBERT BARR.

IKE mySeil.
Ibid you suggest that to him?''
81 did not intimate who the sensible
person was, but calculated the prin-
ciple of the thing"
ssYes. And what did he say?"
.'Many things, Dorothy, many things,
At one time he became confidential
about his possessions in foreign lands.
1t seems he owns several castles, and
when he visits any of them he cannot
prevent the moujiks, if that is the
proper term for the peasantry over
there, from prostrating themselves on
the ground as he passes by, beating
their foreheads against the earth and
chanting in choice Russian the phrase:
| Defer, defer. Here comes the lord
high executioner,' or words to that
effect. told him didn't see why he
| should interfere with so picturesque a
custom, and he said if visited one of
his castles that these estimable people
| at word from him would form cor
duroy road in the mud with their bod
les, so that might step dry shod from
the carriage to the castle doors, and
stipulated that he should at least
spread a bit of stair carpet over the
poor wretches before l made my prog
ress across his front yard.
"Well, you did become confidential If
you discussed a visit to Russia
eyes, didn't we? suppose you don't
approve of my forward conduct?'
81 am sure you acted with the ut
most prudence, Kate"
sI didn't lose any time, though, did ] p
81 don't know how much time is re
auired to attain the point of friendship
you reached. / am inexperienced. It is
true / have read Of love at first sight,
and / am merely waiting to be told
whether or not this is an instance OF
it."
ooh, you are very diffdent, aren't
you, sitting there so bashfully!'
81 may seem timid or bashful, but
it's merely sleepiness."
sYou're bit of humbug, Dorothy"
"Why?"
II don't know why, but you are. No,
1t was not case of love at first sight.
1t was case Of feminine vengeance.
Yes, you may look surprised, but I'm
telling the truth After / walked so
proudly off with his high mightiness
we had a most agreeable dance to-
! gether. Then / proposed to return to
you, but the young man would not
have it so, and for the moment felt
fattered By and by became aware
however, that it was not because Of
my company he avoided your vicinity,
but that he was sacrificing himself for
his friend"
.'What friend?D
"Lieutenant Drummond, of course"
How was he sacrificing himself for
/ Lieutenant Drummond?'
81 surmise that the tall lieutenant did
not fall victim to my wiles as / had
at first supposed; but, In some unac-
! countabIe manner, one can never tell
how these things happen. He was
most anxious to be left alone with the
coy Miss Dorothy Amhurst, who does
not understand how long time 1t
takes to fall in love at first sight, al
/ though she has read Of these things.
dear, innocent girl The first villain
of the piece has said to the second viii
lain Of the piece: There's superhuous
young woman over on our bench; I'll
introduce you to her You lure her off
to the giddy dance and keep her away
as long as you can, and I'll do as much
for you some day
sWhereupon Jack Lamont probably
swore Il understand that profanity
is sometimes distressingiy prevalent
aboard ship-but nevertheless he al
lowed the lieutenant to lead him like a
lamb to the slaughter. Well, not be-
ing powerful enough to throw him
overheard when realized the state of
the case, did the next best thing. |
became cloyingly sweet to him. !
smiled upon him; listened to his far
rago of nonsense about the chemical
components of his various notable in
ventions, as If girl attends ball
to study chemistry! Before half an
hour had passed the infant had come
/ to the conclusion that here was the
first really sensible woman he had ever
| met. He soon got to making love to
me, as the horrid phrase goes, as If
love were mixture to be compounded
Of this ingredient and that, and then
shaken before taken. I am delighted
to add, as a testimony to my own
powers of pleasing, that Jack soon for
got he was sacrifice, and, really,
with a little instruction he would be-
come most admirable fiirt He is
coming to call upon me this afternoon,
and then he will get his eyes opened.
shall tread on him as If he were
one of his own moujiks. :
/ what wonderful imagination you
have, Kate. All you have said is pure
fancy. / saw he was taken with you
from the very first. He never even
glanced at me-
"Of course not; he wasn't allowed
to-"