The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-04-17
His Great
Discovery.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
BY =Cecily Allen.

knieketboekcrS glared back ut her of
the pctticeats.
Il shall have TO tell mumzey," said
Miss retticoats.
If You do l shall pinch you black
and blue" replied her brother, nearly
tearing himself away from Douglas
Raymond, newly arrived assistant at
Morris Manor school. who was awk
wardly trying to fasten coat buttons
for his rebellious pupil.
Natalie has been waiting most an
give her new money, maybe. and
You'll he sorry when she's dead"
Il wont give her anything of the
sort. You ninn.' replied the Pelham in
pahis as lie ierked on his mitten.
Mid love Natalie much better than
you do anyway. | was only kept in
ten minutes, ELI. Mr.. Raymond?"
Very graeely Douglas Raymond drew
out his watch and glanced at it,
Twelve minutes. aud you might
have gone tWo minutes ago il you had
not tied the sleeves of your coat to-
gethcr Tell your nurse that the next
time You are kept in for being
naughty boy she had best come in
side aud Wait
The Pelham twins trotted sturdlly
toward the door, the boy tiinging over
his shoulder:
Natalie is net our nurse We don't
have II nurse any mere She's our sis.
ter" Then, stopping stock still. he add
ed And there Will not be any next
time. Cracky. won't Natalie be tiekled
when | tell her you thought she was
our nurse"
Douglas Raymond sighed as the door
CLOSED on The twins Then he crossed
the street And for this he had taken
high college henors'
lie had lust missed small coieg,
professorship through lack of infiu
cncc and with his mother dependent
upon him be had not dared to refuse
the liberal financial offer of the master
Of Morris Manor, n flourishing private
school overlooking the Hudson Even
that offer had not come until midwin
ter, after death had caused vacancy
on the Morris Manor staff and when
Douglas had almost decided to give up
his college ambitions and dig into com
mcrce
Morris Manor was Il boarding school
for boys, with few day pupils drawn
from the rich owners of country homes
thcreabouts. Just across the tree lined
avenue WAS Il fashionable school for
girls. Evidently from this school bad
come the small sister Of his rcbellious
pupil He leaned over the window
ledge to sec whether they were safely
on their homewnrd way. and suddenly
his fingers gripped the rough stone
coping
The twins were dancing up the street.
one on either side OF n tall. slender
girl, clad in q natty skating suit, with
a scarlet tam-o'-shantcr on her well
poised head
"Natalic'- And he had not guessed
However, he would know the graceful
walk. the splendidly poised head,
among thousand. The trio dlsap.
pcarcd around the corner. and he hur.
ried back to his desk
civilian Reginald Pelham"
There It stood on the "D" class list.
Douglas had not had time 10 become
familiar with his roll book. The wise
looking little laddic who said such MS.
toniShingly rebellious things In such
precise way had been known to him
n no Grcf a.
willie" If he had only known, most
certainly he would not have detained
the boy and let her stand out In the
cold. What If she did have pneu
mona-
He tried to correct the copy 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, II
she was not studying, what was the
Pelham family doing at their country
place in midWintcr, 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 To her and final
ly nearly wrecked his last year In col
lcge. 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 flu
ture to carve, his mother to support,
few of his fathers debts to pay, and
on the other side Natalie Pelham, the
Pelham wealth, the Pelham position
She had been flirting with him, OF
course not willfully, but just because
1t came rs naturally 10 her as eating
and drinking She had never taken
him seriously, and after commence
ment day, when he had gone out west
TO teach In Il summer school and give
Ills mother little rest in quiet sum
mer resort, he had dropped out of her
life just rs if there had never been
teas IN the frat room. moonlight
walks on the campus. football game
and promenadcs which they had Ell
joyed in common. And here she was
again. Just when he needed to hold
himself we'll in hand. One thing he
must do-aVoid her disturbing pres
ence, her magnetic charm, If he pos
sibly could.
Thereafter, In justice TO the other pu.
pills, he explained to himself, he show
ed no partially to the Pelham twin.
In fact, that youth, if he had not been
so perfectly cognizant Of his own
miscellaneous wrongdoing, might have
complained of discrimination But ev.
cry afternoon Raymond stood at the
window and watched the slender fig
ure with its two small charges hurry
through the crisp winter air. She
must have changed, he argued to him
self. Certainly she had settled down,
for she could not be doing the opera,
teas and receptions and call for those
children every afternoon.
And then came the day Of the bllz-
Eard. Raymond watched 1t shut down
on Morris Manor and could hardly keep
away from the window. Was she COM
ing for those children on foot? BY
the way, 1t was odd that she never
came with a sleigh or carriage. Other