Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-20

A A AAA1AI VI AG L AA A-ALN A1SNH ! was forced to leave for the far wes
 and, being lightly supplied with funds would be grateful if she could spar
 her devoted lover hundred dollar for the journey. a.s. In case she found it inconvenient h
 still had in his possession a dozen let
 ters which would not look well 1
 printed in the newspapers. In case sh'
 did find 1t convenient to make tn,
 loan, which, knowing her generous na
 ture, her correspondent did not doubt
 she was first to tie piece of white
 string on the left post of the Ren
 wycks' front gate as signal of as
 sent, then open the library window al
 o'clock on Friday night, when MT
 FitZgeorge would enter, exchange hel
 letters for the sum above mentioned
 and bid her an eternal farewell Ii
 Miss Chittendon played him false-ot
 which perish the thought-a friend had copies of said correspondence which
 would immediately be published, to-
 gether with the garbled details of the former romance, condition undesira-
 ble for a lady so widely known in the social world. The letter ended with the hope that Miss Chittendon was en- toying good health and spirits and that she might persuade herself to meet him on Friday, as requested.
 To say that Miss Imogene was terri fled would be putting it mildly. Her resulting condition bordered upon complete collapse, mental and phys ical..
 "Oh, Harriet, Harrietw she sobbed. "Whatever shall I do?"
 My dear" returned her friend as she bathed the sufferers temples with cologne, "it is perfectly simple. You need give yourself no uneasiness. Fa- ther will quietly put the matter in the hands of the police. We will then tie the white string on the gatepost, and when this wretch enters the library window he will find himself in the arms of our officers, and we will not only have the letters, but the man."
 Miss Renwyck's plan was based ] upon wisdom and sound common sense, yet to the frightened Miss Imo- gene it was the worst possible thing to do. She felt certain that if caught the man would put his threat into exc cution and expose the copies of her letters to the eager gaze of society. To prevent such happening she would gladly pay five times the sum demand ed. Therefore she decided hysterical ly that Harriets plan was out of the question.
 "Oh, Harriet, dear" she walled, "you don't know how silly my letters were, and I'd go through anything to get them back again. Why, the pet names I called that creature -g good gracious, Harriet-they were positively mushy"
 What did you call him?" asked Miss Renwyck, humorously interested in this phase of the romance.
 "'Roddy- -poddykins' was one," con- fessed the debutante, with a vivid blush. ''Then there were whole lot more like that and worse-really, dar- ling, I'd rather not tell them even to you. I should die of shame if Mr. Van der Awe or Lord Croyland or any one knew"
 Miss Renwyck smiled, while the in- discreet Juliet went on tying her hand kerchief into hard, wet knots.
 "I've just got to see him, Harriet I know I shall be just scared to death; but, no matter what you say, I'll not allow you to tell single solitary soul, and if I'm found dead on the library floor in the morning nobody will care anyway-so therer'
 The sufferers state now became so alarming that her friend was forced to suggest another plan. It was against her better judgment, but something had to be done at once, for otherwise Miss Imogene would never be in a condition to act the part of the bird in the play that evening.
 'Imogene," she said sternly, "stop crying this instant and listen to me. l believe you will do very wrong thing in seeing MT. Fitzgeorge in the middle of the night, but of course 1 | have no right to interfere against your wishes. l am older than you, and I l tell you candidly I don't like it. How much money have you with you?"
 Fifty dollars, and I'll give him jew elry enough to make up the balance
 That won't be necessary. I'll lend l you whatever you need, and if you still insist upon seeing the man will go down with you"
 In an instant more two very shaky l little arms were twined about Miss . Renwyck's neck and a sobby voice was pouring delirious thanks into her ears.
 When the fear of creeping down flight of dark stairs alone was eased by the thought of companionship the young lady began to view the affair in m entirely different light. 'h "oUiu De ah autehtuIe "HICn dp- pealed to her strongly. There would be no earthly danger. she argued, as each could be protection to the other, while if the worst came to the worst their screams would quickly summon aid.
 The more Miss ImOgene thought of it the more excited she became, declaring finally that she would gladly pay S10O which somebody else had earned for her hy tha wav-iffgt fns. fha finn oF