Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-09

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make assurance doubly sure he gave
orders that the kilograms were to pe
repeated regardless Of expense until
the sendee had been reached. Richaru
had a perfect right to say that ne was
well and unhurt, and in consAassasssaaD
of Mr.. Renwyck,s method of doing
business he persuaded himself that ne
was also right in adding his noncom-
initial warning. BY this he hoped to
put the cattle king on his guard, IN
which case he trusted to his fathers
shrewdness to circumvent the enemy.
This duly discharged, Richard called
at st. Lule's hospital and was mucR
distressed to learn that Lord Croyland
was not doing well at all. He had de-
veloped high fever, and In his pres
ent condition could receive no visitors.
Richard therefore could only leave the
earl's mail, securely done up in pack
age addressed to Mr.. Richard VIII
iians, with tine message that Mr. Peter
Wilson had called and would come
again within day or two. Then, hay
ing nothing else to keep him in the
city, after stop at flower shop he
1rned to Iryington.
In the meantime the final rehearsal Of
"The Man and the Bird" was material
1y interfered with by an upheaval Of
conflicting emotions on the part Of
Miss Imogene Chittendon. By the
morning post that young lady received
a letter, which she read through sew
eral times, then ran to her room, flung
herself upon the bed and expressed her
emotion in tears and Mysteries.
Miss Renwyck, in passing through
the hall, caught the sound of weeping
and went In to comfort her. She found
Miss Imogene in truly pitiable state,
and the better part of an hour elapsed
before an intelligent explanation of
the trouble could be obtained. Miss
Chittendon told her story in jerky, dis
jointed sentences, so intarspersed with
sobs and gnsps that to quote her In de-
tail would be an utter impossibility.
The thread Of the romance ran in this
WISE
Several months previous to the open
ing of this narrative Miss Imogene
had been a pupil in fashionable
young ladies' school in Morristown,
N. ]. Like many of her mates, she
had carried on innocent firtations be-
meath the very noses of certain stately
gray headed wardens Of propriety
enough. In her last and
most violent affaire du occur, however,
she suddenly found cause bitterly to
regret her rashness.
Mr.. Roderick FitEgeorge- last
Morristown object of Miss Imogene's
transient affections--posed as lieu
tenant in the United States army on a
leave of absence, spending a furlough
at the quiet little Jersey town. He was
Of a romantic disposition and appeared
q very dashing blade, bewilderipgly
good looking to a pent-up schoolgirl In
spite Of certain physical defect. The
lieutenant was possessed of many 9TH
er accomplishments, known and un-
known to Miss Imcgene, among which,
according to the young lady's own
statement, "he could make love just
In the moonlight over
garden wall that was Jul yered
with broken glass and a horrld wire
with stickers all over it."
Be that as 1t may, this Romeo was
discovered in the midst of
q most poetical speech across the afore-
said wall one spring night about 10
o'clock, and the touching love scene
then in progress came to an abrupt, not
to say painful, end. This was caused
BY the pulling of Roderick Fitzgeorge's
adder from under him by the villain
In the piece-the night watohman-
who had treaeherous1y crept along the
garden wall at the instigation OF the
protagonist Of the drama, the princi-
pal of the school, who, splendidly serv-
ID by her intelligence department, had
ruthlessly interrupted the course of
Erue love.
The little drama ended In two more
acts, the first severe curtain lecture
md a strict quarantine until gradual
lion day for the fair Juliet and the
second q brief hospital scene for the
disturbed Romeo, who had encountered
The watchman's club at the foot of the
adder
Miss Imogene of course was furious.
Therefore she wrote quite dozen let.
ters to the afflicted martyr, which she
succeeded In smuggling to him, ex.
pressing her sentiments In far warmer
phrases than otherwise might have
been dictated by discretion or were
Justified by the facts Of the case. She
felt that her youthful heart the dear
Roderick's leg, to say nothing of his
head-was broken irremediably. though
tne human heart requires longer
time to heal than fractured limb or
Uranium. But time cured both affiic.
IONS, and It came about In this wise,
rev days following his recovery
MI Fitzgeorge left town between two
trains. Many whispsrings went around
as to the cause OF this precipitate de-
parturs, and many strange eoinci.
nences Were noted Among them was
tne soinewhat prominent mention OF d
merchant's safe discovered the morn
Ing after his departure In a condition
resembling Miss ImogAne's broken
heart OF all this, however. Miss Chit
tendon knew nothing, and for many
days she moprned. OF course deat
Roderick knew nothing about the afraIr
and only left Morristown because his
leave OF absence had expired or he
cause he was angry at the residents IL
but whatever his reason, Miss Imo-
gene was sure Il was good one.