The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-03-04

HenG BonneSdel
to the perfectly proper methods en-
ployed by his newly self constituted
guide and mentor. No; that was no
concern of Planks. All he had to do
was to be ready. AS for Quarter, any
body could forecast his action when
once convinced of Sylvia's behavior.
He lay there bordering several meth
DDS of imparting the sad but neces-
sary information to Quarter. One
thing was certain-there was not now
time enough before the house party
dissolved to mold Plank into acqui-
escent obedience. That must be fin
ished in town unless Plank invited him
to stay at the Fells after his time was
up at ShOtover. BY heaven, that was
the idea! And there'd be chance for
him at cards Only, Of course, Plank
would ask Leila too. But what did he
care? He was no longer afraid of her.
He'd soon be Independent Of her and
her pittance.
And so, immersed in the details of
his dirty little drama, he pOndered over
the possibility of an Interior gentle
man as he moved heavily to and fro,
dressing himself, his neuralgia being
much better, and presently descended
the stairs to find everybody absent,
engaged, as a servant explained, in a
game of water basket ball in the
swimming pool. SO he strolled off to-
ward the north wing of the house,
which had been built for the squash
courts and swimming pool.
The Page boys and Rena and Eileen,
on one side were playing the last
match game against Sylvia, Marion
Page, Siward and 'Ferrall on the other.
The big, slipping, glistening ball was
flying about through storms of spray.
Marion caught 1t, but her brother Cor
don got it away. Then Ferrall secur-
ed ii and dived toward the red goal,
but Rena Bonnesdel caught him under
water; the ball bobbed up, and Sylvia
flung both arms around it with a lit
tie warning shout and hurled 1t back
at Siward, who shot forward like an
arrow, his opponents gathering about
him in full cry amid laughter and ex-
cited applause from the gallery, where
Grace Ferrall and Captain Voucher
were wildly Offering odds on the blue
and Alderdene and Major Belwether
were thriftily booking them.
Mortimer climbed the slippery mar
BILE stairway as fast as his lack of
breath permitted, anxious for his
share of the harvest If the odds were
right. He managed to make several
apparently desirable wagers with
Kathryn Tassel and one with Beverly
Plank, who was also obstlnately back
Ing the blues, the losing side. Sylvia
played forward for the blues.
Suddenly through the confused blur
of foam and spray the big, glistening
ball shot aloft and remained.
blue! BlIev' exclaimed Grace Fer
rail-, clapping her hands, and a little
whirlwind of cries and hand clapping
echoed from the gallery as the breath
less swimmers came climbing out OF
the pool with scarcely wind enough
left for a word or strength for II ge'
ture toward the laughing crowd above,
Mortimer, disguised, turned away
already casting about him for some
DOdy TO play cards with, 1t being MS
temperament and his temper to throw
good money after bad. But Quarter
and Miss Caithness had already re-
turned to the squash courts, the ma
jorlty OF the swimmers to their sever
al dressing rooms and Grace FerralPs
party, equipped for motoring, to the
lawn, where they lost little time In
disappearing into the golden haze
which a sudden shift Of wind bad
spun out of the cloudless afternoon
sunshine.
However he got Marion and also, as
usual the two men who had made q
practice of taking away his money
Major Belwether and Lord Alderdene
He hadn't particularly wanted them
He wanted somebody he could play
with, like Siward, for example, OF
even the two ten dollar Pages. Not
that their combined twenty would dc
him much good, but it would at least
permit him the pleasures Of the card
table without personal loss.
But the Pages had retired to dress
and Voucher was for motoring, and he
had no use for his wife, and he was
afraid of Planks game, and Slward
seated on the edge of the pool and
sharing a pint of ginger ale with Syl
via lands, shook his head at the sug
gestion and resumed his division OF
the ginger ale.
LUX and Leila Mortimer came
nOwn TO congratulate them. Sylvia