Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17
She Hrgus Daily Short Story
A Frost in Ju1y.-By c. G. Lewis.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated Literary Press.

Oh. the insults heaped upon US, Read
kthat No. let me read it."
I And. holding the half finished letter
IN her left hand and using the right
fegefnger TO punctuate the air while
she held her figure in tragic pose and
spoke from the depths of her indigna-
tionSs she read:
DeaS JIM have seen both of them.
The old one is no good and badly out of
repair.s Wouldn't take her as "A gift.
Guess she was one of the first ones made.
The othse' is clipper. with heaps of go
in her. Decided bargain. and shall close
the deal at once. Climbs the steepest hills
around hefs like a cat. and you ought to
see her scoSt on the level The old one
That wasSas far as the artist had
written which he left the room, and
the breeze ca1a e In and toyed with the
sheet and sens it to the feet of the
woman who had duty to do. She
finished readingt and maintained her
pose for half a minute and then sol
EMMY said:
Il found it on the veranda The
wind brought it to &e 1t came from
bis room. I saw himses he was writ
ing it,
DO you mean that. Mr.. Clifford
wrote this?" asked the young lady.
Il do Was ever villainy more com
pletely unmasked. He has seen both
of us. The old one is no good and bad
~ out of repair. l am the old one.
am badly out of repair"
But, auntie'-
Don't interrupt me. Wouldn't take
her as a gift! Guess she was dne of
the first ones made. This about me
| about your own aunt, Oh, the crafty.
sneaking Villain
But why should Mr.. Clifford write
such things about you? He is surely q
| gentleman, and there must be a mis-
| take somewhere"
"And he refers to YOU" continued
the aunt without needing the question
The refers to You as a clipper with
| heaps of go in her. You are decided
| bargain. You climb hills like a cat
You scoot on the level. The man
| ought to be driven from the hotel"
He never wrote it-' exclaimed the
girl. HE never meant you nor me.
| There is some awful mistake here.
| never saw his handwriting. but III
| wait right herer' hoarsely COM
manded the aunt. And. with the letter
| in her hand. she went down to the of
| fee to consult the register. She was
absent ten minutes, and during this
| interval Miss Eileen heard mans
steps on the veranda and peeped out
to see the artist looking about as if he
had lost something. When the aunt
returned she had the light of victory
in her eyes.
l The writing is the same" she an
| nounced. He would be convicted in
| any court in the land. ] am an old
one and badly out of repair, and you
are clipper and climb hills like a
cat. If he doesn't leave the hotel this
evening we shall start for home in the
morning"
But | won't go until we are sure
about it," replied the young lady. with
spirit.
"Oh, we'll be sure enough about it
Meanwhile at dinner tonight well give
Mr.. Paul Clifford the coolest Stumbling
man ever received. If you don't as
sist me I'll telegraph your father
Well see If he will put up with his
|, daughter being called cat and de
cided bargain. will do the snub
bing. and you simply maintain your
dignity. Out of repair, am 1? Wei
see if he isn't worse off"
! The artist missed his half finished
, epistle. made search for it and final
!, ly indited another and mailed 1t away
He came down into the pariors tel
!; minutes before dinner, hoping for
word or two with Miss Cloves.
j She blushed at sight of him an,
blushed still harder as he advanced
but she stood on her dignity-that Il
I. she turned her. head away-and i