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New York. in the hope that his father

| train he might he u passenger and re-
| ceive one Of them. And in order to
| make assurance doubly sure he gave
| orders that the kilograms were to be
repeated regardless OF expense until
| the sendee had been reached. Richard
had a perfect right to say that he was
| well and unhurt and In consideration
of Mr.. Renwyck's method of doing
business he persuaded himself that he
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 Luke's hospital and was much
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 Will
liams. with the message that Mr.. Peter
Wilson had called and would come
again within day or two. Then, hav-
ing nothing else to keep him in the
city. after stop at flower shop he
returned to Irvington.
| In the meantime the final rehearsal of
1.-THE Man and the Bird" was material
! " 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 jerlzy. dis
jointed sentences, so interspersed with
sobs and gasps 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. j. Like many of her mates, she
had carried on innocent flirtations be-
meath the very noses of certain stately
gray headed wardens of propriety
harmlcssly enough. In her last and
most violent affaire du occur, however,
she suddenly found cause bitterly to
| regret her rashness.
Mr.. Roderick Fitzgeorge-the last
Morristown object of Miss Imogene's
transient affections-posed as lieu
tenant in the United States army on a
leave of absence, spending furlough
at the quiet little Jersey town. He was
of n romantic disposition and appeared
very dashing blade, bewilderingly
good looking to pent-up schoolgirl in
spite Of a certain physical defect. The
lieutenant was possessed Of many 9TH
er accomplishments, known and I'M
| known to Miss Imogene, among which,
J according to the young lady's own
statement, "he could make love just
beautifully in the moonlight over a
garden wall that was just covered
with broken glass and a horrid wire
with stickers all over it."
Be that as it may. this Romeo was
untowardly discovered in the midst of
a 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
ladder from under him by the villain
in the piece-the night Waterman
who had treacherously crept along the
garden wall at the instigation Of the
protagonist Of the drama, the princi-
pal of the school. who, splendidly serv-
ed by her intelligence department, had
ruthlessly interrupted the course of
true love.
The little drama ended in two more
acts, the first a severe curtain lecture
and strict quarantine until gradua-
ton day for the fair Juliet and the
second a brief hospital scene for the
disturbed Romeo, who had encountered
the watchman's club at the foot of the
ladder.
Miss Imogene Of course was furious.
Therefore she wrote quite dozen let
tiers 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
the human heart requires a longer
time to heal than fractured limb or
Uranium. But time cured both Attic
lions, and 1t came about in this wise:
A few days following his recovery
Mr.. Fitzgeorge left town between two
trains. Many whisperings went around
as to the cause Of this precipitate de-
parture, and many strange coinci-
dences were noted. Among them was
the somewhat prominent mention Of a
merchants cafe discovered the morH
ing after his departure in a condition
resembling Miss Imogene's broken
heart OF all this, however, Miss Chit
| tendon knew nothing, and for many
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