Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-04-17


medIately after breakfast he made his
excuses to the ladies and TOOK a tram
for New York. At the telegraph once
he sent out the following dispatch;
Mr.. william J. williams;
Mlatake. Am all right and unhurt ne
turn to Austin at once and watch naIDoi
deal. HICHAhD
The young man made a NUMBER OF
comics OF the telegram and had them
sent to various junction points aions
all possible routes between Texas anu
New York, In the hope that his father
might be intercepted on whatsoever
train he might be passenger ana re-
celve one Of them. And In order 10
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 be was
well and unhurt. and in consideration
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. 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 mall, 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 n stop at flower shop he
returned to Irvington.
In the meantime the final rehearsal of
"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 Jerky. dis
jointed sentences, 80 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 pupil in a fashionable
young ladies' school In Morristown.
N. J. Like many Of her mates she
had carried ON innocent firtations be-
meath the very noses Of certain stately
harmlessly enough. In her last and
most violent affaire du occur. however.
she suddenly found cause bitterly to
regret her rashness.
Mr.. Roderick Fizgeorge- 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 II romantic disposition and appeared
very dashlng blade. bewilderingly
good looking to a pent-up schoolgirl in
spite OF n certain physical defect The
lieutenant was possessed OF many 9th
er accomplishments, known and un-
known to Miss lmogene, among which,
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 horrid wire
with stickers all over it,"
Be that as II may. this Romeo was
untowardly discovered in the midst of
a most poetical speech across the afore-
said wall one spring night about lO
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 Roderlck Fitzgeorge's S
ladder from under him by the villain
in the piece-the night watchman-
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
ana a 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 watchmans club at the foot, of the
ladder
Miss lmogene OF course was furious
Therefore she wrote quite dozen let
ierS 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 bv the facts Of tbe case Sh.