Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26

II certainly have not. hope you don't
think Gillespie hesitated
TITS not a matter for thinking or guess
Ing; rye got to know"
"On my honor ! have not seen him,
and have no Idea where he Is"
had thrown myself into a chair be-
eide the couch and lighted my pipe My
captive troubled me. It seemed Odd that
he had found the abiding place Of the
two women and II he had succeeded so
quickly, why might not Henry Holbrook
have equal iurk7
you probably know this troublesome
brnther we'll" I ventured.
Eyes; as we'll as a man Of my age
can know an older man My fathers
place at Stamford adjoincd the Holbrook
estate. Henry and Arthur Folbrook
married sisters: both wornep died long
ago. I believe; but tho brothers had a
business row and went to smash. Arthur
embezzled, forged. and SO on. and took
TO the altitudinous timber. and Henry
has been busy ever since trying to pluck
his sister He's wild on the subject OF
his wrongs-ruined by his own brother,
deprived OF his Inheritance by his sister
And abandoned by his onlv child There
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was the genius. but after the bank went
"a the bad he sought the consultations
OF rum. He and Henry married the Hart
ridge twins who were the reigning 1'alti-
more bellies in tho early egh'ies-so
runneth the chronicle. But I gossip, my
dear sir gossip, which Is against m:
principles Even the humble button king
OF Strawberry Hill must draw the line.
to, lot rf RI
wiches he took one gngerlv in his
swathcd hands. regarded II with cool in
ouiry. end as he munched It, remarked
upon sandwiches In general as though
they were botanical specimens that were
usually discussed and analyzed in a
scientific spirit
| THE sandwich" he began, mot I'M
happily expresses ono OF the saddsst
traits Of our American life. / need hard
| ~ refer to our deplorable national HABIT
OF hiding our shame under bithe and
misleading exterior. Now this article,
provided by your generous hospitality
for a poor prisoner OF war, contains a
bit of the breast OF some fowl. presum-
ably chicken--we will concede that 1t Is
! chlcken-taken from rather too near 'hs
/ bone to be wholly palatable. Chicken
sandwiches in some parts OF the world
are rather coarsely marked. for purpose.
OF Identification. with pin-feathers. You
may covet no nohler fame than that o:
creator Of the Flying Sandwich of An
mandate. Yet the feathered sandwich
though more picturesque. points rather
too directly to the struttng lords OF the
barn-yard. A sandwich that is deco
rated like a fall bonnet. that suggests
we will say, the mliner's window-ol
the plumed knights OF sounding war;
With a little sigh. slow relaxation
OF muscles. Mr.. Gillespie slept. l locked
the doors. put out the lights. and tum-
bled into my own bed as the chape
clock chimed two.
In the disturbed affairs OF the night
the blinds had not been drawn. and
woke OF six to find the room flooded Will
light and my prisoner gone. The door,
were locked as ! had left them. Mr
Gillespie had departed by the window
dropping fron1g little balcony to the ter.
race beneath. 4 rang for lima and sent
him to the pier: and before l had finish
ed shaving, the boy was back, and re-
ported Gillespie's boat still at the pier
but one of the canoes missing. It was
clear that in the sorry plight OF his arms
Gillespie had preferred padding to row
ing. Beneath my watch on the writing
table / found sheet OF notepaper or
which was scra vled
Dear Old Mani am having one Of
those nightmares l mentioned in our de
lightfLl conversation | feel that I an
about TO walk in my sleep. As my fan
nels are a trihe buggy, pardon loss %
your dressing gown. Yours.
r. G..
=. ST. am willing to pay for the glas.
and medical attendance: but I want Z
rebate for that third sandwich, II real,
tickled too harshly as It went down
Very likely this accounts for my som
nambulism.
When had dressed and had my cot
fee locked my old portfolio and tossed
II into the bottom OF my trunk. Some
thing told me that for a while. at least
shord have other occupation than con
tributing to the literature OF Russian
geography.