The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-10-28

n ~ at Yale. 1t had been
q question Of money with
Bobby from the beginning. According
TO his own admission, his money was
a source of great annoyance to him.
He was not out OF debt but once and |
then before he fully realized it. So un-
usual was the condition that he could
not sleep. The first thing he did in the
morning was to borrow right and LETT
for fear another attack Of insomnia
might interfere with his training for
the football eleven.
Robertson Ray Rigby, immortalized
as Bobby. had gone in for athletics,
where he learned to think and act
quickly. He was called one or the
lightest but headiest quarterbacks III
the east. No gridiron idol ever escaped
his Jimmy" or "Toppy or Pop or
Johnny" When finally he hung out
his single in Chicago Robertson Il.
Rigby. Attorney at Law"-he lost his
identity even among his classmates. 1t
was weeks before the fact became gen
orally known that it was Bobby who
waited for clients behind the deceptive
shingle.
The indulgent aunt who had supplied
him with funds in college was rlcn III
business blocks and apartment build
ings. and now Mr.. Robertson H. Rlgpy
was her man of affairs. When he went
in for business, the old push OF the
football field did not desert him. lie
was very much alive and very Vlgor-
fol- long
'learn the signals
With his aunts unfaltering prosper
ity. his own ready wit and unbrldleo
versatility he was not long In estap
fishing himself safely in his profession
and in society. Everybody liked MN
though no one took him seriously eA
cept when they came to transact pusl
ness with him. Then the witness o.
the drawing room turned into shreWu
ness as 1t crossed the office thresholu.
The day after the Gable dinner bou
by yawned and stretched through III
morning mail. He had slept but HUI
the night before, and all on account q
a certain, or rather uncertain MIS-
Clegg. That petite and aggraVatin
Young woman had been especially e
asperating at the Gable dinner. M
Rigby. superbly confident of his stan'
ing with her, encountered difhculti'
which put him very much out OF tel
per. For the first time there was
apparent rift in her constancy. New
before had she shown such signs
fuctuating. He could not understai
tin fact. he dared not understand
.She was a most annoying young Pr
SON" said Mr.. Rigby to himself wra'
fully more than once after he went
bed that night. Anyhow, he could 4
see what there was about Ho"a
Medford for any girl to countenan
much less to admire. Mr.. Medford
tainly had ruined the Cable dinner p
ty for Mr. Rigby, and he was full
resentment.
Miss Heating" called Mr.. Rigby
the third time, may / interrupt "
conversation with Mr.. Deever le
enough to ask question that has b'
on my mind for twenty minutes
Mr.. Deever was the raw young
tleman who read law in the ONCE
Judge Smith next door. Bobby mi
tanned that If he read law at all II
at night, for he was too busy win
er occupations during the day.
Miss Heating, startled, turned rou
about promptly. Yes, SIR, at
came from the pert young woman
the window.
II guess I'll be going" said MT
yer resentfully, rising slowly from
side of her desk on which he had
lounging.
"Wait a minute, Eddie" prote
Miss Heating. whats your hurl
And then she almost snapped
"What is It. Mr.. Rigby?'
IT merely wanted to ask II you
sufficient time to let me dictate
short letters that ought to go ou'
day" said Bobby sarcastically
then added with mock apology: do
move, Mr.. Deever. IL you're not
Miss Keating's way, you're certal
not In mine"
"a great josher!' that young WOE
was heard to comment admiringly.
"You may wake up some mornln'
find that I'm not" said Bobby sope
Whereupon Miss Heating rose
strobe to the other end of the room