Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-09

1 ihuSS VI uolh uaiI. w Hbu We 6ut NEAR
er we saw that her eyes were big and
black, her profile perfect, and her col
oring delightful
Vincent capitulated at once and
let him make his impression first.
He's the younger and 1t always seems
shame not to give such promising
boy chance.
Il beg your pardon" he said, adj
vancing and barring his head so that
the gold In his brown hair caught the
| sunlight, but would you tell me IL
these are private links and to whom
| they belong? ] fear we are. trespass-
ing?' He said this just as III hadn't
told him all about it.
| The girl turned to him uncertainty;
then she smiled wide, jolly smile of
| good fellowship. ] knew she would
they all do that at Vincent
WAS that your ball?' she said, not
needing his question I'm very sorry
II hit my dog"
Vincent was all concern in mo-
ment.
| What shame" be said. did 1t
| hurt him2" and he knelt down to ex
anime the dogs paw
oh, no, Rndolph's all right she an
swered; 'bnt 1t spoiled your drive, and
I'm sorry for that and then she, too,
| knelt on the grass beside the dog.
/ l felt that 1t was time to step for
ward. MY dear young lady" said
| she couldn't have been more than 90,
SO did not hesitate to address her
thus--'My dear young lady, will you
| please tell US whether we are trespass-
ing IN using this court? To whom does
1 IT belong?' You see, | had TO pre-
tend ignorance to get more informa-
tion. | have many of the munitions
that go To make UP great detective,
and | had presentiment that this
/ girl was none other than the Honor
able Agatha Wyckhoff herself
/ This proved to be the case. AS
addressed myself to her the girl rose
with dignity and replied: Il am the
Honorable Agatha Wyckhoff and I
own these grounds. SO, you see, you are
/ trespassing.'
But her tone was laughing and her
expression not at all severe, so
/ promptly told her who we were, and
we shook hands, the Honorable Agatha
smiling ait me somewhat the way she
had smiled at Vincent, though perhaps
i trifie more approximately.
4 We didn't mean to-" said Vincent,
"and | hope you don't mind You'll
forgive us, won't your
The girl laughed, and it was laugh
that like to hear not the silly, re-
pressed giggle OF London debutante
Shell very nearly do" thought
'even II she isn't more than 20''
Forgive you?" she repeated. "Of
course will / think it's great fun
haven't seen new man for six
1 weeks"
1 | was wondering what she meant
by using the word new and waiting
/ for Vincent to reply, when, instead of
answering her, he suddenly pointed
over my Shoulder with look of hor-
ror. THE train" he cried, the train"
4 Sure enough, when | turned saw
/ our train had started and. although
moving slowly, was well on its way
to the little town In the distance.
We were three-quarters of mile
from the tracks by this time, and of
| course pursuit was useless.
Left behind cried Vincent, dra-
matically. and burst out laughing.
That's just like him-he always
1 laughs at everything. For my own
/ part | couldn't see anything funny
4 about Il. Here we were set down In a
| little town that probably did not con-
! tain an inn, while our luggage travelled
merrily on to Cuppstone, all because
OF a foolish whim OF his. The girl
laughed. too, so there was no use In
telling him what thought of him then
i "Well, what are we going to do?"
| asked sharply.
"Do2" echoed Vincent why, with
her permission, we'll play game Of
/ gold with the Honorable Agatha, and
| then 60 on to the station, whatever it's
name is. and take another train for
4 Cuppstone."
/ Its name is Wye" said the Honor
| able Agatha. 'the town of Wye, and
that's a very good plan. That's just,
what we'll do
| And 1t was Just what we did do. And
! you should have seen that girl play
golf! BY the time we had been around
the 18-hole course felt little fatigued
one has to keep in training To do
| that sort Of thing 1T minutes notice
but Vincent and the Honorable