The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-03-13

his dancing eyes made no effort 10 re
enforce You dropped this handkor
chief ont Of your mum
She was shocked did l? What
a GOOSE" She famed "Of course
YOU know didn't do il on purpose
"Of course. DO you mind If follow
sou little way. just for protection?
You might lose your mum -or-or--'
Il might cast a shoe" she flashed.
She looked ahead with a little mad.
denng judicial air. Well, all right, but
youll have TO leave me soon for I'm
almost there. Its somewhere in the
Sixties. | think You're not going to
insist on going 10 dinner with me.
are you?"
I'm not sure yet"
She had been fumbling in her mum
She brought out note. crumpled
creamy sheet.
He watched her curiously at first
then with a start.
by every sign and token OF long
distance signaling that's Bettina
Thorpe's hans writing" he commented
casually
She stared
"Oh. I've got my credentials with
me too There's no reason why this
peace conference shouldn't get busy"
He drew an unopened letter from his
pocket and thrust it under her be
widered eyes.
by Joye, I guess I'd better read
that" he exclaimed.
How perfectly ridiculous" Her
breath came in gasps. Why | cant
/ believe tits too silly"
"Bettina ought 70 serve a can-opener
with her stationery" he complained.
/ tearing at the flap. "or a little dyna
mite. All" He ran hungrily through
the note and then burst into a roar
II know who you are he Informed
his companion, his face brightening
with mischief You're Patricia Otis.
Listen TO this:
Dear Duke I've been phoning you
! you Ike am possessed ever since / heard
III your arrival yesterday morning. But
/ nobody knew where you wsre Come
20 S-g Sixty-third street to dinner To-
night with Bob and me. " it's po slhr
thing % meet Patsy OTIS, who's lNne
maid-of-honor next week. AT the chief
social event ~ The season I've always
told YOU you'd go crazy over her and
here's your chance. Hurriedly.
BETTY "
He jamined the letter back into the
envelope You see. I've simply got
to 20 to dinner with you"
Are you Duke Grayson
Il am"
Betty never told me you were
coming tonight But then. Of course
she knew | wouldn't be there have
always refused 10 meet YOU
Same here he agreed brazenly
She's determined TO marry us. yol
know. That's why you looked 81
familiar. It's the pictures she showe'
me. would never have suspected
that YOU were goodlooking from thos
things
Thank you I'm not It's thes
clothes I'm wearing When you com
TO that-Betty had any number Of pic
lures OF you in her room at Bertrar
hall. See here-I don't want 70 NEE
you oh, Betty's a schemer 70
wait until | get alone with her If
DON'T simply decline TO meet yol
She'll throw me at YOU in the most di
\ gushing way-leaving us to tete-
II tetes. and everything like that 81
J hates my settlement work, you know
Her heart is set on marrying me OF
She saws that if married man liz
you I'd be a different woman. Isn't
disgusting?'
"Nauseating." he agreed.
why, ! wouldn't marry the kind
man YOU are for anything in the wor
you're too frivolous. | have an 0
ject in life
He applalded her That's rigf
. You stick TO that-no matter ho
many times / ask you
W She turned back and her little tee
ne gnawed at her underlp. "Oh, sugar
al she burst out vexedly She made
indeterminate movement forward al
ne stopped Il won't 90 to their dinner
she said with decision.
to lie had the look of one inspire
I'll 'TT tell YOU what well do You S
Sc how IL is: here are two people consp
ny ing against us-against your hap
er ness and my liberty. Let's eyade the
GU by going of to dinner together.
ny call a hanson and We'll go down
CHI the Waldorf You can telepho
SO Betty. so that she won't wor
ed Therell be nobody there to foist !
id- welcome gratuitous tete-a-tetes on
ID That's the only way We can beat th
lat game"
/ | II don't know what grandma wol
/ saw" she said defantly, but, anywi
a I'm going TO do It. I'll tell Betti
nd that I've met you by accident Il
he we understand each other and h
wv. and that we see right through all
be- plans. And II she has any idea
But poking us into corners TO fail
Eve love with each other. she can j.
so give il up, because we absolutely
hes fuse to do II"
That's the STUFF" lie raised
ave alert finger to the hanson that !
|, If assiduously trailed them up
my avenue.