Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-09-18

yellow car, who was taking to luxury
and the social career as a duck takes
to water.
heartlessly that the week end party
had best be postponed. 1t is one thing
to conduct social experiment, he re-
marked, and another to explain it
when the experimenter was charm
ing young woman. And the expert
talking! VincenZo had proved no
SLOUGH!
And on the evening of the sixth day
Bob came home from the city late.
Dinner had been served. The porch
was deserted.
were not out motoring. The gentle
man (what nice shades Of meaning a
stolid faced servant can put into a sim
pie phrase) had gone away in his car
alone and Miss Darnton was in her
room, quite Ill with a headache.
Headache Notwithstanding, she burst
into her brothers study directly the
servant had gone back to the rear of
| the house. Her face was quite pale.
Her eyes shone with unnatural bril-
| liancy from the center of dark circles.
give come to acknowledge my de-
feat, Bob" she said bitterly. "Tll
start your tie in the morning. and
wish you would see that Vin-Mr.
Pantozzi leaves the house before
start the tie
"Whew!' gasped Bob. what has
he done? Eaten peas with spoon
or demanded macaroni uncut|
Nan leaned YEARLY against a chair
and her mouth dropped.
at has been dreadful mistake,
Bob. Don't joke about 1t, dear. Vim
cenzo-tonight-h has fallen in love
with me-"
Bob leaned back in his chair and
| laughed heartlessly.
(Which goes to show" he gasped be.
tween paroxysms, that your theory is
entirely correct. He fell right into our
| life, our ways. He is one Of us. !
don't know heart free man in our
crowd who would not fall in love with
you-if he had the opportunities of
seeing you in your most charming,
womanly moods, as poor Pantozzi has.
Don't blame him for that! It's bad
theorist who won't accept the results
Of her own experiments"
81 didn't think you would take it like
this, Bob. thought the honor Of the
family
Bob bit his lip.
did he say anything that reflected
on the Darnton honor?"
moo. He was lovely, but a bit hys-
ter1cal. He said-well, you know what
they all say-that l was the one wo-
man-that he was unworthy Of me
that he would not have placed me in
such a false posit1on-but he should
love me always-and then he jumped
into his car-your car, mean-and
went down the drive like mad"
"He didn't happen to say that he
thought it a shame for pretty girl to
lose by trickery the best sunburst Tiff
fanny could put up, did her
"Bob." gasped his sister, leaning
heavily against the table. did he
know"
Everything, my dear Vincenzo is
q chap l met In Paris, the younger son
Of an old Roman family who have
nothing but chapels and marbles and
paintings which the state will not per
NIT them to sell, and Vincenzo was
| cf,1 dxyfnc viii tho 40
BILE intention Of earning a fortune to
keep the COMPOUNDED chapels and rel
les in the family. l gave him his first
commission, and he has retaliated by
demanding the hand Of my only sister
That's gratitude for you! I'll send
| Bob, with assumed fierceness. Then
suddenly figure all in white nestled
| against his broad shoulder; a slim arm
crept around his neck.
"Id-Pd rather you wouldn't, Bob.
I need new sunburst worse than any
thing else in the world, except
"a glimpse of Pantozzi's face at this
minute-and there's his carr
Artemus Wards Accomplishment. !,
On the occasion Of Artemus Ward
| professional visit to London, which &C.
CURED not long before his death, J. e.
| Preston Muddock says in his book,
Pages From an Adventurous Life"
that the American humorist's advertise
ments of his "show" were as full of
| funny surprises as the lectures them
| selves. One that tickled the general
public was this:
Artemus Ward delivered Lectures
| Before All the Crowned Heads of Europe
ever thought of delivering lectures.
And an excerpt from his lecture on
Drawing" is quoted by Mr.. Muddock
as particularly delightful bit
Il haven't distinguished myself as an
artist" Ward said in his inimitable
way, "but have always been mixed up
in art. l have an uncle who takes
photographs in his sane moments, and
/ have a servant who takes everything
he can lay his hands on at any mo-
| ment.
cat very tender age could draw
on wood. When mere child once
| drew a small cart load of raw turnips
over a wooden bridge. 1t was a raw
morning. The people of the village
recognized me. They said it was a
raw turnip drawing. That shows how
faithfully had copied nature. I drew
their attention to 1t, so you see there
| was q lot of drawing in it.
"The villagers, with the wonderful
| discernment peculiar to villagers, said
had future before me. AS was
walking backward when l made my
| drawing, | replied that l thought my
future must be behind me"