Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-03

" hEGlD Eh.
there and be wretched. Oh" she cried,
ut will simply be too delicious! Don't
you think SOP"
"Eapturous. but dangerous for mo"
asscnted Richard gravely. rs Miss
Renwyck in the playT"
"Why, of course she Is, STUPID! She's
getting it up herself and has the lead
ing part"
Pichard frightened. Private the
a~triclls were not so silly, after all.
"What sort of a part will she play?"
he asked.
ooh, the serious part!' his compan
ion advised him. Its more real act
ing than mine, Of course, but | like the
love part best, don't your" Richard
nodded, and the debutante continued:
Harriet is the rich heiress, you know.
And, oh, she's going to wear the Rem
wyck diamonds! Her father will
bring them up from the city tomorrow
night. She'll look awfully stunning in
them. You are engaged to her-in the
play. | mean-but you'll find out that
you love me best. and it's an awfully
exciting seems. You and lin the play,
mean-you and | are in a room to-
gether, and you tell me how much you
love me-
Hadn't We better practice a little
bit now?"
Don't you think you could do it
without practice?'
81 shall need to acquire-er-restraint
In the presence of such temptation.
you know"
ooh, | see. l guess it won't be neces-
sary for you to he too restrained. It's
beautiful. so impassioned the Ian
guage. you underestimate
81 shall try to live up TO tt"
"And just when you kiss me- .
I'm sure it would be best for us to
try that in private"
Not at all. We can make believe
about that part, you know"
"That's not true acting"
"lsn't it: Oh. wen see about that
later, and we needn't rehearse that
anyway"
"Eut I'm sure to be so awfully awk-
ward about that. I've had SO little
practice in my short life"
lyon poor little innocent English
man, Wen fix that later"
"Oh, happy hope
"Will you listen to me, Lord Croy-
land?"
I'm SILENT
Harriet comes in and %denounces
you. Don't you think it's perfectly de-
I%icious:"
"Dazzling"
"Thcn its settled. I'm SO glad. Come
on and lets dig up more roots"
Miss ImOgene Chittendon proceeded
to pick wild flowers. Mr.. Richard Will
liams carried them in the -four ounce
basket and communed with himself.
Denunciation ut the present speaking
was rather a sore subject with him
and coming from the lips of the girl he
w~orshiped in Il one act play in which
he was some one else was more than
flesh and blood could stand. 1t had too
definite a relation to his present cir
cumstances to be comfortable. On the
whole, he decided to get out of that
play If he could. He did not wa.
dtllOhilNlIS Alln, tNCh III lul.
She might have to do it in earnest
later. and he did not wish her to have
the advantage of a previous rehearsal.
He was getting sensitive. he realized.
but he wanted to see her alone, to talk
with her as q kind of relief from the
troubles that were gathering around
him in uncomfortable. sticky coils,
But at every turn his innocent purpose
was frustrated. and he found himself
in the clutches of some one else, an in
quisitor like Michael Corrigan. a chat
terbox like Miss Chittendon.
He was not so occupied with his
thoughts, however. as to forget Il plains
mans training, and during the latter
half hour of his wild flower hunt he
was conscious Of a spy upon his trail.
He had turned ut some remark of his
companion and had CHANGED to see a
figure that lodged swiftly behind a
bowlder some fifty yards away. He
had paid no special heed to the oc-
currence. But when it was repeated
twice he became convinced that some
one was watching them-why. he coulC
not imagine. AS they neared RestmC~t
Richard wheeled suddenly and spieC
the figure crouching along a lockwood
hedge. 1t seemed n very strange af
fair, and he determined to get to the
bottom of it. SO. ~eXcusing himself OF
the steps of the veranda. he made {
circuit of the house. cut across thu
rose garden and vaulted a fence int
the road, The hedge ended at thi'
&c.
gentlemen. Richard came near to land
Ing on the head of Mr., Cornelius Val
I der Awe.
(To be continued.)