The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-08

served silence, wise young man that
he was, and trusted to his eyes to ex-
press an eloquent REPUTATION. At last,
however, something seemed to occur
to him. A smile broke on his face.
you had a stupid time last night"
he hazarded.
What makes you think sol"
81 know who took you in to dinner"
The eyes of the girl narrowed slight
ly at the orner
ibid he tell your"
"No; | have neither seen nor heard
from any one present" She opened
her eyes wide now.
well, Mr.. S. Holmes, who was itG"
"That imbecile, Medford."
Miss Gable sat up very straight in
the trap. Her little chin went up in
the air, She even went so far as to
make a pretense Of curbing the lmpa-
thence Of. her horse.
"Mr. Medford was most entertaining.
He was the life Of the dinner" she re-
turned somewhat severely.
Hes a professional"
IAN actor!" she cried incredulously.
"No; a professional diner out. Wasn't
that rich young Jackson there?"
why, yes. But do tell me how you
knew" The girl was ~softening a lit.
tie, her curiosity aroused.
"0f course I WILL" he said boylshly.
at once pleased with himself aud his
sympathetic audience. "About $50 |
happened to be In the club. Medford
was there and, as usual, catering to
Jackson, when the latter was called TO
the phone. Naturally I put two and
two together" He paused to more
thoroughly enjoy the look of utter mys-
LITIGATION that lowered on the girls
countenance. 1t was very apparent
that this method of deduction through
addition was unsatlsfying. What
Jackson said to Medford on his re
turn" the young man continued. q
did not hear, but from the expression
Oh the listeners face i could have wag
cred that an Invitation had been ex
tended and accepted. Oh, we boys
have got it down fine. Garrison Isl
and who is Garrlson?"
Garrison is the head door man a
the club. Its positively amazing tn,
number of telephone calls he receive.
every afternoon from well known so
ciety women"
what about? And what's that 60
to do with Mr.. Medford taking me il
to dinnerY'
"Just this: Suppose Mrs. Rowden"-
"Mrs. Rowden!" The girl was non
plused.
'sYes-wants to find out who's In tht
club. She phones Garrison. Instant
~, after aseertaining which set, young
er or old, is wanted, from a small
card upon which he has written a few
but choice m of club members hC
submits a name to her"
'Really, you don't mean to tell m,
that such a thing is actually donep ex
claimed Miss Gable, who as yet wa.
socially so unsophisticated as to bl
mortified. "You're joking, Of courser'
"But nine times out of ten," ignoring
the interruption, sit is met with: Don't
want himp Another: Makes a bat
combinationv A third; ooh, no, my
dear, not a dollar to his name-hope
lessly ineligible!' This last exclama
ton, though intended solely for the Wis
flor at her home, ellcits from Garrison
a low chuckle Of approval Of the speak
er's discrimination, and presently be
hears, Goodness me, Garrison, there
must be some one elsep Then, to bel
delight, she Is informed that Mr.. Jack.
son has just come in, and he is request
ed to come to the phone, Garrison be,
ing dismissed with thanks and the ex.
pectation of seeing her butler in the
morning"
"How perfectly dellcious" came from
the girl. II can almost hear Mrs. Row.
den telling Jackson that be will bt
the dearest boy in the world IL be will
dine with her."
HAnd bring some one with him, as
she is one man short" laughed Gray
don. as he wound up lightly; "And here
is where the professional comes IN
We're all on to Medfordl Why, CARR
son has half a dozen requests a night
six times ive-$30. Not bad-but
then the mans a who's who tina
never makes mistakes. l won't b.
positive that he does not draw pay
from both ends. For, men like Med,
ford, outside of the club, probably tiE
him to give them the preference. Il
would be good business"
There was so much self satisfaction
In the speakers manner OF u~tterinl
these last words that 1t would not have
required the wisdom Of one older thar
Miss Cable to detect that he was thor
oughly enjoying his pose Of man OF tbs
world. He was indeed young, for hi
had yet to learn that not to disillusior
the girl, but to conform as much al
possible to her ideals. was the surest
! way to win her favor, and his vanity
, surely would have received a blow hat
not David Gable at that moment come
out Of the doorway across the side
. walk, pausing for a moment to con
verse with the man who accompanied
him. The girls face lighted will
y ~f.,r,-. ,,d rolinf hut tha vounO man