Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-08-08

To be sure, Bob suggested rather
heartlessly that the week end party
had best be postponed. 1t Is one thing
to conduct a social experiment, he re.
marked, and another to explain it
when the experimenter was a charm
ing young woman. And the expert
mented one-well, there was no use
talking! Vincenzo had proved no
slouchl
And on the evening Of the sixth day
Bob came home from the city late.
Dinner had been served. The porch
was deserted.
No, Miss Darnton and Mr.. Pantozzl
were not out motoring. The gentle
man (what nice shades Of meaning q
stolId faced servant can put into 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.
1--WE come to acknowledge my Ge'
feat. Bob" she said bitterly III
start your tie In the morning, and /
wish you would see tllS Vin-Mr.
Pantozzl leaves the house before /
start the tie"
"Wheww gasped Bob. What has
he done? Eaten peas with spoon
or demanded macaroni uncut"
Nan leaned wearily against a chair
and her mouth dropped.
1T has been a dreadful mistake,
Bob. Don't Joke about It, dear. Vim
cenzo-tonight-he has fallen In love
with mew
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 oul
life. our ways. lie is one OF us.
don't know heart free man In oul
crowd who would not fall In love Will
you-lf 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 a baC
theorlst who won't accept the results
Of her own experiments"
81 didn't think you would take 1t lik'
this. Bob. thought the honor Of th'
family
Bob bit his lip.
did he say anything that reflected
on the Darnton honor|
moo. He was lovely, but bit hys
terical. He said-well, you know wha
they all say-that l was the one wo
man-that he was unworthy Of me
that he would not have placed me il
such a false posltion-but he SHOULD
love me always-and then he jumped
into his car-your car, l mean-anC
went down the drive like mad"
"He didn't happen to say that h
thought it shame for pretty girl I
lose by trickery the best sunburst Til
fany could put up, did he"
Bob" gasped his sister, leanin
heavily against the table, did h
| knowY
Everything, my dear. Vincenzo
q chap I met In Paris, the younger so
of an old Roman family who haX
nothing but chapels and marbles an
| paintings which the state will not pei
nit them to sell, and Vincenzo wa
studying architecture with the laudi
BILE intention Of earning a fortune
keep the confounded chapels and re
les in the family. l gave him his frs
commission, and he has retaliated b
demanding the hand Of my only siste
That's gratitude for you! I'll sen
him packing IN the morning" sal
Bob. with assumed ierceness. The
suddenly a figure all in white nestle
against his broad shoulder; a slim arr
crept around his neck.
"Td-I'd rather you wouldn't, Bo'
need a new sunburst worse than an.
thing else in the world. except
az glimpse Of Pantozzi's face at tn
minute-and there's his carr