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SIZES GOING TO MARRY THE HON. ALMERrc ST. AUBYs"

London? Id maybe get chance to
see Jim and talk to him about-about
old times"
His voice died down. and he regarded
the wall again.
"Neyer happened TO hear Of folks
over there OF the name of-of Haw.
castle. did you, Tomf" he went on. Il
don't know what sort Of business they
are in. but ! guess they're well TO do.
Never happened to hear Of them, chr
Perkins shook his head, and Pike
went on:
Maybe I'll write TO Jim Cooley and
ask him about these people. Jim d be
likely to know 'em. guess. Vice con-
sui must be a pretty big bug over
there"
Law CASE" asked Perkins suddenly.
"sort Of" answered Pike quietly. Il
don't know that I'D call Il Just that.
Perhaps the trip would be a change
anyway. And I'd like to see this man
Hawcastle."
"where does this Hawcastle liver
asked Perkins.
England. Cot a house be calls
Hawcastle Hall"
"wbat about the K. and Or asked
Perkins suddenly.
Il guess the X. and G. VIII have q
wait awhile"
\ Perkins stood up resoiuteiy and faced
4 his friend.
There's something wrong with Jon,
Dam" he said emphatically. There's
something mighty wrong. II ain'I
like you to 20 running on this way I'm.
less there's something behind IT,"
Y He stopped. for Pike was whistlins
softly to himself, whistling like th.
man who Is striving TO recall some
tune that Is only half forgotten. Their
be turned TO Perkins.
aRemember that old tune, Tom" b
asked" Sweet GenevieveT"
Get outF snapped Perkins. THAT
million years old. Why don't yoy
keep up TO date II you're going IN 70
musicf What DO you care about 'swee
Cenevieve, anyway
II used TO know somebody that SAM
it-once-long ago.. said Pike quietly
II used to hear John simpson whistle
4 years before be died and left al
that money TO me for those two kids
Tom"-be turned suddenly and trans
fred bis friend with an sccusstor,
nnger-"what would you think Of |
guardian that doesn.t guardr -
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turned It to its envelope.
Sand that ends the guardianship"
he muttered. wonder what I'm go
ing to do with the old house now?"
From drawer In his desk he pulled
q framed picture that showed deli
cately featured girl, with big. frank
eyes and wealth Of light. curling
hair that was half hidden by big
garden hat. There was smile about
the lips that seemed very engaging.
Snd the muslin dress she wore had
been accentuated In Its simplicity by
the art Of the London photographer.
Pike had preserved the picture. which
had been given to him by old John
Simpson the day before he died. and
he sighed as he looked at II.
Then he laid II face down upon the
desk and dropped his chin into his
hand. 1t may have been an hour that
he sat there. and In that time never a
thought of his legal business crossed
his mind. He was busy with a fanci-
full picture of an unknown city that In
spite Of his desire seemed to take on
the aspects Of larger Kokomo. and In
his fancy he could see big. well knit
young fellow bending eagerly over to
look into the face Of girl. and he
heard her call him Almeric.
Must be a mighty fine man." be
mused-.a fine big man-to capture
her"
Then Perkins came In to ask II Pix
wished to sail from New York fo
Havre In two days time. stating thai
It would be necessary to leave thai
night II Pike wished to take passage
on her.
TN 60. Tom" be said. "Mayb'
you'll drop In here once In awhile and
tell folks that ask for me that Ill b
back In Q month or co."
Then he sat down and wrote to jim
Cooley at London.
At 8 that night be stepped aboard ~
eastbound train and the next after
noon was IN New York. Sorrent
seemed q long way on. and II wa
with q heavy heart that be walked III
the gangplank Of Ia Provence.
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CHAPTER I.
IRIS A Grill"

Elnk building, the gaunt young man
81 the stern features and the kindly
eily eycs that always seemed a perpet.
u. reiiike to the face In which they
re set ruminated over the letter he
ii IL his hand. His back was to the
{. - Z half glass door which was also
tie rIIin and only entrance to the
Rom and which bore upon its trans
1, ent surface in ragged letters, worn
D, lhr polishing the glass had under
{. Ne. the words. "Dauiel Voorhees,
-. attorney at Law"
fike himself had a queer twist of
feature. sort Of whimsicality that
ps-yaded the very atmosphere about
b ard the smile with which he re.
rsst a tie letter he held had a world
o. Renaissance and sadness In 1t.
" lic gazed at It the letter seemed
e. fade into nothingness, and In its
place there rose the picture Of a day
years before, a day that caused the
ci,igy walls Of the Office to become
t.irous and gauzy. and through the
<. iiap tc seemed 10 see another Office
a -ailsaackle sort Of place, with tin
s! i showing through the window
lch Informed the passerby that real
estrip was the commodity dispensed
within. To Pike the picture grew yet
n r. distinct, and IN the broken bot
fol cane chair he saw the figure OF
L..lyy faced man In bis shirt sleeves
ei-ags-l in smoking corncob pipe.
In another corner Of the room ht
could see a red headed boy porting ovel
q pine table. laboriously copying In .
rogid hand some title deeds. Then
thr,r.h the reaches Of the past, b.
se..ulei n hear the heavy faced mai
re.i"ye the pipe from bis mouth and
ke.ud him speak.
"pau" be said, "its q girlr'
Ar,I he heard the gasp the boy CAV,
for;'i a. he turned about on bis stoo
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patrons In return for modest and wen
put advertisement.
Strangely enough. the Hawcastle-
Creech combination did not drag the
willing Simpsons into the glitteripg
presence Of the real set.
On the contrary, with somewhat
dog In the manger policy. they awak-
ened both the earl and his sister-in-
law to the fact that they wished no
sharers in those American dollars that
John Simpson had sweated his brow
for, and as consequence they pro-
posed little trip-a quiet, ante-season
trip-to Sorrento. where guest
would disturb them an where mat
tiers might be given ince to right
themselves.
And there. strangely enough. the
Simpsons met the Comtesse de Cham
pigny and were quite delighted to find
the gifted and brilliant Frenchwoman
an intimate of the earl's. The second
morning Of their arrival the gay COM
tesse put In an appearance and with o
promptitude that was astonishing took
young Horace under the wldowly wing
and marked him for her own. And
that same morning the noble earl took
his equally noble son into the shrub
berry and spoke to him.
you've got TO do IL. 81 Aubyn," he
said "rhe family honor is at stake.
For heavens sake. marry the little
fool. what II her scurrilous name =
Simpson? You can make her forget It.
We are stony broke my coed boy. and
she has hundred and ffty thou.
That Will keep us going for another
year or two. and II Helene can capture
the young ass. Horace. Ill force her
10 divide with me-"
But It's such beastly bore. gov.
ernor," drawled Almerk 81. Aubyn.
and be licked idly at the rhododen-
dron bushes with bis stick.
He was 4 pale. washed out youth.
with an inlmita BILE drawl and SHIN
mering Of Intellect that might. IL Il
had been given an opportunity. have
resolved itself into good working Inn
itation Of brain. To his friends he
was "that hopeless ass and to bis
enemies and debtors-of the latter not
q few-.'that bcastly bounder. ST. An
byn."
"You see. governor" the honorable
Almeric went on. "it isn't as II cared
for the little gal I'm a queer beggar.
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with wide eyes. "Going away!'
WhereT
II guess I'll take a trip across the
water" replied Pike dreamily. AL
ways wanted to see those foreign
parts, those venices and Romes and
Londons. Must be queer tribe over
there, Tom. Not much like US plain
folks here. Ell? Lots of high and
mighty dukes and ears and things and
coats Of arms and crowns and coaches
with white horses, eh?"
Tom Perkins sat down In q chair
with a gasp Of establishment He
stared at his friend with frank amaze
ment written on his face and opened
his mouth twice before his lips formed
the words.
"Europew he said at last.
Europe" he replied. "Say. Tom,
you remember Jim Cooley? They sent
Jim over there, didn't they? Made
him vice consul or something over in
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was call to some one within. and
woman emerged with a white bundle
In her arms.
"Show her to Dam" he heard the
mans voice say. and then, when the
woman had removed bit Of the flan-
mel covering from the little face and
he had looked upon 1t, startled, abashed
and maryelously choking as to the
throat, the big voice went on again:
"She's going to be Ethel, Dan, that
bundle of infancy. And maybe some
Of these days she'll be getting herself
in tight place, and it's going to be up
to you, Dan. to help her out and
you're going to promise me that you'll
do it. boy. Horace, the other kid, he'll
grow up maybe to have sense, and
he'll look out for himself, but it's a
tough place for girls. Dana mighty
tough place"
He could almost hear the hushed
voice in which the boy had given the
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AK years OF life abroad. and these /
during the most impressionable
~ period Of their young lives. had
left an indelible imprint upon
the two young people.
Horace Simpson had taken TO him
self the manners OF the Harrow and !,
Oxford youth. He had eschewed the
society Of what he had learned. with
parrot.like aptness. to call those "vul-
gar Americans" and had confined his
social intercourse solely 10 such OF the
European "haut ton as he could man
age 10 scrape acquaintance with.
And this last was somewhat uphill
task. for. whatever else one may say
about the English. they are inclined TO
view with very little favor the pos
SCISSOR OF no other attribute than
money. True. there are exceptions.
and these but prove the rule.
Ethel. who had grown into really
beautiful young woman, had followed
J suit, so far as In her modest powers
lay. Such OF her school friends as
would permit the half formed ac-
, qualntance TO ripen she mad retained.
Such others Of her own modest begin
nings she had quietly but emphatically
dropped. From plain democracy she
had sought the sntithesis. and the leap
(, was all the more an earnest one be-
cause OF fits breadth.
/ The simpsons--an they had added
their mothers maiden name and linked
Il 70 the paternal nomenclature with
Q hyphen-had been deeply bitten with
the aristocratic virus and after a long
and arduous struggle had managed to
meet Lady crecch.
This titled mondaine had the mIsfor-
tune 10 be viciousIy short Of patrImony
and inordInately long OF lineage. and,
while her life Of self denial had doubt
less imbittered her. she had a most
inordInate value Of birth and distinct
, appreciation Of cash: hence when II
J came her way 10 pick the Granger
Simpsons out OF tile slough of com
monplacs acquaintance she did II with
. a royal favor and for stipulated con.
. sideratIon.
. "ReaIly. my dear Hawcastle'-sh
pronounced II as old sailors pronounce
, "fo'c's'tIe.-she was wont 10 say
"really. OF course, they are quite Inn
possible. but the girl II an adaptable
! little thing. and may be able TO make
J something OF her IN time. while the
boy-ah. fear I shall have to leave
him to you and ST. Aubyn."
do as you like" replied the Earl Of
!, Hawcastie. with some choler. "bui
keep them out OF my way AZ much Al
possible. ! positively win not BE- badg
. cred by these unbaked colonists."
zone might stand a quantity Of
0 badgering. Haweastle, for 100000
!. st which the genial earl would squiru
q nervously.
. AZ any rate, the Simpson childrsr
! bekan to bs seen In the second stratum
!. Of London society and met endless
numbers Of the shopworn nobility, but
4 sad 20 relate. never one Of the trul,
/ respectable. To those who know thei
; London there are several layers Of no
9 bilIty. and the layer the ordinary IN
( dividusi meets. who has no social pres
!. tige to begin with. Il composed Of thu
peculiar class that lends It, name b
doubtful directorates. to queer pros
q pectuses, 70 struggling millinsrs will
an ere on the main chance and VIII
; gladly extend unlimited credit 70 thsi
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CHAPTER II.

AK years Of NE abroad. and these
- during the most impressionable
~ period Of their young lives. had
left an indelible imprint upon
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required promise and the awe with
which he heard that the newest atom
OF humanity to arrive was already
motherIess, and then the picture faded
again. Then came q succession Of sim
liar views.
He saw the dingy real estate ONCE
grow into respectable brick building.
and then into handsome stone edifce,
and the heavy featured man turn
grayer and grayer and more somber
and more Woodworking. and be could
remember the day when the tiny Ethel
was brought 10 the Office for the first
time and Of the manner In which she
began TO grow up. He recalled the day
when she reached the mature age OF
twelve and Of how he had presented
to her a Bible for a gift and Of the
manner In which he had blushed for
all his twenty-five years.
And then he recalled the day when
John Simpson had confided TO him
that the kids we're to be given adj
vantages and were TO be sent abroad
10 school. There came a blank after
that. but he recalled as II II had been
but yesterday the feeling with which
be had gone OF into a corner and
wrestled with the grief that bad besei
him. He could even see the futterins
hand that waved TO him from the cal
I window as the train took her and hei
brother away.
Suddenly the door behind him opened
and shut quickly. and quick step
caused him TO drop bis feet 70 tn
floor. He turned and found a visito
at his elbow.
aDan," said the newcomer. 1T
all yours. jenkins Just got Telegram
that the X. and @. has decided to one
you the representation for this end o
the state"
"That sov responded Pike aim
lessly.
aof course it's 80. manw replied th
, other, shaking him vigorously By Oh
shoulder. "wake up, can't your IL
worth fifteen thousands year TO you!
Pike turned quiEzical eyes upon hi
friend and folded the letter he held 1
his hand.
much obliged to you, Tom" be SAIL
II goess I'm kind of upset today. Go
letter here thst-jolted me q littl'
I'm thinking Of going away for
spell"
.Goins swsyr' calculated his frien
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ron know. and IT'S fearfully rough on
a chap TO pretend interest In such
little vulgarian. OF course know
we're awfully hard up and all that
sort Of thing. but
Ills noble father seized him roughly
by the arm.
"you don't have TO live with her. you
know he said sayagely. 1T VIII be
easy enough 10 make II so unpleasant
for the mink that she'll be glad 70 so
back TO the States. and she cant get
back a penny. Wen have that tight
enough"
The Hon. Almeric laughed.
"oh. all right. old chapF' he drawled.
I'll lift her TO the Internal seventh
heaven. or whatever you call t. Don't
expect me to moon over her. though"
And that compact being settled. the
earl went on for his morning walk
along the cliff and Almeric TO keep
his engagement for n morning ride
with Ethel Graneer-simpson.
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This romance deals with a
,rious odmixture of American
icinaess and European high
/ fc. Nth a young Indiana girl
I ,Srlcd by title and in the
catches of quartet of sharp
as headed by an impecunious
iritish peer; with the girls An
lomcniac brother, a Russian
,.osic in disguise, an escaped
/ sssian convict and a .faithless
lie. end, most important of oil,
: .th the girls shrewd, witty,
c surgeons, resourceful guard
In. Daniel Voorhees, Pike of
I.cf:on,o. Daniel loves the In
e.arG girl and is determined to
tpe her from the sharpers even
.L.xst her own will. Read and
,oa ;Jill learn how Daniel, with
i a single friend TO aid him,
.cs,i most difficult dilemma
a why he figured so proni-
,nay in an international ro-
h.a.ce in which heraldry was
torc important than hearts and
r;Gity far more conspicuous
I'm Cupid.
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Perkins regarded him rebelliously.
"Depends on whose guardian he Is

Perkins regarded him rebelliously.
"Depends on whose guardian he is
and whether the guardees want him to
attend to business or not. II you're
talking about those kids Of John Simp-
sons. I'd say you've done about all
you could be expected to. You've kept
the money together. haven't you?
You've made 1t grow. You've sent 1t
along regular-over there. What more
could amy one want?"
"Maybe that isn't enough"
"When are those two coming home"
went on Perkins. "Why don't they
come back and spend Johns money
where II was made-at homer"
81 don't believe they're coming back
right soon." replied Pike. Things
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sort Of seem to attract 'em over there.
II must be a mighty fine place"
.Huhv' replied Perkins disgustedly.
whats the matter with Kokomo7
Why don't that girl come back home
and marry and settle DOWN. Tell me
that"
Pike smiled queeriy. and his head
seemed to shrink into his shoulders q
trine as he thrust his hands into his
pockets.
II guess she's going to marry and
settle down. Tom, all right" be said
slowly. From what hear she's go
ing to marry one Of those dukes or
earls was mentioning"
MARRY a foreigner cried Perkins.
jumping to his feet. why. I thought
She
"Never mind what you thought.
Tom" returned Pike. I'm telling you
she's going to be married. That's why
| guess she won't be likely TO come
back to Kokomo. I guess Kokomo's
a pretty poor looking place after some
| OF those other places she's been see
ing"
.How do you known" asked Perkins,
drawing his chair forward.
Pike lifted the letter he had folded up
Il got this from her" be said sim
ply. want to know what's In III"
.Yes." answered Perkins.
81 can't let you read II. but It's from
q place IN Itaiy-sorrento." be wen
on slowly. mounting the unfamiliar
word. -she says she's going TO marry
the Hon. Aimeric st. Aubyn, heir q
the ancient house OF Hawcastle. And
she wants TO make q settlement OF
him. She can't marry without my con
sent, you know. Tom. II she does tn
money goes to the Kokomo orphai
|. asylum"
.Going TO give your conscnti" IN
quIrcd Perkins.
II .Don't know" answered Pike. "rv'
got to look the young man over first
promised John Simpson I'd Away
look after her. That was when sh
was born. He said girls sometime
J, got into a tight place and they'd nee
some one 70 pull them ont Sound
good. doesn't Il. Tomf Hon. AImeri
Sc Aubyn. Must be member OF cor
gress or something over there. Mayb
he'll be a senator some day. can
object. Tom. n he's got a show {
make a good living for her. can ]
i. Say, what II n settlement. anyway
You don't suppose I've been kecpin
her short OF money, do you. and she
!. had 20 borrowT
Perkins shook his head gloomily.
I Don't ask me-" he said Il don
! know anything about women. VIII,
Dan. thought you'd mapped Il o.
. TO marry
e 'TharIl do for that" said Pm
q quickly. even not talk about ths
o now. Tom. Suppose you 20 down ,
Archie Toombs and ask him about So
g renio and how TO get there and whe
q fellow gets there after be starts. II
. going 20 write q letter TO Jim Cools
. and get him to hunt up this Has
% castle"
81 when Perkins had gone Pike puIls
open the letter and read II once agsi
9 II was the most formal Of notes. b
7. ginning Dear Mr.. Pike" and cndin
y "Yours sincerely II contained q bril-
II notice Of the writer's intentions, 0
9. rather. intentions In the event Of
2. certain contretemps that to her SCENE
. Inevitable. and trusted that the en-
would meet with his approval
He sighed 40 be folded II and g
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CHAPTER III.



AN hour later Mariana. the msitre
"a d'hotei Of the Regina Marghe-
IA rita. stepped out upon the ter
-. race and began 10 lay . cloth
upon one Of the small round tables that
stood cioss TO the white marble baius-
trade. On tho other side Of The wan
could Be heard tbs msndolins and sui-
tas Of the nshsrmen. and Mariana
glanced up Grossly ~ the song arose
upon the morning air.
-silsnxsor' hs cried, and for . mo-
ment tn music did down.
Mariana went q once to the table
upon which b. had spread the elotn
and placed silvsswsrs and dslicaoe
china upon IT. and be wss tins en-.
foossuvDl =
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IS feet on
the desk Of
the office In
the Central
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-18
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The daily sentinel., 1909-06-18
TODAY Is YEARS AGO
FROM DAILY SENTINEL
Monday. June 1S. y

Miss Belle Kimball, who has been
visiting in the city the past few days
with her friend, Mrs. Benton Canon,
left for her home>at Ouray this morn
ing.
An ovation was given Miss Susie
Carpenter at the Park opera house
Saturday night The representative
audience present was an elegant com
pliment to the little lady who for
two hours held her audience in ex-
pectant eagerness for every mum Der
of her program.
Sunday morning train No. l, en-
gine No. Sc. Horton, conductor, C. C.
Price, engineer, had a head-on col
lision with engine No. AZ, Colish.
conductor, John Good, engineer. at a
point one and one-half miles west of
Westwater. No persons were killed
or injured in the wreck The pilots
of both engines were badly smashed
Lewis S. Scott left for his home in
Philadelphia Saturday evening.
A very fair crowd attended Prof.
Hooser's lecture on spiritualism last
night He continues his lectures this
week.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-18
Congratulations to Grand Jun

Congratulations to Grand juno
ton. The street carnival which
threatened TO invade that town this
week cancelled its date. No possible
benefit results from such peripatetic
outfits, and the prosperity of the
place they visit is blighted. Amuse-
ment and recreation is essential to
the contentment and social health of
any community. but there are always
resident features of this character,
who help sustain the town by dis
bursting a liberal share of their re-
ceipts in the way of rent, salaries and
innumerable items of expense instead
of monopolizing the principal streets
with tents and shacks; escaping rent,
light and water tax, and everything
else; injuring every line of business
draining the town of loose change
and carrying it away.-Telluride
Journal.