Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-01-07
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CHAPTER NY.

was meGitating my course over
cherries luncheon when Gillespie was
announced. He loUngcd into the dining
room, drew his chair to the table and
covered n biscuit with camcmbcrt with
his usual inscrutable air
Il think It is better" lie said deliber
atingly, 80 be an ass than fool. Have
You any views on this subject
None my dear Buttons. have been
called both by shtewd men"
80 have !, II the worst were known,
and they offered proof All, more and
more l see that we were born for each
other. Mr.. Donovan. | was once so i'm
pressed with the notion that to he a fool
was to be distinguished that 1 conceived
the idea Of forming Il Nohle order OF
Serene ard lncurab!a Fools I elected
myself The Grand and Most Worthy
Master. feeling safe from competition.
News OF tho matter having gone forth.
many persons the highest standing wrote
to me, recommending their friends for
membership. 1ly correspondence soon
engaged three typc-writers, and Z was
obliged to get the postofice department
to help me break tho chain. 4 few hum
bic souls applied on their own hook for
consideration. These elected ana placed
in the first class. You would ne sur
prlsed TO know low many people who
are chronic joners write In absent
mindedly for application blanks. fearing
to be left out OF q GOOD thing. United
States senators were rather common on
the list. and there were three governors;
bishop wrote to propose a brother
bishop OF whose merits he spoke in the
warmest terms Many newspapers de-
oil be- Ip corfc+, fIinI 81 long FOL Z
want I received Invitations to speak on
the uses and benefits of the order from
many learned bodies. The thing began
to bore me. and when my official station
cry was exhausted l issued a farewell
address to my troops and dissolved the
society But IT'S n great qualification TO
me. my dear Donovan, that we quit with
& waiting-list.'
There are times Buttons. when you
cease TO divert me. I'm likely to he
very busy for a few days. Just what
can I DO for this afternoon"
Look here old man. you're not
angry"
NO; I'm rarely angry; but I'm often
bored"
Then your brutal insinuation shall not
go UNI warded. Let me proceed. But
first. how are your ribs?"
Sore and = tribe stin. but I'm COM
Portable. thanks.
'As l understand matters freshman
there is no real difference between you
and me EXCEPT IN the matter OF Ger
tain lady Otherwise we might combine
our forces in the interest of these un-
happy Holbrooks."
You are quite right You came here
to say something; 60 on and be done
with It."
He deftly covered another biscuit with
the cheese or whose antiquity ne 'oiH-
planned sadly.
Il say. Donovan. between Old soldier
friends, what were YOU doing mp there
on The creek last night"
Studying the lands apo ehects ny
starlight. It's a Hanlt or nine -FOUR
own presence there might need account
ing for. II YOU dom mind.
Il VII! be square about IT, ! mot tie-en
quite accidentally as loft tins louise,
and she wanted 10 see her tatHer !
took her over there. and W. touna
Henry. He was mp TO some aschle!-
you may know villa. 1t was. Something
had gore wrong with him, ana 10 was
IN all kinds OF bad hunlnr Inlortlnate-
ly, you got the benefit of some OF IT,
II will supply you link in the night
affair Henry had been TO sec MS Droth-
er Arthur