The Washington times., 1909-07-02

ell. he did not believe he could find a
more suitable bTide-beautiful, chatnl-
! too. how he would thus revenge him
! self upon his churliSh uncle. II Npuld
/ be a bitter pill to the cid millionaire
| but he could not say word
4 will be in a position TO put tne
/ screws 10 him then in good shape.
/ chuckled Warwick. Hell soon be made
to understand that the measure OF MS
| liberality Will determine just the sore
of treatment that Gladys is to receive.
He never doubted, it will be Noticed,
that the girl herself would be Wiling
his bOundiess conceit prevented that.
/ The only point which troubled him was
| how TO keep the old man in the dark
until the binding VOWS mad been eX-
changed,
Gladys. he was well assured. if given
a chance to reflect, would never con-
sent to approach the altar, or even be-
/ come engaged without her fathers sane
ton: hence the whole affair must be
arranged upon the spur OF the moment
"a pTeCipftdte aVOWal On his part and a
demand for no delay, with minister
at hand to tie the knot before she could
| recover from her husUer and surprise.
It would be one OF those romantic
episodes that appeal 10 many women,
and he believed 1t me only feasible
scheme he could devise; yet ne was
unable 20 deny there We're many diff
that the laws of New York forbid a
marriage between first cousins.
How he was to set around that fC=
midable barrier he was at a loss to tell,
until finally one afternoon when he was
calling upon Gladys she CHANGED to
mention that she expected to leave the
next week 10 visit a friend at Whining
Instantly Warwick saw daylight
ahead. He could hardly repress the
shout of triumph which rose to his
lips
Delaware! Could anything have
! fallen out better2 Delaware had no
impeding legal restrictions which could
| bother him, and Wilmington was far
| enough away to permit the framing
up OF some plausible excuse to account
for his haste
In a twinkling his plans were laid.
de would descend upon her unprotect-
edly during her say plunge at once
into passionate wooing and before
she had time to balk or hesitate Whisk
her TO convenient church and have
Jhe marriage rites performed, averring
that II was her fathers wish that there
should be no delay,
Ii was a bold scheme, yet Ike many
| its sheer aUdacity. But, unfortunately
Tor Mr.. Warwick, sust two days be
| fore Gladys projected visit, there oc-
CURED the Park Avenue Hotel fire.
He had been busily engaged that
evening, and the first he heard OF the
catastrophe was when he stumbled into
his club late that stormy night to get
hot toGdy before starting home
Some one was in the full swing OF
recOunting the story of Miss Corlett'
| rescue, and Warwick. overhearinR the
main points Of the recital, set down his
glass half emptied and pushed up tc
the narrator
Who did you say The fellow was that
carried her OUT he queried interestedly
| Some fireman p
Not a bit Of it, rejoined the man
| WHO was telling the story. ''It was q
/ good-looking young lawyer from Rog-
ers & Van DUCKS. named Graham,
l believe. And they say, by Jove, ne
/ not only got her out of the burning
| building, but carried her IN his arms
| clear over to the Waldorf. Ought to be
| som ething of a romance come out oil
| that"
| Ought to be something Of a romance
| come on of that?'' Warwick grfnneC
! to himself at The recollection of thu
words, as he Jared forth now with hi:
| cousin for the "Roversi''
| Ought to be something of a romano,