Gilpin observer., 1909-11-04

| I""AHiHo Deuluu WIFI MlSS EuulCOCL.
They were utterly oblivious to the two
heads gazing intently down on them
from the transom.
Step right in,' said Vaughan to
Mrs. Endicott. She opened the door
and entered. From where we were
she seemed to disappear for a moment
n blue haze. Miss Endicott and
vaughan followed. For a moment the
adies coughed violently and stared
wildly about them. AS for Vaughan.
be had no expression whatever. He
vas literally petrifed.
| guess some of my friends must
aave been in here he managed to say
1t last
oh. friends!' said Mrs Endicott.
with a rising infection that caused
Sanborn and me to dodge and knock
heads together in the transom.
81 see they brought their refresh.
nents with them she continued, ey.
ing the centea.table.
| I'VE could hear Vaughan struggling
with the window, and his wild attempt
to make an explanation, followed by
The chilly responses of his fiancee.
| a AAoihSAS idltI MIS. C<cuuICOll
spoke. Come, Margaret she said,
sternly; we will go!' and go they did,
the girl with her face set and Grim.
son, leaving Vaughan, after naughty
Good day. utterly crushed and dunn
founded in the doorway.
| Now. this was not quite what we
had bargained for. We had thought
that the whole thing would blow over
as a good joke. So dazed were we
by the sudden departure that we
never thought Of pulling our heads out
Of the transom. Vaughan, turning
back, glanced up for moment, and
understood the whole thing. An in
stant later the collection on the CEN
ter-table followed his glance through
the transom.
| We barricaded ourselves in and
waited for him to cool of. Strange
noises come from across the hall;
there was continual tramping to and
fro, and we could hear Vaughans
voice as If giving orders, followed by
the Yes, sah,' and Dat were orful,' Of
Job, the colored porter. We were
unable to peep out long enough to
get good view of what was going on
as the slightest move on our part
brought fresh souvenirs hurtling
through the transom. l will state
that they were mostly my things that
came through this way. At last we
heard Vaughan walk out and down
stairs. We pulled down the barri.
cade and dashed across the hall. The
room was over half empty; Vaughan's
things were gone.
"Sanborn and l regarded each 9th.
er blankly for moment Then we
started out to find Job. He was in
the cellar cleaning up, his shirt so
tinted with dust and moisture that he
looked as If he had run his color.
Cant do muffin 70 you now, gem
men, he said. rs Jest done a heap
'tuggin' an luggin', an Is all tired
an sweat out. Where Mr. Vaughan
gone? Well.' he drawled, slowly. Mr..
Vaughan he's done gone ter room in
anudder hall. an If yo take my ad-
vice yo' won't go foolin' roun' his quar-.
ters. leastwise not TO- some time. It'll
take all O two months TO him ter
cool down. It's too bad Mr.. Vaughan
is done gone he said, shaking his
head, sadly.
"Sanborn and l cleared out Isent
a friend over to patch matters up
with Vaughan. but he would have
none of 1t. When we met. which was
but seldom, he looked through me, in
stead Of at me, and would feel com.
PEELED to gaze into the next store win
dow for my reflection, to assure my.
self that l was still a material thing.
About month after the episode
Sanborn came into my room looking
pretty solemn-that is, solemn for
Sanborn. DO you know he blurted,
that our performance broke Vaughan q
engageemnt to Miss Endicott into
splithereensr
Great guns, no. I said. Bad as
that?'
YEP he said; Just been up-coun.
try and heard all about 1t. When the
girl got home she sent Vaughan a
note saying that she did not care to
see him again, and he need not write
as she would not open the letter.
The next train carried Sanborn
and myself up-country. We did no,
reach the Endicotts' home until IL q,
night. We felt, however. that we
must see the thing through. SO we
rang the bell. and at last induced
them to let US in. We hao a very
bad half-hour. We made clean
breast Of the whole affair. and they in
turn told us just what they thought
OF US. l won't tell you. George, wha,
they said. as you might agree with
them. First the girl rolled US over
the Goals, and cried; and then the
mother took hand and did 1t al
over, with the crying left out.
Glass day we caught sight o.
Vaughan and the girl. She was deep