The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-23

sible Ieldy Liehihnrer wonld hsv,
made an appointment What ppssessei
me 10 dwell IN tbls realm og fancy
which Is lrss tangible than a cloud ol
smoker he smoked thonehtfnlly
''or am rcmanticl 10 crpatc romano,
out % nothing used 20 do that wher
was boy, Bnt I'm q boy 40 longcr
or am boy thiruthrec years old
she does not answer my letter, Srnsl
bic woman. Wen. welt" reaching FOR
the London Illustrated News, "lets aee
what the society folks have been do.
ing"
He dropped the paper There was
really nothing new IN the world N
Giovanni returned to italy 80 the
spring he was % mind TO SO with
him. He looked up and was glad 20
see Merrihew In the doorway
Been looking for yen. Jack Want
your company tonight Kitty KILT
grew Is giving a little bite 10 eat after
the performance and has asked me to
bring you along WIN you Gomez
with pleasure Dan Arc you din.
Ing with any one tonightr' IIillard
was lonesome.
"yes. A little bridge TN H.
You're hopeless, ] can see you 10
limbo, matching coffin plates with
Charon. Ill hunt you up az H."
"Iieard the talkT"
About whatp"
"Why some one IN the club has been
using the agony column. The ]. MS
are being guyed numerically. and
you1l come In for II presently. It's
case OF wine on the man who did H."
Hlllard felt Of bis collar and drew
down bis cuffs, Probably some joke"
be ventured tentatively.
If 1t isn't the man who would stoop
to such tommyrot and tack the name
OF his club 10 Il must be an ass"
mo doubt about that Odd that this
Is the frst time have heard about It.
But sileptly HIllard was swearing NJ
his folly,
Il may depend upon you tonight
then7" said Merrhew
II shall be pleased 10 meet Miss XII |
lIgrew." which was white one, HI |
lard would have paid c -urt 10 a laun
dress rather thnn offended MerrIhew.
And promptly at II he went up TO
the card room and dragged Merrlhew
away Merrihew gave up bis chair
He was winning The
amateur gambler never wants 10 stop
On the way to the Kllllgrew apart
ment Merrlhew's moods varied Al
one moment he was on the heights, az
the next In the depths He simply
could not live without Kitty, Per
haps II this trip abroad turned out
badly she might change her mind
Seven thousand could be made TO mus
ter. Twice Hlllard came very near
making his friend contdnnt Of his
own affair, but he realized that, while
Merrihew was to be trusted IN MI
things. II was not yet time,
He found a pleasing and divertlng
There was Mere Killigrew
, quaint little old lady who deplored
Ter daughters occupation, but admit
ed that without her success heaven
,nly knew how they would have got
llong There was the genial Thomas
)'Mally. low comedian Of genuine
Ibillty. whom Hlllard knew casually:
smith. light comedian, and Worth, a
successful baritone, to
whom HiIlard took one OF those In.
tant and unaccountable dislkes,
these three and Kitty were going
broad.
Kitty fancied Hillard from the start.
nd he on his side found her well edn
ated. witty and unaffected She was
ferrlhew's face beamed upon them
9th in n kind Of benedlctlon He had
Down all along that once jack saw
.itty he would become good ally 10
ghting down her objections
Think Of singing IN Italyf cried
.itty isn't II Just wonderfulY
"And has Merrihew told you to get !
.turn ticket before you sail?" with
ali Jest.
Don't you think II win be success
iiT a shade OF disappointment
There will be thousands OF lonesome
mericans over there. Out of patriot
IN. If for nothing else, they ought to
,me to see US.
'"They certainly ought to. But I'm =
old kill-j9y'
mo. no: ~ on and tell me all your '
)ubts You have been over there So
any times 9
well. supposlng your tourists are
red after having walked all day g
rough the churches and galleries u
icy may want to go 10 bed early X
ut you never can tell TIL you try. O
ou may become the rage on the con 8
neDt. Yet you 70 into the enemy's
'untry. II isn't the same as going to
ondoD. among tolerant cousins In a