Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27

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and Griswold. He went in pursuit, and
to his delight found her presently sit
| ting alone on log by the Raccoon,
| having dismounted, it appeared, to
rescue f1edgling robin whose cries
| had led her away from her compan-
ions She pointed out the nest and
directed him to climb the tree and re-
store the bird, This done he sat
down beside her at point where the
Raccoon curved sweepingly and swung
off abruptly into a new course.
Il hope your father didn't scold you
for anything we did, he began meekly.
mo; he took it all pretty well, and
| promised that If l wouldn't tell mamma
what he had been doing-about coming
down here with Governor Osborne just
to settle an old score at poker
mamma doesn't approve of cards, you
know-that he would make me pres
ent of better riding horse than the
one I now have, and he might even
consider trip abroad next summer
ooh, you mustn't go abroad! It's
it's SO lonesome abroad"
How perfectly ridiculous! Has it
never occurred to you that | am never
Lonesome, not even when I'm alone"
Well" said Ardmore, who saw that
he was headed for a blind alley, I'm
| glad your father was not displeased
with our work.
He'll think We did pretty we'll after
he's read our correspondent in his
letter books. l told him the stamp
we stamped his name with worked bet
ter with the red ink pad than with the
black one, which ought, at any rate,
to be clear enough to man of papa's
intelligence"
Did you tell him about that railroad
lawyer from New York who wanted to
suppress the law which compels all
locomotive whistles to be- tuned to E
fat?"
NO; that man sent me ten-pound
box of candy, which was highly i'm
| proper, considering papa's position,
and l should have scorned to accept
the candy only had forgotten to keep
| his card
"And besides" added Ardmore gent
| ly you had eaten the candy. Don't
| you remember that you left nothing
but a few burnt almonds which you
wanted to keep for eating filapenas?"
/ Don't be silly!" calculated Jerry
| contemptuously.
Its good thing all this fuss about
the Appleweight people is over or
should be worse than silly. My mind
was not intended for such heavy
work.
Il think you have good mind, Mr..
Ardmore," said Jerry, with the air of
one who makes concessions. "You
really did we'll in all these troubles,
and you did much better than l thought
you would the day | hired you for
private secretary. | think / could
| safely recommend you to any cover
nor in need of assistance"
You talk as though you were get
ting ready to discharge me- said Ard
more plaintively, "and don't want to
lose my job
| "You ought to have something to
do said Jerry thoughtfully. AS near
as l can make out you have never
done anything but study about pirates
and collect pernicious books on the
sinful life of Captain Kidd. You should
lave some larger aim in life than that
and think l know of a good position
that is now open, or will be as soon
as papa has cleared out the peanut
shells we left in his desk. | think you
would make an excellent adjutant-gen-
eral with full charge of the state
militia. You have already had eX-
perience in the handling of troops, and
as Rutherford Gillingwather never did
anything but get typhoid fever to earn
the place, l see no reason why papa
should not appoint you to the posi-
! ton
But you have to get rid of Gilling-
water first" suggested Ardmore, his
heart beating fast.
IF you mean that he has to be re-
moved from Office, l will tell you now,
Mr.. Ardmore, that Rutherford Gilling-
water will no longer sign himself adj
4 jutant-general of North Carolina. re
moved him myself in a general order
wrote yesterday afternoon just be.
fore l told papa that you and l could
not act as governor any longer, but
that he must resume the yoke"
But that must have been a matter
of considerable delicacy Miss Danger
field, when you consider that you are
engaged to marry Mr.. Gillingwater."
mot in the least" said Jerry 81
broke our engagement the moment
saw that he came here the other night
all dressed up to eat and not to fight
and he is now free to engage himself
to that thin blonde at Goldsboro whom
he thinks SO highly intellectual
Jerry held up her left hand and re
garded its ringless fingers judicially
while Ardmore, his heart racing hotly
| against all records, watched her, and
with particular covetousness his eyes
/ studied that trif1e of hand.
/ Then with quick gesture he seized
/ her hand and raised her gently to hel
feet.
i "Jerry!" he cried. From the mo
ment you winked at me have loved
you. I should have followed you rouno
the world until I found you. If you
can marry worthless wretch like me
if-oh, Jerry!"
She gently freed her hand and step
ped to one side, bending her head like
bird that pauses alarmed or uncer
tain of its whereabouts, glancing eau
tiously up and down the creek.
MIR. Ardmore," she said, you ma!
not be aware that when you asked me-
to be your wife-and that, take it
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