Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25

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eska ask the eternal question"
And he'll get the eternal answer, l
promise you"
Exactly. You will tell him the
plain truth-that you love another
namely, Ned Randolph. You will give
Valeska to understand that you have
been merely using him as a pastime
that never for a moment were you
serious, and that now you are only
waiting for Ned to come and take you
back to America. Hush, not another
word! Here comes the principessa
Martoni and her American daugh-
ter-in-law. Don't forget, Wednesday.
the Casino. at noon" And she had
gone before Cicely had another chance
| to approach the subject.
When on Thursday morning. Rob
erta Robins entered Mrs Fairfax's
drawing room, gay with it's many DAT
fodils, and scented with the breath of
Parma violets, Cicely knew by the
steely glitter Of her friends eyes that
there was going to be a scene.
of all the idiots!" cried Miss Rob-
ins, shaking foreflnger at the pretty
widow smiling up at her from among
the cushions. You will end your
your days in a mad.house, Cicely Fair
fax. What did you do yesterday
morning at the Casino?"
"Why-Valeska was there, pom
honor, Bobbie"
You played golf all morning, fol
hours and hours and hours you golfed.
l was nearly insaDe!"
But the temptation was too great,
and besides, the golf links are the
finest in Italy. oh, Bobbie. you should
see Valeska play"
Never mind that long-haired mon.
key. What about the breakfast on
the south balcony?"
But the chef at the Casino Is not
equal to the links, Bobbie. We break
tasted at Matrices"
And golfed at the Casino!"
! snapped Roberta.
Mrs. Fairfax affected a childlike air.
Il fail to see why am to be drawn
and quartered simply because l pre-.
fer the chef at Matrices to the chef
at the Casino"
But l said"
you said was to ask valeska to
breakfast"
at the Casino" interrupted Miss
Robins, and while you and Valeska
were falling into Gibson poses on the
links, l was holding a lion at bay in
breakfast room No. at the Casino.
1t was all could do to restrain him!"
Miss Robins eyes flashed
But to breakfast with lion!" Mrs.
Fairfax shook her head. Roberta
Robins"
THE lion vas Ned Randolph"
snapped the artist, jumping up and
going to the balcony.
A shutting noise came from the
music room.
You breakfasted with - Ned
Randolph, Bobbie?" The widow bur-
led her face in the cushions. Wasn't
that strange way to show your friend
ship"
"Oh, you haven't a grain of sense,
Cicely Fairfax! had it all arranged
nicely. You and Valeska were to
breakfast on the south balcony, Mel
and in room No. 5, directly in back
of you. And Valeska was to propose,
and you were to tell him about how
you adored Ned, and Ned was to jump
through the window and clasp you in
his manly arms, and-and-instead
you played golf!
But / didn't know-" apologized
Cicely.
Tomorrow we must repeat the per-
formance, only, this time you break
fast at the Casino"
But have an engagement with the
Principessa at noon tomorrow"
Its all of. I'll telephone her!"
And before Cicely could restrain her,
Roberta had dashed aside the curtains
OF the music room door,
Ned Randolph, standing behind them
like a silly school-boy, had the grace
to blush. But Cicely-Cicely buried
her face in the pillow and laughed.
Med! Cicely!" Mis- Robins turned
from one to the other. "You heard?"
she demanded, flushing.
Everything. 1t was ugly of me.
Bobbie," Randolph spoke up. "You
will forgive me?"
And you knew and played golf pur.
posely, Cicely?"
And Ned kept running to the win.
dow" came from the depths of the
chair. "Scold him, too"
Il must plead guilty" laughed Ran.
dolph. you see, Bobbie, we remem-
bered how you played the same little
trick with Marian Derring and young
Ashby at Newport last summer" cried
Cicely. "And couldn't help having
little fun"
so you two were there! oh, my,
and l had forgotten. But It took
then, Marian married Ashby."
And Cicely is going to marry Ned"
laughed Randolph. "She is tired of
being merry widow, aren't you, little
Woman2"
UAnd 80, rokkso ...h.A