The Irish standard., 1910-04-16
CHAPTER Xxx.
eood.By to Jerry DanserheId.


You won't have any hard feelings
about that scarlet fever business, will
you, Grissy? 1t was downright selfish
of me to want to keep the thing to
myself, but l thought it would be fun
to go ahead and carry it through and
then show you how we'll l pulled it
off"
Don't ever refer to 1t again, II you
love me-" spluttered Griswold, amia-
bly,. as he washed off the lather. II,
too, have ruled over kingdom. and
have seen history In the making,
quorum pars magma full"
But say, Grissy. there is such a
thing as fate and destiny and all that
after all; don't you believe it?"
Don't l believe it! know it,"
Numbered Griswold, reaching for
towel. He lifted white rose from
glass of water where 1t had spent the
night and regarded 1t tenderly. "The
right rose under the right star, and
the things done; the rose, the star
and the girl-the combination simply
can't be beat. Ardy."
Ardmore seized and wrung his
friends hand for the twentieth time;
but he was preoccupied, and Griswold,
fastening his collar at the mirror,
hummed softly the couplet:
With the winking eye
For my battle-cry.
"Grissy!" shouted Ardmore, "she
never did 1t!
"Oh-bless my soul. what was I
saying! Why, OF course she wasn't
the one! Not Miss Dangerheld-
| never!"
We'll, you like her, don't you?" de-
manded Ardnorc, petulantly.
! "Of course l like her, you idiot!
She's wonderful. She's"
He frowned upon the scarf he had
chosen with much care. snapped it to
! shake the wrinkles out, humming
f; softly while Ardmore glared at him.
| "She's WISE" Grswold resumed,
with the wisdom of laughter-accept
! that, with my compliments. It's not
! often do so we'll before breakfast.
| And now If you're to be congratulated
before | go back to the groves Of
| Academic pray bestir yourself At this
! very moment I have an engagement
| to walk with lady before breakfast
| thanks, yes that's my coat. Good
I by!"
| Breakfast was lingering affair at
| Ardsley that morning. The two gov
ernors and the National Guard officers
who had spent the night in the house
were not in the slightest hurry to
/ break up the party, for such COM
pany, they all knew, could hardly be
assembled again. The governors were
trlfle nervous as to the attitude OF
the press, in spite of Collins efforts
to dictate what history should say of
the affair on the Raccoon: but before
they left the table the Raleigh morn
ing papers were brought in and it was
clear that the newspaper men were
keeping their contract.
81 congratulate you, Dangerfeld,"
said Gov. Osborne. 81 only hope that
the Columbia and Charleston papers
have done half as well by me-"
Both governors had decided upon
an inspection of such portions Of their
militia as were assembled on the Rae
| COOll, anu IL JOIllJ Pea duC Woo
appointed for six O'clock.
Ardmore, anxious to make every
one at home, saw the morning pass
without a chance to speak to Jerry;
and when he was free shortly before
noon he was chagrined to find that
she had gone for ride over the es-
tate with her father, Gov. Osborne,
Barbara and Grswold. He went in
pursuit, and to his delight found her
presently sitting alone on a log by
the Raccoon, having dismounted, 1t
appeared, to rescue fledglng robin
whose cries had led her away from
her companions. She pointed out the
nest and directed him to climb the
tree and restore the bird. This done
he sat down beside her at a point
where the Raccoon curved sweepingly
and swung off abruptly into a new
course.
II hope your father didn't scold you
for anything we did, he began,
meekly.
mo; he took it all pretty we'll, and
promised that II wouldn't tell
mamma what he had been doing
about coming down here with Gov.
Osborne just to settle an old score at
poker-mamma doesn't approve of
cards, you know-that he would make
me present Of a better riding horse
than the one I now have, and he
might even consider a trip abroad
next summer
ooh, you mustn't go abroad! It's
it's 50 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 dfspleased
with our work. It's good thing all
this fuss about the Appleweight peo-
pie is over or I should be worse than
silly My mind was not intended for
such heavy work"
II think you have good mind, Mr..
Ardmore." said Jerry, with the air Of
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