The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-15

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/ said only half aloud, and disappeared
into his room.
"PoppycOck!" I shouted as the door
closed behind him. Vincent's vagaries
are hard to follow at times-stars GER
tainly are not gray. That knew to be
absurd.
My new knowledge, while it robbed
the affair of its piquant mystery-for
| had decided that Agatha Sixth was
in truth the real Honorable Agatha
made my game even more exciting.
4 now that the stakes were assured. |
read with Agatha Sixth, walked with
her, talked with her, and played chess
with her all the first week and as
nearly as | could make out Vincent's
program ran something like this: Be
! fore breakfast he took a horseback
ride with Agatha Fifth; after break
/ fast he play ed golf with Agatha First;
! tennis with Agatha Third and took
Agatha Second out sketching, IL the
afternoon Agatha Fourth played
Chopin to him by the hour Agatha
Sixth he had not approached, fearing
me, as was natural. In the evening
he played games with them all or re-
tired into the library with Agatha
Fifth, who seemed TO have lost her
head over him completely.
This program he repeated day after
! day with reckless lack of generafShip
| and yet every now and then, to my
I'D
deep in his unfortunate Irritation with
| Mrs. Armistead's secretary. 1t wasn't
! fair to the poor girl, and | told Vim
cent so plainly. We were sitting on
the low stone balustrade of the castle
Vincent in riding clothes and look
ing as fine a lad as any in old England.
He was waiting for Agatha Fifth to go
riding with him, although it was later
than usual, all of us having break
tasted For myself, l wore my tennis
things, which become me greatly, if
/ do say 1t, for l intended to play
set with those tennis fanatics, Agatha
Second and Agatha Third as the aris-
tocratic Agatha Sixth was late riser
and had not yet come downstairs.
No, Vincent" l said, "it won't do.
Flirt with all the Agathas, if you must,
but when it comes to the secretary, let
her alone. To say nothing Of what is
due her, think Of the time you're
wasting. We have only six weeks
think of it-six weeks to make a try
for twenty millions of dollars!"
You forgot to say that wife goes
along with the filthy lucre," he said,
and somehow l felt uncomfortable.
Vincent has a faculty for making one
feel uncomfortable. 1t makes me quite
angry-he's no better than the rest Of
us, but he's so confoundedly innocent
about some things.
| was going to explain to him that
he needn't speak as if he thought that
were the sort of man to marry a
girl merely for her money-when his
face lighted and he spoke more ration
ally.
Cad" he said, what a rare lark it
would be to toss up coin and take a
chance at it. Six to one only-you'd
have a good show to win Quit"
How foolish you are, Vincent"
responded. suppose you took a
chance at it, as you say, and just pro
posed to any one of them, when you
had made no attempt to win her
wouldn't she know you were fortune
hunting? And if it should happel to
be the real Agatha she'd refuse you
on that account because it would de-
feat the object of her fathers will; and
If it were not the real Agatha she'd
refuse you, too, because she'd know
she had no fortune to give you
of course" said Vincent, slshing
you're right about that But | to
you, Archibald I'm not flirting with
Miss Marsh. She's an awfully sens bic
little girl, and l go to her for advice
about the course I'm pursuing witt et
, Agathas. | need encouragem M, yGl
, know; it's all such a beastly T. 9
| One doesn't know with which N 81
the attractive young ladies to ta.l =
love. It's so difficult to decide y
that twenty millions lowering ii :.
background. Just think. Arch. VII
the governor would say if his pennies.
younger son should bring that amYpa
into the family. And the daughter o
a baroness, too, it would be such {
match! can just see how tickled he't
be to have his youngest 50 well pro
| yided for. The dear old governor,
And Vincents eyes mostened. so 20,
see, he went on hurriedly, Mis-.
MarSh's attitude toward me is entirely
friendly. She is merely the confdaatt
of my difficulties of the heart, and heI
taste, | find, is excellent
1T is also changeable." | said dry
ly, If the course you have been pur
suing is through advice of hers"
Vincent smiled. And then yol
! know he went on, ignoring my
thrust, shes writing very interesting
book, the history of the barons o
Wyckhoff, and I'm helping her. In
} awfly interested in genealogy, y
I ! know"
This was true. InCongruous as 1
may seem, Vincent's one serious hob
! | bN-I don't c0DCi1ar biC paint 6a hhlip