The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
A Virginian Page for Each Member Of the Family
CUPID AND THE PROPERTIES.


tcopyright. 1910, by Associated
Literary Press.)
Monday morning was drawing
! periiously near and the party had
just broken up, 1t was one OF Patricia
Norton's regular Sunday night supper
parties. whose guest list never num-
bered more than eight and usually
Hess--and the Falwelis and Jimmie
4 Brent were the latest sfayers. Mrs.
Faiwell and her husband were just
: iea1inE Mrs Fal@eN and her hus-
band 1t was always that way, not
that Mrs. Falweii was the more Inn
portant of the two or was the pos
SCISSOR Of any mental, moral or ply
steal superiority. but IL just naturally
was. Even the society writer's had
fallen into the habit of saying: Mr..
and Mrs So-and-So had as guests
In their box al the opera last night
DIR. and Mrs, Someone or other and
Mrs. Falwell, the latter wearing a
toilet of white satin with duchesah
and pearls Mr.. Ealwell was there
also. The last MAS apparently an
afferthonght aud no one would have
missed 1t III fate, in the shape OF the
makeup man in the composing room,
had removed the statement to make
the column flt into The page form.
Yet every ono liked MIR FalWe,i and
he himself seemed quite content with
things as they were.
-IiIausla-ErcA1- had 1!Sa44~ i4A-~tAa-
FaiweliS, hut after they had gone he
still remained. In his hand he held
q half aaasal2@a G.-ar-
May / stay untii / finish thisE"
he inquired, indicating his weed.
surely said Patricia,
Brent promptly knocked off not
only the ashes. hut the live end of the
cigar. Patrtcia's eyebrows went up
inqulringiy
''Your motive, Jimmie?" she ques-
ton
..You said / could stay until FIN
ishaf' this cigar, - holding Ii off and
admiring Its proud, brown beauty,
But i didn't expect you to be for
ever In doing IT."
Forever" unused Jimmie. I'D like
to make this last forever"
Jimmie Brent. YOU are coming
hack 70 forbidden subject Finish
that cigar in ave minutes--for then
cut vou gel"
,Iso spu moan that Patricia -
making nn move to light his cigar
and-~if bic-~-settipg himself still
more comfortably in his chair May
! 4 msk how you are going ia do it?
You can't Use brute force, you
know"
q shan't attempt to do 1t myself"
she said with dignity Il shall call
Aunt Nancy and 1t she cams accom-
plish il she will call the 3anitor,"
Aus4t MINES tIt+tttls She
thinks you arc making the mistas>e of
asi the many mistakes az your HE IN
so perslsteTatlH refusing 20 marry me.
tess4af sAttfst Nancy Ia If ye.44 wish, she
In au nN eide.
r.A-s. Il Ats.. In, q
coffee so strong Tonight that If Il had
wanted 10 do SO Ii could have walked
off bodily with this entire apartment.
And al! that because .Aar.se Brent he
likes his cawfee dat strong dat II de
cup was ter brp'k de eawfee would
most stand mp alone"
All Of which goes TO prove my
point. As for the janitor, nice sort
Of IL name you would have II one of
your Sunday nights enGed in dis
graerfu! hraM4 between the Janit0r
I and one Of your guests"
Nice sort Of name I'll have any
way, If you stay here much later"
muttered Patricia, CHANGING at the
clock These ncN people across the
hall are taking "a good. lively inter
& est Ia mo asst fin. and they have been
here only "a week
"You don't say 500 offered Jimmie
po1Ttely, covering his tips quickly with
!. his hand. ostensihly TO conceal
yawn
Jimmie. you are sleepy Please so
home"
Haven't finished my cigar"
-You nre not likely to If you don't
get busy and smoke it."
I'm not in a hurry. thank you But
about those new people across the
hall, Patricia? Tell me more about
"a q. fv,ly s,Y +t.ie
II think they are horrid," said Pa
trIeia in tone that bore the hall
Z mark nj conviction. 1--WE seen only
two members Of the family. but they
are enough. There is an old, gray
haired woman. so lean and angular
you could use her for Il costumer. She
owns "A baritedwire voice that cor
responds perfectly with her hatchet-
face
'garped-wire voice. f1atct1et~face, .
Repeated Jimmie. "SEle Is perfectly
safe from me. But what sort OF per-
son Ii she9 Your description doesn't
reveal that little detail"
a0h. doesn't it, Then perhaps the
fact that ~ discusses the other peo-
pie In the apartment building with
the servants may throw some light
an the subject"
III does help some. fut what has
size said about bout--well. about
yqs. for instance 90
why. she said that If were
not
Patricia stopped in the middle of
her sr,eech. and her face flushed.
eco on. What aia she say2"
She said" repeated Patricia, with
are my sentiments. Jimmie; you sim
ply must GO"
''Not untl you have promised to