The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28

4 4 ClllldA 10 LtielE klQQneSS DIV lenO-
ing us money to pay our railway
fares back to CuIpepper. Indeed, I don't
know what we should have done had
they not opened their purses; for we
hadn't a cent. nor a hockable bit OF
jewelry- And as for walking, that was
all but out of the question Faraday
wouldn't hear Of it.
For his part, he was raging with anx-
iety TO get back to Esther. And for my
part, so was l. Even If I had no right
10 her, still the thought OF the Worry
she must have undergone on Faraday' e
account was a plenty - make my heart
sick for her dear sake.
The train couldn't travel fast enough
for our impatience- And as matter OF
solemn fact, 1t did not travel fast
enough for anybody except a SOutherner
or somebody else wasn't going any place
in particular and didn't much care when
he got there. if at all. think 1t must
have stopped every five minutes in or
der to let the engineer light his pipe
without difficulty
But we got 10 Culpepper all right, and
Faraday 10 Es-Ler-and 10 a shady,
obscure part of the lawn, where l wait
,al until they We're through greeting
each other and was madiy jealous ali
the while. No matter how much tel-
low may like his best friend, II makes
him sore not to be welcomed quite 50
heartily as the said friend.
OF course Faraday couldn't think OF
leaving his betrOthed for the next Jew
davs. And indeed she had been SO badly
shaken by the disappearance Of the
Beau Gallant at the same time that we
failed TO show Up for breakfast, that
she would have worried herself SICK II
Faraday had ventUred 10 stay an hour
hr
Naturally, the girl wanted TO know
what fool notion had made US put 10
sea the night of the storm, and con-
fess we were hard pressed for a rea-
sonable explanation. II was out OF
the question TO explain 10 her the real
facts Of the case. and we Just had 20
lie.
We had fortunately considered all
that beforehand. however, and whiled
away the time on the trip from Mo-
bile collaborating on talSehOOd that
would hold water.
Faraday wasn't much account on
that job, to tell the truth. But was
a reporter. and mentally equipped for
the business; and by the time We got
TO Cuipepper we were ready 10 eX-
plain 10 her how the storm had wax
ened us, and we had gone down on the
pier TO drink in its grandeur, and had
observed another S21lbO3t IN distress
and put Off to rescue her occupants.
After that, OF course, we We're in
trouble n neal Oh oA- Wv II dNADAAAA l.
and lost track Of the other ship.
II was a good. all-wOOl-and -a-yard-
wide lie. If I do say It myself. And
Esther never doubted word OF II.
and Faraday'S stock went up about
thirty points in her estimation. For,
of course. she never thought for mo-
ment that 1 had been the one to pro-
pose this heroic attempt at rescue.
However, I didn't envy him that
bunch Of Iaurels much He used TO
look pretty re- around the gillS when
the girl would tell him how good and
grand il was of him to think Of such
a thing, and how fOOlhardy, and that
he must not do IL again, for her-fOr
our sakes Including me with a blush.
so that 1 wouldn't feel left out in the
cold, you See).
Well. we Ioafed around, doing moth
ing but a lot of thinking for a couple
of days; and the more l thought the
more I began To yearn for little con-
fideutial chat 18th Mr.. Deal.
] had two reasons for that and
pretty plail ones.
In the first place I wanted to thrash
him sOundlv for setting us adrift-
was nothing less than attempted muir
der. and then I particularly desired to
find out If he had bearded the green
famD ghost in its den, and what had
come Of it-particularly. what finan
cial results there might have been.
But mainly I wanted 10 punch the
scoundreTs head hard.
I preached the subject 20 Faraday
one afternoon while we smoked after
lunch. Esther had retired to her
How about these DELLA Deals. I in
duiredG Did Faraday know them. and
where they lived? And could he give
me directions as 10 where TO find
Faraday couldn't. He had heard that
there was such family IN the aigh-