The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-07


The girl 81. the pretty gown looked
rs pathetic IS she could. IL was
ail,9 she tolS the other girl ia Tie
stunning toque, because 7 was IN
too great hurry TO use paper and
pen But L seems % me they nlght
have lad more senhe only men Iley-
III dor,
sounds slightly involved
gfnnfritred ief friend, mixing slef
brow interestedly.
'oh, \ explained the girl IN the new
gown t.Ism speaking Of the elabot
rate ind thorough niisuude rstandipg
there q sbetween Jef IiaWtrey apd
Mr.. Ferguson and myself Nell was
spending Al weelrFwith meand there
was onef vacant evening that / had
to aiiup. concluded fthatsI' d shase.
4 table OF whist and that I'd get Jet
and Mr.. Ferguson to make up the
four ItIwassnearly dinner time them
a, there was no use telephonipg tol
thelr ,ofices. I asked Augusta, our
new maid, to takegthe messages 70.
their homes, You know Jen's home
Is just around the corner and Nc.
Fergusen's people I've only three
blocks away. Augusta Is an obliglng
little creature and listened carefully
to orders.
q" GO to Mr.. Ferguson's first, ]
said. and tell, him that Miss Bing-
ham would like to have him come
over and playswhist this evening and
to please bring along the new deck
Of cards his sister borrowed of-metor
her party. Then 90 to Mr.. Hawtrey's
and tell him the same. Ask him also
| il, when he runs up to the corner for
cigars'-he always does, that you
know af itSF dtnnsEft-ihee would De SO;
good as to BET me pound q
cheese : + thought d Tarebit would.
fbd flee, ana i know Jek 50 well that
1didiif mind asking the favor. ii:
"NeffS and I got Unto Our most
fetching gowns and iflighted. all The "
shaded lamps ands made things hss
nice as possible. Y phete'ss no. telling
Igtustt:what may 5imbfessha man. yoht
Esknow, lands Mr.. Ferguson owell, IS
never saw any one quite Ike 7hinf
sHe'sss6-Ns I, e. 81, stts y
g"PYeg no doubt you arc right
broke lin the girl In! the stunning
toque, as though stopping some
thing she had heard before. "Well!"
well, we had dinner and waited.
Then we waited some more. 1t got to
be $40. Then I sought Augusta
Yes, she had done exactly as tod
her. couldn't imagine what had
happened, because If they had not
been coming they would have let me
know. Finally at $50 answered
the bell. On the step stood Mr.. Fer
guson and he lifted his hat politely.
Good evening he said. Here's
your Cheese Then he started to dgss'rs3
J! SSawait q mint I'll aAtE r called wildly
leAfeaF syou-dfdn't : a-yoa'irss
fsconing In, 'aren : your, -
0Efe seemed Surprised and not tsta
all anxious To- follow me into Gtbej
man, Just then JEFF Game around
the corner out of breath and dashed
an. ny atoi ssG]sE 'dsirp3 w
IioJ here's .stAe reardsSfl he said
'Bsss 5L;eoltld dHbbfahd I've bu;idessa
what It all means Rpdnwhat' ~
earth Miss Griswold will do to me ]
don't tknoRA as4:s4stug ysdf {
YBY, this time ii had come par
tally out of my1trapces | knew there!
was something / wrong al around.
|, did you two men intend ito aecEeIpe
my invitation Of ,5pfof tS2 al deRrHaln.defsa
point blank. ~ III, ,aoR e,ot II
III "They looked. at each, other ya5
eGetys Then told them TO SIT down
NextT began to ferret out the mys-
/ terry.
at seems when Mr.. Ferguson got
homo his small sister was Just leay-
ing for a party and fred the novel
news at him that Miss Bingham had
sent word that he was to bring her
pound OF cheese for rarebit aud
not to fail. Augusta had mixed the
cheese and the deck Of cards. Well,
Mr.. Ferguson had an important en-
gagement, but his natural politeness
led him to obey orders. got 1t out
of him hat he had rbeen'to ten stores