The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-08


At the corner Of the Queens road,
where she descended from the bus. she
saw Emery waiting: and the sight
quickened her steps. Mr.. Hilary Vance
opened the door himself; and he had
plainly been handling his curls with
considerable violence.
what do you want, Pollyooly?
can't invite you to tea. I'm busy" hs
said quickly.
''It isn't tea. Sir. IT'S Ermyntrude.
I've found something out" said Polly
DOLLY.
..Ermyntrude? You've found some
thing out? Come In" he said: and D
CLEAN Of hope lighted up his woe-be-
gone face.
Pollyooiy and the Lump followed
him into the studio; and there was
Ermyntrude, sitting very upright IN
chair, with the light OF battle In her
eyes.
standing in his most commanding atti-
tude before the fireplace. said in An In
cisive tone, SITS quite out OF the ques-
ton. Mr.. Vance can't marry you"
What about my 'eart?" said Ermyn.
trude. In . moaning voice.
cts his art that has to be consid.
ered," said Mr.. James, installing her
meaning.
But 'e's got to marry me. e prom
Used to; an e shall. Els not a-goin'
TO plye fast an loose with me. The
lor Is the lor." said Ermyntrude. aban-
doning the suppliant pose.
That's where you're wrong, fear"
said Mr.. James. The Law is what We
choose to pay for 1t. Hullo! Are you
assembling all your models. Hilary?"
"Pollyccly has information about Err
myntrude." said the artist.
TITS lie! I've never seen that red
headed brat in my lifeo only here!
She don't know nothink about me-"
cried Ermyntrude, In sudden panic.
I'm that case, we'd better hear It,"
said Mr.. James. What is II, Polly
ooly?"
ut amt nothink-nothin at ALI"
cried Ermyntrude.
"Then Pollyooly shall certainly tell
US. Fire away. Pollyooly," said Mr..
James
IT saw her just now in Battersea
Park, with young man, and she was
kissing him. His name is Henry"
said Pollyooly.
"Oh, what lie." cried Ermyntrude.
Il never tell lies" said Pollyooly.
hotly as
"And what happened next?" said Mr..
James.
III she gets fifty quid out OF. Mr..
Vance, they're going to get married on
Wednesday week" said Pollyooly.
by Jove! This does let you out,
Vance said Mr.. James. "Oh, Ermyn-
trude, Ermyntrude, what game to
PLAY"
Ermyntrude burst into storm OF
| denial and protest. Mr.. James only
laughed. Mr.. Hilary Vance stood in
the background with an ample smile
OF beatitude on his beaming face; 1t
| grew but little fainter when Ermyn-
trude tried tears.
II oughter ave compensation,
| ought Look 'ow I've bin treated
made a fool of by the likes Of i'm"
I she walled.
Certainly not. 1t would be encour-
aging an attempt to blackmail." said
Mr.. James.
/ ooh, but have raised hopes in her
heart, James. Let me give her ten
pounds" said Mr.. Hilary Vance.
Hopes in her grandmother! Not q
penny" said Mr.. James.
"But you don't understand-yours is
/ not the nature to understand what 1t
/ means to a woman when l am really
impassioned 1t stirs the deepest
depths Of her nature. assure you 1t
/ does. must give her ten pounds
said Mr. Hilary Vance, plunging his
hand into his pocket and bringing 1t
out full of the gold he had ready to
4 square his betrothed.
With a snort of disgust, Mr.. James
resigned the position Of mediator. II
there is man in the world who knows
more ways of making fool Of him.
! self than you, Hilary, may l never
meet him." he said.
j Eyes. yes: that's all right. But you
don't understand the effect I have on
women you don't really. James
"Oh, get outi" said Mr. James.
Mr.. Hilary Vance told out ten SOY
ereigns into the ready palm Of the
weeping Ermyntrude; then he escort
4 ed her to the door. When It shut be
hind her. he sprang high into the all
with whoop. Then he danced. II
was not light; 1t was not graceful;
1t was not elegant. 1t was elephantins
and tremendous; and he accompanied
1t with succession Of ear-splittint
yells which would have done credit
to a locomotive.
When, at last, exhaustion suddenl!
fell on him. he stopped, pulled out ,
handful Of gold from his pocket, ant
said in breathless voice, Il must Civ,
Pollyooly ten pounds too"
Certainly not" said Mr.. James
THE possession of so much red golt
would inevitably drive child of he
tender years to course of luxuriou
chocolate dissipation, and forever de
! stroy her digestion. I"
: But she has saved me-"
well, buy her ten pounds worth o
! clothes-her and that extraordinarily
clean little brother of hers. How
would you like that, Pollyooly?" sal
Mr.. James.
"Oh. sir, 1t would be splendid" sal
Poliyooly; and her eyes shone Xix