Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-10-04

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4 shan b ls,ssAssd y can upos
you."
ehs deecr1bsd The hcuss whsrs -
vas staying % that h. could nnA 4
and passed on. Trsvos stood looking
aftef her with q pusslsd sxpressioo.
well. I'll b jtnesdv'
Hs nat down on bis three legged
stool and tried to 90 on paintins. But
. hs was preoccupied with the girl
Finally be sprans up and exclaimed:
Il have II she's . detectiver'
There was no other explanation.
The woman he was trying to shake"
had discovered his whereabouts and
sent another woman after him. Ten
to ono this one who called herself
Iddleston would try and get some
compromising evidence from him that
would serve q purpose In . breach Of
promise suit Trevor resolved to be
wary and e possible pay tho detective
In her own coin-that Il, II she pur-
sued him. A. to going to see her, he
had no idea Of doing that
But curiosity prevented his stavins
away.
One day. passing tho farmhouse
where she stopped, he saw her sittins
on the porch driving q pen. Sheets
Of manuscript were scattered about
A click Of the gate caused her 70 Look
up.
''Oh Mr.. Brown" she exclaimed
gushinsiy, how good Of you to come
to 80 mel How honored I feel 70 ~
eeive q visit from Q celebrated art1st-
I. who am entirely unknown IN M
profession"
'.Tafryg" mutte9sA Trevor 70 himseaf
'.They say" she continued that thu
pen ana tAs brush usually no tosekhse.
Have you never written anythinsfs
"Nothins but lettess," replied Ttsvoe.
with q cunning look.
Letters! Oh, Do let No seo some Of
them. I love to read the LISTERS Of lit.
erary people"
IT have a few that I once wrote .
woman whom thought loved. After
a little spat between u she returned
them"
"The verv thing 1 need for a part
of nv novel that I am now WORKING
upon. In them I shall get that gen.
nine feeling We novelists find II difi.
cult II not impossible TO initiate"
Trevor breathed hard. All doubt that
Miss Iddleston had been sent to in
veiple him into surrenderinc certain
letters he had written and fortunately
recovered was set at rest. An idea
struck him. The hest defense agains.
n woman ia the opposite of fighting
her-that ia making love to her. He
would outwit her in this way. II did
not occur to him that by go doing he
would get another affair on his hands.
Men never really use their reasons
about women. They think they do,
but they are under the influence Of
their feelings instead.
Trevor was an attractive fellow, and
since he was to Miss Iddleston a cele-
brated artist he had only to say q few
honeved words and look at her In q
me,ancholv. warming way to achieve
n comnlete victory. He vas not fool
enough TO give her the letters be had
written to another woman: that affair
was passed no far an any tender feel.
ing was concerned Instead hs wrote
letter. 10 Miss Iddlestou direct. II
wasn't nacessarv for him 70 vrits har.
for he could see her every day, but
she sa,d abe needed these Letters I'm
her WORK. % he consented to write Q
fev for her. He intended to sefrain
from committing himself IN any Of
them but a mans letters to a woman
NAV be INTERPRETED to mean more than
he intends. and he ia ant to grow In.
cautioua Trevor had been through
the min before and should have known
better. he did know better. The
trouble was not in what he knew. but
what he did
A verv curious condition existed be-
tween Mr.. Trevor and Miss Iddleston
I,,,& hoforo thosr eona otion at the end