Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-03-02
Miss stone is not at home. sir" the

strobe aloa! the street. lie lhusueu
bitierl, ~ hc rrilcc.rd that lac had
stnked his opportunity Of seeing Ger.
aldinr alone On this one evening. aud
she was out
On Thursday evening Standish. too.
faced the stones parior maid.
Miss stone is not NJ home. sir. she
said In reply 10 his inquiry
Standish turned away. and qucs
ton arose e. his lips Good taste for
babe its uitclnncc. but jealousy forced
him to say
MIR Wmfrcd was here last evening.
OF comrSef
yes. sir." sid the maid dcmurcly.
Siamdish returned home. mentally
blaming himself for being such foot
as to make tile absurd proposition lie
had put ~ Ia his rival. Winircd had
cullcd the evening before while lac.
Standisl. must wait another week be
fore lac could see her
The next Wednesday evening found
Wmfrcd again waiting on the doorstep
OF Gcraidinc'> home.
Miss Stone Is not at home. sir.
sail The maid respectfully.
Wnfrcd WAS suspicious. lie thrust
his hand Ia II pocket and withdrew II
raitling n crisp dollar bill
Miss stone Is out. you say he
asked dropping the money on her
salvcr
She slipped il Into the pocket Of her
dainty apron and smiled at him
YES. sir: she is out
"IIumph,g gruntcd Winfred as lie
went hcme
III front of the little ire that bright.
encd his bachelor abode he unused over
the period of his acquaintance with
Geraldine stone In the beginning be-
fore he had known her he aud Jim
Stamdish hid been chums. classmates
nj college. ucighbors Ia the biz buSi-
ness binding downtown. occupants Of
this pleasant apartment Then had
come Geraldine their mutual admira-
ton FOR her her Indifferent acceptance
OF their attentions. their hcrcc and
jealous rivalry that followed the de-
parturc of Jim from the apartment
From Il warm friendship they had
developed bitter cmmity- Winired
missed his friend and IN his darker
moods sometimes wondered whether
the distant friendship that Geraldine
accorded bin was worth the affection
OF his old friend Standish
Rather would he have continued the
bitter sweet pleasure OF calling IN uni.
son with his erstwhilc friend \, least
Geraldine had treated them equally
we'll Now that they had severed forces
il would not take long to discover
which was the favored one lie WAS
positive thai II must be Standi.h. iof
she had denied herself TO Winfrcd on
two "Wednesday evenings. aud the hast
light laugh from the drawing room.
Perhaps Siandish had broken his prom.
ise and was calling there.
lie baniShed the unworthy thought.
II Him Standsh was one thing he was
square
The next day was Thursday. and IN
the evening Winfrcd stroiled restlessly
about Ills rooms entirely conscious that
IL his wandering feet had their way
they would larry him straight 10 the
Stone residence merely to walk past
the window aud torture himself with
the knowledge that S;andish was being
entertained therein
He was tlnsin. of lin and how
handsome llc lookrd when he smiled
in that peculiarly winning way of his
when the dnor opened suddenly and
Slandish appeared before him. white
and snllcn. lie walked TO The table
aud slapped his gloves down on the
books lie looked down ai his own
cllnched bauds and slowly opened them
wide. with = wry smile.
Whats the matter. linn" demanded
Winfrcd takinG n qelck step forward
Nothing much now said the other
bitterly 4 thought yun had done ne
a wrong. and came ~ here to knock
You down. but rs entered the build
ing bought - newspaper. last edition.
aud coming up IA ihe elevator learn.
"a that we are both IN the same boat. :
Explain Yourself" said the other
impalirntly. Geraldine anything thu
matter:'
Look, Siandish held up the wid
spread sheet and Wnfied daz.dl
read the blood red headlines that u
derscored two large ialf tone portmi
OF = man aud girl
sMiilionnirc's daughter rlopes vi l.
her chauffeur Marriage Of Miss q :.
nldinc Stnn, aud Timothy Merton u
san Franci~o after sensational tiie II
from her New York hume
The two rivals stared NJ each other
across the sheet aud the glance OF
mutual commisralion was followed
by u handclasi
When did YOU learn about it:'' ask
ed Winfred quietly.
~ half hour ago | called there and
the maid announced that her mistress