The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22

| mother with the information or, rather,
the insinuation. Mrs. Harper had been
| a bit worried lest she had lifted her
daughter out of the frying pan to drop
her into the fire. Her object now was
to take advantage of what Ruggles had
said to discredit both the rivals.
MY dear" she said, in the first
| place, it is very mean of Sam to cast a
slur upon this Mr.. Cation. 1t shows a
very contemplate disposition ON Sans
part. But we must remember that we
know nothing about Cation. He may be
gentleman and he may not be. Likely
he is some young man who has got
hold of little money and is spending
1t in the only outing of his life"
THAT can't be, mamma. He has the
manner Of one accustomed to the very
best society. AS for Sam, IL he knows
anything about Mr.. Cation 1t would be
very wicked of him not to warn me-"
''Then why doesn't he tell you the
whole story and have done with it?'
Mrs. Harper was not considering the
inexperience of youth or the detection
of Judgment occasioned by jealousy.
1t was enough for her to get her daugh-
ter out of the tolls of a man worth
only $1,000 year and make sure that
Gwen should not become too far in
terested In one who for all that was
known about him was not worth a
cent.
1t was a few days after this CONVEX
hnf s,,Athnr donnhtaf.
at which Gwen promised to drop Mr..
Cation at once, that the storm Ruggles
had predicted broke. A woman with
angular features was driven from the
railroad station to the hotel, who, In
stead of placing her name on the
register, held private conference
with the landlord and was excused
from doing so. She arrived in the
morning about an hour after party Of
gentlemen, including Cation, had gone
out on the water for a days fishing.
1t was not long after the lady ar
rived before there began to be whis-
pers about her among the hotel guests
Then 1t leaked out that she had come
after fugitive husband, and lastly
Mrs. Harper was filed with aonster-
nation by u report that Edward Cation
had been contemplating bigamy with
her daughter.
When the fishing party returned the
guests of the hotel were drawn up on
the veranda to see the fun between
Mr.. and Mrs. Cation. The gentleman
came up with the others entirely I'M
conscious of what was in store for
him. The woman was ready to pounce
on him. But the storm didn't break.
Cation went up to his room to make
his toilet for dinner, and the woman
who had come after him said that
her husband was not among the men
who entered. She was very wroth
with her anonymous informant and
vowed that If she could discover him
she would give him piece of her
mind
The clouds of the storm that had
passed without striking were still
whirling about when young man
drove up to the hotel from the sta
ton and, seeing Cation on the porch,
cried out: ~aA
Hello, Bob! Where did you come
fromT'
"Bobp' exclaimed several guests sit
ting about, in a breath. Il thought
his name was Ned"
who's your friendp' asked one of
these persons, following the newly ar
rived man into the house.
''That? Why, that's Bob Caring
ton"
When Mrs. Harper was informed
that the supposed Edward Cation was
none other than Robert Darlington,
the northumberland, and her daughter
not two days ago had given him the
cold shoulder she was not only dunn
founded, but chagrined. She had lost
the opportunity of lifetime. With
some $10,00o,000 year at her com
mand Gwen might have gone to Lon
don and taken position in society
there. But the luck had been against
her and she was inconsolable.
Since his identity had been given
away Mr.. Robert Darlington did not
attempt to pass further under name
that he had assumed in order to Sc
cure temporary immunity from a
notoriety brought upon him by his i'm
mense wealth. However, he rejoiced
at having enjoyed week Of freedom
from curiosity and especially from So
ciety reporters who telegraphed his
presence wherever he went.
After the sensation was over Sam
Ruggles and Gwen Harper met in the
drawing room of the hotel
"Well," said Sam. you just missed
sharing a multimillionaire. I'm sorry
for you"
"And you missed seeing the multi
millionaire captured by deserted
wife"
Funny, isn't IT."
Their eyes met, and they smiled.
Mothers frantic" Gwen remarked.
II suppose so. Well, what are You
going to dor
why, I'm not going to do any
thing"
She held a rose in her hand and,
going up to him, fixed 1t in his button
hole. He cast a quick glance about
him. There was no one besides them
selves In the room. He kissed her.
What a pity. Mrs. Harper" said
Mrs. Crawford, that we couldn't
have got an inkling as to the identity
of young Darlington"
Its just too disgusting for any