The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-01-12

aid. She would doubtless tell Mr..
Constable that so far as she could dis
Germ | had stood the test This would
incline him to infer. unless l quailed
under his searching gaze. that had
stood 1t. Emboldened by my first sue
cess, | determined that | would de-
ceive him if II took all the talent for
deception there was In me. Besides,
now that my blood was up for the
fight. would teach him that he could
not play such a game on me with i'm
punity.
Nevertheless | knew that unless I
could Mt my next meeting with him
throw up dust as | had done with
Mrs Gonaglc would be beaten. What
was my CONSERVATION when Mrs. Con
agile came into the room where | was
whiting, not ten minutes after my ar
rival, with note In her hand and told
me that must go right back with it
to Mr.. Constable. She had telephoned
for an auto and 1t would be at the
door in few minutes. Il will trust
to your high sense of honor" she said.
"as Mr.. Constable has done, leaving
my note unsealed."
I ut doesn't matter about that, Mrs.
Eonagle," | said II won't feel hurt
FL you seal it,
But she didn't. and / sealed it my
self before her eyes / had no use for
what 1t contained The plot was to
jsend ME right back to Constable so
soon after my guilt-if indeed was
lguilty-that he might the better detect
lit. There was no time to form or
barry out plan for his deception, GER
gtaiG,y not another breakdown. Two
such articles would be dead give
away resolved to march straight up
TO him. driving all embarrassment out
of my head. acting with absolute ap-
parent Indifference. made another
resolntion. I.resolved-6ht. never mind
what resolved. er
When was ushered into the. room
where | again found him sitting be-
hind his rosewood desk | think could
have enacted any part-I could have
announced to him that he was to be
decapitated In ten minutes without
showing the slightest trace of emotion.
The gray eyes were brought to bear on
me, but | met them with an inquiring.
chldike wonder as to why he looked
so hard at me Then. as II my modesty
had been touched by such gaze, call
ed up faint blush and turned my
eyes away. | felt that | had conquered
My pantomine would have deceived
Satan himself
Nfp hi
was aneftt s6SSon than himself, the
secretary took the note out of the room
aud returned with another. which he
handed me unsealed He did not open
| his lips to me during my brief stay.
| but | knew that be was watching me.
| acted as though there was no one
present except myself. looking most of
the time out of the window The note
| he gave me | dropped at once into my
bag without looking at it, pretending to
be at the moment hunting for either
my handkerchief or my purse.
| From this time forward felt that
was mistress Of the situation. The
| ONLY mention | made of Mr.. Consta-
BILE was MS the old gentleman who
| did so much for the poor" and this
| was not to Mrs, Gonagle. but In her
hearing think this took away any
| suspicion she might have had that
knew of her plot. She did not send
| me with any more notes to Mr.. Con
| stable. but did send me to him with
| verbal messages When | went with
| the first Of these Mr.. Constabe's pre-
tended secretary waxed affable and
| endeayored to engage me In conversa-
| ton. showed no indlsposition to
| talk with him. though he never gave
me one of those gazes of his but that
| lowered my eyes. In one or our
| chats | asked him If he were Mr.. Con-
stables secretary. and he replied that
| he was more than that-he was his
business manager
.Mr. Constable must be splendid
old qentleman." | said. ito do so much
for the poor
"What else can be do with his mon
ey?" was the response. He can't
spend it all on himself
Then the secretary began to come 10
Mrs Gonagle's on various preteXts.
and every time be came she would
manage 10 leave us in her office room
together while she pretended to be at
tending to the matter about which he
had called | saw that he was bent
ON wooing, and | permitted him to
WOO He took me out several times,
and one evening on our returning
from the opera on leaving me IN the
vestibule he pressed my hand. There
vos light enough for me to show him
that was very much impressed by
the performance
Time came when he proposed TO me-
laughed at him. Il don't care 10
marry man." / said, who began his
courtship with the idea that he was
a match for woman
"What do you mean" be ASKED
astounded.
"Why. you and Mrs. Gonagle form
ed a plot to make me believe tnat you
ere Mr.. Constable's secretary. knew
from the first that you were Mr.. Con
stable himself"
"How? You surely didn't read the
first note sent by your
aOf course | did Did you take me
for a ninnyT"
"You played me?'
THAT was easy"
"And all this announcement IS
"Pretended / don't care to marry
am much pleased with my work ano
lave no intention Of leaving It."
That was several weeks ago. since
, than Mr.. Constable has been pursuing
me and I have at last consented t
/ marry him. Mrs. Gonagle Is to giv'
. ms n splendid wedding. and we are u
: 20 abroad on our bridal trip.