Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-10-18

That's a good idea. Our trouble will
be that any one of our friends acting
In the matter would be suspected at
once"
Suppose you begin by stating the
ease to me-"
She thought for a moment then gave
me the required statement.
Her friend Maud Dempster was In
love with the young man bearing my
name. Her mother had arranged a
match for her to suit herself rather
than the daughter. Maud had very
foolishly threatened to elope, and this
had caused her mother to keep her viz
tually a prisoner. Now that she really
intended getting away she regretted
having put her mother on her guard.
Does her mother know that she de.
sires to marry this Mr.. CourtneyT
Certainly"
"Then It will be difficult for him to
act directly In the matter. He will need
an assistant"
Now. I took no interest whatever in
Arthur Courtney or Miss Demp-
ster, but was delighted with the third
party to the affair. who was for the
moment my companion.
do please lay a plan," she said. 81
have no inventive power whatever"
LET me see. How would It do for
me to secure an Introduction to Miss
Dempster and show her some atten-
ton, thus throwing her mother of her
guard?"
Better take care. Maud Is very
fascinating"
l smiled. This was just like girl,
but there was the least bit of give
away to It, which pleased me.
II assure you" l said. II am. or
have been, fancy free"
"What do you mean by have beenT"
81 would rather not explain"
How easy 1t Is to say one thing and
look another! She understood perfect
ly that the change which had come
over me dated from the moment en-.
tered her box. Nevertheless she iml-
tated me by saying what she did not
mean:
pardon me. l do not desire to tres
pass upon your private affairs"
"What do you think of my plansT
"The very thing"
There was flourish of trumpets
and a rattle OF drums on the part of
the orchestra, and we listened TO an
act Of the opera before resuming the
to be mutually interested. II was not
TIL the end Of the performance that
we were enabled TO resume the dis
cusslon Of our conspiracy, and then
there was no opportunity, since the
opera having been finished the house
was closed for every other purpose.
II may see you homer I asked
my maid is waiting"
''But you will grant me the favorT'
"Oh. certainlyP'
Well. ! called the next evening, and
while we gave some time to laying a
plan by which the eIopement might be
effected we reached no definite conclu
sion. went AWAY with a desire to
plan my own elopement with Gwen
When ! parted with her she said she
would SEQ Maud the next day. have n
conference with her and notify me OF
the result Two days later I received
a note asking me to call. did 80 and
learned That both Maud and the real
Courtney were much pleased with the
plan OF using me 10 get the young lady
out OF her mothers clutches. but moth
ing decisive was reached. One would
suppose that this being the case there
was no use sending for me Since
there was nothing TO do in the matter.
we devoted ourselves to our own nf-
fairs rather thnn those Of Maud and
Arthur
made number OF visits for the
purpose OF laying plan by which two
lovers might be made happy, but some
how or other the plan didn't get per
fected. or, rather. we found we couldn't
bring the clippers TO anything definite
and Maud would shrink from action
Then Maud would nerve herself 10
flight, and Arthur would find that
something stood In his way. A month
passed during which Gwen and held
more than a dozen consultations upon
the matter in question. neither admit
ting TO the other that we were more
Interested IN each other than In Maud
and Arthur.
A second month OF consultation fol
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