Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24

cute little Bungalows the real estate
operators build for you If you pay q
dollar down for a picture of an acre
lot"
And the daughter?"
Well. Bassford HOLSTER has tive
daughters. It's the Older one that has
stolen Virgins heart away. She's
Cecilia. you know. Very literary and
that sort of thing, and pushed tea and
cookies at the Asolando when that
ldiocy was opened. Virgins saw her
there last spring. Miss Hollister, the
aunt. whom I'm fond Of calling the
chevalier, picked up her nieces about
that time and hauled them off to Eu-
rope, and Virgins scampered after
them. / dua't know what they did TO
Wiggy. but you see how he acts. /
rather imagine that the cheyaller didn't
smile OH his suit. She's a holy terror.
that woman. with an international rep
utation for doing weird and most I'M
accountable things. She draws a sort
of royalty on all the baby buggies in
creation, 1t amounts to q birth tax,
in co~ntravention of the free guarantees
OF the constitution. The people will
rise against 1t some day.
'She's plausible enough, but She the
past mistress of interior motive. She
got Former. the mural painter, up To
q place she used to haye at Newport a
few years ago. ostensibiy to do u frieze
nv rnr.afb{ny and uta x1uda him fpuHh
her to fire Ii gun. You know FORMER,
with hts artistic Ideals. And he didn't
know any more about guns than a flea.
1t was droll. decidedly droll. But she
kept him there y month-wouldnt let
him of the reservations: but she paid
him his fee just the same, though he
never painted Il stroke. When he got
back TO town he was u wreck. 1t was
just IKE being in jail. | warn yon to
let her alone. If you should undertake
to AK her hues she's likely to put you
to work digging potatoes. She's no end
of q case"
well. Virgins is n good fellow, one
of the very best" | remarked, as | alb
sorued these revelations. and ii Isn't
the girls aunt he wants to marry"
There's no telling where this affair
may lead Virgins. There's something
queer In the wind. all right. The chey-
aljer has brother Bassford where he
can't whimper. / rather fancy he feeds
from her hnnd. His girls haven't any
prospects except through the cheyalier.
Nice girls. so I'm told. Miss Cecilia
HoIlister Is living with her aunt"
And the other sister-where does
she come I'M"
Not impAriant. / fancy. Rurnor Is
silent touching her. In fact I've new
err heard anything OF her. But this
Cecilia Is no end handsome and proud.
Poor old Wiggy!'
| was already ashamed OF myself
for having encouraged Jewett to dis
cuss Virgins affairs, and was about
to lenye him. when he snorted In a
disagreeable way he had at some joke
that bud occurred to him.
II knew there was something" he
said, about Miss Ceciiia's younger
sister. aud I've Just recalled 1t. The
girl Aus a most extraordinary name,
quite the ma~t remarkable you ever
heard. Hezeklah. Bang. That's the
little sisters ns me. Bassrord HOLSTER
hHd been al wing that mime for n son.
who never appeared. to do honor to
old Hexekiah. the p~erambuiator chap.
So they numed the girl for her grand
dad"
l left him and learned at the ONCE
that Virgins had. within half m
hour. left the club hnrries1ly In a cab,
taking a trunk with him. He had
mentioned no mail address to the
clerk. aud this was very unlike Wig
gins.