The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-07-10
family. The chevalier.
big In baby buggies-responsible for
the modern sleep inducing pera mbu.

Their Of Virgins inamorata had started
in to be a marine painter. Afounder
of this club, come to think Of It. but
dropped out long ago. You have heard
OF him-Dassf0rd Hollister. Funny
thing bis having to give up art Great
gifts for the marine. but never could
overcome tendency to seasickness.
Honest! Every time be painted
wave It upset him horribly. The doc
tors couldn't help him. Next tried hts
hand at the big gulches downtown.
There was 4 chance there TO hit Oh
the metropolitan skyline and become
Immortal by doing it FIRST. but new
trouble developed. Doing the high
buildings made him dizzy! Honestl
He was good, too. and would have
made a place, but be had to cut 1t out.
He was so torn up over his two failures
that he blew in bis share Of the per.
ambulator money in riotous living.
Lost his wife into the bargain and has
settled down to peaceful life up In
Westchester county In one Of these
cute little bungalows the real estate
operators build for you II you pay q
dollar down for q picture Of an acre
lot"
"And the daughter2''
'Well, Bassford Hollister has two
daughtera 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
idiocy was opened. Virgins saw her
there last spring. Miss Hollister. the
aunt, whom I'm fond OF calling the
chevalier, picked up her nieres about
that time aud hauled them Off to Eu:
| rope. and Virgins scampered after
them. don't know what they did to
| Wiggy; but you see how be acts.
! rather imagine that the chevalier didn't
| smile on his suit She's holy terror.
| that woman. with an International rep
utation for doing weird and most W.
accountable things She draws sort
of royalty on all the baby busSies 10
| creation, 1t amounts to q birth tax.
! in ,contravention of the free guarantees
| of the constitution. The people will
rise against 1t some day.
"She's plausible enough. but she's the
! past mistress of Interior motive. She
got Fortner. the mural painter. up to
| place she used to have at Newport
few years ago. ostenSibly to do frieze
or something. and she made him teach
her to fire a gun. You know Fortner.
with bis artistic ideals! And be didn't
know any more about guns than dea.
1t was droll. decidedly droll. But she
kept him there a nlOnth-wouldnt let
him OF the reservation: but she paid
him his fee Just the same. though ne
never painted stroke. When be got
back to town be was wreck. 1t was
lust like being In Jail. warn you to
let her alone. II you should undertake
to tix her tiues she's likely to put you
to work digging potatoes She's no end
Of a case."
~"WelL Virgins Is a good fellow. one
Of the very best" ! remarked. as alb
eorbed these revelat tons. land it isn't
the GIRLS aunt be wants to marry"
'.There's no telling where this affair
may lead Wiggins. There's something
queer in the wind. all right The chew.
alier has brother Bassford where he
can't whimper. rather fancy be feeds
from her hand. His girls haven't any
prospects except through the chevalier.
Nice girls, 30 I'm told. Miss Cecilia
Hollister Is living With her aunt"
'And the other stster-where does
she come tn?'
mot important l fancy. Rumor u
silent touching her. In fact I've new
or heard anything Of her. But this
Cecilia b no end handsome and proud.
Poor old Wiggyw
1 WAS already ashamed OF myself
for having encouraged Jewett to dis
cuss Wiggins' affairs, and was about
TO leave him, when be snorted In q
disaereeable way hs had at some Joke
that had occurred to him.
n knew there was something" DO
said, 'about Miss Cecilia's younger
sister, and I've Just recalled It The
gin has most extraordinary name.
quite the most remarkable you ever
heard. Hezekiah! Bang! That's the
little sisters name. Bassford aollister
had been saving that name. fora son.
who never appeared. to do honor to
old Hezekiah. the perambulator chap.
SO they named the girl for her grand
dad" F.
I left him and learned at the Office
that Virgins had, within half an
hour, lett the club hurriedly In cab.
taking a trunk with him. He had
mentioned no mail address to the
clerk, and this was very unlike Wig
gina
CHAPTER q.
The Beginning Of Ny Advsntues.
1VYlGGlNS' strange conduct and
| Nv Jewett's dark hints 90 dis
| w turbed me that the very
next afternoon | again
sought the Asolando tea room. feeling
that In it, atmosphere might best
weigh tho few facts possessed touch.
lnR my friends love affairs.