The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-29

solved to get to the bottom of 1t.
IL don't think the Asolando Is place
that would attract either of us. and
yet the viands are good as such stuff
goes, and the gentle handmaldens are
restful to the eye-Pippa, Francesca
Gloria and the rest of EN-"
Virgins pried open his artichoke
with the care Of botanist He had
regained his composure, but ! saw that
the subject interested him.
"Yon were there this afternoonr' he
inquired.
Eyes, my 6rst and only appearance"
"And this is Monday"
1.-THE calendar has said It."
$50 you settled your bill with Pippa.
! believe this wns her day. She makes
the change on Monday. Wednesday
and Friday. Her eyelashes are trife
too long for the worlds peace"
II dare say. haven't your charming
knack. Ames. Of picking up acquaint-
ances. so you mustn't expect me to
form lifelong friendships with young
women at cash desks. suppose 1t
women who tend till and serve the
tables In there are persons of educa.
ton and taste. The Asolando Is not
common hnshery. There's not a girl In
that place who hasn't social position
as good as yours or mine. The Aso-
lando's kind Of fad. you know.
Ames; It's not tavern within the
NJ tpt
common swine are fed for profit. The
servants serve for love of the cause:
It's sort of cult"
Virgins excused himself shortly.
and | had a glimpse Of him later, In
the writing room. engaged upon let.
ters. a fact in itself disquieting. for
Virgins never wrote letters. and II
was he who had favored making the
Hare and Tortoise writing room into
n den for pipe smokers. The epistolary
habit, he maintained. was one that
should be discouraged.
was modify turning over the even.
Ing newspaper when Jewett turned up.
Jewett always knows everything. He
dropped the ball into the green Of my
immediate interest with a neat ap.
proach shot.
"Too bad about old wiggy." he re.
marked with his preludlng sigh.
whats the matter with Wlggins?"
! demanded.
"Ah! He hasn't told your Thought
he told you everything"
This was meant for stinger. and !
felt the bite of 1t.
You do me too much honor. Wig.
gins is not man to throw around his
condolences"
"And | rather fancy that his love
affairs In particular are locked in his
BOSOM"
Jewett was a master of the art OF
suggestion. He took an unnecessarily
long time to light cigar so that his
words might sink deep into my con
seriousness
saw her once last spring Got a
sight draft from the Bank OF Eros
Followed ner across the multitudinous
sea. Bang"'
But Wiggy hasn't been abroad
Wiggy was on his Dakota ranch all
summer. He's all tanned from the sun
Just as he IL every fall" persisted.
Wrote You from out there. did hei
Sent you picture postals showing him
herding his cattle or whatever the
beasts are? Kept In touch with yon all
the time. did he? ! tell you his fine
color is due to Switzerland. not Da
kota."
virgins isn't a letter writer nor the
sort OF person who wants to paper yout
house with picture postals. His no,
writing doesn't mean that he wasn't on
his ranch" replied, annoyed by Jew
ett's manner.
"Never dropped you before. though
wager" he cblrruped. ~ tell you
he saw Miss Cecilia HOLSTER at the
Asolando teashop, just a glimpse, but
almost Immediately he went abroad ip
pursuit OF her. The chevalier-thats
her Aunt Octavia-was along and an.
other niece. My sister saw the bunch
or them In Geneva. where the chevaliei
was breaking records. A whole troor
Of suitors followed them everywhere
Ny sister knows the girl-Cecilia-and
she's known Wiggy all her life She's
Just home and told me about 1t last
night She thinks the chevalier ha,
some absurd scheme for marrying Oh
the girl It's all very queer. our Wigg,
being mixed up In It."
Don't be absurd. Jewett There's
nothing unusual In man being in love
That's one fashion that doesn't change
much. ! venture to say that Virgins
VIII prove formidable sutton Wig
gins is gentleman. and the girl would
be lucky TO get him"
quite right, my dear Ames; but,
aias, there are others, The competi. !
ton is encouraged by the aunt the
veteran chevalier, My sister says the
chevalier seems to favor the suit of a