Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-07-17
that. HeZekiah :"

that, HeZekiah:"
"Oh. that will be easy enough. He's
pretty desperate. and since the COM
pact between the SuitorS has gone to
pieces he knows he will have to show
his hand pretty soon He thinks you
are wild about Cecilia He laws great
stress on his thinking powers. and he
probably argues that you are bound to
pop pretty soon. It's just rs we'll he
thinks so. but we must finish this M
today. I'll be Il nervous wreck If we
don't close the books tonight There's
your friend Dick now"
She indicated Il high pojnt in the
main road. where IL crossed the ridge
from which she had shown met
seemed, oh. very long ago,--rhe pro.
cession OF SuitorS crossing the Stile.
Dick. mounted, was gazing or across
the fields toward Homestead Man and
horse were so distant as to create the
Illusion of an equestrian statue ON a
high pedestal.
Napoleon before Waterloo | sug-
gested.
He Noes look like Napoleon, doeSN't
he?' she laughed. He's Il bit fuSNrl
today. He knows that Wiggy'S not Il,
the inn and that YOU are up to some
thing, ana 10 little Mr.. Dick the archi.
tect probably looks like one of those
mysterious knights YOU read about.
who suddenly appears ut the tourna-
ment all canned in an ice cream free2-
er. with Il tin pail over his head. Mr.
PeppertonS presence no doubt worries
him. rs | don't think they ever met
Cecilia and Mr.. Pcpperton are riding.
| lodged them just before | struck
You. walking their horses in the most
loverlike fashion in lane over Won
der, but if Mr. Peppertor is really en-
gagged it's all right, though if ! were
the other girl think I'd be anxious"
Pops playing the game. that's all
What are YOU going to do now
She gla3ccd ut the sun. | fancied
that it was with such scanning of
the heavens that her sisters thousand
years before had noted the time
This IS my pie day. There's I'M
doubleday a gooScherry pie waiting for
me at the bungalow. And papa viii
expect me for luncheon. I'd ask YOU to
come too, only you'll have all you can
do to keep Mr. Dick from perSuading
somebody to be the sixth man. so he
can slip in rs number seven. If we get
through today all right, You may come
for luncheon tomorrow, maybe. Papa
told me he liked you. He said you
We're very decent that night you met
him.
MY compliments to your father.
hope to be able to persuade him to eX-
tend his paternal arm to include me-
Aunt Octavia must be my aunt too"
Really cried HeZekiah, with indie
scribable mockery, and she wheeled her
horse and was gone like the wind.
Luncheon at Iopetield passed with
out incident, and afterward Cecilia re
tired to help her aunt with her CORE
spondence, while Pepperton and
lounged about the house and smoked
l told him of my Intellectual efforts to
reach Virgins, and he volunteered to
find motor and search for him, but
pointed out the futility of this and re-
newed my appeal that he stay on guard
at Hopetied.
At about O'Clock Cecilia reappeared
Her color was high and her eyes We're
unusually brilliant. | knew that she
fully realized that the crisis was near,
but she asked no questions, and her
manner reassured me of her confidence
We idled on the stone terrace above
the frost Smitten garden.
We We're hardly seated before Dick
entered the garden. followed imme-
diately by the six other suitorS | had