Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-03-13

happiness
1T struck me that You were pretty
we'll established there he hlurtcd II
confess that took ii for granted YOU
were not there wholly on Il professional
errand, and wod't deny, Amcs, that
was not pleased to see YOU"
you honor me in assuming that
might aspire to the hand Of SO splendid
a woman as Cecilia Hollister; but, my
dear Virgins. l tell you never laid
eyes on her until last night
but YOU had been to the Asolando.'
he persisted, hacking away doggedly ut
his stick.
"Of course | had. | told YOU | had
| told you the whole story But | did
not see Cecilia HOLSTER there She
wasn't there. fancy that after you
saw her there last spring and became
infatuated with her and followed her
to Europe instead of going to Dakota
to harvest your blooming wheat-nfter
that bit of history she never returned
to the Asolando Your lack of frank
ness in all this has panied me, and you
left it for IA gossiping chap like Jewett
to tell me the whole story"
He threw the stick ut sparrow
whose chirp irritnted him from stone
fence beyond MS and turned toward
me a countenanCe on which detection,
humiliation and chagrin were written
large
Hang ii all" he beloved. Il be-
lieve I'm losing my mind. don't know
what I'm doing. That old woman up
there Is responsible for all this. She's
as crazy as March hare-craZier!
And she's made prisoner of that girl.
I tell you Cecilia HOLSTER is the grand
est girl in the world"
$50 1t, son! Those descendants OF
Caesars legions at work In the road
down there are pausing to listen. Try
to affect calmness II you don't feel it.
| agree to all you say of Miss Cecilia.
and please get 1t into your noddle that
| have no intention of becoming your
you also not to speak in such terms of
her aunt She Is the most delightful
woman ever met"
mad. | tell you. quite mad! tell
you. Ames. that woman Is malevolent
being She's perfectly tiendish."
There is no way Of answering n man
in this humor save by laughter. and
laughed long and loud. to the conster'
nation Of the Italian road lnhorers. who
were now swallowing their luncheons
a short distance away from US.
Virgins suked awhile and then ad-
dressed me seriously.
81 didn't tell you was going abroad,
because the situation made explana-
tons difficult. | could hardly tell you
that | was about to race over Europe
after waitress | had seen In tea
room You're always so confoundedly
suspicious II would have an odd
sound even now If she werewolf, n
she we're a waitress instead OF what
you know her to be And my animos-
ity toward Miss Octavla HOLSTER Is
due TO the fact that after | had been
as courteous to her all summer long
as | could and thought myself toler-
/ ably established in her mind as de-
/ cent person and a gentleman, she SUD
denly shuts Cecilia up In that house
/ bought 1t on purpose, fancy-and Ce-
ella herself is compelled 10 take on
/ an air Of mystery, warning me to keep
away, suggesting the darkest possibili-
ties but giving me no hint whatever
of the reason for her conduct"
LET us confine ourselves TO Miss DC
tavia for moment. While you were
acting as cavalier to her party abroad
she was friendly then she suddenly
changed. Now there must be some ex'
PLANTATION Of that
"Well, for one thing. she few of at a
tangent about my ancestors. We were
In Berlin on the Fourth Of July ana
got 10 talking about the American rev
olution She asked me what my peo'
pie had done for the patriotic cause.
The painful fact Is that most Of them
were Tories, but my great grandfather
broke with his father and brothers.