Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24

Virgins never wrote letters. ana II
was he who had favored making the
Hare and Tortoise writing room into
a den for pipe smokers. The epistolary
habit. be maintained, was oue 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 q neat APP
proach shot.
"Too bad about old Wiggy," he re-
marked with his %preluding sigh.
whats the matter with Wiggins?"
/ demanded.
"Ah. He hasn't told you? Thought
be told you everything
This was meant for a stinger, and |
felt the bite OF 1t.
"You do me too much honor. Wig
gins Is not a mar to throw around his
e~onhdences."
And | rather fancy that his love
affairs In particular are locked in his
bosom"
wan . AuHStCA OI auC hIA os
suggestion. He took an unnecessarily
long time to light II cigar so that his
words might sink deep into my con
seriousness.
Saw her ono last spring. Got a
| sight draft from the Bank OF Eros.
Followed her across the multitudinous
sea. Hangr
But Wiggy hasn't been abroad
Wtggy WIS on his DAKOTA ranch all
summer. He's NIL tanned from the sun
just AS he il every fall" | persisted.
Wrote you from out there. did he?
Sent you picture postais showing him
berding his cattle or whatever the
beasts are? Kept In touch with yon all
the time. did he? | tell you his fine
color IL due to Switzerland, not Da-
kota."
Virgins Isn't n letter writer nor the
sort OF person who wants to paper your
house with picture p~ostals. His moi
writing doesn't mean that he wasn't on
his ranch" | replied, annoyed by Jew
ett's I'M
Never dropped you before. though,
I wager" he chirruped. Il tell you
he saw Miss Cecilia tiollister at the
As0lando teasbop. just II glimpse, but
almost Immediately he went abroad in
pursuit of her. The ~chevntier That's
her Aunt Octa yia- WIS along and IN
other niece. My sister saw the bunch
of them in Geneva, where the cheyaller
was breaking records. A whole troop
Of stritors followed them everywhere.
My sister knows the girl-Cecilia-aud
she's known Wiggy all her life. She's
just home and told me about ii last
night. She thinks the chevalier has
some absurd scheme for marrying Off
TIE girl. It's all very queer, our Wiggy
being mixed up In IT,"
Don't be absurd. .Jewett. There's
.athing unusual In n man being IN love.
That's one fashion that doesn't change
much. | venture to say hat Virgins
will prove n formidable sultor. Wig
gins IL a gentleman, and the girl would
be lucky to get him"
ignite right. my dear Ames; but.
slss. there are others. The comreti-
ton is encouraged by the aunt. the
cetecan c~hevalier. My sister says the
chevaiier seems to favor the slit Of a
Nebraska philosopher who rejoiceS In
the %nelodious name of ibiet."
Je.ett was playing rne for al! his
story was worth aud enjoying himself
Immensely.
For heavens sake. 90 on"
"klce girl. this Cecilia. You know
the iiollisters-oodles Of money in the
family. The eheyaiier's father scored
big In baby interchangeable for
the modern sleep inducing perambuc
lators: sold out TO II trust. The IA
| Their Of Virgins inamornta had started
in to be a marine painter. A founder
| of this club. come to think of it. but
dropped Ii long ago. Iou haye heard
OF him Bassford HOLSTER. Funny
thing bis having to give W art. Great
gifts for the marine, but could
overcome tendency to seasfckness.
Honest Every time he painted a
wave 1t upset him horribly. The doc
tors couldn't help him. Next tried his
hand at the big gulches >downtowp-
There was 81 chance there 10 hit off
the metropolitan skyline and become
immortal By doing it first. but a new
trouble developed. Doing the high
buildings made him dizzy. Honest
He was good. too. and would have
made a place. but he had to cut it u
He was so torn UP over his two failures
that he blew In his share of the per
ambulator money In riotous living.
Lost his wife into the bargain aud has
settled down to a peaceful life up In
Westchester county In IL OF these