The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-27
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.sNothing less than that!" added
Ehallenberger.
I'VE will not stand for it, growled
Ormsby's heavy bass.
MIR. Shallenberger,' replied even
II, .'as nembersof the great Hoosier
school OF novelists I have the most
profound respect for your talents My
ONCE boy is dead to the world for
weeks after the appearance of novel
from your pen But your interference
In my private affairs is beyond all rea-
son. And as for you, Mr.. Ormsby,
dare say your knit goods are worthy of
the fame of the peRt4tp JEtca from
which you come. But to you and all
of you 1 bid defiance. I return to
Hopeheld Manor by the Ala express"
rose and bowed coldIy in dismissal,
but the trio stood their ground stub
bornly.
81 tell you, siEOeur9 reorganization is
complete?' declared Dick. I'VE sign
ed q gentleman's agreement only last
night for the express purpose of ex-
Guiding you, and you cannot enter as a
competitor. You are only an outsider,
and we don't intend to have you inter-
fering with our affairs"
by the pink left ear of Venus" 1
blurted, ais it trust?"
You put it coarsely. Mr.. Ames,
but
"a suifors' trust? Then, if read the
newspapers correctly, your organiza-
ton Is against public policy and in
contravention of the antitrust law.
But may I inquire why, if you have
perfected a combination of Miss Ho1-
listers su1tors, L found Lord AFRO
wood this morning sitting on a stone
by the roadside, evidently in the great
est detection Can it be possible that
an fnsurgent has crept into your organ
ization and incurred the displeasure OF
the regu1ars?''
I'VE ruled him OUT Shallenberger
burst forth because he was "a for
eigner and not entitled to a place
among fre4born ,Americansl That is
one reason, and, for anotbera the col
ors of his half hose we98 At fSfense
to me personally"
@And for another reason - interposed
Ormsby, "he had no money with which
TO pay his board at the Prescott Arms.
For this just cause the landlord elected
him shortly after breakfast this morn
ing
Then there is already rift in the
IqteI' I returned. t'No trust OF suitors
hand is raised against your unrighteous
compact, and am in the fight to stayl
Co back to the Prescott Arms, gentle
men, and assure your associates in this
hideous compact Of my most distin-
gufshed consideration and tell them to
go TO the devil
had gone to the ST. Parvenu hotel
to call upon Washington lady who
+. had been making life burden to my
assistant and on coming out into Fifth
avenue shortly after bethought me Of
the Asolando tea room. My interview
with the committee of the suitors had
driven from my mind practically every
consideration and every interest not
centered in :Hopeheld Manor. My
thoughts turned gratefully to the Aso-
lando. where only a few days ago I
had been precipftated into the strangest
adventures my eventless life had
known.
A strange face was visible at the
cashiers desk as 1 entered the tea
room- L passed ION, finding the place
quite full, but 4 took it as a good omen
that the seventh table from the right
was unoccupied, and hastily appropri-
ated it. A waitress appeared murmuring
S@There are no birds in last years nest"
and recommended a Locker-Lampson
sandwich, whose contents the girl told
me were secret, but it proved to be
wholly @palatabl e==s.As@f.fEr Hnlz=rny tea
and ate the sandwich / surveyed the
decorated menu card with interest and
found pIeasurable excitement in discov-
eriBg an item directing attention to
pickles la Hezekiah, Is cents.' The
delightful Hezekiah must, then, have
impressed herself upon the deus ex
machina of the Asolando on her brief
day there, thus to have won this recog
milton. And further on noted, among
the DESERTS Peche Ceeflie with even
greater interest and satisfaction.
CeciIiaSoccupied my mind now. The
visit of the furious suitors to my Office
had stirred in me thoughts and aspfra-
tons that had never known harborage
IN my breast before. The presumption
q those fellows had exceeded any
ening had known in my contact with
human kind, and instead of frighten-
ing me away from Hopefield Manor
they had called my own attention to
he strategic Importance of my pres
ent position as a guest in Miss Octa-
Was house
As these thoughts ran through my
mind was finishing my Peche Cecilie
III spurn all sweets ordinarily when I
became Interested in the unusual con-
duet Of a young wUfnarr who had en-
tered the front door briskly and walk
ed wfth<a business-Iike air to the cash
aar's desk The girl within the wicket
rose promptly, opened the screen and
--zlAh,r7f pariey OF any sort emDtded