The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-02-27

Jewett was playing me for all hi
story was worth and enjoying himsel
Immensely.
For heavens sake. go oDp'
nice girl. this Cecilia. You know
the Holisters-oodles of money in tn,
family. The chevalier's father scored
big In baby buggies--responsible fol-
the modern sleep inducing perambu
, lators; sold out to trust. The ia.
her of Virgins inamorata had started
in TO be marine painter A founder
OF this club. come to think of II. but
dropped out long ago You have heard
OF him BassfOrd HOLSTER. Funny
thing his ha wing to give up art Great
gifts for the marine. but never could
overcome tendency to seasickness
HoDestl Every time he painted .
wave II upset him horribly. The doc
tors couldn't help him. Next tried his
hand at the big gulches downtown.
There was chance there to hit OF
the metropolitan skyline and become
immortal by doing II first. but a new
trouble developed Doing the high
buildings made him dizzy! Honestl
LIZ wac koOos wv. ubh WOuio UNIV
made II place. but he had to cut 1t out
He was so torn up over his two failures
that he blew 10 his share OF the per-
ambulator money In riotous living.
Lost his wife into the bargain and has
settled down to peaceful life up In
| Westchester county In one of these
cute little bungalows the real estate
operators build for you if you pay q
dollar down for a picture of an acre
| lot"
And the daughterr
well. Bassford Hollister has two
daughters. It's the older one that has
stolen Virgins heart away. She's |
Cecilia, you know. Very literary and |
that sort of thing, and pushed tea and |
cookies at the Asolando when that
idiocy was opened. Virgins saw her
there last spring Miss Hollister. the
aunt. whom I'm fond of calling the
chevalier. picked up her nieces about
that time and hauled them off to Eu
rope. and Virgins scampered after
them | don't know what they did to
Wiggy, but you see how he acts.
rather imagine that the chevalier didn't
smile on his suit She's q holy terror.
that woman. with an international rep
utation for doing weird and most I'M
accountable things. She draws sort
of royalty on all the baby buggies In
creation 1t amounts to a birth tax.
in contravention of the free guarantees
of the constitution. The people will
rise against 1t some day.
shes plausible enough. but she's the
past mistress OF Interior motive. She
got FORMER. the mural painter. up TO
a place she used to have at Newport
few years ago. ostensibly to do frieze
or something, and she made him teach
her to fire gun. You know FORMER.
with his artistic ideals! And he didn't
know any more about guns than flea.
1t was droll decidedly droll. But she
kept him there a month-wouldn't let
lim off the reservation: but she paid
him his fee just the same. though he
never painted stroke. When he got
pack TO town he was a wreck. 1t was
ust like being In jail / warn you to a.
ct her alone. lr you should undertake
0 FIX her hues she's likely TO put you
o work digging potatoes. She's no end st
+ a case th
well. Virgins is a good fellow. one 81
( the very best" ! remarked. as ! alb ot
orbed these revelations, land II isn't VI
be girls aunt he wants to marry" as
There's no telling where this affair at
nay lead Virgins. There's something IN
ueer in the wind, all right The chew
lier has brother Bassford where he %
ant whimper. ! rather fancy he feeds te
rom her hand His girls haven't any ~
respects except through the chevalier. W.
ice girls, so I'm told Miss Cecilia uh
Iollister is living with her aunt" W
And the other sister-where does 9
ne come inf'' m
mot important. ! fancy. Rumor Ia 80
lent touching her. In fact I've new .n'
heard anything OF her. But this .'
celia Is 40 END handsome and proud -
DOR old Wiggy" T.,
1 was already ashamed or myself -.
II having encouraged Jewett to dis "a
ss Virgins AFFAIRS, and was about {.
leave him. when he snorted In
way he mad at some joke ~,
mt had occurred TO MIN. ~,
Il knew there was something" be -
Id. about Miss Cecilia's younger 81,
,ter. and I've just recalled It The :.
Il has most extraordinary name. 20
lite the most remarkable you ever e.
ard Hezekiah! Bang! That's the :. %
tie sisters name Bassford Hollister ~,
d been saving that name for son. On,
10 never appeared, TO do honor to =.
Hezekiah. the perambulator chap.
they named the girl for her grand orc
l." 80
left him and learned at the office
It Virgins had within half an an,
Ir. left the club burriedly in cab. u,a,
ing trunk with him. He had -,
ntioned no mail address to the
rk. and this was very unlike Wig 80,
mer