Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-24
.rgins maze 10
"-sndered


| The man who looked after my needs
handed me = note the next morning
which added fresh hazards to Cecilia's
already perlous plight.
Left with the gardener before 8
O'Clock by a boy from the village.
Said It was most confidential, sir"
I waited till he had left the room be-
fore opening Il 1t read:
Gooseberry Bunsaiow.
Before Breakfast.
Dear Chfrnneys-Pep stopped here yes
terday TO see q. H. He and c.. old pals.
Watch him. Where's Wig II. H.
The information she conveyed WAS
startling enough. We had been deal
ing with a company of suitors outside
the barricade. now came warning of
the presence of a strange knight with
In the gates who greatly multiplied
the perils OF the situation. The com
pact among the suitors ut the inn was
a thing of the past. and 7 now ex-
pected them to exercise all the in
Penuity of which desperate lovers are
capable In pressing their claims. The
fact that both Virgins and Pepper
ton were old friends of mine did not
make my task easier. | not only felt
It incumbent on me to prevent Dick.
the holder of the clew. from taking nd
vantage of 1t. but knowing Cecilia's
own attitude of mind and heart toward
| Virgins / wished to save Pepperton
the pain of rejection If 1t could be
done.
But what did Hezekiah mean by the
question with which she ended her
note? II Virgins, smarting under Ce-
elias treatment OF him the day before.
had quit the field here was a pretty
how-d'-ye-do. Miss Octa Was refusal
to countenance telephones made 1t nee
essary for me to leave Hopefield TO
learn what had become Of Virgins.
and | realized that | must act prompt
~ IL I saved the day for him. His o n
duct first and last had been spiritless.
and | was out Of patience with him,
1t seemed impossible to formulate any
plan amid these multiplying uncertain,
ties. II Virgins had decamped Dick
knew It and would lay his plans ac-
cordingly. | felt that II was base In
gro titude on Virgins part to nsk me
to watch his interests while he wen
roaming indifferently over the country.
One or two cOnsoling reflections re-
NAMED. however-Dick believed me to
be a suitor for Cecllia's hand. and this
doubtless caused him considerable I'M
ApAfnoau opA he Aii not Ennvu fhof
Pepperton. whose acquaintance with
Cecilia antedated the European flight.
had to be reckoned with. l wished
Peppsrton had kept out Of Il.
Breakfast that morning was inter
minably long. Miss Octavia was never
more thoroughly amusing. never more
drolly inadyertent. She attacked Pep
perton for all the evils In American
architecture and In particular took him
to task for some house he had built at
Newport which she pronounced the
most hideous pile Of marble on Ameri-
can soil.
When we left the table Mt about half
past 10 Miss Octavia insisted that we
must visit the kennels. A friend had
Just sent her n fine Airedale, and she
wished to make sure the kennel mas
Ter was treating the dog properly. Lat
~axws were all to ride.
MADE myself. saC%
ing that personal matters required GANl
tention.
Certainly. Arnold; you shall do ns
You like. Mr.. Pepperton is a difficult
bird to catch. so we hope for you at
luncheon. and Of course we expect you
for dinner"
ITO Be Continued,