Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-30

what I'm doing. That old woman up
there Is responsible for ali this. She's
IS crazy as March hare-crazier.
And she's made prisoner of that girl
tell you Cecilia Hollister Is the grand
est girl In the world"
Go II. son! Those descendants of
Caesars legions at work In the road
down there are pauxing to listen Try
TO affect calmness II you don't feel II
/ agree to all you say OF Miss Cecilia.
and plesse get It into your noddie that
! have no Intention OF becoming your
rival for her hand. but | must beg of
you also not to speak In such terms of
her aunt She Is the most delightful
woman ever met"
Mad. ! tell you quite msdl tell
you. Ames. that woman Is n matevolent
being. She's perfectly Hendish."
There IL no way OF answering q man
In this humor save by laughter. and |
laughed long and loud. to the connter-
ma don Of the lta iian road lRborers who
were now swallowing their lunchsons
4 short distance away from Us.
Virgins sulked awhile and then ad-
dressed me seriously,
II didn't tell yOu was going abroad.
because the situation made explana-
tons dimcuit. l could hardly tell yos
that | was about 10 race over Europe
after Z waitress ! had seen In q tea
room. You're always 20 confoundcdly
suspicious 1t wouid have an odd
sound even now II she wers-wei,, II
she vera . waitress instead Of what
you know her to b. And my snim0s-
lty toward Miss Octavia Hollister IL
due to the fact that after ! had been
as courteous to her sil summer hong
AZ could and thought myself toier-
ably esta biisbsd n her mind a. 4 de-
cent person and . gentleman. she sud
denly shuts Cecilia up In that house.
bought It Oh purpose. fancy-and Cs-
ella herself u compelled to take on
an air Of mystery. warning me to keep
away. suggesting the darkest possibili-
ties. but giving Ne NO hint whatever
Of the reason for her conduct"
Let us confns ourselves to Miss oc-
tavia for a moment While you wero
acting As cavalier to her party abroad
she was fr!endiy-then she suddenly
changed. Now there must be some ex-
PLANTATION OF that"
"well. for one thing. she few OF at
tangent about my ancestors. We were
In Berlin on the Fourth Of July aud
got to talking about the American rev
olution. She asked me what my peo-
pie had done for the patriotic cause.
The painful fact Ii that most Of them
were Tories. hut my great-grandfather
broke with his father and brothers.
Joined Washington's army and fought
through the whole business. Bnt to
save the feelings Of the rest of them.
who went to England till It was all
over, be changed his name. There's no
mention of him In the war records any
where. I've had experts working on
1t. but they can't find any trace Of him.
He wns greatly embittered by the es-
arrangement from his people. and though
he had a farm In this very neighbor-
hood son1ewhere--Tve thought some
time I'd look II up and try to get hold
of it-be never mentioned his military
experiences even to his own children.
Usually Miss Hollister changes front II
you give her time. I've heard her say
that we'd have been better or II we'd
never broken with England. but she
persist. In proddIng that weak place
in my armor."
From what you say Cecilia has not
repeiled you. On the other hand. she
has frankly given you to understand
that you must not press your suit at
this time for reasons she Rees tt to
withhold. A little more patience. 4
little calm deliberation and less vio-
lent language. and IN due ccnrse the
girl II yours. Now. what do yon fan
cy ID the cause Of Cecilia's abrupt
change Of attitndeT"
He refused to meet my eyes. but
turned away a. though to conceal an
emba rrassment whose cause ! could
not surmise. When he spoke II WAS In
a voice husky with emotion.
"Am cad! Am beneath the
contempt Of decent people7
Its possible. Wiggy. that you are.
Go on with It
well. you know" he began difa-
IDENTIFY. Cecilia has a sister"
grinned. but his scowl brought me
to myself again.
"Yes And her name is Hszekiah-
The name pleases me-"
"She was with Miss Octavia In her
gailop over Europe. so l raw a COED
deal OF her necessarily. She is young
er than Cecilia. She's a good deal OF
kid-that sort that never grows up,
you know"
Just Hike her Aunt Octavia." .
Bah! Don't mention that woman.
Hezekiah In q very pretty Riri. and
suppose-well. when you are thrown
with q girl that way. seeing her con-
stantly"-
clapped my hand on his knee a.
the light began to dawn. npon me.
you Od rascal! You don't need to
add single word. dare say you are
guilty. l can see 1t in your eye. After
waiting till you reached years of dis
cretion before beginning an attack
upon womankind you began moving
them down In piatoOns. SO they come
running now that you've got a start.
Oh. Wiggy! And ! believed you I'M
mune! And you're trying to drive 'sm
tandem.
That you sha meless wretch. would