The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
MARpLOT OF CUPID
Each Supposed the Other to Be
Another Until Properly
v0uched For.
BY NELLIE cRAvev GILMORE.

VUuCIlCU CUJs
BY NELLIE cRAvev GILMORE.
Maizie Shuttleworth was In a fiut.
ter Of excitement. She held a long.
creamy envelope In one hand and
sheet OF letter-paper in the other.
The latter contained tho magic con.
tents:
Cedar Park. April tenth.
my dear Girl:
Come and take dinner with me on
Tuesday evening, quite informally. !
have asked only one other guest; that
delightful young fellow I have been 30
anxious for you to meet-and to have
meet you.
Let me have your answer by re-
turn mail. and be sure that you make
II yes" Devotedly.
Caroline"
There was very little doubt about
what she would make her answer
thought Maizie, her heart leaping in
her breast. For Miss Maizie Shuttle.
worth was not without her own Sc
cret aspirations. and this prospect OF
coming in actual contact-really talk
ing to-one OF the charmed circle Of
the arrived" filed her with delight
full sense Of agitation.
David Brierson had long been the
young girls chosen favorite from
the Gotham literary lights. He was
the man of all others she was anx-
ious to know.
The days that must intervene be-
fore Tuesday we're the longest Maizie
ever spent. She occupied the time
chiefly in a whirl Of speculation over
Just how she was going to broach
the subject nearest her heart-and
considering what was the best TO
wear. She finally decided upon a
dress Of simple white lawn and re-.
solved to discard all curis and puffs
from her hair.
A young man looked up expectantly
40 the postman blew a shrill remind.
er in his ear and laid batch Of let.
ters down on the desk. The first
penned in a faint. spidery hand and
delightfully."- redolent Of sandalwood.
claimed his attention. II was from
his very dear friend and counsellor,
Mrs. Ashton Ardent. and ran as fol.
lows:
Cedar Park. April tenth.
Dear Boy:
Cant you snatch a leisure hour
from your eternal business and run
around next Tuesday for informal din.
ner? I am asking only one other
I'll leave you to find out later who
and shall never forgive you II you fail
me. Sincerely.
Caroline Arden"
OF course he would 60! When had
he ever refused--or wanted to refuse
one Of Mrs. Arden's charming In
vitations? Accordingly. he drew up
paper. ink and pen and scribbled a
hasty acceptance. seized his hat from
n peg and hurried down to the mail.
box.
But thinking 1t over. perhaps an
hour or so afterward. when he was
etriding up the avenue toward his
rooms, he suddenly came to a halt
and uttered prolonged whistle, Mrs
Arden had been threatening fol-
weeks to introduce him to one Pa
tricia Ainsley. bluestocking and ia
nous fictionist. She had predicted
great results from their meeting. Ant
this was her method Of taking advan
tage Of the situation and forcing the
woman on him! Well 1t was too lat,
now and he stalked doggedly up the
steps to his apartment.
The meeting came about in a slight
ly unceremonious manner. Maizi,
having arrived In good time, had re
paired to the hammock on the veran
da and was swinging lazily In the shad
Ow Of the clematis when he made hi
appearance. innocently bent ol
steadying his nerves with big blacI
cigar before the ordeal.
What Maizie glimpsed-before h
had a chance to see her-was a goot
Hooking, almost swarthily dark, youn
man with wide. light-gray eyes an
a mouth that seemed always to b
ready TO smile He wore a suit G
purplish-tan and broad-brimme
Panama pulled down over his for,
head.
II beg your pardon"
With a little mufiled exclamatio
and burning flash. Maizie flung he
self upright, her dainty. brown-sued
pumps descending upon the pore
floor with a click.
Excuse me. Miss-er-Miss Ain
ley. believe? but ! was looking Il
Mrs. Arden"
Maizie regained her poise with a
mirable alacrity. "Out In the garde
! think. Mr.. Brierson. We scarce
need an Introduction. You see.
have heard Caroline speak of you {
often that I feel almost as II wei
old friends"
II trust we shall be very go,
ones" he replied, "as we'll. !, 10