Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-15
The Daily Story
His cousins-By f. A. Mitchell.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau.

fncurve' ana other stunts that IN ..
make a baseball twirler."
Looking around, Mr.. Pomerov .,u
his representative, Billy ChandIs-
Tom Oglethorpe and his two cousin,
the girls. staring at him with the evss
of sightseers. Billy continued bjs -
marks with the information Of a Roma
guide expatiating on the arch Of ri.
| tus:
This gentleman now practicinr &,
our principal twirler. TwirIers are "a.
Iected for having their brains in the,
shoulders, football men for fhs,.
brains being located In their legs. Yoa
see before you Mr.. William ChapdIe-
of whom great things are expected
| during the coming baseball season
| from the fact that he studies comic
| sections solely with the view to un-
| standing the curves that will eus.
bic him TO put a ball where he likes
Step this way, Mr.. Chandler. I wish
to present you to my cousins"
Alec Pomeroy ceased his practice and
numbered shamefacedly to the party
He was in trousers and sweater. and
there was no hat on his head for him
to doff to the ladies', only a forelock
that hung down over his forehead. He
had noted BiIly's remarks about A
pitchers brains being in his shoulder
and resolved to turn the tables on him.
"Your cousin Alec" he said to the
girls, sis one Of the first men IN his
class. His intellect Is neither In his
shoulders nor his legs; It IS all in his
head. Though he leads his class and
is pig in the matter Of prizes, he is
as modest as little child. He IS the
soul of honor and the most popular
man in college"
The speaker paused from his encomi-
ums on himself for breath, and before
he could recommence Billy led the girls
away, remarking that fattery was odt
Gus to him.
why, Alec" said Belle, with whom
he had paired from the first, Il didn't
know you were such a prominent young
man."
All pleasant as well as disc greeabe
affairs must have an end, and while
Alec Pomeroy was scraping bottom on
his examination his cousins were bid
ding Billy and Tom goodby. On their
her with the information they had re-
ceived of her sons prominence in
scholarship and popularity, which was
adorned by his modesty. Mrs. Pom
eroy was delighted, having supposed
that her son had gone in for athletics
rather than study.
This plot might have passed off with
out being exposed had not mutual adj
miration sprung up between Billy Chan
der and Belle Winchester. Billy was
dying to see her again, but he could
not go to visit her without giving away
the deception that had been practiced
on her. She wrote her cousin frequent
", her letters being turned over to Billy
and being answered by him in his
chum's name, every letter of Billy's
growing more and more affectionate.
At last Belle wrote her beloved cous-
in that she was about to return TO
her home. This was too much for Bill
~, and he started at once TO see her.
Billy's resolutions with regard to an
immediate confession were excellent
The only trouble with them was the
difficulty of his carrying them out
He expected to meet Mrs. Pomeroy.
Belle and Lucy on arrival and had
some jocular remarks when
Alec's mother should see a stranger
instead of her son. But Mrs. Pomeroy
and Lucy were out when he arrived.
This upset his plans. However, he
was so overjoyed at meeting with
Belle that it didn't matter much-for
the time being. He spent two hours
with the young lady. during which, in
stead of beginning with a confession
of his identity. he began with COMES
sion of his feelings.
Suddenly the door of the library, IN =
which the young persons sat, opened
and Mrs. Pomeroy discovered her
niece in close proximity TO a stranger
"Aunty,'' sold Belle, jumping up
with O blush on her face, "Alec's
come"
Mrs. Pomeroy stood mute with as
constituent.
Where is he?" she asked coldly.
why. here, of course, What DO you
mean?"
81 owe you all an explanation" STAN
nered Billy. with a face as red as
cocks comb, and, beginning at the
wrong end of his story, he got mex.
ricably confused. But a series OF
questions from the older lady hnai1
tlicited the information required, ana
mile settled on the face OF Mrs. POM
roy and Lucy. AS for Belle, she didn't
Know whether to smile or to cry or !"
Tide her blushing face in lounge pr
ow
Mrs. Pomeroy helped matters py
banking Billy for correcting her ms
axe in sending her cousins to Alec W
he eve of an important examination
fter which the meeting resolved risen
nto a reception of Billy's credenuss
n the matter of an application for tne
and of Belle Winchester. They az
cared to be satisfactory, and tne
Dung lady returned TO her home en-
aged. The day after the next cohees
at which Billy tooh
onors he went TO Colorado TO car"