Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-12-17

y. ~xfl NJ frioads srz cut of town..
6ro&ASd ixitkehhstse. The tAoasht of
epending the night n . ettlRy. IN.
clean police cen Was not N enticing
one. II don't know . soul. was In
the Adirondacks until this morning
I1was summoned down by my nrm-
Birch Z Landso-on business. on.
n only Freddy Holmes were hsrei
He'd Get me ont of thisi" grosned the
|. young man.
4 remarkabis change came over
ths s1rrs face. mr.. Fred Holmes
cf--of whore WAS he living last
springf Quicki" she exclaimed
AT the st. Elizabeth" said Ritten.
house. And then light came to him.
aYou don't mean to say that you are
i Miss Rita -er-I never learned the
last NAME" he continued. why.
Freddy has told mo about you. and
Oh, won't you let me put on my coat
and take you out to-talk over the
matter? We can get him on the long.
distance telephone. and"
The revolver hesitated and was
lowered. Then the 9ira seplaced Il In |
her euitoase.
I = fau an uOuT ldt0I lu0y W0I0 bcSI00 Il
opposite each other In Q snug oorl.sr
OF famous restaurant not vefE-far
from Grants Tomb. Their acqul,int. |
ance had progressed as far towardl
friendship as II possible. among wd
bred young people, In the space o.
half an hour. The rapidity of its
! progression may have been the reac
ton from the dramatic thrill Of their
hostile encounter.
| Wont you forgive me for sayins
thatf" Arnold was pleading.
'T don't know that can," answered
| the girl. ITO call mother . snob-"|
] II didn't say she was snob. Miss
sefton"-he had by now learned that
= much. IT said Flood said she was. ]
am ture she isn't"
"Why not?" demanded the girl
Because Of you"
How met"
Because - because" stammered
Rittcnhouse; and then, all at once .
chilling thought came over him. Here
he was chatting away with Miss Rita
Seton like an cid friend, while poor
Freddy, who loved her to distraction
was eating out his heart in the Adj
rondacks, all ignorant Of the situa.
ton.
II think had better send a wire
to Freddy. telling him you are here"
he said, after turning aside the ques.
ton as gracefully as he was able.
You know" he added, he has told
me all about you.'
"YesT inquired the girl. q little
coldly.
"And he will be so glad to know
that-that you haven't"
II She rescued him adr6itly from this
dangerous ground. "That I haven't
married the earl!" she asked.
"Yes. Forgive me. but, being Fred
dy's friend, was naturally interested
Freddy is the best fellow in the
world. Miss Seton. and hope you
will be very happy together"
II am not going to marry Mr.. Fred
Holiness" answered the girl, co1oring
81 don't See Why you should make
such insinuations az that. CAM
help 1t II he is eating his heart out
for me, as think you phrased It."
Silence. Rittenhouse was dumfound
ed. He did not see the sly glance
= SudS the girl StOio ~ 0lu ITom uuueI
3 her long lashes until
=. Until she raised her heaa and sale
!. softly: "I am not Rita Seton"
Not Rita Seton! At first Ritten
house only looked at her with SO mel
ancholy q visage that her heart smot,
her. Then he understood.
= you are Miss Reth!" he cried.
% well, you've hit It at last" she an
g swered. "And I knew who you wer,
!, the moment yot mentioned Freddy,
= name. So we can let the tslephon,
y wait until morning. And you can for
= give me for turning you out of you
70 apartment? You see, I didn't know
!, mother had rented It. was at Vas
= sar, in my last term. and then
a stayed with friends at Huntington
and-and mother simply said she ha,
u closed the place. came up to towr
:. because had letter from Rita"
n Announcing her engagement" sais
Ritteahouse. "Poof Freddy"
:, mo, telling me that mother is en-
-e gagged to marry the earl's brother
"a and asking me to let Freddy knew
she loved him!"
i That was an excuse for Rittenhous.
"A to shake his fair companions hant
=, enthusiastically. And he held 1t q lit
% tie longer than was strictly necessary
,at because--well. they were both so de
lighted, and then, each saw the pos
y. sihility Of something more PERSONAL,
Romantic as not too distant episoas