The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-15
CHAPTER u.

Il am afraid have been a long
Time" he said apologetically, as he
closed the door OF the carriage. after
giving Mrs. Parker Bowman's ad-
dress to the driver In the uncertain
light of the distant arc-lamp, the girl
looked small and appealing. He felt
strong desire to lift her burdens
and carry them on his own broad
shoulders.
I've brought some things that |
thought might help" he said. Would
you like to put on this coat? 1t may
not be just what you would have Sc
lected. but 1t was the best | could
find that would not be recognized.
the air is growing chilly"
He shook out the coat and threw it
around her.
"Oh. thank you" She murmured
gratefully. slipping her arms into the
sleeves.
And this box has some kind of a
hat. / hope" he went on. ~ ought
to have looked, but there really
wasn't time He unknetted the
oNAihSS oil RlOaoNCu q &C PtStdi 2
hat with long black plumes. He was
relieved to find it black. While he
united the strings, there had been a
growing uneasiness lest the hat be
one of those wild, queer combinations
OF color that Cornelia frequently pur-
chased and called artistic"
The girl received the hat with a
grateful relief that was entirely sat
isfactory to the young man.
And now" said he, as he pulled
out the gloves and laid them gravely
in her lap, we're invited out to din.
ner."
Invited out to dinner!" gasped the
girl
Yes. It's rather q providential
thing to have happened, think The
telephone was ringing as l opened the
| door. and Mrs. Parker Bowman, to
whose house l was invited, was ask
ing for my sister to I'LL the place oil
an absent guest. My sister is away
and l tried to beg on l told her ]
had accidentally met-I hope you will
pardon mel called you a friend"
Obi" she said. THAT was kind
OF you"
Il naid you we're a stranger In
town, and as was your only &C
quaintance, / felt that | should show
you the courtesy of taking you to q
hotel, and assisting to get you of or
the night train; and l asked her tC
excuse me, as that would give her ar
even number. But it seems she had
invited some one especially to meet
me, and was greatly distressed MOI
to have her full quota of guests, &c
she sent you most cordial invitation
to come to her at once, promising tC
take dinner with you some time Il
you would help her out now. Some
how. she gathered from my talk thaf
you we're travelling, had Just returned
from abroad, and we're temporarily
separated from your friends. She II
also sure that you are musical, anC
means to ask you to help her out IL
that way this evening. told her
was not sure whether you could b,
persuaded or not, and she mercifully
refrained from asking whether yol
sang or played. ! tell you all this 81
that you will be prepared for any
thing. OF course / didn't tell her al
these things. / merely kept still
when she inferred them. Your name
by the way, Is Miss Remington--Mar,
Remington. She was greatly elate,
for a moment when she thought 70,
might be Carolyn Remington-who
ever she may be. / suppose she will
speak OF It The name was the frs
one that my eye lit upon in the tele
phone-book. II you object to bearin,
It for the evening. II is easy to Sc,
how q name could be misunderstood,
over the phone. But perhaps yo,
would better give me a few pointers
for I've never tried acting a part. an,
can't be sure how well / shall do IL
The girl had been silent from al
tonishment while the man talked.
But / cannot possibly go there Z,
dinner" she gasped. her hand goInI
to her throat again. as II to plucl
away the delicate lace about II an,
give more room for breathing.
must get away somewhere at once
cannot trouble you in this way
have already imposed upon your kind
meas. With this hat and coat an
gloves, | shall be able to manag
quite well. and thank you so much
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