Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-08

I shy W Nbus w nOct Eli NV 1Nhs "he
I you're going 10 look up at me with {
little heaven for two In your eyes ant
say. I'm Billy Magee's girl So before
we go any further I must confess ev
erything-I must tell you who thi,
4 Billy Magee is-this man you're goini
/ TO admit you belong to. my dear"
You read the future glibly." she 70
piled. Are your prophecies true.
wonderT
Absolutely. Some time ago-or
my soul. II was only yesterday!-
asked IL you had read n certain move
called The Lost Limousine and you
said you had and that IL wasn't sin
cere. Well. 1 wrote it,
"OhP' cried the girl.
Yes" said Magee. "and I've done
others like IL. oh. yes. my muse has
been a nouveau richie lady in a Worth
gown; my ambition. a big red motor
car. I've been n scramble cent,
mister troubadour beckoning from
the bookstalls. l turned tired of that
sort. and 1 decided TO try the other
kind-the real kind
Don't tell me-" whispered the girl.
that you came up here toto
Yes" smiled Magee. Il came mp
here to forget forever the worlds gid
dy melodrama."
The girl leaned Imply against the
side OF BaIdpete inn.
''Oh. the irony OF IT." she cried.
Il know" he said, Its ridiculous.
l think all this is meant just for
temptati ton. I'll do the real stun. so
that when you say-as you certainly
must some dsy-'Fm Billy Magee's
GIRL you can say II proudly"
I'm sure" she said softly, that if
1 ever do say it-oh. no. I didn't say l
wouldr'-for he had seized her hands
Quickly-'1f 1 ever do say tit will
certainly be proudly. But now-you
don't even know my name-my right
one. You don't know what l do nor
where I come from nor what l want
with this disgusting bundle OF money.
I sort of feel. you know, that this is
in the air at Baldpate even in the win
ter time. No sooner have the men
come than they begin to talk of-love
to whatever girls they find here--on
this very balcony-down there under
the trees. And the girls listen. for
it's in the air, that's all. Then au-
tumn comes. and everybody laughs and
forGets. May not our autumn COME
when ! go away"
Never cried Magee. This is no
summer hotel affair to me It's a real
in winter and summer love. my dear.
in spring and fall. and when you go
away Tm going. too. about ten feet
behind"
Yes she laughed. they talk that
way at Baldpate-the last weeks OF
It's part OF the game" They
had come to the side OF the hotel on
which was the annex. and the girl
stopped and pointed. Look she
whispered breathlessly.
In the window OF the annex had APP
peared for n moment a pickering vel
low light.
Il know" said Mr.. Magee. There's
somebody in there. But that isn't i'm
portant I'm comparison. This is no sum.
mer affair. dear. love yon. and when /
you go away I shall follow"
And the book"
II have found better inspiration than /.
Baldpate inn
They walked along for time IN ST. I
Ience.
You forget" said the girl. won only
know who has the money"
Il will get it," he answered conf |
IDENTIFY. Something tells me will. .
Until / do / am content 10 sag 10
more
"Goodby.- said the girl. She stood .
In the window OF her room. while Il
harsh voice called, That you. dearic:-
from inside. And 1 may add she I
smiled. that in my profession a fol-
lowing is considered quite-desirable."
She disappeared. and Mr.. Magee.
after Il fe7, minutes In his room. de
scended again to the office. In the cen
ter of the room Elijah Quimby and
Hayden stood face 10 face.
What is il. QuimbyE" asked Aiagee.
Il just ran up to see how things
we're going" Quimby replied. land
ind him here"
Our latest guest" smiled Magee.
II was just reminding Mr.. Hayden"
luimby said. his teeth SET. an angry
light in his eyes. that the last time !
We met he ordered me from his office.
told you. Mr.. Magee. that the Subur-
AN railway once promised TO make
Se OF my invention. Then Mr.. Ken
rick went away. and this man took
barge. When / came around Ia the
fices again he laughed at me. When
came the second time he called me
loafcr and ordered me ont"
"Well?' asked Hayden.
And now" Quimby went on. "I 6nS
on trespassing in n hotel left in my I
tables are turned. / ought
u show you the door. l ought TO put
on out"
Try it, sneered Hayden.
NO" answered QuImby, II amt go
~ 10 do IL. Maybe it's because I've (
rown timid, brooding over my failure.
nd maybe it's because | know who's
OF the seventh key"
Hayden made no reply. No one stir
ad for minute. and then Quimby
IOved away, and went out through the
lining room door.
The seventh key. Mr.. MaSee thrill
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