Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-19

was withholding something, and ] re- solved Co get to the bottom ot it
 "l don't think the Asolundo is R place thnt would attract either of us. and yet the viands are good as such stun goes and tbe gentle handmaidcns are restful 10 the eye-Pippa. Francesca Gloria and the rest Of 'em.'
 Wiggins pried open his artichoke with the care of botauist He had regained his composure, but | saw that the subject interested him.
 You were there this afternoonY' he inquired
 "Yes. my first and only appearance
 And this is Monday
 "The calendar has said lt."
 "So you settled your bill with Pippa! believe this was her day. She makes the change on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Her eyelashes are tride too long for the worlds peace"
 "I dare say. haven't your charming knack. Ames. of picking up acquaint- ances. SO you mustn't expect me to form lifelong friendships with young women at cash desks. ] suppose it didn't occur to you that those young women who tend tll and serve the tables fin there are persons of educa- ton and taste. The Asolaudo Is not a common hashery. There's not a girl in that place who hasn't a social position as good as yours or mine. The Aso- landos a kind of fad. you know, Amess its not tavern within the heaniDg Of the inkeepers' act, where common swine are fed for profit The servants serve for love of the cause; it's a sort of cult"
 Wiggins excused himself shortly. and l had a glimpse Of him later, iD the writing room. engaged upon let ters fact fin itself disquleting. for WiGgins never wrote letters. and It was he who had favored making the Hare and Tortoise writing room inJo a den for pipe smokers. The epistolafy habit, be maintained, was one that should be discouraged
 was moodily turning over the even ing newspaper when Jewett turned up. Jewett always knows everything. He dropped the ball into the green of my immediate interest with a neat ap- proach shot
 "Too bad about old Wiggy," he re- marked with his preudiug sigh
 Whats the matter with WigginsT' | demanded
 "Ah! He hasn't told you? Thought be told you everything"
 This was meant for a stlnger. and felt the bite of it.
 "You do me too much honor Wig. gins is not a man to throw around his condolences"
 And ! rather fancy that his love affairs in particular are locked in his bosom"
 Jewett was a master of the art Of suggestion He took an unnecessarily long time to light a cigar so that his words might sink deep into my con. sciousness.
 Saw her once last spring Got a sight draft from the Bank of Eros Followed her across tbe multitudinous sea. Bangr
 But Wiggy hasn't been abroad Wiggy was on bis Dakota ranch all summer. He's an tanned from the sun. just as lie is every fall" persisted
 Wrote you from out there. did be? Sent you picture pOstals showing him herding his cattle or whatever the beasts are? Kept In touch with yOn all the time. did he? ] tell you his fine color is due to Switzerland. uOt Da- kota."
 "Wlggins isn't a letter writer nor the sort of person who wants Co paper your house with picture pOstals. His not writing doesn't mean that he wasn't on his ranch" replied annoyed bs~.lew ett's manner
 "Never dropped you before, though I wager" be chiTuped. "l tell you he saw Miss Cecilia Hollister at the Asolando teashop just q glimpse, but almost immediately he went abroad iu pursuit of her. The chevalier-thats her Aunt Octavia-was along and an. other niece My sister saw the bunch Of them in Geneva, where tue cheyalier was breaking records A whole troop of sultors followed them everywhere My sister knows the girl-Cecilia-and she's known Wiggy an her life. Shes just home and told me about it Inst night She thinks the chevalier baS some absurd scheme for marrying of the girl It's all very queer, our Wigg being mixed up in it"
 Don't be absurd. Jewett There's nothing unusual fin a man being iu love. That's one fashion that doesu't change much l venture to say that Wiggins will prove a formidable suitor Wig. gins' is a gentleman. and the girl would he lucky to get him."
 "cdite right. my dear Ames; but, alas, there are others The compeh- ti9n 10 encouraged by the aunt, the veteran chevalier My sister says the g2svalisg seems 10 favor the suit of a