Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-08

ton! She had had high hopes of him
Perhaps"
No" he answered thickly. "Guess
again. Three guesses. It's going to
take some brains, tell you that. In,
teliect's the only thing'll do it. Who
ever suesses right gets cigar"
Ihere was only one among the
ladies' present who was not favored
by some speculative mind. and that
one was the right one.
Guesser after guesser named some
OF the young and vivid creatures OF
that almost wholly young and vivid
feminine company, none guessed the
only faded flower in the gay group.
Broadway. never dreaming of the ag.
ony which filled the faded flowers
much powdered bosom because of the
omission of her name, feeling few emo.
tions, really, other than the keen SEN
sation of relief from his financial wor.
ries, stood smiling somewhat vacantly,
but, on the whole, without much pain.
upon the puzzled party.
Go on, guess with your brains he
genially suggested. TITS mind. not
foot-work, that will win the prize"
But none guessed.
Realizing that in this was something
like reflection on her fitness for the
covetable position of consort to the
youth, Mrs. Gerard attracted every
ones attention. presently. by a won
der1ully feigned embarrassment as she
rose and stood by Broadway's side.
The party gasped, but rose to the oc-
caSon as soon as 1t could get its
breath again. 1t was incredible. and
there were those among the guests
VINO were so sure of this that they
believed joke was hidden somewhere
IN the episode, but the majority were
30 well trained to Broadway's genius
for producing mad extravaganza that
they simply charged this up as one Of
them.
A dancer who had been brought up
from the cabaret below after one
O'Clock and closing time had come,
sprang lightly to table. and, to the
destruction of the floral lobster and
some notably fine glassware. did a gay
pas-seul among the wrecks of sangui-
nary shells and emptied bottles. ehe
head waiter smiled, knowing that
whatever might be broken would be
charged up in the bill at double value
and paid for without question by the
sensational spendthrift. to whose own
wealth was now linked the extraordi-
nary fortune OF the recent John Gerard
(wholesale leather) who had made his
millions, married a very vital lady
OF his own ripe years and then died of
sheer antiquity, to leave her, trium-
phant In superior vitality, relict and
craving for that gaiety which life with
him had not provided.
Broadway" breathed the ancient
lady with skillful stimulation of en-
barrassment. You naughty, naughty
boy!"
Naughty. possibly; but how ex-
tremely lucky" said the wholly un-
expected bridegroom-elect without a
quiver, much to his own surprise and
self-congratulation
AS it broke up the party rioted with
JOY, very largely alcoholic. Mrs. Ge-
rard's car, when 1t came up from its
hiding place around the corner, was
straightway encountered with the
flowers from ladies' corsages, table
bouquets and mems boutonnieres. One
enthusiast thrust In a potted palm.
and Mrs. Gerard screamed when she
sat on 1t. Another made thoughtful
contribution of two lobster-claws
which, to his astonishment, he had
found in his hands as he arrived upon
the sidewalk. A lady, being under the
impression that the wedding had been
celebrated while she briefly mapped up
at the table, insisted upon throwing
one white satin slipper at her whom
she believed to be the bride. refusing