Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-22

lH aHu .ua uan aeHa in bowl afmnnas
 tin meu uf ihla HHn hHte hnH1ine lDi lf .0fdd shnni nrnafs. Hnd iumY mOfnl sonap fho l01finn of cities is f1f m0re honorable fhnn tiie creation or ifusiq and the mauimlailou of prices though cannot deny that boo for my late fnthers zeal ln destroying hla oompcu.
 tors ln the bohy buggy business we | might not now bo enjoying Che dell cnto fraRunce of caravan tea."
 "1 assure you. Mir Amcs' said Ce. | ciiln. "thnt tho Asolando ls very II | harmless place and that as a matter
 of fact lts aims are wholly consonant | with those of Amt Octavia. l myself | served there. for D tune. and those | were among the most delightful days | of my life. There are times when ! miss the AsolandoP
 "NIr Ames.' began Miss Octavia | presently in her crisp. direct fashion. ! 1 which had the effect of leading me in ! my anxiety to appear ready with an- l swers to take Q hatteriug view of my ! own courage aud resourcefulness, 'Air ! Ames, are yod equal to the feat of swimming mpht under shattering fire from the castle|
 q have every reason to think I am, Miss Holustet.f I replied modestly.
 And if white hand waved to you
 from the grilled window of the lonely
 tower, would you ride on indifferently
 or pause and thunder at the gate?'
 White hands have never waved to
 me. save occasionally when l have
 r.. ola
 vated, but it is my honest belief that my sword would promptly leave its
 scabbard if the hand ever waved from the ivied tower.P
 My friends at the Hare and Tortoise would have heard this avowal with D some surprise, for no mans life had ever been tanner than mine. am by l nature dmid, and fall but little short of being afraid of the dark. Prayers , for deliverance from battle, murder 1 and sudden death cannot be too strong ly expressed for me. My answer had, however. pleased Miss Octavia and she , clapped her hands with pleasure
 Cecilia" she cried. something told , me that afternoon at the Asolando that ] my belief in the potential seven was not i'll placed, and now you see that in
 introducing myself to Mir Ames at the seventh table from the door, in the - seventh shop from Fifth avenue, l was g led to a meeting with a gentleman l 2 had been predestined to know"
 ( As we talked further a servant ap- - peared and laid fresh logs across the
 still smoldering fire. This I thought e would suggest to Miss Hollister the
 professional character of my visit, but ], the fire kindled readily. the smoke rose v freely in the fiue, and Miss Hollister l paid no attention to it. The merits of
 chain armor 1 think it was, that held
 us for half an hour. Cecilia and l lis-
 tening with respect to what, in my ig-
 norance, seemed a remarkable fund of , knowledge on this recondite subject. eve dine at z, Mir. Ames. and you 1 may amuse yourself a5 you like until
 that hour. Cecilia. you may order din
 ner in the gun room tonight"
 Certainly, Aunt Octavia."
 Once more I glanced at the girl, hop
 ing that some glimmer in her eyes
 would set me right end establish a com
 mon understanding and sympathy be
 tween us but che was moving out oi
 the room at her cunts side. The mar
 who had tended the fire met me fin the
 hall and, conducting me to my room | suggested variou9 offices that he was
 ready to pcrfcrn for my comfort. Tn,
 house faced oCuth, and my windows N midway of the east wing, afforded ( j.. fine view Of the hills. The room wa. large enough for chamber of state and it's furniture was massive. A foul N poster invited to luxurious repose; hal Il a dozen etchings by famous artists VI Parrish and Van Eiten among them 1 hung upon the walls.
 My bag had been opened and my things put out so that, there being
 more than an hour to pass before need dress for dinner, l went below , and explored the garden and wandered ' off along a winding path that stolt \ with charming furtiyeness toward
 venerable orchard of gnarled applt ' trees. From the height thus gained ,y looked down upon the house, anC VI caught a glimpse beyond 1t of one O
 the chain of lakes. on which the west Of ern sun glinted goldenly. Thus seeini iu the house from new angle l was i'm 'e Eressed as l had not been at first b. a- its size. It was a huge establishment pt and l thought with envy of Pepperton lt to whom such ample commissions wer as not rare. Pepperton. l recalled littl bitterly, had arrived, whereas l, wh Se had enjoyed exactly his own trainin ne for the architects profession, had fail
 ed at it and been obliged to turn m, on hand to the doctoring of chimneys at But as I reflected upon the odd cir It cumstances of my being there my spil To it's rose. Miss Hollister was beyon is- question a singular person, but he 10 whims were amusing. l felt that sh ny was less cryptic than her neice, an it the thought of Cecilia drove me bac ld upon Jewett's story of Wiggins' intel
 est fin that quarter. I resolved to writ