Ellsworth American., 1915-12-08


ton was q very retiring man and. hav-
ing found himself importuned to &c
cept invitations that would be irksome
to him, had requested his secretary to
reiieve him Of the onus, thereby spar
ing his lordship the necessity Of offend
ing a number Of persons The secre-
tary closed his letter by stating that
be hoped the lady would be careful not
to let the matter get out since his
lorisesp had 50 far honored him as to
tell him that he had woa the heart and
hand Of one of Americas fairest daugh
tiers and an exposure during Tinter-
tons absence might cause good deal
Of trouble. The note was signed Hen
~ Brewerton. secretary
When Ned returned to his dancee
she toti him Of her correspondence
with his secretary and expressed q de
sire To see the man who had been SO
successful In rcrsonaiiDg him Ned
held his breath till the story was fip-
fshed- then remarked with perfect as
surance that Beaverton was very use
ful TO him when an avalanche OF invi
t2AfI41< Ca&f8t uVH H. anu nv ditAAs y nav"
what be would do without him. He
came of an excellent family In Eng
land. and his breeding rendered him
capable Of playing the part of a king.
Miss Meriweather approved his lord
ships plan Of escaping the hordes OF
persons w6o were hunting him and
expressed a desire to meet his score
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to Mr.. Brewerton an invitation for her
to dinner. AT this Ned looked blank.
but only for q moment saying that be
would be most happy to do so. He
was commissioned to ask Mr.. Brewer
ton to dine on the first day that be had
no other engagement
On leaving his nancee Ned at once
soayat Lord Tinterton and pressed his
hand gratefully. praisins his marvel
GUS tact and ingenuity in getting him
out of the scrape. But we are not
ont OF the woods said Ned. There
are more quicksands to get over.
say this because by your letter to Miss
Meriweather ron are now involved
with me. l have promised TO bring
you-my secretafy--ha. ha.-to dine
with my fancee. Isn't 1t funny"
But. man. said his ioriship ear
nestly. when are we going to reach
tie denouementy'
The denouement. There Is an ad-
age Never try to cross a bridge till
yoH get TO it. Let that be our guide"
His lordship was not reassured by
this, but since he saw no way out Of
the matter and had the advantage Of
being the real lord. while Ned was the
spurious one. he gave him authority
to accept the dinner Invitation for him.
Il Is to be confessed that. notwith-
standing this advantage. Tinterton on
meeting Miss Meriweather was less at
ease than Ned, who introduced him
with flourish and bestowed upon him
eneomiums that made his lordship
vince, considering that he was sim
ply man OF the world bent ON pleas
ure But when the lady indicated by
her manner that she was especially
taken with the secretary IL was Ned's
turn TO vince. and he felt like bes,ow-
ing on his rival blows inTead of
However. the dinner passed of with
out anything occurring to give away
these two precious deceivers, and there
was no LII feeling except a bit Of jeal-
ousy ON Ned's part This was stimu-
lated by Miss Meriweather inviting
the secretary TO go with her for a spin
In her car the following morning Ned
departed In company with his rival
with his nose in the air. and, notwith-
standing the delicate position he occu-
pied. had the latter not been very good
natured. would have quarreled with
him
When Tinterton returned to his room
after the drive with Miss Meriweather
he found Ned waiting for him. Tin
terton did everything to reassure Ned
that he was not trying to win his girl
away from him. but the green monster
had fastened his fangs on Ned's heart
and would not let so his grip. Tinter-
ton bore message to led from Miss
Meriweatber that she desired him to
call upon her the same evening.
Ned believed that she had accepted
him. supposing him to be a lord, but
Notwithstanding this faith was about
TO throw him over for lords secre-
tary, with whom she had become in
fatuated. He would have stayed away,
thus rendering 1t incumbent on her to
write him his dismissal. but he was
certain OF nothing. and curiosity
prompted him to go to her
On being ushered into the drawing
room. what was his surprise to see
Tinterton sitting with Miss Meriweath-
er- Ned entered with a scowt at the
nobleman and look of contemptuous
reproach at the lady. Both rose as
the spurious lord entered. Tinterton
looking embarrassed Miss Meriweath-
er maintaining reserved dignity.
have sent for you. Lord Tinter-
ton," she said TO Ned, Ito make con-
fession- Captivated with the idea of