Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-13


 of one man that the secret of another might be discovered and found with surprise. after the chest had been car ried to Miss Octavia's apartments, that it was after o'clock We had been in the hidden rooms for more than three Hours.
 We shall have much to talk about tonight, and | fancy we are all a good deal shaken It's not often we receive a letter from dead man. SO we shall admit no callers tonight unless fin deed, Mir Wiggins should chance to come" announced Miss Octavia. "The next time Hartley Wiggins visits tlns house he shall come as a conqueriug hero"
 "I hope SO, replied Cecilia brokenly
 We were still at dinner when the cards of Dick and the other suitors ] had last seen at the Prescott Arms were brought in; but Wiggins made no sign, and l wondered.
 The man who looked after my needs handed me a note the next morning which added fresh hazards to Cecilia's already perilous plight
 Left with the gardener before 6 o'clock by a boy from tbe village Said it was most confidential. sir"
 waited tin he had left the room be- fore opening it It read
 Gooseberry Bungalow.
 Before Breakfast H0H tcrday to see B. IT He and c. old pals Watch hig Where's Wig n. IT, The information she conveyed was startling enough We had been deal. ing with a company of suitors outside the barricadc, now came warning of the presence of a strange knight with tn the gates who greatly multiplied the perils of the situation The com. l pact among the suitors at the inn was | 9 thing of the past and ! now ey- ] pected them to exercise all the in- -enuity of which desperate lovers are capable in pressing their claims The 1 fact that both Wi@ius and Pepper l ton were old friends of mine did moi l make my task easier. ] not only felt ] 1t incumbent on me to prevent Dick. l fine holder of thc clcw from taking ad- | vantage of it. but knowing Cecilia's own attitude of mind and heart toward Wigcius l wished to saye Peppertou tle pain of rejection if 1t could be ] done
 But what did Hczekiah mean by the ! question with which she ended her . uotcg If Wiggins smlrting under Cc- ! elias treatment Of him the day before. 1 had qut the field here was a pretty 1 how-d -ye-d0 Miss Oetavia's refus1. tp couuteugnce telephones made it nee c-sary for me to leave H0pefc'd to learn what had become of Wiggins 1 and ] realized that ! must act prompt. l Iy if saved the day for him His con ddct first and last had been spiritIess and I was out of patience with him l It seemed impossible to formulate amy plan amid these multiplying uncertain ues If Wiggius had decgmped DicE knew it and would lay his plans ae oordiugly | felt that it was base iu gratitude on Wiggins' part to ask me Co watch his interests while he Wcni roaming iudnereuuy over the country Oue OF two cousoliug reflections rc maued, however Dick believed me {, be a auitOr for Cecilia's hand. and thi. doubtless caused him considerable un easiness. and he did not know tha Teppertou whose acquaintance will Cecilia autedated the European flight had to be reckoncd with | wished repperton had kept out of it.
 Breakfast that morning was inter miuably long Miss Octayia was ueyc more thoroughly amusing. never more drolly nadyertent She attacked Pep . pcrtou for all thc evils iu American architecture and nparicular took hiu to task for some house ho had built a
 Newport which she pronounced th
 most hideous pile of marble on Ameri can soil
 When we left the table ut about hal
 past DO Miss Octaviu Insisted that w s must visit the kennels A friend ha' .ast sent her fine Airedule, and su
 wished to make sure the kennel mas ter was treating the dog properly. Lat - CT we were all to ride
 - I made haste to excuse myself, say
 tug that personal matters required at
 tention
 a Certainly Arnold you shall do a
 you like. Mir Pepperton is a dificul
 hrl Co catch SO we hope for you a
 luncheon. and of course we expect yo ! for dinner"
 l peppertou looked at me iuquirngly
 | judged that he had known Miss OC U tavia a good many years-the tone o 2 their intercourse was intimate, and ye |, he plainly was at a loss to understan
 Just how l came to be so thoroughly es
 tsoiished in her good graces. l comics
 that as glance back over these page .t it looks odd to mel
 As I paced the hall waiting for " horse to be saddled. Proportion led m u out on the terrace above the garden. u Pm bursting with a great secret, ol
 man. I'm going to be married .e "Whatw
 .- "I'm going tO be married.
 uraSUpd a chair tO SuuuOrt mYsCl