The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-07-09

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show. a few lines concerning Rose
mary. and a brief. almost curt intima.
ton that a glimpse or two Of me would
not be altogether d~ispleasing to her II
I happened to be coming that way.
1t may be regarded as a strange CO.
incidence that l instructed Rritton that
very evening to see that my golf clubs
were cleaned up and put into good
shape for a little practice on a course
near London. where l had been put up
by an English author. and who was
forever d~ingdonging at me to come out
and let him put it NIL over me-" |
went out and bought a new brassie to
replace the one destroyed by the ex.
p%erimenting Rocksworth youth. and
before I got through with it had a new
putter. a niblick and a spoon, neither
of which l needed. for the excellent
reason that l already possessed a half
dozen Of each.
Keyed up to a high pitch of enthusi-
asm. l played golf for ten days and
found my friend to be a fine sports
man. Like all Englishmen. he took u
beating gracefully, but gave me to uu-
derstand that he had been having a
good deal Of trouble with rheumatism
or neuritis in his right elbow. On the
last day we played he succeeded in
bringing me in two down. and I've
never seen neuritis dispersed 50 quick
~ us it was in his case. ! remember
distinctly that be complained bitterly
Of the pain in his elbow when he start
ed out and that he was as ct as a I'D
die at the eighteenth hole. He even
went so far as to implore me to stay
over till the next sailing of the Maure.
tania.
But l took to the high seas. Mr..
P~oopendyke cabled to the Homestead
at Hot Springs for suitable accommo.
dations. l cannot remember when |
had been SC forehanded as all that, and
| wonder what my secretary thought of
me. My habit is to procrastinate.
almost forgot to mention a trifing
bit of news that came to me the day
before sailing. Elsie Hazard wrote in
6AC0S pCllul OullOu duu Ut ILLUS UQ.
feeling length to tell me that Count
Tarnowsy had unearthed the supposed.
~ mythical %Rothhoefen treasure chests
and was reputed to have found gold
and precious jewels worth at least a
million dollars. The accumulated prod
ucts of a century's% thievery! The hoard
Of all the robber barons: Tarnowsy's!
Strange to say. l did not writhe nor
snarI with disappointment and rage. /
took the news with a sang froid that
almost killed poor ~Poopendyke. He
never quite got over it.
Nor was l especially disturbed or ir-
ritated by the telegram of coincidence
| received OH board ship from Tar.
nowsy himself. He could not resist the
temptation to gloat. ! shall not repeat
the message. for the simple reason that
do not wish to dignity it by putting
1T into permanent form.
We were two days ont when T sue
ceeded in setting MY mind at rest in
respect to Aline. Countess Tarnowsv.
} had not thought ct 1t before. but l
remembered all Of Il sudden that I held
deci&ed scruples against marrying a
divorced woman. OF course that sim
plified matters. When one has precon.
cefyed notions about sues matters
they afoEd excellent material to fail
back upon. even though he may have
disregaxded them after Il fashion, while
unseltishty ~thtrNktng Of some one else,
Al CIV TN, eAhNf1nArkA, ~ At. i, .,
defined though somewhat remorselcss
principle Of mine had the effect Of nut.
ting my mind at rest in regard to the
Feeling as strongly as + did
about marriage with Divorces, she be-
anne an absolutely undesirable person
50 fsr as matrimony was concerned. 1
experienced a rather doubtfM feeling !
or relief. 1t was not so hard 70 saw to
myself that Lord Amberdale was VEL !
COME to her. but it was very. very dif-
tcult to- refrnfn from adding the. yp-
amtabie words damn him."
This rigid. puritanical principle ~ |
mine. however. did not declare asainsr
nnrdEhteousness Of falling in love.
with a divorce.
II ! a by any chance announced
In this narrative that the val.
ley of the Donau IL the garden SPOT Of
world l must now ask you to ex.
cuse the ebuilience Of spirit thar
prompted the declaration. The Warm
Springs valley Of Virginia Is Infinitely
more attractive to me.
l arrived there early one bright No.
vember morning three days after land.
Ing In New York. You will be rem.
dered unhappy. l fear. by the an.
nouncement that l. left Mr.. Poopen.
behind. he preferred to visit an
aunt at New Rochelle. and | felt that
he deserved a vacation.
Before leaving New York / had a
unpleasant encounter with nv
publishers. 1t was In the nature. OF \
luncheon at which l was led to believe
they still expected ME to supply
hem with the manuscript Of a novel at
very early date. They seemed consid-
arm blv mt o,,t rhnp I Il,,J,.