Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-20
to me personally"

to me personally"
 And for another reason" interposed l Ormsby. "he had no money with which to pay his board at the Prescott Arms. | For this just cause the landlord elected ] him shortly after breakfast this morn ! ing"
 Then there is already a rift fin the . lute"' l returned. No trust of suitors . is stronger than its weakest link. My 1 hand is raised against your unrighteous compact and am in the fight to stayl ! Go back to the Prescott Arms, gentle men, and assure your associates in this hdeoUs compact Of my most distin- guished consideration and tell them to go to the devil"
 ! had gone 10 the st. Parvenu hotel to call upon a Washington lady who had been making life a burden to my assistant and on coming out into Fifth avenue shortly after bethought me Of . the Asoland0 tea room. My interview with the committee Of the suitOrs had driven from my mind practically every consideration and every interest not ccntered in HopedeId Manor My thoughts turned gratefully to the Aso-
 ando. where only few days ago had been precipitated into the strangest adventures my eventless life had known.
 A strange face was visible at the cashiers desk as I entered the tea room l passed on, finding the place quite full but l took lt as a good omen that the seventh table from the right was unoccupied and hastily appropri- ated it 4 waitress appeared dmUrmuring "There are no birds in last years nest % and recommended a Locker-Lampsou sandwich. whose contents the girl told me were secret. but it proved to be wholly paatable As l drank my tea and ate the sandwich surveyed the decorated menu card with interest and found pleasurable excitement in discOv- eriug an item directing attention to Pickles a la Hezekiah, 10 cents" The delightful Hezekiah must, then, have impressed herself upon the deus ex machina of the Asolando on her brief day there thus to have won this recog- milton And further on I noted, among the desserts, Peche Cecilie with even greater interest and satisfaction.
 Cecilia occupied my mind now The visit Of the furious suitors to my office had stirred in me thoughts and aspira- tiOns that had never known harbouage in my breast before The presumption of those fellows had exceeded any - thing ] had known in my contact with
 human kind, and instead of frighteu- 3 ing me away from Hope6ed Manor they had called my own attention to [ the strategic importance of my pres 2 ent position as guest in Miss Octa- ! via's house.
 !, As these thoughts ran through my - mind was finishing my Peche Cecilie
 q spuru all sweets ordinarily when ! became interested in the unusual con-
 duct of a young woman who had en- , tered the front door briskly and walk
 ed with business-liSe air to the cash 2 ier's desk The girl within the wicket
 rose promptly, opened the screen and D without barley of any sort empded
 the contents of her till into Che wis
 for's reucule With a nod and 8
 smile and moments careless survey
 of the room, the girl departed. swing ing the reticule iu her hand. A long roll she carried under her arm con < firmed my idenuhcauon 1t was Miss ;, Octavia Hollister's Swedish maid, and ' the roll beyond peradyenture contain
 ed the plans she bad obtained at Pep
 perton office.
  e CTo be continuedl