University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-07-20
LOVE INSURANCE
By Earl DER BiggerJ
Copyrighted by The Bobbs-Merrill Company

you've heard. old boy?" he said.
Yes, I've heard" said Minot sharp.
ly. "A fine fix, Harrowby. Why the
. deuce didn't you pay the duty on that
necklace?"
Dear boy. Was saving every cent
: 1 had for-you know what. Besides,
! | heard of such a clever scheme for
, slipping it in"
Never mind that, Mr.. Huntlev,
this gentleman was to have been mar
ried on Tuesday. Can't you hold Oft
until them"
Nothing doing" said Mr.. Huntley
firmly. Il got to get back to New
York. He'll have to postpone his we'd
ding. Ought to have thought of these
things before he pulled off his little
stunt"
Its no use. Minot." said Harrowby
hopelessly I've gone all over it
with this chap. He won't listen to
reason. What the deuce am to do?"
A knock sounded on the door and
Spencer Meyrick, red-faced, flirting
with apoplexy, strobe into the room.
Lord Harrowby." he announced, 81
desire to see you alone"
"Er-step into the bedroom" Har-
rowby suggested
Mr.. Huntley rose promptly to his
feet.
Mix" he said. There's a door out
of that room leading into the hall. II
you go in there. go, too"
Mr. Meyrick glared. Harrowby stood
embarrassed
Very WE'LL said Meyrick through
his teeth. well stay here. 1t
doesn't matter to me. | simply want
to say, Lord Harrowby that when you
get to Jersey City you needn't trouble
to come back. as far as my family is
concerned"
A look of pain came into Harrow
by's thin face.
Not come back" he said. MY dear
sir"
That's what | said. I'm a plain |
man, Harrowby. A plain American.
1t doesn't seem to me that marrying |
into the British nobility is worth all |
the trouble it's costing US"
But really"
hn hrrf dnosn't Innty tho |
way to me. prefer simple wedding
to a series of vaudeville acts. If you
think I'm going to stand for the pub
licity of this latest affair. you're mis-
taken. I've talked matters over with
Cynthia-the marriage is of-for
good"
But my dear sir, Cynthia and 1 are
very fond OF each other"
81 don't give a damn if you are."
straw. I'm through with you. Good
night, and good-by"
He stamped out as he had come,
and Lord Harrowby fell Imply irto a
chair.
"All over, and all DONE" he
moaned.
And Jephson loses" said Minot
with mixed emotions.
''Yes-I'm sorry" Harrowby shook
his head tragically. 'SOcrier than
you are. old chap. love CYNTHIA Mey- ,
l GO. This is bit of a
blow"
Come. comet cried Mr.. Huntley.
I'm not going to miss that train while j.,
you play-act We've only got half an
hour. now" 8
Harrowby rose unhappily and went +,
nto the inner room, Huntley at his .
leels. Minot sat, his unseeing eyes
gazing down at the old copy of the T
london Times which Harrowby had Z,
been reading that morning at oreak
asst II
Gradually, despite his creo6cupa-
ion, a name in a headline forced it
'cll W dttcutiOh- SOul biNS.
Where had he heard that name before?
lie picked up the Times from the ia ),
lie on which it was lying. He read:
"The Ardent Lover, the new ro- n
mantle comedy in which Courtney 6
Tiles has appeared briefly at the West I,
end Road Theater, will be removed r
rom the boards tonight. The public n
las. not been appreciative. If truth
must be told-and bitter truth it is
he once beloved matinee idol has be-
ONE too fat to hold his old admirers.
nd they have drifted steadily to 9TH
+, simmer gods. Mr.. Giles early re-
irement from the stage is rumored."
Minot threw down the paper. Poor
Id Jephson, First the rain on the
owager duchess, then an actors ex-
anding waist-and tomorrow the
pwS that Harrowhy'S waddino was i