Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-17
Copyright 1910, by Meredith NIeholsou

| pieces he knows he win have Co show his hand pretty soon. He thinks yon | are wild about Cecilia. He lays great ytress on his thinking powers and be probably argues that you are bound to l pop pretty soon Its just as well he thinks SO, but we must finish this up l today Tll be a nervous wreck if we ioh't close the books tonight There's your friend Dick now "
 She indicated high point in the main road. where jt crossed the ridge from which she had shown melt seemed. oh. very long ago!-rhe pro- 'ession of Suitors crossing the stile. Dick mounted was gazing or across The fields toward Honedeld Man and horse was SO distant as to create rfc Illusion Of an equestrian statue on high pedestal.
 Napoleon before Waterloo" sug- gested
 He does look like Napoleon. doesh' | he?" she laughed. Hes a bit fusseI today. He knows that Wiggy's moi al the inn an dthat you are up to some thing, and to little Mir. Dick the arcri- | tect probably looks like one Of those mysterious knights you read about. who suddenly appears at the tourna- ment all canned in an ice cream craez- CT with a tim pail over his head Mr. | Pepperton's presence no doubt wor- ries him, as | don't think they ever met Cecilia and Mir Pepperton arc riding Idodged them just before | 1 struck you walking their horses in the most loverlike fashion in a lune over yonder. but if Mir Pepperton Is ! really engaged it's all right. though if were the other girl think I'd be anxious"
 "Pep's playing the game, that's lll. What are you going to do now?"
 She glanced at the sun. I fancied that it was with such a scanning of the heavens that her sisters thou sand years before had noted the time
 This is my pie day. There's m- doubtedly a gooseberry pie waiting fer me at the bungalow. And pap will expect me for luncheon I'd ask you to come too only you'll have all ycu can do to keep Mir Dick from per suading somebody to be the sixth man, SO he can slip in a snumber seven If We get through today al right you may come for luncheon tc- morrow maybe Papa told me he liked you He said you were very decent that night you met him"
 My compliments to your father. ] hope Co be able to persuade him to eS- tend his patemal arm to include me. Aunt Octavia must be my aunt ,ooi
 "Reallyl" cried Hezel,iah, with ipde, scribable mockery. and she wheclcI her horse and was gone like Che wind.
 Luncheon at Hopelield passed with. out incident and afterward Cecilia retired 10 help her aunt with her cor respondence, while Pepperton and 1 lounged about life house and smoked told him of my intellectual efforts to reach Wiggins. and he volunteered to find motor and search for him, lou. T pointed out the futility of this anl renewed my anneal that Inc stay oE guard al Hopefield
 ! Al aIout 8 o'clock Cecilia reap peared Her color was high and lrr ! eyes were unusually brilliant l llreH that she fully realized that the crisj. was near, but she asked no questions and her manner reassured me Of hol confidence We idled on the stone ter race above the frost bitten garden,
 We were hardly seated before Die. entered the garden. followed immo diately by the six other suitors ! had last seen at the inn. They ranged themselves on a stone bench facinr the house at the end of one of th, paths. They wore sack coats and hats in a variety of styles. so tha they did not present quite the bizerr. effect producted ytheir irock coat and silk tiles They surveyed th' house sadly, bowed their heads upoi their sticks and seemed to have com' tc stav. The siege had become a prac tical matter
 "Why don't the gentlemen com. in2" asked Cecilia, peering throur' tho vines.
 "Hushl There's rumor that vo. are terribly rl They've come merr'' 10 pav their tribute of respect bv wal inc in the garden You had better r' quietly into the house The shock :" seeing Sou in your usual health m'gh be too much for them"
 "Ruu can't must be accessible a all times" she cried. loolyine helpless lv from me Co Pepneton, wh" wa. au at sea for am explanation 'If th"' 2 impr fion is abroad shall appeo at once
 "Then you and Pepperton must oa trol the terrace here. You are lover ] for all know Ignore them utterly i- , your absorption with one another n any one approaches you. Pepuerton ask Miss Hollister to marry you