Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-28

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home to dear old Pillingsby to see you
and get you to name the day.
! The bellboy entered and obsequiously
| rendered telegram on a near silver
salver. Jack looked uneasily first at
the bearer, then at the message. He
| tore open the yellow envelope. He
stared at the slip of paper he extracted
! from it. his eyes wide and incredulous
At last he reused himself, smoothed
out the sheet and stared at it as
though he hoped the very fxity of his
| gaze would change it's tenor.
NO." he mumbled hopelessly. Its
! no use-it's there, it's there! 'Wetmore
| Drug company asking compromise with
creditors. Offer 20 cents on dollar
He repeated it stupidity and with inane
| comments.
His head sank down On the table,
! and he was lost in utter detection.
Jack Ruford arrived in New York Oh
the second night after the receipt of
the crushing telegram. He entered a
modest hotel on side street near
Broadway and scoWled at the attentive
bellboy who relieved him of his suit
case.
There was nothing for him to do but
to think-until the morrow, when, Jack
hoped, the offices of the Wetmore Drug
company would be open. He ordered
the bellboy to escort him and his bag
gage to the room assigned to him.
"What kind of a joint is this, any
way?" snarled the distracted young
man as the bellboy set the wrong suit
case on the table Of the room. ''This
isn't my suit case"
ooh, beg pardon, STRIP apologized
the bewildered boy. isn't it?'
"No, it isn't, isn't it," Knocked Jack
angrily. 'Take the thing away and
fetch mine. Marked J. r.
The bellboy fastened away with the
offending portmanteau, but soon re-
turned, saying: "Sorry, mister. I
brung it to the wrong room. 1t look
| ed so much like yours
you get it?''
Chats the trouble" stammered the
bellboy. 1.-THE lady says for you to
come and get it yourself. She won't
| give it to me, sir"
won't, hey? She won't, won't sheY'
| demanded Jack furiously. "Take me
to it, kid I'll set her straight in two
seconds-just exactly two seconds"
| The dazed boy led the irate guest
| down one corridor and up another and
stopped before a door marked 216.
Jack knocked authoritatively, and a
feminine voice called "Come in" The
young man flung open the door.
MADAM" he began, icily stern.
! "Mad-I-I"-
And then this prince Of glib takers
! suddenly lost the power of articulation,
for Mabel Ainsworth slowly turned to
face him, confirming the first wild
| guess, fear and hope which the sight
of her figure had inspired.
81 think it very careless Of you,
jack" began Mabel reproachfully. "to
keep your suit case unlocked"
"T-I''-
ooh, it's all right this time.' she re-
assured him. thinking it was mine
and as l never lock mine either,
opened it and saw-this.'
She waved her hand toward her pho
tograph resting in its conspicuous place
against the inner lid Of the suit case.
ST suppose" he said gloomily, that
all is over, Mabel. 1 shall have to
give you up darling. Billy Wetmore"-
"Whatr' she cried Indignantly. Give
| mo TN on account of sc SO?''
"Six dollars and eighty cents!
don't understands gasped Jack. .
"Of course you don't. But that is
all we are short on our five thou
sand"
Up stammered her lover, Tier
with infinite gentleness: It's % pc,
cent, dear, one-ffth he offers, Under
stand? One-ffth of our five th0Usanl
just one thousand, dear, just one
ooh, no, it isn't" she interposeI i'm
patiently. You see, papa
what has he been doing Gov- I
asked Jack doubtfully
HE saved the situation for you an.
himself" she assured him. '',o,I = {,
told papa very fatty that at tie cn;
Of the year I would marry Eon Ill,
way, money or no money
mabel. darling, l can't 90 IL:
Because you 90 not love me az,
more, Jack?" she asked cruelty.
you know better than THAI. Mabel.
he replied reproachfully.
Forgive me, dearest" she said con
tritely. Il do know it, She t2El3l
ly placed one of her pink fin@yI5 Of
her conspicuous photograph. AS l wa
saying-and, please, let US talk busi
ness, dear-papa, being assured that
would marry you anyway. proceeded
laWyer-like, to save his face when /
learned that you-pOor, overtrustfu
boy-were letting your monthly earn
ings stand with Mr. Wctmore h
wrote that gentleman-whOm. in tn
first place. he had induced to offer yo
this place-all about why you wer