University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-07-18
Continued from last issue)
CHAPTER XIV
Jersey City Interferes.

0CAcCy SAey
At ten o'clock that Saturday morn
ing Lord Harrowby was engrOssed in
the ceremony of breakfast in hi:
rooms. For the occasion he wore al
orange and purple dressing-gowr
with floral design no botanist could
have sanctioned-the sort of dressing.
gown that Arnold Bennett, had he
seen it, would have made a leading
character in a novel He was cheer
full, was Harrowby, and as he glanced
through an old copy of the London
Times he made strange noises in his
throat, under the impression that he
was humming a musical comedy
chorus
There was a knock. and Harrowby
cried: Come in" Mr. MinOt. fresh
as the morning and nowhere near so
hot, entered.
Feeling pretty satisfied with life,
I'll wager" Minot suggested.
My dear chap. gay as-as-a rob-
in," Harrowby replied.
Snatch your last giggle.' said Mi
not. Have one final laugh, and make
it a good one. Then wake up"
Wake up? Why, 1 am awake"
"Oh, no-you're dreaming on a bed
of roses. Listen Martin Wall didn
60 north with the impostor after all.
Changed his mind. Look
And Minot tossed something on the
table, just abaft his lordship's eggs.
"The DEVIL Chain Lightning's Col
lar," cried Harrowby.
Back to its original storage vault.
said Minot. What is this. Harrowby?
A Drury Lane melodrama?"
My word. l can't make it out
Cant YOU? Got the necklace back
this morning with a note from Martin
Wall. saying 1 dropped it last night
in the scrap on the deck of the Lileth-
"Confound the thing" sighed Har-
rowby. staring morosely at the dia-
monds
my first impulse" said Minot. sis
to hand the necklace back to you and
gracefully withdraw. But Of course
I'm here to look after Jephson's inter-
ests-"
Naturally" put in Harrowby quick
ly. "And let me tell you that should
this necklace be found before the
wedding, Jephson is practically GER
tain to pay that policy. think you'd
better keep it. They're not likely to
search you again. If l took it-dear
old chap-they search me every lit
tie while
"You didn't steal this. did you?"
Minot asked.
"Of course not" Harrowby flushed
a delicate pink. at belongs in our
family-has for years. Everybody
knows that"
well, what is the trouble?"
"PlI explain it all later. There's
really nothing dishonorable-as men |
of the world look at such things.
give you my word that you can serve
Mr.. Jephson best by keeping the neck
lace for the present-and seeing to it |
that it does not fall into the hands OF
the men who are looking for it."
Minot sat staring gloomily ahead of
him. Then he reached out, took az
the necklace, and restored it to his
pocket.
"Oh, very WE'LL" he said. 'If I'm
sent to Jail, tell Thacker 1 went sing
ing an epithalamium." He rose.
"By the way" Harrowby remarked,
I'm giving a little dinner tonight
at the Manhattan Club. May count on
your
Surely" Minot smiled. "I1l be
there, wearing our necklace"
my dear fellow-ah, see you mean
It pleasantly. Wear it, by all means"
Minot passed from the eccentric
blooms of that dressing-gown to the
more authentic flowers of the Florida
outdoors. In the plaza he met Gym
.hia Meyrick, rival candidate to the
in its glory.
"Matrimony," she said. ''is more
than it seems on a moonlit
night under the palms. I've never
been so busy in my life. By the way,
,wo of my bridesmaids arrived from
New York last night. Lovely girls
both of them. But l forget" II
Forget what?"
Your young heart is already en-