Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-09
Copyright, 1914, the Bobbs.Mefrill
Company


outdoors. In the plaza he met Cynthia
Meyrick. rival candidate to the morn
ing in its glory.
"Matrimony," she said, sis more trou-
BILE than 1t seems on moonlit night
under the palms. I've never been so
busy in my life. By the way, two
of my bridesmaids arrived from New
York last night. Lovely girls, both Of
them. But 1 forget"
Forget whatf'
"Your young heart is already en-
shared, isn't it,"
"Yes," replied Minot fervently, at
is. But no matter. Tell me about
your preparations for the wedding. l
should like to enjoy the thrill of it by
proxy"
How like a man-wants all the
thrill and none of the bother. It's
dreadfully hard staging a wedding
way down here q thousand miles from
everything. But my gown came last
night from Paris. Can you imagine
the thrill Of that?"
"Only family"
How stupid being a man must be-"
and how glorious being a girl, with
man only an afterthought even at we'd
ding time"
Poor Harrowby! He keeps In the
limelight fairly well, however" They
! walked along a moment in silence
"Ive wondered" she said at length.
why did you kidnap-Mr. Trimmer's
-friend?"
"Because'-
"Yesi" eagerly.
Minot looked at her. and something
rose in his throat to choke him.
81 can't tell you," he said. 1T is the
fault of-the master of the show. I'm
only the pawn. the baffied, raging, un-
happy little pawn. That's all 1 can tell
you. You-you were speaking of your
wedding gown;"
"A present from Aunt Mary" she
! answered. strange tenderness in her
tone. For q good little girl who's
caught lord"
"a charming little girl" said Minot
softly. May 1 say that?"
"Yes"-her brown eyes glowed-'Im
glad-to have you-say it. go In
here. Goodby-Mr. Kidnaper."
CHAPTER XIII.
Who's Who In England.
fTtHE remainder of the day passed
lazily. Dick Mlnot felt lost
indeed, for seemingly there
~ were no more doughty deeds
! to be done in the name OF Jephson
The Gaiety lady was gone; her letters
were in the hands of the man who had
written them. The claimant to the IT,
tie languished among the alligators of
| Tarragona. a prisoner. Trimmer ap-
peared to be baffied. bridesmaids ar
rived. The wedding gown appeared
1t looked like smooth sailing now.
Jack Paddock, met for moment late
in the afternoon, announced airily:
by the way, the Duke and Duchess
of Llsmore have come. You know
the sausage lady and her captive. My
word, you should see her! A wardrobe
to draw tears of envy from theatrical
star. Fifty costly necklaces-and only
one neckw
Tragic" smiled Minot
Funny thing has happened" Pad
dock whispered. II met the duchess
once abroad. She sent for me this
noon and almost bowled me over.
Seems she's heard of Mrs. Bruce as
the wittiest woman In San Marco, and
she's Jealous. You're a clever boy
says her ladyship to me- Coach me
up so can outshine Mrs. Bruce"
Good heavens, Jack! You wouldn't
try to sell EN- both dialogue?'
why not? Play one against the
other. Make 'em keener for my goods.
I've got a notion to clean up here
quick and then so back to the real
stun. That little girl from the middle
west-Ive forgot all about her, of
course. But, speaking of cleaning up,
I'm thinking of it, Dick, my boy. Yes.
l believe I'll take them both on-se-
cretly, of course. 1t means hard work
for me, but when one loves ones art
no service seems too tough"
You're hopeless" Minot groaned.
Say not So" laughed Paddock and
went away humming a frivolous tune.
The twenty-four hours that followed
were hours of anxiety for Minot.
Lord Harrowby having lost money at
the gaming table borrowed Chain
Lightning's collar from Minot and
tried In vain to get loan on it from
Tom Stacy. Bill Huntley, a custom
house detective from New York. found
the necklace in Harrowby's pocket and
arrested him because the duty on the
necklace had not been paid. Spencer
Meyrick, in rage, sought Harrowby.
I've talked matters over with Gym
thia. The marriage is off for goodr'
he declared. This Is the last straw.
Good night and goodbyv'
Moved by an inspiration, SIinot sug-
gested to the detective that possibly
the jewels were not genuine. Much to
Lord Harrowby's surprise, apparently.
the detective declared that the Jewels
were fine old bottle glass;"
Il know the governor has been finan-
cially embarrassed" Harrowby ex-
planned to Cynthia. "but 1 never sus-
pected him of this"
Spencer Meyrick and Cynthia reluc-
tantly agreed to let the wedding occur
as scheduled. Immediately thereafter