Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
Copyright. Star Company. 1871
EPISODE: EIGHT
THE AINSI.El BALI.


THE AINsLEY BALL
"MATIbn s ,s,,a ana The Ray Envelope
effects in the line OF the former.
Of the artcs had ns ne tGaa the TUE
II suppose you are telling the young hope
fuls how to be married and live happily ever
after fifteen week.
1T be done" Interrupted eagerly
fea".and almost fancicd there a
tinge OF bitterness ia Jmmy's usually Jovial
tones Yes. |, can bc done. Bu; the hap
piness is no, omniprcsent after the girl gets
70 remembering how much better she might
have done II she had taken her other sutton
or how she might have gone on earning
sixteen fifty week herself"
But fine Iirl--a girl OF any real feel
ing-would never let :, man realize that she
worldly match or the contents OF her former
pay envelope
Perhaps not agreed Jimmy slowly. Blu.
!, takes LOT Of courage for tho nf,een-
dollar week chap to start wooing the ak
tccn-hitE tiri-cspculally II she has more
prosperous suitors than he. Say. Miss
Beatrice is there anything in the rumor that
the new .cartoon!s, see hanging around
thousand year FOR few measly drawings.
while certain reporter only draw
down nifty week.
, Shane on you for showing such un-
ever II is. he earns II by his splendid Gif,
OF making peopIe laugh and besides he has
Jimmy grinned and made sudden sorte
,h na p1' him in posses ,h" Of my hand Id
boy, swung into the room whistiing cheer
Tre,,y big mail this morning. Miss Fair
fax" he announced. Il opened all the en-
velopes TO save you the trouble-thats why
You always want to do that very
slowly and carefully" said Jimmy seriously.
preciaton OF the quarter that spun through
the air him-warts. Jimmy attempting re
glanced through OF the letters Arnold
had broush, me and fairly thrust /, upon
change came James Barton. Esq, SEN
tmen, gave way 10 wholesale interest IN
the matter under consideration.
Xouns. men OF our day to consider" said he.
The foreign invaston-of suitors.
NEE; Jin'my's amused glance Give me the
tell him what to do. His troubles find me
responsive"
yielded to persuasion, and permitted him to
go OFF in triumph bearing the letter Of
Later events proved that 1t was as we'll
for all concerned that Mr.. Robert Wells had
evoked the personal interest OF James Bar
This is the letter which involved us in
such strange adventure:
"Dcnr Miss Fairfnx-Is there my way
honeHt man can prevent his sweet
hcnrt from falling in love with n fms
"RoDERT WELLS"
1t sounds almost as II Mr.. Wells were
."spoofng" the writer OF Advice to the Love
particularly humorous about the chain OF
circumstances with which we found our
selves bound as result OF following UP Mr..
Robert Wells plea for first aid"
The next morning got Chapter /. OF my
OF Martha Ainslcy. She and Robert Wells
had been brought np together. Theirs had
sentally suitable boy-and girl romances.
Martha had not even interrupted things with
true love running too smoothly.
And then. entcr--not the william. but the
rival.
So much Jimmy got from his old college
friend Robert Wells. when he went up to
that young gentiemans apartment on the
afternoon after he had elected himself man
aGer of Roberts love affairs.
II blew into his apartment about six
O'clock" said Jimmy, as he related the story
TO me- some stunning place. Robbie has
he's prospered all right. No nfty-a- week
for him! He wasn't there when came, and
looked the place over pretty thorouGhly,
has a lot to be thankful for, but when Bob
finally appeared he looked about as migrate,
full to the fates chap can we'll be. And
he told me the sad tale OF rather tragic
interruption to his idyliic love affair.
their 'unucky romanccs just hard as the
poor do. Bob looked fully as worried over
his lady love f as John set es dd whe"
Bob and Miss Ainsley were riding yes
terday afternoon-.they came In from fine
his moment had come. He actually thought
Miss Martha was about ready to END end his
chap named Louis Versale. a Frenchman
who has lot of excuses for not being on
bob had to confess that he didn't know
anything definite against Versale, out that
he just didn't like him and his lick Of pa.
triotism and his tendency to trail around
after Martha. However Martha didn't share
Bobs prejudices. and that was where his
troubles came In.
IT assured him that I was n specialist in
these matters and that l had been given
splendid training as first assistant to Bea-
trice Fairfax. So he unburdened himself
He says 1t isn't altogether losing Martha
that worries him. for he believes himself to
be a good enough sport to let the best man
win-but he feels that there's something all
wrong about Misunderstanding queer
underhand.
81 tell you. Miss Beatrice. Bob gave mo
che feeling that there was something mighty
ugly and sinister about this handsome. dap
per young Frenchman. 1t wasn't Just that