The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-10-19
WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE
BY NORMA Sci BY.

80 you advise matrimony as a
means of removing your bachelor
} brothers mental and physical faults?'
3 ''Not necessarily matrimony, Bob,
for Betty and l will be more than glad
to have you share our home life for
awhile. Shut up this bachelor apart
ment with all it's literary lore and
come home with me for a month.
You're getting us set in your ways as
II you We're seventy instead of thirty
five. Betty said for me to bring you
and she'd make you as comfortable
and allow you to be as quiet as you
could wish to be-"
That's awfully good of Betty" said
Robert. "If there were more girls like
Betty perhaps l wouldn't have become
A sort Of recluse at thirty-fve."
a quick step on the stairway was
followed by rap on Roberts door
and a moment later there entered Doc
tor Edgar.
you're doing fine" said the doc
.or, after asking Robert a few ques-
lions. "The only thing you need now
S a good jolt that will keep you from
settling back again into the same old
ut"
Zine, doctor!" said George. 'Tve
Just been urging him to go home with
ne for u month"
Gust bundle him into your car and
AXE him along" said the doctor.
once Robert had let go of his old
ife he set about making the most of
lis new surroundings. Robert was
aztly content with the quiet home life
hat left him so much leisure for read
ng, but one morning at breakfast the
maid handed Betty Il night letter con-
aiming news that was anything but
| Welcome to her brother-in-law.
"Dear me, GeOrgew exclaimed Bet
", her brown eyes Frightening with
pleasure. "Leone Gray wires that she
wants to stop for little visit with
Is on her way to Boston for another
1ear in her art work"
"E'ine" said George cordially.
Leone is the dearest of girls" said
Betty to Robert. 80 breezy and
,harming to have about. We're quite
Tazy about her"
That evening when Robert was I'M
! willingly dressing for dinner he heard
foices aIS laughter in the lower hall
! which told him that George and Betty
we're welcoming their guest whom he
mentally termed a representative OF
he frivolous type.
Half an hour later he went down
Itairs haltingly and was relieved upon
,ntering the drawing room to find it
rec of the presence of any frivolous
me. Through the open French win
low that led to the porch he felt the
ulld evening air and caught a glimpse
If the moon through the trees. Betty
md George were coming down the
itairs and when Robert heard Betty
softly calling her guest, he was seized
With a desire to delay his introduction
o that guest as long as possible.
In quick strides he made for the
! 1reuCh window that stood open. The
text instant, a dizzy sense of disaster
struck him as he cOllided forcibly with
someone who was trying to enter the
! window. The someone was small and
wore a white gown, and she chung to
lis shoulders to keep the sudden con-
act from throwing her backward. One
/ yondrouSly soft hand touched his face
! Tor an instant and he was pleasantly
conscious of n very faint perfume. In
! lie same instant that all this hap
)cned, Robert realized that he was
| standing plainly in view Of George and
Betty when they should reach the
| lrawing room door. In desperation he
put an arm around the frivolous one,
md swung her gently around so that
10Th of them were out of the light
from the open window.
I'm terribly sorry" he whispered.
Didn't know you were here" He feat
convulsive giggle shaking the girl
|and realized that his arm was still
about her. His arm dropped instantly
md he backed away. The girl add
unced very near to him and lifted
lace that was pretty even in the dark
! ness.
Don't be so scared" she said, in
I dramatic whisper. Il won't tell"
Then the little Whitehead figure van
shed through the window into the
lrawing room and Robert stood there
uying to realize that he was sharing
j secret with the girl whose coming
he had resented. But not until he
met their guest q little later in the
brightly lighted dining-room did he
begin to realize that he was more
pleased than provoked at having such
q secret to share with her.
"ATy brother" said George in his
hearty way, as the dinner progressed,
'has nothing to do just now but to be
agreeable, SO you may count on him
ut every turn while you are here,
Leone"
Nothing would please me more than
TO try to mayc'it pleasant for Miss
Gray said Robert promptly.
"You are all wonderfully kind" said
leone, land I'm sure if you continue
TO make things as pleasant as each
one of YOU has done this evening,
there's no telling how long I'll stay
She looked from one to the other with
a dimping and flashing smile that
was fully understood only by Robert.
There's been very little could do
this evening said Robert, looking at
Leone with such IA twinkle in his Eyes