The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-16

hiG Drew him aside and slippe3 a III,
~ PAPER into his hand. saving Thar ~
nad done 50 Well that She wonl5 ~,
:, ."il 70 Sehd 1t TO him. lie glanced al
II ana handed it back to her.
Excuse me, Mrs. Ritz" he sail
Dut Mr. Short has settled with mo
But this is extra"
Flumner WINGED. What, Accep, ..
UP Tor entertaining his din,ar CON,
panion: Poverty had brought him Z,
nlrlng himself out for social purnos,
out 10 be paid for the pleasure Miss ~
"ii had given him-this was mora
'nah he could bear Seizinr his hat
ana coat he bolted for the door
lie had no idea Of accepting Mis-.
De wits invitation. Being n gentle.
man he felt that TO do SO while he vas
'hus making his living would be nm
outrage lie had no choice bur ia nro
ceed, Tor the present. I'm the only oceu.
patton that was open TO him and must
use lt or Starve. Mr. short gave him
all the employment he would accep,
which waS barely enough 10 keen holy
ana soul together. He did not moot
Miss De Witt again at any of thr
places he danced or diucd. for Sbn dil
not know the persons who gave the
entertainments
but one morning he received a val
uable mVitation-not paid one-to a
musicale given hy Mrs. YearSley
/ VINO Mrs. learsley was or why she
mad invited him he did not know. Tn.
rlosity led him To accept What wa,
his surprise. after greeting the ho,tes,
TO be led up 10 Miss DE Wit.
lou two have met before b,.
lieve- said Mrs Ycarsicy Il leav,
him with you, Catherine; see that he i,
properly taken care of.
Am | indebted 10 you for tins inv,
tation:" he asked
II am indebted to my friend Mrs
learSley for inviting you Bur yo,.
don't deserve it You have la.c. .r,
rude 10 me
/ In what way"
"lou hayc paid no atlentIm ,o uy
request that yoH should call on me
Plummer hesitatcd In replying to
this, finally saying that it would not he
proper for him 10 accept an invitation
10 call upon a lady into whose social
circle he had no entree.
Your cN use is not accepted
Very well; | will do myself the hon
or to call very soon
Il shall expect you"
Il must impose one condition.
What is it,"
THAT you ask for no more invita-
tions for me"
Certainly replied the lady since
you do not wish it
She asked for no reason. which some
what puzzled Mr.. Plummcr hid She
know that ne had been present at Mrs
Ritz's as hllerf lie thought not
Those vino hired such persons were
not likely To tell of their action
He made the call and continued his
acquaintance with Miss DE Witt one
Z day letter was handed To him 10y "A
young man. who said 10 him
Are you Mr. Ralph PlummerF
Il am
Il am from Elkins y Elkins, attor.
ney.. They have been hunting You
! for some time
/ plummer tore of the envelope and
uncovered another addressed TO sir
Ralph Trevor
"ls that you:" asked the lawyers
clerk
pluntmcr'~ only reply was to oprn
the second envelope. \ letter contain
cd in il announced to him that an un
Gle in England had died childlesS ana
he was heir to his title
plnmmcr. or. rather, Sir Ralph Ire.
vor. leaving the messenger TO take care
of himself went out, called a cab ana
directed the driver To take him to Miss
lie Wits home.
II have ,omc." he said 10 her. TO
make confession. Poverty and an
npwillinguv~s to be dependent on those
in England who
/ call it rather pride.
call il what you IKE my PVN'''''
in America has been contemplate. bnt
there has been a change. am gong
10 tell YOU who l really am.
"There is no need TO tell me that
you are a gentleman, for ! once met
vou in London society"
You met me-
For only ii moment don't won
der that you have not remembered
me"
"Whv have you not told me- this:
"Reeausc YOU seemed TO prefer TO re-
main incogliito.
And you know how ! have been
keeninc myself from starvation here;
Niss De Witt prevarieated- She
knew for Nrs. Ritz had told her. But
she wished 10 make il easy Tor MN
She said that was none Of her atfair
He informed her that he was an or
nbap. that his uncle had led nm 10
suppose that he would be his heir 10
bis fortune. A. well as to his title ana