The herald., 1917-10-25

IF YOUR, not busy tonight. lets 90
investigate that Tllden mansion. II you
start right away you can get the keys
, from Mr. Tiliru and he back by seven.
Randolph had risen from his chair.
almost eager To b" gone. sine" II was
/ the prerequisite Of solitary ramhle
through the old house with H'nrI"tte.
Surely if he could not manage pro-
po>al under such favorable c!rcum-
stances h. never would be able To- Il"
-.
He was lust at the door, willing
with the bright prospects for tn" eve
uing wildly before him. To- depart Win
scarcely a word of farewell.
I'll get Sandy to- 20 along with u,
came Hrnrirtte'> cheerful Contralto. |
He knows more about furnaces ana |
things than any man We ever had
and YOU might buy some candles on
your way. for the light will be all turn
eel of. | suppose"
Randolph'S rOSeatc dreams had lad-
ed away. Even an empty house dldn
offer favorable background If the uhl-
GultouS Sandy were to be the thru
party still.
The trip was taken 10 the Iildeh
mansion that night in Henriette's niue
roadster, with Henriette nj the wheel.
, Randolph at her side apd the weaZened
Sandy sitting ut RandOlph's feet WIN
his own rouch-ShOd feet protrudlng 10
the running board, and In the same
, ! guise they returned. The hour spent
nj the mansion was one in which san
DIV was master OF ceremonies and Ran
. dolph found himself chiefly useful IN
:, holding lighted candles for the old man
y, or hoisting his light but agile body 10
: peer at pipes and drafts in the rusty
' dust-Covered heating system that ram
!, hlcd over good share of the cellar OF
the old house.
The pipes that conveyed the hot air
Il from the furnace to the upper regions
- of the house were rusty. but not so
u much SO that drafts in the three nam
II channels for the hot air could not ne
l. opened when Sandy applied the sturdy
III muscles of his thumb and fOrefinSer To
u that task.
Now she'll work" Sandy had re-
N marked by way Of announcing his 'ri-
IN umnh. "If yous'll order q couple % ton
IL of chestnut coal and a bit of kindlin i
o. think can have enough heat in the old
ID place TO make your ice cream sell Ike
n hot cakes in February"
III
The day came, and the ice cream die
" sell like hot cakes, and even after th'
- lemonade had been so diluted that 1
was almost innocent Of any iniinac!
with the citrus fruit for which II wa
-" named. II sold In such abundance tina
~ the proceeds of that table were nv
times what one would have expected
=. from lemonade Windows were opene'
and those who came 10 buy made fan
q, OF sheets of paper they could find.
= - was a sharp, cold day for autumn an
-. so there was no very great irritation
the voices of complaint that Wer
raised against the excessive heat. \
any rate every one who attended IN
bazaar was strongly impressed Wit
the fact that the Tilden house was eI
- dOwed with n phenomenal heating al
-, parntuS, and scarce person In 10"
failed To hear something ABOUT the e,
q" ceSsfve heat that had prevailed in II
old mansion during the two days al
two nights OF the suffrage bazaar.
\ few day. after the bazaar He
90 riptte BeauChamp announced her e
49,, garqment To Randolph Yardley. az
NJ those who knew Henriette aS well
- those who knew her only for the rep
,.r,. .atlon she bore as an up-and-comli
young sufrraCiSt explained the ia
rse that the engagement occurred Ju
for when 1t did in this wise:
tho Heuriette had set her cap for Ra
no dolph: yes. that is just what they sa
; of and no doubt Randolph had taken
dn', fancy to Henriette, but Randolph
n 7 not the kind of young man who wol
,bo ask n girl to marry him unless he h
arly some idea OF no" ne vac eo,ie "
port her. Henriette knew this, ana
die the truth must be told, Henriette L
not the making of the better lawyer of
-, tvo She knew that Mr.. Tilden i
the nut little work in the young lawyt
h,u, wov and she knew about that C;
,ous against the brewer. Hamburger.
,.o,r- She worked out the whole Schel
nice planned the suffrage bazaar and eve
IN q thing and got that man Sandy to III;
,orn. the fire that could prove the no
will could be heated. And, of course, Ill
Won bergers lawyer saw there was no
:" continuing the suit, and the affair
aonIe settled at once. No one cared. for
= 70 one had any great love for the breH
thare The result was that Tilden gave
win Young lawyer fee amounting to
that the years rent thar he had recove
and for that mansion the rent
inter. enormous. More than that, Tilden
q for. all his legal work into the hands
o for the young lawyer. His future was
Hon. Sured and-well. after that, how CO
yould Sir. Yurdley do otherwise than he
zen n compIimentina Father.
. Nc. Charles received a wagon on