Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-05-10
CHAPTER Ix-contInued.

III bet my seal ring against yours tina
] can make him propose before dark
Mine IS very curious one too. A
Russian duke gave 1t to me. never
met him. but he sent II to my dressing
room with some flowers
1t seemed TO me to be a possible way
to gain little solitude for reflection
and assented to the wager.
You don't intend to tell him, then,
that yon are engaged already?p
"Oh, no, not until he proposes. OF
course | might like him better than /
do Ned Then I'd never tell him"
i could see that Ned Blaney was go
Ing to have the time of his life imme-
diately after he found himself hitched
more or less for life to this volatile
young person. vida was not one of
those who would pass by an inviting
pasture lot simply because she was In
harness.
The rest of us went into the house
AS we came in the telephone was ring
Ing. Asking Lucile's permission, an
swered 1t.
Hello" said male voice, speaking
with staccato sharpness. MAY speak
TO Mr.. Upton S. Clair?"
put my hand over the mouthpiece
and turned around. Lucille had gone
upstairs, but Bepp was gazing idly
out OF the window.
as Mr.. Clair still there in the yardY'
l asked him.
mo; he went of down the beach
with Miss Dunmore."
'Ifellow / spoke again into the tele-
phone. "Mr. Clair was here a moment
ago, but he has just gone for walk
with young lady"
"Impossibler' The voice at the other
end shot that emphatically at me.
tits So"
Clair is woman hater.'
what II he is? This one is going
to convert him"
'Humph. She can't do it. Who is
she?"
Her name is Miss Vida Dunmore."
vida Dunmore thereY
Certainly"
THANK heavenp' he calculated fer
vently. "Ive been waiting for hours
for her to get here. How does she
come to be there?"
l explained to the young man, who
proved to be Ned Blaney, as | had al
ready suspected. all about the wreck of
the Mary Bell and the casting ashore
OF her passengers.
Thanks very much" said Blaney,
with considerable relief In his voice.
IN come right over after her. Don't {
tell her that | called up and 1 will
surprise her Goodby." '
He hung up before could tell him I
that he probably couldn't get any kind 2
OF boat to come over to the island, |
but | judged that he would find that
out soon enough for himself. b
where's Miss Green?p / asked Bopp. i
II advised her to lie down for a lit {
tie while and rest. This search is v
wearing her out. She Is leaving every Il
thing In my charge"
II presume that CONGRATULATIONS are v
In order" l said. extending my hand n
With as good show OF cordiallty as | v
'Ould muster. II do congratulate you. /
Mr.. Bopp." 2
Were not regularly engaged" Bopp d
said sourly. "She has promised TO be n
nine II l can find her mother. That
makes me just about as near engaged q
o her as IL we had never met" a
So Lucile's promise had string tied n,
o It. My heart leaped exultantly.
There was a chance yet In
Let's have drink on the strength n,
4 your engagement anyway, | said, Il
tarting toward the kitchen. S,
"Wntery queried Bopp. hoping n,
gainst hope.
why. yes"
mo, thanks. My tummie is looking nj
or Mount Ararnt now" He sank dis
onsolately into seat. In moment W
e rose YEARLY. i've got to start out cb
gain. promised Lucille / would
earch while she rested nm
Hardly had he left the house when mr.
he telephone rang again. l answer. /
lit
Hello" ON
"Hello. Is that you, Mfr. Blalney? mi
Vili you call Lucille to the telephonef III,
want to-
The voice ceased abruptly.
Hello. | called. hello, he,lo," =.
There was no answer. -
The voice | had just been listening ha
} was that OF Mrs Green. IN,
After awhile got centrars attention /.
nd demanded to be told why had / ,
zen cut Off. a.,
"That party called up from private on
lephone." said central sweetiy. "She
I'd no right to use it. II Is summer rio,
lephone only, and the instrument is ha,
be taken out next week" sor
hut 1t was Mrs. Green who was we
king" IN
IT couldn't be-" central was post ags
Te. "You are speaking from Mrs. wo
-een's residence yourself .