Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-13
THE LOVE GAMBLER
7 of using an assumed name. So he
| tried to explain his reasons clearly
David EXPLAINS
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water

! of using an assumed name. So he
tried to explain his reasons clearly
David Explains
My aunt left me her money on
condition that / marry a certain
lady whom l have never met, but
! who lives in this city," he wrote.
"Of course nobody but cad would
consider such a proposition. l
| fancy that my aunt has mentioned
me to this young lady, and 1 do not
want to run the risk of her discov-
ering my identity should 1 happen
! to be employed by one of her ac-
| quaintances. That does not seem
probable, yet stranger things have
! happened. Moreover, my aunt's
| family name must not be used by a
common hauffeur-which is what
shall be. If l am foolishly par
ticular, forgive me and grant my
| request because of your unfailing
| friendship for my fathers son.
MY would-be employer is writing
you to ask if you can recommend
one David Smith. That's me. A
chauffeur may say me" instead of
"I," may he not? Anyway, as you
| know, my middle name is Smith-so
! l am not lying. If you can consci-
| entiously recommend David Smith,
pray do So"
The clouds had been getting
! thicker, and one heavy rain-drop
! signed his name.
! perhaps the dear, old chap will
think that this is a salt tear" he
unused ruefully. We'll, here goes
| anyway"
Enclosing the letter in the envel-
ope. he addressed this, then hurried
to the post office where he affixed a
! special delivery stamp to the epistle
before mailing it.
81 bet that beats S. G. Leighton's
query by some hours" he reflected
Then, as it was beginning to rain
| briskly, and as he had on his only
suit of civilian clothes. David turned
up the collar of his coat and ran
to the nearest subway station.
A Good Dinner
He reached his room after only q
slight sprinkling, for the house in
: which he had his hall bedroom was
not far from the subway.
Once here, he realized that he
was hungry; that he had had noth.
| ing to eat since breakfast, and thai
i. was now three o'clock. However
he would wait until late in the
afternoon before sallying fortf
again. Perhaps it would stop rain
ing by then.
But at six o'clock it was still
raining, so, changing from his civil
ian clothes to his old uniform, th'
young man walked out to seek hi
dinner.
At the rotisserie near the corne
he got q hot meal-a better on
than he would have taken had h
not been pretty sure of securing
the position as Samuel G. Leigh
toms chauffeur.
Dinner ended. and the inner maj
satisfied, David De Laine was seiZe'
by sudden impulse. He woul'
take a trip to the house of his pros
pective employer, have a good lool
at it and see what it was like.
The house he sought was not ia
from Central Park, ind David ap
preached it curiously.
1t certainly gave every evidenc
of being the home of wealth
man. Aunt Jeanne had spoke sew
eral times of the wealth of Desire
Leighton's father.
Strolling slowly by the big hous
David gazed at the windows. Sud
denly he uttered a low exclamation
end stopped in his walk.
Against the lighted interior o
what he supposed was the drawin
room he saw the outline of a gir
ish form. Only for an instant di
Fit linger, while the hand was lifte
to draw down the shade that
careless servant had forgotten t
lower.
The lace curtains marred the sill
houette. and David passed on. Coul
that be Desiree Leighton, he won
dered. Then, calling himself foo
he retraced his steps to his hall
room.
| To Re Continued.