The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-24
CONFESSIONS
OF a BRIDE
Copyright. n. E. A.

The second cable from Daddy Lori
nier, which the boys were expecting,
did not arrive. The family waited for
It anxiously until we read that two
cables to South America had been
destroyed by an earthquake. We GER
tainly appreciated the newspaper
which brought that important informa-
ion TO our breakfast table.
So Daddy's failure to get into touch
with US again was accounted for, and
st was silly to worry about him, Bob
said, for certeis wasn't the sort to get
into "a place too tight TO get out OF;
he might become king OF cannlbals,
but he mover would be eaten by them.
He would save Daddy for his primz
minister OF coursei
The boys had a bunch that Certeis
would not try to go to the Pacific by
way OF the canal. All the secret seS
vice bureaus OF the world were look.
ing FOR him and would have their
agents at the locks. So It was prob
able that Certeis would sail around
the Horn and head for some of the
smaller islands OF the Pacific, and
then, because he and Don Manuel
would wish to get into communication
with the German supporters OF the
kaiser, they would creep into Europe
by some back door.
Gsrteis and Don Manuel might not
care to renew the propaganda in Mex
leo which had Just proved such
failure. At last the nations were
aroused to the menace and would see
to II that the Germans never got con-
troll Of Mexican affairs and the vast
wealth Of Mexico.
Bob and Jim leased Chrys unmerci.
fully about her proposed voyage but
nothing faxed her, they admitted. She
was true Lorimer, In that she was
a wonderful executive and they were
proud Of her, but unfortunately the
weaker her plan was, the more deter.
minedly she worked for it, they took
pains to tell her. quite feminine
way they agreed.
Chrys let the boys laugh and went
ON dickesing for a nice little ship of
her OWL. She assumed that by going
through the canal she could head Ger.
tells Oh at some Hawaiian or Phillip
pine port He would be compelled 10
put IL somewhere for fuel and nova
days, by means of wireless, it is easy
TO get news OF sailing from pbrts big
enough to be coaling stations.
Between 9nselves we always re-
fcrred to Certeis' ship as 1.-THE Flying
Dutchman," but Il was christened "The
Argentine. The boys knew all about
It from the name which Daddy Eta
aiyen in his first cable. They knew
tho names Of the finest yachts of the
world and they told us that the ship
which had rescued Daddy Lorimer'
had been finished before the war for
South American millionaire and
that It was undoubtedly the largest
and finest pleasure boat ever launch.
ed on the Seven Seas. They describ.
ed the boat for Mother Lorimer's com.
fort, but the practical Chrys turned
the news to her own advantage. Since
the ship was SO well known and SO
conspicuous she would have less
trouble In tracking it, she affirmed.
Her brothers agreed that IL Chrys|
wanted to loaf around the warm
waters OF the globe for year or two
II was her own affair. She was spend.
ing herown fortune and her own time,
which wasn't OF any value anyway,
and she might run right into "The
Flying pntchman" any day and take
Daddy off
Whet they hated and rubbed in. ;"
too, was that she should undertake
this original and magnificent adven.
ture upon no better authority than
that .of the valet speaking through her
otiija board.
suppose. that Chrys wasn't a bit
crazier than lots OF ouija.board en-.
thusiasts, and other devotees Of mod.
ern mysticism, but | agreed with her
brothers that because she had the
riches 70 carry out her insane project,
she woule become quite notorious. She
couldn't keep out OF the papers, they
told her, but at least she could keep
the ghost of the valet out Of the story.
What you need is live man to
guide you, Chfys," remarked Jim.
$Why don't you marry Jordan Spence
and take him along?"
Remember. Chrys isn't divorced
from Certeis," l said quickly, for II
saw the tears come 10 Chrys' eyes. II
couldn't let her confess that Jordan
Spence wouldn't marry her philosophy
OF life, which included a ouija board,
along with her pretty self.
Later confided to Jimmy-boy that
his sister was spelling an exquisite
romance for an idea which hadn't a
germ of truth in It.
What's the matter with the girls
nowadays?" he gro%led. Lots of them
seem to be too lazy to think straight
but q man don't discover it until
after the wedding ceremony"