The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-20

1t hadn't been for my stunt, you might
have missed whole life's happiness
But Billy and l."
you're going through to Harwich
on the car, aren't you, dear? Alex
ander told me-"
"There's Aunt Erythea !" said Al
NEE. 'G'm glad mummie induced the
| old terror to come"
"Who is that with herY
"My new uncle-in-law, Mr.. Riving-
ton. He's a peach Aunt seems to be
getting on with him splendidly. Look
at her back Who's the funny little
man that seems half asleep, over by
the cedar?"
"My Uncle Joseph" murmured
Georglna. "He didn't realize till after
we left Jervaulx, that 1 ought to have
been at home with him all the time.
1 don't think he really grasps the po-
sition, even now"
IT don't wonder. These professors
never do grasp anything" chuckled
Aimee. We've beaten Diana and
Bertrand. They're to be married in
London next week..
isn't all this delightful to think
Of" sighed Georgina, "after the hor-
rors we went through Did you ever
hear what became Of that woman you
told me about-the wife of the bur-
glar?"
"Never heard a word more of her;
I think she got away"
ut all seems like some fearful night
mare now" shuddered her cousin.
"As the wife Of a future bishop,
you'll wipe 1t off your memory, Geor-
gle, dear. But 1 never shall! The
The Joy of living, George" Lady
Scroope suddenly entered the room.
Children" she said gravely, "in five
minutes we start for the chapel"
Aimee bolted into her room, fol-
lowed by her mother.
do you see 'em yetY' whispered
an apple-cheeked woman eagerly. The
red peoples in her bonnet quivered as
she raised herself on tiptoe. The staff
of the ScrOope Towers household was
grouped on either side Of the great
porch, behind the assembled guests.
The apple-cheeked woman was Mrs.
Summing Of Ivy cottage, Stanhoe; the
only envoy from the Jervaulx district
Her eyes sparkled, she clutched grim
ly to her breast a large bag of rice
a barbarous custom still permitted at
Scroope.
Aimee and Billy suddenly emerged
from the porch at speed, followed
closely by Alexander and Georgina,
amid cheers, f1ower-petals and con-
fetti. Mrs. Summing, with shrill cry,
opened her batteries.
Alexander and Georgina, swerving
to the right, climbed into the waiting
carriage. Billy, escaping through the |
shower of rice, shot past to the car. |
BEAT it p he cried to the chauffeur,
and caught Aimee by the hand To
gether they scudded on foot down the
drive
The guests paused in establishment.
Lady Scroope, her eyelashes sparkling,
laughed gently. Aunt Erythea jutted
an inquiring nose round the pillars.
The bride and bridegroom, having
made good speed for two hundred
yards, turned into a clump of Iaurels
that efficiently hid the Flying Sphinx.
Billy snatched up a blue cloak that
lay athwart the saddle.
"On with =" cried Billy, glowing.
In a twinkling Aimee donned the
wrap as Billy besrcde the saddle she
threw herself upon the pillion and her
arms about his waist.
"Ready-parner ~ Billy said.
Let her rlpw painted Aimee Joy
Ously.
The Sphinx hummed swiftly along
the park road and swung left onto the
highway.
Hold tight !"
The Sphinx breasted the long rise
at sixty miles an hour. The wind
screamed past them.
Aimee laughed aloud. Leaning for
ward from the pilliop. she pressed the
Imallest, soft round kiss on the hack
If Billy's neck, as they disappeared in
! cloud Of sun,it dust.