The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-04-25
By:
Sidney Gowing
MuSfrofion5 by
YOUNG

have missed a Whole nfe's happiness.
But Billy and I"
You're going through TO Harwich
on the car. aren't you. dear? Alex
ander told me"
There's Aunt Erythea :" said Al
NEE. I'm glad mummie induced the
old terror to come"
"Nho is that with her?a
MY new uncle-iD-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 cedar2"
my Uncle Joseph" murmured
G%eorgina. HE didn't realize till after
we left %Jervaulx. that | ought to hive
been at home with him all the time.
| don't think he really grasps the po-
sition. even now"
II 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 o 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"
tfTf oil caay,e lff.a @,u,. ea,rr,-f ,f,f.+
mare now" shuddered her cousin.
"As the wife of a future bishop.
you'll wipe it off your memory. Geor-
gle. dear. But I never shall, The
greatest time I eve had in my life.
The joy of living, George" Lady
Scroope suddenly entered the room.
Children" she said g~rayely. "in five
minutes we start for the chapel.
Aimee bolted into her room. fol-
lowed by her mother.
"Do you see 'em yet?" whispered
an apple-cheeked woman eagerly. The
red poppies 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 wv cottage. Stanhoe; the
only envoy from tic 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. flower-petals and con-
fetti. Mrs. Stunning. with a shrill cry,
opened her batteries.
Alexander and Georgina, swervine
70 the right. climbed into the waiting
carriage. Billy. escaping through the
shower of rice, shot past to the car.
BEAT it :" he cried to the chauffeur,
and caught Aimee by the hand. To
! gether they seudded on foot down the
drive.
The guests paused in astouishment.
Lady Scroope. her e~yelashes sparkling.
laughed gently. Aunt Erythea iutted
an inquiring nose round the pillars.
The bride and bridegroom, having
made good speed for two hundred
yards, turned into a clump of laurels
that efficiently hid the Flying Sphinx.
Billy snatched up a blue cloak that
lay athwart the saddle.
ION with it," cried Billy. glowing.
In Il twinkling Aimee donned the
wrap as Billy bestrode the saddle she
threw herself upon the pillion and her
arms about his waist.
"Ready-partnert - Billy said.
Let her rip" painted Aimee joy
ously.
The Sphinx hummed 4wiftly 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 piIlion. she pressed the
smallest, soft round kiss on the back
of Billy's neck. rs they disappeared in
a cloud Of sunlit dust.
1.-THE ENID