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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1913-10-16, Page 7TILE WJNIGBAM TAW", OCTOR; R The Siege of the Seven Suitors By !MEREDITH NICHOLSON Copyright, M$ by Meredith 'atheism "Yes; but it didn't save the umbrella 'anen. He died anyhow—or maybe his •.pies killed him. Papa was so curious "l wink, Hezokiah, that you weuld ststay caughtle zbout it that he took me with him one night just before Aunt Octavia moved • here, and he and I found the rooms and the stair and the secret spring by svbich, it you know just where to poke the wall in the fourth floor hall you can disappear as mysteriously as you please." "But bow on earth did you darken the halls so easily? You nearly gave Mg heart disease doing that!" "Olt, that was a mere matter of it 'young lady le haste; When I found Rio* easily 1 could pass you on the {stair it became a fascinating game, and N was no end ot fun to see Just how long It would take you to catch nae." ri wileb, Hezekiah, that you would h►y caught!" Mlle Very, very careful, sir! We'r4 dfittigg.basIne n now. There's (blether dirtiest for you lietoire you dare beeoine bttmentat." , 'Th .�hi. het its lie, atter it." - "Tkinge 'trio in a serioriorWkarnent, g Can trill yon. ,I was frightened when If looked 'Mai! tbat'siiotetiott. r outfit"t fie. to do that, but 1 had to aasiat ..ssvidence a little. Five men have a1- nidily got their quietus." ' ,Then why don't they clear out and alitti their nonsense?" i"Oh, it's their pride, I suppose, and - titers matt probably thinks that when (ilia has seen a little mute at Min in prartrtieular, in contrast with the others, Int will win her Cason. They're . feild oil one another, diose men. 'khats die .unison they've been herding together a8 close sine the first day you came. 1141. Wiggins was taking it for granted eillkt be iva$the w'hole thing--jtnit dike titi mans—and those others forced him join in some arrangement lay tthtelt t y were to hang together. Theei s in a bunch catnip from that, as t, ,kugh any one of them wouldn't take a #antitge at..the other& if he seri a y cztce i loplaie Of this I got Lraid.'RPig• gi.himself, the rest I just guessed." iBut you may not know tlirq they *AS TROUBLED WITH 1ND dESSCION FOR TEN YEARS. • alfiiiet't %spired itf Ever Gitlin Wei. BURDOCK B,L0O)SITTER$ CUiHED HR. MARV M Ac1C. v, Iltzziter'e 1lforite, ' Mlit, N.S., writes:---" I wa:, troubled with . Indigestion for more thee ten yc5iia'.• 1 tried several doctors' medicine, d in - in the powerto clue,but 11 Without sae- t. . Having i,t•:+rd of the malty cures e ted by k.unitick Bond Bitters, I d ded to give it a trial. After taking twt bottieY, 1 w•r,c t,.., a.t: tely cured. M appetite which 1:13S . try poor, is now , �s- o and 1 can eta t r everything s 1 s without aft ti , fteliua s. I ran strongly reeo:u... .n !• R.B. to any- oae suffering iron 1.•railo • (ion." ipetals:it fe,00h 14treelo is the bt?tst known rein.,.!, f..e 1! Y,•i,•;. lr "i"rbithles. It has txan or, I , ,r„•rt.rt for thirty - vane years, aiid is inttof,.etnied only by The T. niitburn Co., Limited, Tot"ontto; (Jut. OftwiseiniamOssOMINIMMENgsionneaginallall liftwf BEZEILIAN Hent a delegation after are tuto town to waru nae uta' the grass." '"chat u•as Mr. Dick. Ile never saw rue when Cecilia was around, and he was terribly snippy sometimes and supercilious, but I'm going to get even with him. I've about underlined him for number six," she concluded with the manner of a queen who, about to give her chief executioner his orders for the day, glances calmly over the list of victims. "That's a good idea. Dict is insut- ferable. I hope you haven't counted wrong." "As we were saying, ntopt the note- book," she resumed, "the fifth man has already, been respectfully declined. The dates of the'proposale are written in the nptebook, so I learned from the book that Mr. Ormsby, Mr. Arbuthnot and Mr. Gorse. had proposed oh the steamer. Professor Hume, you know, tried his luck at tiOpefeld, and•, Lord Arrowoed must have stopped Getilia as she `vas riding to the station on my bicycle yesterday morning. His goose is cooked." "He stopped to tell papa goodby and spoke very highly of you. Papa and you are the only gentlemen he met in Ameticg. But now we cotne to Mr. Wiggilisi." "We do; and why in the name of all that is beautiful and good Hasn't he tried bis luck?' "Because,. knowing Cecilia's admira- tion for him," replied Hesekiah de- murely, "I have kept him so diverted that he hasn't been able to bring hies - self to the, scratch." "You didn't want hint to blunder In as the first, fourth or sixth man?" Hesekiah gravely nodded her pretty head. "And while you were engaged in this sisterly labor, Cecilia has been afraid that you were seriously interested in him!" "Tb.iit is like Cecilia. She's tine, agd wouldn't cause ane trouble tor arty - thing;" and there was no doubt Of Hezekiah's sincerity. "Iint now, that I see the light and dn- derstittid all this, holy can we make sure that Wiggy will be on the spot dt the right, moment? While we sit hete he may be the' sixth mt"rni I •mignt take care 1st Wigsy by asking Cecilia to marry r Ser being careful to have Mtn appear Jofbintty'oti the•lepa t tal'h`eti r bud been duly declined," "Um! I s otildn'tytakny ff chances if I were your;" she related, feigntt1g to look at an imaginary bird in a tree top, "for it you bad cotueted wrong aQt4 were really tbe seventh man eche won have to accept your ""i•zeftiaht" "Oh', I really didn't mean what yen thought I meant. We ilbn't need to dieetia+r it tby wort. That's the ordeal I've arranged for you," she answered, and set her lips sternly. "Bat, my dear Hezekiah, by what Melina, can, attar be etfeeted? I don't dare tell him the combination he'd playing against or It be him Until bis hour Milken." "Certainly not; yon Mustn't tell h1i or anybody else. You know the pIaf; hitt you're not suppdsed, to, and nb- b'ody must khbw I've meddled. It#elridx while Cecilia must expose herself to proposals at all times.. Aunt (ictavla'd heart Vrenid fie 'broken tf she thought Ptorldence had been tampered wit* She, likes' 'iggy Well ani iugh, except tltii lii3 kncestore with ill Torieet, And he can't be a Son of _the Revolution." S$ei rock dud pelts , to her Cotlt. "Drop it into the boat for me, MISS neys. a meet is funny places, don't ye,/ P apk, expecte rant ,for 1. nc'berid; Sigd, 1 Mend royjr t *e*" affil id hly W- eide. tett? No, You can't go along;; y,ou' 'e,got a tot of thin „int to do, Ind yr t d Witter b deaf ft. it„ few minutes later, es I, swung ilb6> t$7s high aY `forpiigd thin t'rea- eottAreas, i SAW Cecilia Holtieter rhit- lqg toward me„ at a lively gallon S crated t& btidge without chee sa and then,with a hurrl her horse, h g t7lle, -la” we 2! h ul a' aIle Obit' ieclt 4 i" et a o di lit . ie with her crop to a byway. 1 hurried -rafter her and found her Wilting tor difaie in a quiet lane, She had dismoniited Arai .seemed greatly dis' turbed as I addressed ter. I hadn't er ected to meet yoil. Y tiiotight you imide ot with year Sunt to- ward Mount Kisco:' "We did, bite he bfit ` htithe Aurt Octasia atoppeet •te all on a friend, an I didn't feel Ike snood for i'lelta this ' iHnbt>lt'itig, I rerdie Hilt 'Slot& I was K'la3I- tad 1,y halite in this road beyond ted - , ford, just after 1 lett Aunt uetaYrrl, when who shoUid rid Up beside me but Mr. Wlggios. He had evidently been following we,” I She expected me to express surprise, andwith the information that Newt klah had just imparted fresh in my mind I dare, say she lvas. not . Weep - pointed in the effect ofher words. I was thinking rapidly and fearfully. If my friend had sought her in the high- way and offered biluselt in some fresh accession of ardor he might even now tie a rejected and hopeless man, but I was unwilling to believe that this bad - happened. "Won't you tell me what happened in the road when Hartley rode up be- side you?" "Oh, nothing happened; really, noth- ing! Nothing could have happened for the excellent reason that 1 ran away from him. It wasn't what he did or said, it was the fear of what he might say!" "If it bad been Mr. Dick who bad' 'joined you in exactly the same way in the highway, you would not have winded in the least, Miss Hollister. Isn't that the truth?" CHAPTER XXI. Trouble at the Prescott Arms. ECILIA'S hand, that had rested on the pommel of her saddle, dropped to her side, and ehe stood erect, her eyes wide with wonder. "What do you mean?" she gasped. "I mean .exactly what I have said. If it had been that strutting young philosopher from the west you would— well, you would have allowed him to say what was in his mind. Am I not right?" "I wonder, I wonder"— she faltered, drawing away the better to observe me. "You wonder how much I knowl To relieve your mind without parleying furtber, I will say to you that I know eVerything.' "Then Aunt Octavia must have told you, and that seems incredible. It was distinctly understood" -- "Tour aunt told me nothing. Not by words did any one tell me." "Not by words?"' she asked, eyeing me wonderingly and clearly reeling that I 'Might be playing some trick upon her. "Then can it be that Heze- kiah—but not Hezekiah doesn't know." "Trust Hezeklali for not telling se- crets," 1 answered evasively. "(sive me credit for some imagination. The air of Hopefield is stimulating, and in the few days I have epent in your aunt's house I have learned much that I never dreamed of before." "I don't understand it. You are wholly inexplicable." "I am the simplest and least guiletul of beings, I assure you. Yet• I' have done some things here not in the slight. est way related to chimney doctoring and something else I expect to do for which I believe you will thank me through all the years of your life." "Ah, if you really know, that is pos- sible!' she sighed wearily. "I ane very tired of it all. I was very foolish ever to have agreed to Aunt Octavin's plan. You have seen those men. . Any one of them might, .you know." And she shrugged her shoulders impatiently. "Any one of them might be the sev- enth man. There, you Reg I de know. And I mean tri help She wale ltnrineilsely relieved. There was no question of that. Gratitude shone in her eyes, and then us 1 mar- veled at their tteautiful dark depths fear suddenly possessed them. The change in her was startling. I caught a fleeting , gisiapse' of Hfir"t1ey Wiggins riding slowly with bowed head toward the inti. It was platin that that giiifipsis of him had timelier& Decilih's„pity. If I bad doubted the sincerity of her relaid for him before I spurned the thought now. I was anxious to requicken hope in her. "I have told you enough, Miss Hollis- ter, to make°It clear that I am in a po- sition to heip.you.” "But there is always"-- she began, then ceased abruptly and lifted her head proudly—"there is always Mn Wiggins' attitude toward my sister. Not for anything in the world would I cause her the slightest' unhappinete. You must see that, now that you know her." I laughed ahead. Cecilia'' concern fort Efezeldah's happiness was so absurd that 1 could not restrain m i u d y mirth for a moment. Dfspleasnre showed prompt- ly in Cecilia's face. "Pardon me, but maybe you don't quite understand He ekiahi,," t acid. "Is it possible, then, that jou do?" She inquired coldiy.' "I imagine year opptirtunities for aeeleg tier •frdvs net been sluinerouif." 1"itell, it fi't dig. mucha, inatttr' bit seeing het, When you've read, of her all your lite and dreamed abort her. She's in every fairy story that ever was writ- ten; she dawn through the mythol- ogies of all riicte. kern Is the kingdoin of the pure to heart. Her mind is like a beautif ll bright Meade* by the sea end bet thoigbts the dipping of' swal- low wings oft lightly ewayina grassed." deeilia'a manner changed, .pad' she smiled. "You neem to have in attack of It looks serfbtts " I heperd something. `.ehits 'into the saddle, end fjibe looked downot me with amusement In her eyes;, lir praise of Hezekiah hid pleased bei", ant I telt, as When len journeyed birth*, fifth Wen, ha kind- ly, ind- ly,�htlmak 4Uail , $tie a3rM I'on are ` etkeiinl het for ' eeti7 i ' Shalt •tiff i 4. o '.i�! 1 itee * 11s ! r. e hi of ale event been wilt ._ the din ��+ ,..g Dteice . !gam In frit . ting. 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You wrong your- self if you don't ROAD Tit le A ilV E1r1'ISI:IIt ENTS. store—for you: 3 nope so, Too, Mr. Ames." She gave me her hand and rode away. The inn was a mile distant, and I set off at a brisk pace, turning over in my mind various projects for controlling the characters now upon the stage in such manner that' Wiggins should be- come the seventh man. Cecilia could not always run away from him with- out violating the terms of her aunt's stipulation, and it was unlikely that she would attempt further to guide or thwart the pointing finger of fate. I relied little upon any arrangement ef- fected among the suitors to stand to- gether. Hume had already found a chance to speak. Lord Arrowood had bitten the dust and turned his face homeward, and Wiggins bad been near the brink only that morning. It was unlikely that any of the active candi- dates remaining would stumble upon the key to the situation, which Heze- kiah had given into my keeping. It was well on toward 2 o'clock when 1 approached the inn. Before long the suitors would depart for their after- noon call at the manor, which was an established event of tbe day. Just as I was about to enter the gate I was ar- rested by in imperious voice calling, and John Stewart Dick came running toward me. To my surprise he greeted me cordially, even offering his hand. "You thought you would come after all. Well, I'm glad you did. I've decid- ed that there should be peace between us." In stature be was the shortest of the suitors, but what he lacked in height was compensated for by a tremendous dignity. "You have several times addressed me, Mr. Ames, in a spirit of contumely which I have hesitated to punish by the chastisement you deserve, but. I am willing to let bygones be bygones. I had intended to offer myself to Miss.! ' Hollister this afternoon, with every LITTLE BOY WAS SO SICK Did Not Think He Could Live. CHOLERA INFAHTUM WAS THE CAUSE. 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Powinit'S" .viten you ask for it, as there are many imitations of this Nitrous remedy on the narket. The price is 35C., and itis manufactured only fry the T. Milburn Co., Minted. Toronto. Ont.• 7 They Failed to Not My Appearance. hope of success, but I yield to you. My ons,• request Is that you inform me at olive when you have learned her decision." He clapped on his cap and folded his arms, clearly satisfied with the ex- pressions of surprise to which wy feel- ings betrayed me, Could it be possible that he bad guessed tbe truth, perhaps by deductive processes of wbich I was ignorant? Whether he had reasoned from some remark thrown out by, Miss Octavia as to the induence,of seven in the affairs of life and her applica- tion of 'that fateful principle to the choice of a husband for Cecilia, I could not guess, but assuming that he had caught that clew, he might readily enough bave managed the rest. I must not allow him to see what I suspected. "My dear professor, there's an an- cient warning against the Greeks bear- ing gifts. You must give me time to inspect the horse." "Are you questioning my good faith?" "Be it far from me! I'm a good deal tickled, though, by your genial as- sumption that if I offered myself to this lady I should be declined with thanks." He was again belligerent. It may have occurred to him that I might know as much as he, but at any rate he grinned. It was a saturnine grin I did not like. "I'm starving to death at the door of an inn, and you must excuse me. Have you seen Hartley Wiggins lately?" "I have indeed. He's taken to lonely, horseback rides. He's off somewhere now. He hasn't the stamina for a con- test like this. One by one the autumn. leaves are falling," be added, with spe- cial intention, "and 1 have given you your chance." "Thanks, light bringing Socrates from the lands of the Ogalallas. For so much courtesy I shall take pleasure in reading all your posthumous worsts. Let us cease being absurd." With this I left him and entered the low tattered office. It was really it pleasant lounging room, unspoiled by the usual hotel office paraphernalia. Dick had followed close behind, Andes 1 paused, hearing voices raised angrily in the dining room besonci, I turned to him for an explanation. As the suitors had been the only guests of the inn since their advent, I attributed the com- motion to strife in their own ranks. "You'd better take a look at those fellows. I've quit them—quite out of it. Remember that," said Dick. The dining room door was slightly ajar, and 1 flung it open. Ormsby, Shallenberger, Henderson, Hume, Gorse and Arbuthnot had been engaged with cards at a round table in an alcove, but some dispute having ap- parently risen, they stood in their places engaged in acrimonious debate. As near as I could determine, some one of them—I think it was Ormsby—wish- ed to abandon the game, which had been undertaken to determine in what order they should be permitted to pay visits to Hopeleld in future, the calla together having grove intolerable. They were so absorbed that they failed to note my appearance. "It's no good, I tell youl" cried Orms- by. "There's no fairness in this unless ell take their chances together!` "You ought to have thought of that before we began, This was your scheme, but because the cards are run- ning against yogi you want to daft. I say we'll go obi" Thla trout $ender - son, who struck the table shtirply 48 14 concluded. "You knew Wiggins and Dick weren't going in when we started, and yeti are not likely to get them in now. Your anxiety to eut the reat of me out by any means seems to hate unsettled your mind," shouted Gorey. "I nay. let's drop this and Ostend to our origipftl agreement that no maxi speak lilt the end of the fortnight." 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The idea of our sitting here to draw eards to determine the order in which we shall offer ourselves to the noblest and most beautiful woman in the world would be coarse and vulgar if it were not so ridiculous! I'm out of it!" hfy interest to this colloquy lad led me furtber into the room. and hearing my step they all turned and faced me. Dick had continued at my side, but the black Looks they sent our way were intended, i thought, rather for me. My appearance roused Ormsby to a fresh outburst. "You're responsible! if you hadn't forced yourself upon the ladies at Hopetteld there •wouldn't have been any of this trouble!" "You're only an impostor anyhow. You went to the house to fix a chim- ney and seem to think you're engaged to spend the rest of your natural life there," protested Henderson. Then they dropped me and assailed Dick. "We'd like to know what you expect to gain by dropping out. You got cold feet mighty sudden," bellowed Ormsby. Gorse and Henderson paid similar tributes to the apostate, 'whose melan- choly grin only deepened. Henderson rallied for a final shot at me. "A good horsewhipping is what you deserve," he cried, leveling Isis finger at me. "Gentlemen," I began, not without in- ward quaking, "you have spoken loud, naughty words to me, and in reply I must say that your vocal efforts sug- gest only the melodies of the braying jackass and that your manners, to speak mildly, are susceptible of con- siderable improvement." "You leave this neigbborbood within en hour," boomed Ormsby, and in his efforts to free himself from his chair it fell backward with a crash that echoed through the long room. "Then summon the coroner by tele- phone, for I shall not be taken alive," I answered quietly, trying to recall my youthful delight in Porthos, Athos and Aramis. "Come along, let us put him out," Henderson was saying in an aside to Ormsby "You were playing a game here for a stake not yours for the winning," I continued. "Now I suggest that you shuffle the pack you three, who are so full of valor—shume the pack, 1 say, and draw for the jack of clubs. Who- ever is the fortunate man I shall take Pleasure in pitching through yonder very charniing casement." "Agreed!" cried Henderson, and the three fiung themselves into their retake. The alacrity of their consent had un- nerved me for a moment. D'Artagnan, I was sure, would have fought them all, but 1 consoled myself as the cards tattled On the bare table with the re- flection that, considering the fact that I had never in my life laid violent hands on A fellow being, pwIwas eon - ducting myself With admirable asgut- atNce. IIEy weight has always hung wen within 130, and pltysieiana have tole Me that I wits incapable of taking ort flesh or Mamie. Any one Of these men could cantly toss me through the window 1 hadn i dicatc m d as a Mania sof their own exit. Shellenberger caught my eye And in- .dilicated with a slight jerk of the bead that I had better run before it was toe We. The painstaking rare with which Henderson had fallen Open the cards 't++te disgnietin , to ut it mildix, Diek nudged ane in the -ribs and offered tee hold my coat. "It will not be necessary," I replied carelessly. "Tender your services to the other gentlemen. Come, gentle- men—hurry. Let us not waste time here." "If Ormsby turns up the card you're a dead man," Dick was muttering gloomily. "'They're all alike to me," I replled loudly. "Mr. Ormsby is very beauti- ful. 1 shall hope not to disfigure bins permanently." But as I spoke my tongue was a wabbly dry clapper in my mouth. I was bending over now, watehing the three men pick up the cards, and once, when I misread the jack era spades for the jack of clubs, a shud- der passed over me. They were downs to the last card, and Ormsby's band was on it. Then I looked at the floor to steady myself, and hope leaped within me, for there, by Ormsby's foot—a tars* end heavy one—lay an upturned card, the jack of clubs, whose lone symbol magnified itself enormously in, my amazed eyes. At this moment I became consei0utf' that something bad occurred be die - tract the attention of the other men, who were staring at some ono who had entered noiselessly. "Gentlemen, you seem immenoely ins terested in the turn ot those cards. I am glad to ba'r'e arrived at thecriticat moment. Mr. Ormsby, will you kindly, lift the remaining card from the table?" Miss Octavia stood beside me. She was dressed in a Clark brown riding habit—the feather in her fedora hat emphasized her usual brisk air. Ormsby turned up the card. It Wail the ten of diamonds. "Gentlemen," I cried, pointing to the card, "what trick is this? 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