The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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SYNOPSIS.
tigate. But when ten o'clock came.
In tiro* to meet the elev«n-*eveat*e«
for London and hear ™T *22?®°"
tlons. * l"LKrr'
-When did you find this?" I gasped.
But 1 didn't wait to hear her reply,
for a glance at the hall c ock told me
that it was five minute* of eleven. Bare-
headed 1 roshed around to the stables
and fortunately found Christopher Just
' putting the mare into the dogcart.
| "Get in." I yelled, "and drive like sin!"
"Sin, sir? Where, sir?" asked Chris-
I topher.
"The station!' I cried Jumping up
beside him: and we flew down the
winding drive at a pace that 1 would
| not think of attempting in cold blood
Through Mrs. Armistead's criminal
delay in handing me the note many
T^orn w ; ir<' 1 .mrm « .«-•
Tf .if are introduced at the opening of
in Kr.gland. the latter relating
t-- taThe pair on an outing ml**
v - tr.i:r. n1 seek:n* recreation meet
Hor.oraMe Aga" hi %S„>t r£e
«>- > a- : much sought after. r>e-
alJT her wealth Five other Agatha
Wv -k- T' are introduced. The drc-ea < 1
■t*Dfather In an eccentric moment male
• « . - •-• i: the real Agatha he.re,,
, ■ . fortune and the castle at J>e
England. might wei her amrnty Thus
Mrs (m'st-ii chaperon, was in dut>
bound to keep the reil Agatha * Identity
unknown. An attempt by Terhune to
s - -- a r!ew from the chaperon fails.
f..v ;n„ s-r..;, old t-'ks containing P1'!"
tu- a former Baroness V\ ycKhoff.
V v. is exa.'tly like Agatha Sixth, wh -m
. rting Agatha Fifth confesses her
; .v f .r V.n er.t and also that she is t^.e
r^A ip'rew He spurns her proposal.
M.-v . ■> •! to identity of the real
A«atha prove fruitless Agatha Fifth
l« *r onfe**es he is not thr heires-.
M •- n i^^ntly unfailing cle^tnater aW
ir.- Y:r.-ent .'ifess^s love for Mrs
i - . . ... •>: \. Mi Ma: w •
to - T-'hune She « married. M:«s Marsh
t>,e- dia 1 startling information that
Acithi ?-xth is the real heiress. How-
fv - Vincent determined to marry Miss
Marsh, ".partly persuaded by Terhune
to desist in his ourtshtp because of dif-
feren e in their stations.
and~-ioing on this, his last day at Cas-1 1 thought I bouldstiU be in ttaeiper
aoae Mi. evening Wore. .nl .Hhou.h, -om aotoatly
I had not yet had the opi>ortunity to
put the great question. I felt that it
was very possible that in th^guise of
accepted lover I might not have to
take the 4:15 that afternoon.
When I reached Vincent's room I
knocked twice, and. receiving no an-
swer. entered, and w-as somewhat
alarmed to find that he was not there,
though his b^d had been slept in.
Anxious, without knowing why, I tore
downstairs and called for Mrs. Armi-
stead. That good lady met me at the
foot of the stairs In answer to my sum-
mons. with an air as anxious as my
own.
"Have you see Lord Vincent? I
j asked her.
'Have you seen my secretary?" she
' replied, without answering my ques-
approached the last strip of woods be-
fore we reached the station I caught
sight of a puff of white smoke down
the track A moment later, when we
drew up at the platform, the great
locomotive thundered into the station,
and there, at the other end of the plat-
form, I saw them. There was Vin-
cent. clad in the things he had worn
on the train when we had first come
through the fields of Wye. and with
him was a remarkably pretty girl with
beautiful wavy red hair, in a gray
tailor suit and a smart black hat. Of
course It was the secretary.
I waved at them frantically and they
waved in return, and I could see Vin-
cent smiling happily at me as they
entered one of the carriages. As I
came up with their carriage Vincent
CHAPTER VI.—Continued.
'I'm awfnlly sorry. Arch," he said.
"that I was such a beast last night.
I'll never fcrzive myself for trying to
strike you. Only, you see. I lost my
head and 1 didn t know quite what
I was doing." Of course." I said, i
understand—" But he would not let i
me stem the tide of his remorse. "And
then, you know, what you said was
very hard to bear, and you see, after i
all. it wasn't true. She told me it
wasn't. Did you hear her?"
"Yes." 1 assented, ' and I believe she
told you the truth."
• Of course, but then you're always
right. Archibald, always right. When
I go away frc-ni here and never Bee
her any more' —his lips quivered un-
controllably—"I may be able to forget
her."
"Of course you will," I assured
him. cheerily, though there was a lump
in my throat. "Men have died, but
not for love. Many have been as hard
hit as you and have recovered."
• Oh. yes." agreed my patient, but j
without enthusiasm: but at any rate'
I had gained my point, and Vincent
had agreed with me that marriage
witii the secretary was too rash and
foolish for him to contemplate.
By-the-by. Arch,' he said, careless-
ly. as we still sat before the fire try-
ing to make believe that the Incident
of the secretary was closed. "I have
something to tell you. The secretary j
told tue outright which one of the
six girls really is the daughter of
Fletcher Boyd."
I looked at him In utter astonish
men? "What:" I said, excitedly: "do
you mean to say she deliberately gave
away the secret? Which one is it. for
Heaven's sake? And why did she
do It?"
"It's Agatha Sixth. You were right
all along. As for the reason. I don't
know what she did it for. unless—un-
less—" be hesitated. "She's such an
honorable little thing I think she felt
that the marriage would displease my
family, so she wanted to turn me
from what she saw was coming and
used the disclosure of the Honorable
Agatha's identity for bait. Come on
to bed," he added, with a little return
of hi old spirit; "you'd batter get
rested for your last try for the twen-
ty millions. If you make up for past
neglect you ought to win Agatha
Sixth hands down."
"Then you don't mean to try?"
His face clouded again. "I don't
m>an to try." he said, and we went up
S .he l.„ Ion, I Mod- "She'. no. in her roon,. .bonrt
days of our stay at Castle Wyckhoff. her bed has been slept iIn. But
and I began subtly and by degrees to hasn t had her breakfast.
win back my former place in the re And her anywhere.
gard of Agatha Sixth, and with every "You don t mean it. I ejaculated,
Inch of ground I gained in my pursuit and a iekening fear tTdoI rand he leaned toward me and low-
of the Honorable Agatha I thought of ^aps thls has ,.red hl8 volce_ was to ask you to
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.,o„,
yet underneath It all I think the girls t and jet some seized the with a radiant smile he drew back a
were a little saddened by our ap-1 With lmpa ' from her retl little so that 1 could see the erstwhile
proaching departure, and Wilfred and folded paper she dre ^ NUu Marsh "It's true that I've mar-
I felt a certain regret that the end j cule. It read as folio s ,ye 1 rted the secretary."
of our delightful visit had come. I "D**r™dI.VeljT*no and done It—that "But It's not. said that lady, much
though of course I had fully deter y^u^ f'ooinh thing you told me not to to my surprise, and thrusting out her
mined to propose to Agatha Sixth on | do; at u.H„t by the time you *et this i j,retty head. "It's not true a bit. He
the morrow. I was rather surprised. n„te the deed will be dw'. And J* ha*Q't married the secretary at all. I
therefore, when Vincent v auddenlj ^e^ch y°,ura,^0(1 you to be the b«st was only playing' secretary. He's
lomplained of headache and. excusing ^an Ru| , couldn-, h, lp it. Arch, hon- ma^ed no one but the Honorable
vimafiif went up to his room, l<!>t j couldn't. Not to iiv* niy oui. t 4— *._ «• '*
I went UP to my own room 1 rapped She Bhouldn t have had eye* like
I went up I ' . answer a«>d hair like autumn leaves. As for the
on hi* door, but he made no answer mon y hang lhe ,tuffy old mUlions I
and I concluded that he mu t ne Bay< Every pound of It U many
The next morning, much to t,eads to me In comparison to
asleep. saunter what I have thl* day gmnnd I W sh
my astonishment, he uia n yoU of th,.m and of the Honorable
In and out of my room as he as ac- A ha D<Br o!d boy f„rgive me if
customed to do of a morning, but you can. and ,f you wanl to do me one
a* it wai late 1 did not atop to lnve -1 favor come down to the station
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more, and 1 was filled wtth a rodden
and justifiable rage that
should have so deceived me. To think
that he had been in th« secret ali
the time and had helped to make a
fool of me! But one look at his face
proved to me that I had done him an
Injustice. He was as stricken with
amazement as I was. and I knew that ]
then, and not until then, had he be- |
come acquainted with the truth. Gath-
ering my wits quickly, for the train
was moving faster. I ran after their
carriage till I caught up with the win-
dow again. "Good-by!" I shouted,
and "God bless you!" And Vincent,
reaching out his big hand, had Just
time to catch mine in his strong
grasp before I dropped back, out-
stripped. and he had withdrawn his
radiant face from my view.
Afterward I learned many things.
First, that they had been married very
early that morning, before the rest of
us were up. In the little chapel at W ye,
with Mrs. Armistead. who was in the
secret, as witness. That explained her
delay in giving me the note. Dreading
my Interference, they had not wished
me to know until the whole thing was
well over and Mrs. Armistead back
at Castle Wyckhoff. Second, that It
had been the Honorable Agatha s own
idea to play the part of secretary to
her aunt, thus Improving upon her fa-
ther's plan, and making it still more
difficult for the competing suitors to
discover her identity. Third, that her
reason for telling Vincent that Agatha
Sixth was the real Honorable Agatha
was only to prove blm once more and
to the uttermost. And Vincent had
stood the trial without faltering and
had even proved himself equal to dis
regarding my wishes. Yet I really
think that on that night when he had
agreed with me that it was best to
Eive her up he meant to do bo. but
his love for the girl proved stronger
than his love for gold or his feeling
for his friend. And it was thus that
the boy won—because he had loved
truly and faithfully.
And I aJso learned afterward that
the six Agathas. shortly after the
elopement of Vincent and the secre-
tary-that was, had all gone to their
homes in America. Later some of them
married certain suitors who had once
been guests at Castle Wyckhoff. Among
these were Agatha First and y«ung
Brancepeth, who, I am happy to say,
has led a reformed life since his mar-
riage. And it also came to pass that
Vincent and his bride took possession
of Castle Wyckhoff as their country
seat when they came back from their
honeymoon. And there I often Yislted
them.
But on that eventful day when the
train had pulled out of the station
none of these things was known tc
me, and I stood on the platform dirzy
with the unexpected turn events had
taken.
And so It was that Vincent got
ahead of me. just as he has always
done. And so it was. also, that I re-
turned to London, still an eligible
bachelor, still the prey of match-ma-
king mammas and smiling debutantes.
There was but one comfortina
thought in the mixture of disappoint-
ment and chagrin that made the sum
of my feelings as I drove slowly back
to the castle. This much had been
given me: At least I had not made the
fatal mistake of proposing to the
wrong Agatha, and I hugged myself as
I thought how near 1 had come to put-
ting the question to Agatha Sixth that
very morning. That, at least, I had
managed to avoid. From that folly
the innate caution and unerring in
stlnct of Archibald Terhune had pre
served him. Thank Heaven!
THE END.
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ffr for the state.
I do." replied the senator, trimly.
Besides. I sent it back."
"Sent It back!"
•T did."
"Your honor." said the lawyer, turn-
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Adjournment was had until s-omc
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Author—How would this do as sug-
gesting an Illustration of an adver-
tising slip: He folded her to his
bosom?"
Publiiher—That ought to make •
gcod folder.
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To have a cough that you can t leave
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and peaceful sleep.
Shoulder Your Own Mistakes.
You will never profit by your mis-
takes so long as you blame others for
them.—Pascal.
SICK HEADACHE
The Real Agatha.
i opened the window wide and thrust
his head out. "Oh. Vincent!" was all
1 said; "am I too late?"
"Not at all." he said, genially;
you're just In time to congratnlate
me. But what I wanted of you. Arch"
no one but the Honorable
Agatha, the first, last, and only honor-
able!"
And for proof of her astonishing
words she snatched off her glove and
displayed to my marveling gaze the
big emerald cross of the Wyckhoff
ring, winking in the sunshine.
At this moment the train began to
APART FROM THEIR FELLOWS.
Peculiar Beliefs Concerning Those
Whose Eyebrows Meet.
The person whose eyebrows meet
may rest content In the knowledge
that he is the possessor of a vigor-
ous constitution The growth of hair
above the nose Is as a rule fairly
sound proof of good health. That is
what the scientists tell you. but the
superstitious have much more to say.
In the northern part of Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, there is a common belief that
a close broo't" man, or one whose
eyebrows meet. Is foredoomed to end
a wicked career on the scaffold. This
may be compared with the view held
in parts of the English midlands that
I the close-browed person is destined
I for fame and fortune. On the con-
! tlnent there are several superstition*
on this subject. The eyebrows of the
gypsies are often formed in this way—
a fact which they turn to good ac-
count. for in many parts It Is believed
that the owner of meeting eyebrows Is
; also the possessor of what Is called
the evil eye, and. therefore, a person
whose good will must at all costs'be
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Germany and Austria, use this belief
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every day Is fully lived. Light and Are
make us human beings. Man alone
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