Show h A Matchmakers Misadventure I I BY HARRISON T GRAHAM I Copyright J9WI hy Dully Story Pub Co I Tut tut Hlrcllo what is it all about I 3 Dig Georgo Sampson sat down on the lounge whcro ho had found his woo bit of n wHo crying In the sofa pillows and gently lilted her to him I Isnt thu house party n success I ho nuked gcnll or nan tho rook gone wrong ngn Iii I Will I I CiiminliiBS Is I n plghuaded oh fltlntitu brute and I unto him remarked 4 re-marked the young wlfo Irrcvalently t And as for Carrlo Hepburn I I will i never speak to her after thla willI i I it i overt over-t And Hlio stamped her prulty foot spitefully on the rug nnd jabbud the I b t teafl from her oyos viciously 1 Will I I CiimmlngH Carrie Hepburn i i I V repeated Sampson Why what 1 how and his voice died I away In It hopclcHS bewilderment i 1 hi They nro perfectly hateful replied I t his wife Dont jou see you great gooxo I got up this pnty and went I to all the trouble I and have en it ii roil a I whole week with n liimao full of people t 4 peo-ple when I might have had you all I to myself nnd why I J UloHfl mo If I know I replied I Samp t win running his hand through his hair Hut what has Cummlngs I and I 1i M Why It was all to get Will nut t Ii CarrIe together and mako n mulch dont you see f t Oh nh inn replied Sampson i mnro or loss lucidly n light beginning to dawn on hlH befogged Intellect 4 They wore born for each other nnd I 1li I happen to know that they woro much milieu with Iuuu uiiiur WJIUH muy h k first met pursued Mrs Sampson > i And Carrie was my old chum nod I know she was half In love with Will nnd Will showed every nymptom ot t having a gront admiration for her And they mot but oeldoin living In 4 ill To rout towns And I thought what 1 t Jolly good fun It would bo to get them together for n week or ten days under I I the santo roof mind ninko n match of It Oh you conspirator laughed Sampson Indulgently Well I am BO happy myself ref re-f plied the llttln I I t t woman blushing I and q like my own married life so much that r4 I thought I would help t Ii higH along 4 for Carrlo and Will Her husband bent nut kissed her Youre n darling ho whispered holding her tight Well whats gone wrong Uvorythlng Rho replied tho tears h again Ma tlig to her eyes That I I hateful Will CummlngH will not oven 1t look nl tnrrh Ho Illrts with all the other girls nnd goes lalilng with tho I4ti men hut I cant got him Into tho same room with Carrie excepting at nionU I and then ho changes seats with somebody I f some-body or talks to Bomebody on tho other oth-er side or aero s tho table And tho worst of It Is when by tho most patient 5 pa-tient mid dooplald diplomacy I do get r them together ns I have done several sev-eral thnoHthen then Carrie tho moan thing spoils It nil nnd freezes up nnd drives him away or goes away her I self HH too hateful for anything nnd I cannot understand It at nil Perhaps thoy wero not so much I struck with each other ns you thought remarked Sampson thoughtfully thought-fully You hntoful thing dont you think t I know n pair of lovers when I seo j them 7 exclaimed Mrs Sampson I 1 wrenching herself loose timid Hashing an Indignant glance nt her spouse 1p Then sho fell Into his arms with true I womanly inconsistency amid cried pitifully piti-fully Oil George that Is just tho trouble Ive nindo a fool of injsolf 1 and Ill never forgive thorn never tfU never Come come said Sampson now J1 thoroughly master of himself nnd the situation Dont take It so hard What of it anyway Weve had a jolly week and what does It matter to you If Cmnmlngs and Miss Hepburn dont happen to fancy ench other ns you supposed The whole confounded L lot of cm are not worth tho tears you btgj have shod today Pull yourself together to-gether anti lets go down to dinner This Is tho last ovcnlng you know The party breaks up tomorrow Mrs Sampson wont Into her room to go through those motions by which women irradlcate the evidences of 1 o b worry nnd trouble nnd wear nnd tear J Presently sho emerged looking ns fresh and serene ns though there was I no houso party no Will Cummlngs no 9 Carrie Hepburn no upset matchmak Tt ing plans nothing but happiness nnd U sunshine mimI content I Her big husband looked at her with I i mingled wonder and admiration nnd ia together they went down to greet their II r friends At the tnblo Sampson noted r c for tho first time during the week that 1 Miss Hepburn nnd Cuminings woro h sented next each other Now that ho I t noticed It ho remombored that they 4 t 1 7 > F nan iieen BO scniou since uio party J < jI i convened Presently Cuinmlngs he r I g pan n series of light passages with f > Miss Gray tho big blonde daughter of It the Chicago banker nnd presently Inn In-n manner half bantering half gals t gal-s ant proposed to young Mr Carson > i bin of the budding niustacho and lilac perfume who sat next to her that they chance seats for which Mr Carton I I i Car-ton replied with the dlgnltj becoming f Ills youth that ho was well satisfied 0 I with his seat nnd his neighbors M M Sampson glanced nt Miss Hepburn Bhi was absorbed In n discussion with f Professor Hedley tho spectacled specialist l If spe-cialist on her left ns to tho probable I i i ultimate result of the gradual cooling K of tho interior of tho earth CUIII I J I inlngo turned nt onco to Mrs Harriet Kutheryn Wnlls Preston on his right and plunged Into nctlvo discussion on womans rights Sampson glnnccd nt his wIfe and smiled I Indulgently I This I Is ono time Birdie wan fooled ho Raid to himself Cummlngs anti Cnrrlo dont care a tinkers malediction for themselves After dinner Sampson suggested to his wife that they go for a stroll Tho evening was perfect amid tho moonllt lawn with Its velvet shadows brought back to them nil the splendid romance of their courtship After n loverlike walk during which Sampson In his big strong way lured his wife away I from her humiliation I I nut II disappointment I disappoint-ment iibout Cummlngx and Miss Hey burn thoy returned to tho house where tho guests wore making merry an brcamo the last night of a most jolly house party Just without the edge of the circle of light thrown from the glowing windows win-dows In tho shadow of a great park they ran light Into another couple The rianH arms woro around tho girls slender waist and he strained bur to him with ntHHloiinto strength Her nnns wore tight about his neck amid her moist lips lifted to his were drinking In his kisses Sampson nnd his wlfo started backlit back-lit confUBlon The I other couple broke apart with widened faces anti turned to their hoU and hostess There was a fry of surprise fiom Mrs Sampson apoplectic symptoms on the part ol Sampson Tho other couple were Will Cum tilings and CarrIe Hepburn I Tim girl recovered herself first Caught red handed I she exclaimed ex-claimed laughing through her blushes Well wo might HB well foss up Will and I havo boon engaged for n month but I didnt I want to go through t this week ns n newly engaged girl with everybody eyes on everything I did So I made Will ngreo not to toll anybody and not lo pay molly particular particu-lar attention to mo Now that tho party Is over we dont care In fact wo had planned to have you annouuco It tonight It has been an awful strain but I think we carried It off pretty well dont you Well I should think you did replied re-plied Sampson George Sampson whispered a soft voice In his car that night If you ever so much as remember that I didnt know all tho time that Will and Carrlo were engaged Ill go back tc nmnimii nnd gut a divorce |