Show the colfax bookplate BY AGNES MILLER hiilis a THE STORY L ion lon on a ruin omal 1 ou oui i monar moraine Bio roler uli was conston Con to r fular 1 ter and sener of u ran book books at IV arrows now N and second kind head nook shop on an lowr lower fourth AT alet nj now york notly that the lb arst ca trier who on t ere the tori store at ahli palt nine li to a old 04 i sent gentleman leman abo saunters into the a alcoa con ph car ed U e d 1 c al work o r k after a while rater U aurion V r t 0 n on 0 of f the th amplo lees who bo haa has been out on 03 ft D aj ine trip wines la to with a vat heti ma U ur of woo wo CHAPTER II itter amazes con bitante by telling her be he pid paid at sit an in auction for an tin old law book tont contra jn by ing a coif colfax A x to bookplate look plate Bad deni a cirl girl Is oi 01 9 Murd crl I 1 I 1 rings oot out in the store III the ti barly elderly cm inart start in rt ti Is cin vu the floor unconscious r t I 1 r richt 1 h t w writt r ll 11 s la 1 h e d juit just before bufor th 0 r ii kl n s s clr irl 1 a t u m bles and falls la to taint faint she h call calls out to ter whom she ih AV irn to recoE nIr aa the th man who ho bought b 0 alit the rare book la in nich mond nond V Vs a few w day days before keep I 1 I 1 heep it if V for 1 mel the elderly mm man and the eirl girl both th are ar taken han to a h 0 li vital liters I 1 ter a nency nancy bastan th that a t momin morning it at morrow darrow a con col stare t tadd a kes ier to lunch at ban froni a 14 normandy terrace nancy tells co constance Coni tan tance c 0 of 0 her COP ment with brandon andon to lowr a ad teacher an elopement which was w cut abort hort when tower to make or with it iancy nancy I 1 ial leke continued from saturday than lna ilia baj med ino me in the hall ball on her way to a fatime and old the vi at a going to tell father that I 1 talked incessantly the telephone phone to boy boys if i elan ddn t stop I 1 eald said all right I 1 will which answered both her and and the minute shed pine gone I 1 slipped out und end wet met hira him on sixth avenue ind and then nancy gave a then and there clutching ny my ann arm in excited climax be he asked me to lioret lore I 1 As on a feint faint distant beacon of hope I 1 fixed my acs on octon Fr now jit a bleci wn own the svenne one of a massive row of stately gran ite pillared h c uses built ninety years before as hom horac es for a croup group of bew ew yorkers bo ho had been distinguished for combining money with br brains altis normandy araw terrace 9 the long iong row tow was wa till still called had been constructed to ian langh li at the passage of time though cone gone were all vestiges of any terrace and all the graceful erace fol winding stoops of a by cone gone day bide bi dewalk wa lk and floor foor pace space were oo 00 looser longer to ix be on manhattan Manhat tun land iland I ind and i the lower floo floors of the terrace hail bid b been e n invaded by bur iresa I 1 endear ored to listen patiently to further dr d tails of nancys narrative knowin knowing that relief was peter it seemed bad outwardly borne up tip nobly under the shock 04 0 the newe news of bli his fathers marriage ana ad handsomely han diomely both par ties in fact ahert under pretext of pres prestos ting business iress he bad had bolted out 0 of the living room and down the hall ball toward I 1 ward hia his own room roon to find nancy waiting for him in the hall ball ut haj cheered her doleful state with a promise to come home early and tell her all till about richmond and chow show her the weirdest old bookplate tn in a book he had picked cp up there ile then per tom fored the exploit of pitching pit rhin his rol sut tose across his bed and two tables and on to relieve hit feelings and fled hence nancys desire to soothe bin 1 b bufore fore dinner she had then confided to brandon ilal 31 alvinas labett threat whereupon he be outraged the could tee see by eo so much persecution had stopped short under the sixth adf pue elevated with the romantic sug castona cestona ce stona ionn klinl why dont TOO chuck it itt letb dopol alas for peter peters brotherly macy ancy battered fluttered excited and nd eager to leave home fell promptly in to with the propos proposal A to depart for atlantic city an hour where she naively implied che she seemed to have bare an impression pres slon blat this attractive young man would marry her mercifully at this point kiat ve e paced between the clipped box tree beside emester door and were greeted rep rop tur aly fit at the door of the restaurant by ernesto himself I 1 bad had known this worthy genoe ever since my salary could afford him but bad yet to bear beer anyone ad dress him as clr nl thou though b bs tray gray hair halt bulk and stately official manera maners rendered his more than impressive me a decd ad naught co moyin a chaser and a he led us down lown tl U wide b ue nd tad white tiled hallway I 1 not t for tn tin days have yoa you licen lieen here I 1 cried I 1 enesto to me m with 0 most theatrical reproach pulling olt chain chairs at a table ju jan juit it inside tra door yoa you have bare forgotten 1 I never could do that I 1 wred red with simple truth I 1 but been go busy ive lest jast been crabbing grabbing and sand at the drus drug stores every day sly godt godl that fiercer arlea ernesto in fluent idiom truly shocked and nd he recommended frantically the i 1 days day special which neither nancy cur nor I 1 opposed opp ofed ai as it included duck chops at tet mus mushrooms brooms peas pens potatoes beani and spaghetti all an la in a secret formula cauce served en cn a myrtl cil bat but a blue plate still lots of busl business ress Is tood he t allied nit ted 11 1 I with I 1 bad had IV it glanced around the au room roomi be the aucta of t b contented patrona patrons seemed to coon dt t ernesto a implication oat h M W u facing being bankruptcy MY third floor door tenant lea aw tiro two week weeks ago I 1 can cotta nott rents the fiata flat be explained c d woo f s ar eliass as notta at place to 11 live iray way don downtown town I 1 uv uve the amax I 1 loi ithen buths the subway r izu cite alto place bristled ernosto nue W cheap flat out olie alto fum iture also ana quiet at night tight I 1 wait what it garnet I 1 avA alsed people are just silly AL and maybe let it a little too boon soon to expect amt to not root the tm flat lour your luck lack will turn saw pie a artlette brug and moved off oft to greet sov ow BOW new ral naney 7 leaned OTT over tm table toward me ML 1 I wat to ask jour your edvice she hf an toun ceil itter peter youre the mott molt young domn be he knows thank yoo that make makes A ed art fed so 0 o bice wee and fafel absorbed la in a cew new idea nancy coh to lean mer the table and so 0 o lils misled a two seand that dished past ou on the louitt loutit fd teil the big hall ball window tho the egure of a young urn tan suddenly turned the corner comer of the landina leaped leard to ulu ball hall posed effectively an instant back toward me before a ions long mirror near the staircase then satisfied flashed past the ball door the front door slammed illi 1113 tie 1 ored cap had bem been low oa on his hl fact be wore a loud vaguely familiar faial lIar tull sult tills this ii Is what I 1 want to alk at yoa you about nancy wis saying ayin eaverly ea en cerly terly do you thick it would be all rubt if f peter and I 1 should take that flat tat upstairs could yoa you and I 1 look at it mer lunch do yoa you think it would be nil all 1 U I by I 1 so go it you and peter want a hat but why because He cause malfida insulted me we to about taj toy elopement that I 1 simply wont wout stay home neither will peter weve left and we haven anywhere to cu ga not even and weve always lived downtown and like it and I 1 love to keep bom louse and ani I 1 dont fee ive why I 1 should be done out of ever thing just because oh I 1 neier AnIs finished hedi I 1 perceived that I 1 was now la in for the conclusion of this distress distressing Ins child childs s tin insular ular romance brandon Dr andon came to the bouse house te to about half an hour to get my suit case proceeded nancy systematically while everybody was still out it was picked standing by the hall ball hat rack he lie waited then there while I 1 dashed in 1 for my things I 1 expected him quite so won spon 1 I came ri ht down agila but be he wai was already holding the door open with 0 the I 1 e a ditc as ie e in one band hand and bis wo 0 own wn g to 1 the other we got the train all oil rl hl As we wee we vie e setting getting into trenton chere it stopped he be tug u rested solas going into the diner to set pt some tea ten he said if id rd go 50 in first arst and mp a table hed come right alons along raer hed moved things to a better seat that wae vas just wad belo vacated but I 1 bad had to come right wet b jck for the diner was full I 1 met blai just as he was starting forward lit bifi our baga bag and goodness be he was wits cross I 1 11 I 1 thought lie roust must be terribly hungry and didat fay say anything adl at philadelphia we had to change trains for atlantic city and wait a few minutes for the connection ile said why dont you go buy boy thoe picture postal I 1 had if NI 1 grabbed away way my Suit talis and hit him hard HAW sending some home to tell i or ar newa u po vo I 1 rent over to the minme stand and ana turned around to look at lila him and lie he WM rating toward the door with our two bats r IN hat did you too der I 1 inquire it at last In interested teresta 1 I ran faster fater another vay way and got ot to the door first and yes my dcarr dearr I 1 1 1 I grabbed away my wn aim olt cue and end bit bim hapl nancy caid said I 1 in congratulatory acnes thed shed no over your ent erst while friend mr tower I 1 think yon you did a good job bim saturday Sa 11 |