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CHAPTER I.
I never quite knew how It was that
I took Vincent with nio, except that we
both needed a holiday at the sanio
time and the same kind of holiday ap
pealed to us both. Vincent's whole
name nnd tltlo Is Lord Wilfred Vin
cent, for he Is the younger son of the
old duke of Totten. Men of his own
ago call him "Freddy," but I call hint
Vincent or Wilfred, because I con
sider curtailed appellations undignified.
Vincent Is an artist that Is, ho calls
himself one; his friends call him "a
dabbler In art." He doesn't really go
In for It seriously, you know, but ho
did little sketches of cows and that
sort of thing rather well, I fancy. So
wo agreed that our aim was to find
a little, old village, far away from
London, and get rooms In some old
farmhouse. My idea wns that Vincent
would go out and paint the cows while
I would He In tho hammock and the
old lady would bring me buttermilk.
Wilfred had an Idea that he, too,
would like to spend a good bit of his
time In a hammock, but with this dif
ference, that tho old lady's beautiful
daughter was to bring him lemonade.
But I pointed out to him that tho
chlof reason that I was running away
from town was to get rid of the
debutantes, and therefore he'd havo to
leave tho fair ones out of our nlr castle.
Our plan was just to bask In Nature,
and we had six weeks to bask in. Tho
foreign offlco doesn't seem to require
much of Wilfred's time and he doesn't
do anything else except "dabble." Of
course, being a younger son, ho hasn't
a shilling of his own, but the old duke
makes him a comfortable allowance,
because ho dotes on Wilfred as much
as ho detests his eldest son, Edmund,
the heir to tho dukedom. So, when
Vincent complained of feeling "all run
down" it was easy for him to get six
weeks off, although, as I tell him, ho
has been getting "six weeks off" ever
slnco he left Oxford, two years ago.
He Isn't 24 yet.'
Nevertheless, Vincent Is ono of tho
best little chaps in the world. I don't
mean that he Is undersized, for. ho
stands six feet two in his stockings;
but Is so good naturcd, so Jolly and
amlablo nnd Btralght well Just natur
ally nice, don't you know that every
body Is "Just crazy about him," as tho
American girl I met last summer used
to say, and all tho men, young and old
alike, have gotten to calling him "lit
tle Vincent" or "Freddy" from his
Eton days, Just by way of endearment.
Of course, I'm much older than Vin
cent to bo more exactthere's a mat
ter of 12 or1 15 years between us but
I must say I can't help being drawn
to him. I've known him ever since he
was born, aud then, you see, we're
both Oxford men, belong to the same
clubB, and, of course, Terhuno Is as
old a name as Vincent, even it Ithnsn't
any handle to it, and, If I do say it,
there's never a dinner given In Lon
don town that Archibald Terhuno Is
not Invited. Rut, somehow, In this, my
tenth season, 1 became utterly weary
of tho limelight, the dinners, the balls,
the match-making mammas (for I am
an "eligible bachelor"), and, most of
all, tho debutantes, with their edu
cated smiles and cultivated stares. I
felt that I must flee from London to
escape, nnd thus, ns Vincent Is al
ways ready for a holiday, wo found
ourselves ono fine day well started on
our Jurney. Wo had taken the noon
train f&r Klngsbrldge, and changing
there wore to go on to Cuppstone,
which nn nrtlBt friend of Vlncent'B had
recommended to us as Just the place
wo woro looking for.
"Jolly la.tK this," said VIncont, after
we had been some time on our way;
"only hope Cuppstone and Darner's
farm will be what wo want. Graham
cracked It up to tho skies."
"That's tho trouble," I complained;
"when a thing's talked up too much
It's sure to disappoint one."
"Walt till you see It, old pessimist!"
said Vincent, with a cheerful grin.
"It's got cows which provldo butter
milk and art, nnd I've got some lem
ons In my grip for the lemonade. The
only thing that troubles me Is tho
landlady's beautiful daughter. I'm
afraid she'll be a minus quantity."
Then he put his feet across on my
side of the cnrrlago and lit a nasty,
smelly, old pipe. That's tho worst
of VIncont; he's so young ho doesn't
think how a thing llko that may get
on one's nerves, Hut I wouldn't hurt
his feelings for anything, and so I had
to let him smoke.
About three o'clock In tho after
noon,' when wo had left the comfort
able carriages of the main lino for
the ramshackle ones of the branch
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center of n big stretch of meadow
land. A few miles nwny we could see
the spires and roofs of a llttlo village,
and, what was more noticeable, a big
castle, that stood on higher ground
some distance above the town, but
not far from where the ttaln had
stopped. I asked the guard what the
trouble was, and ho told me that
something wns wrong with the engine
nnd it might be a couple of hours be
fore wo could go ahead.
Just as he finished his explanation
Vincent, who had been looking out of
the window with great Interest, sprang
to his feet and shook my shoulder ex
citedly. "Look there! Do you see
them?" he cried, pointing at tho beau
tiful meadows with their winding
stream aud gentle slopes.
"See what?" I demanded somewhat
testily, adjusting my glasses and sur
veying tho landscapo without perceiv
ing anything of unusual interest.
Hut Vincent, In a fovor of haste, was
kneeling and unstrnpplng his golf
clubs. "Hooray," ho cried, "Terhuno,
a golf course as I'm a slnnor. Come
on, we'll havo somo sport. Tho old
trnln'sduc to wait an hour, anyhow."
I looked again, and, euro enough, I
saw that at Intervals tho close-cropped
grass was dotted with llttlo red flags
like sparks of flro on a carpet of
green velvet. Vincent has many fadB,
but I think ho Is keener on golf than
anything else. I was disgusted with
him. "Vincent," I said with decision,
"this Is nonsense. You can wait till
wo get to Cuppstone to play golf. Gra
ham said there wero public links
there."
"Yes, and ho also said that It wbb
the rotteneBt course he ever played
over," said Vincent with somo heat.
"I made him admit It. And this one
Is a beauty. A prlvato one, I'll
wager. Look at that turf. It Is Just
like velvet, my dear fellow llko vel
vet," and ho swept a practiced oyo over
tho wide green slopes.
Now, I nm fond of tho game myself
within reason, nnd certainly tho pros
pect was inviting, for I was tired of
tho confinement of tho carriage and
Vincent was most persuasive. I knew
It was a foolish thing to do; tho train
might not stny so long as wo expected
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and wo might get left; and yet, as I
say, It Is hard to rofuso Vincent any
thing. I unwillingly permitted him to
get out my clubs.
"Whose links arc theso?" I aBlied
tho guard. "Do they belong to tho
castle?"
"Yesslr," replied the guard. "They
belong to Castlo Wyckhoff, the family
seat of Huron Wyckhoff. They're all
dead now, though, all 'cept the Honor
ablo Agatha, and she lives in the cas
tlo and owns all these acres, sir, all
you can see," and tho guard waved'
his hand grandiloquently toward tho
Imposing old pile on tho hlllsldo and
the green meadows stretching away
far below It.
"Sho must have money," I said, re
flectively. Vincent, meanwhile, was
hunting In his grip for an atrocious
red coat he wears when ho golfB.
"Money?" repeated tho guard.
"Money? Lor' bless you, Blr, sho 'as
millions an' millions. Her own fa
ther was Baron Wyckhoff, but 'o died
when 'Is darter were a llttlo thing. 'E
never 'ad a shilling, but 'or stepfather,
that married 'Baroness Wyckhoff two
years later, was H'amerlcnn and 'ad
more pounds than there is stones In
that castle, sir, an' nrter 'Is wife died
"o 'ad the place, built up again. .An'
now they're both dead, sir, and 'Is
stepdaughter, the Honorablo Agatha,
as 'or title Is, sir, Is heiress of all his
millions and er mother's estate."
"She ought to marry," I said, sttll
reflectively, and without any personal
meaning.
Tho guard smiled knowingly.
"There's many a one arter her, sir,"
ho said; "but they don't Beem to make
no progress agnlnst 'er stepfather's
will."
"Her stepfather's will?" I repeated,
with Interest. "Do you hear that,
Vincent?"
nut Vincent, his beloved coat at
last found, wns half out of the car
riage. "Come on," ho shouted, "we're
wasting time." And I, perforce, wns
obliged to follow him, although tho
guard'B story promised to be very In
teresting. After we had played the first holo
and I had won (I seldom win a holo
from Vincent, so I was In a good
humor) I told him what tho guard had
said. "So theso grounds belong to tho
Honorable Agatha," I concluded, "nnd
I havo curiosity enough to wish that
wo might behold' this mysterious Indy,"
But Vincent wasn't a bit excited;
vou can never depend upon him when
he's playlnp golf, "nosh"' he ?nld;
"I'd rather play on her links thnn eo
her. If h1r saw ns she might put im
off. I'll bet she's a crabbed old maid.
I'm surprised at you, Terhuno. with
your lomnntic notions. I thought you'd'
left all thnt suit of thing behind you In
London."
I felt myself reddening slightly,
though I know Vincent didn't moan
nnythlng, nnd was about to make some
retort when he diovo off unexpectedly,
and 1 Btoppcd In admiration of the
clean, fast shot he ninde. It Just,
cleared n natural bunker nud sped on
beyond.
At that Instant a dlmmlant mixture
of sound burst upon our onrs, as that
of a dog yelping and a vigorous scold
ing In n high but hveet feminine voice.
With one accord wo rushed up the
gentle rise, ..nil In the depression be
yond we behold ono of the handsomest,
girls I had ever seen in my life. She
was bending over a setter puppy and
scolding him. The dog's yelps had
subsided to a whimper nnd he wns
holding up one of his paws as if lie,
had been hurt. "1 told you not to
come, Rudolph," she was Baying, "and
I told you to keep out of tho way, and
I told you you'd get hurt If you didn't."
Ghe was a tall girl, but beautifully
proportioned, and wore no hat on her
mass of dark hair. When wo got near
er wo saw that her eyes were big nnd
black, her profile perfect, and her col
oring delightful.
Vincent capitulated at once nnd I
let him make his Impression first.
He's tho younger nnd It always seems
a shame not to give such a promising
boy n chance.
"I beg your pardon," ho said, ad
vancing nnd bnrlng his head, so that
tho gold In his brown hair caught the
sunlight, "but would you tell me If
theso nre private links nnd to whom
they belong? I fear wo are trespass
ing?" He snld this just oh If 1 hadn't
told him all about It.
The girl turned to him uncoitnlnly;
then bhc smiled n wide, jolly smile of
good fellowship. I knew she would
they all do that at Vincent.
"Was thnt your ball?" she said, not
heeding his question. "I'm very sorry.
It hit my dog."
Vincent was all concern In a mo
ment. "Whnt a shame," he said. "Did It
hurt him?" nnd ho knelt down to ex
amine the dog's pnw.
"Oh, no. Rudolph's all right." Bhe an
swered; "but it spoiled your drive, and
I'm sorry for thnt," and then she, too,
knelt on the grass bqsldo the dog.
I felt that It was time to Btep for
ward. "My dear young lady," I said
she couldn't have been more thnn 20,
bo I did not hesltato to address her
thus "My dear young lady, will you
please tell us whether wo are trespass
ing In using this court? To whom does
It belong?" You see, I had to pro
tend Ignorance to get more Informa
tion. I have mnny of tho Intuitions
that go to make up a great detective,
and I had n presentiment thnt this
girl was none other than tho Honor
able Agatha Wyckhoff herself.
(TO Un CONTINUED.)
"LEAVES THEIR TIME TO FALL."
"Mr. Dooley'o" Dicoune ai to the
Everlaitlng Foe.
"Th most pcr'lous Iv human occy
pations are usually th' lowest paid.
An' why is this so? Is It becauso
we'ro not afraid iv death? Faith, no.
but because wo don't know nnnythlng
about ,lt. We don't appreciate It. If
our simple minds cud grnspth' sub
jlck th' bravest man in th' wurruld
wud be found undher th' bed sobbing.
It's there but It Isn't there. It hap
pens to Iv'rybody but yo can't see It
happen to yo'ersllf. Yo walk briskly
up to It or maybe yo even run. Ye
nlver see It till It's too lato un' thin
'tis loo lato to recognize It. 'Tls ( no,
good runnln' away fr'm It. Manny a,
man dodgln' a throlloy car has been
run over be nn autymoblll. Ye hldo
fr'om th' lightning an' a mlckrako
lands ye, Yo avoid railroad trains
an' boats an' scratch yo'er thumb with
a enrpet tack an 'tis all over. Yo ex
pect It fr'm, wan sldo iv th Bthreet nn
It comes fr'm th' other. Yo think
thnt must bo It In th' block ahead an'
ye make up ye'er mind to walk slow
whin It steps up behind yo, slapB yo
on th' back an' says: 'Yo'ro wanted at
headquarters. Ye'd betthcr come along
peaceable.' To which, bavin no
further InthrcBt, ye mako no reply.
Tls thin f'r th' first tlmo yo'd hnvo an
undhorstandln' an' a fear lv death If
yo wero alive. But yo are dead." F.
P. Dunne, In the American Magazine
Dene-Hole In England,
A large group of tho singular exca
vations known as dene-holes was re
cently discovered in tho forest be
tween Woolwich and Erlth. Their po
sitions wero Indicated by cup-like de
pressions In tho ground. Two of tho
holes have been explored. Each pos
sesses a circular shaft about thrco
feet In diameter, with holes In tho
sides, apparently Intended for the sup
port of ladders. Tho holes run down
about 50 feet through earth, then pass
through four or five feet of chalk, and
expand Into caverns 18 feet In height.
Each envern has six chambers,
grouped radially round tho bottom of
tho central shaft. This Is tho ordinary
arrangement found In dene-holes,
which havo been thought by archeolo
gists to bo secret receptacles for tho
storage of grain used about tho tlmo
of tho Roman occupation of Britain,
or earlier.
The Elusive Thought,
A llttlo girl who wnB trying to toll
a friend how absent-minded her grand
father was, said: "Ho walks around
thinking about nothing, and when ho
remembers It ho then forgets that
what ho thought of was something
entirely different from what ho wanted
to remember,"
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8AVAGE FLINQ AT AUDIENCE.
Inebriated Orator Resented Disapprov
al of His Condition.
"Llko many n statesman of tho
past," said Senator lleverldgo, "ho
drank too much. And ono Fourth of
July morning, on n platform hung
with flags and flowers beforo tho
pourthoUse of a country town, facing
an audlcnco of farmers and their fam
ilies that had come from miles around,
tho statesman arose to deliver tho In
dependence day oration In a Bllghtly
intoxicated state.
"Ho was not Incapable of nn ora
tion, but his unstendy gait, his'flushed
face and disordered attiro spoko 111
of him, and the audience hissed.
"Ho held up his hand. They wero
silent. Then he laughed scornfully
and said:
" 'Ladles and gentlemen, when a
statesman of my prominence consents
to appear in such a little, one-horse
town as this, ho must be cither drunk
or crnzy. I prefer to bo considered an
Inebriate.' "Washington Stnr.
Pollteneit.
It was tho last day of the term In
ono of our public klndergartons. Tho
children wero all seated around tho ta
bles thoroughly enjoying tho treat of
lco cream which tho teacher always
provided on this occasion.
Glancing around the room at tho
beaming faces of the children, tho
klndergartner noticed ono child pick
up his plato and lick it.
Sho went up to him and said In a
low tone of voice: "Freddlo, put down
your pinto; It 1b not polite to pick It
up and lick: 'It.".
Fred obeyed nt once, quietly plac
ing his plato on tho table. Ho then
put his head-down to tho plato and
Ucked it
A Sensible Literary Chap.
"I'm not runnln' a ten-acre farm in
connection with tho literary business,"
says the Sweet Singer of southwest
Qeorgla, "and bo. tho outlook is moro
cheerful. I hopo to make enough cot
ton to havo my, poems published In a
book and enough corn to feed the fam
ily while I'm waltln' for tho public to
buy tho book. I also tako contracts
for tho digging of wells, and these lit
tle sldo Issues will enable mo to show
American literature Just what I can
do I " Atlanta Constitution.
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Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.
Good sturdy health helps ono a lot
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With tho loss of health one's income
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When a young lady haB to make her
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"I am alono in tho world," writes
a Chicago girl, "dependent on my own
efforts for my living. I nm a clerk, and
nbout two years ngo through close ap
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houso diet, I becarao a nervous In
valid, nnd got bo bad off it was almost
Imposslblo for mo to stay in tho olllce
a half day at a time.
"A friend suggested to mo tho idea
of trying Grape-Nuts, which I did,
making this food a largo part of at
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"Today I am freo from braln-tlro,
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brain. nnd body. To Grape-Nuts I owo
tho recovery of my health, and tho
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