Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress

varied, called on a certain Miss Purry the very nex

Purry, passing a clammy wedge of a hand to Johnny, who felt the ch

ed smile remained, but it was not the same. "I came to see you ab

ry shook

thout a very specific knowledge of its future." And

stifled a

orrow. "Miss Purry is the last of the fine old families to keep alive the traditions of

der Mr. Russel from saying it. Nearly all of my neighbors tried to buy the rivervi

but it was there; and her reminiscent satisfaction was so c

However, the new-comers are benefited by Miss Purry's resolve-particularly Mrs. Slosher. The Sloshers are just on the other side of the drive fr

Purry's eyes dee

roperty," she stated with painful repression. "The present Mrs. Slosher is a pretty doll, an

s, he somehow divined that William G. Slosher's

ou intend to build there-" she sugg

ment-house in mi

nd very high, no doubt," sh

y assured her. "It would be expensive-no suite less than

the matter," sh

Johnny, whose mind had been fi

ntly; "I've been holding it at two hundred thous

decided Johnny. "Can't we

oon at three," sh

eant to-morrow af

r a twenty-four-hour option?

any way," she declared. "T

Johnny as they drove by. "By George, the apartment

illing to sell," replied Val. "Wha

quarter. They'll go scouting among the listed properties first-and they m

e final committee meeting of the Babies' Fund Fair, but Consta

she greeted him. "I want to show

fortune, as she led the way into the library; and his eyes furthe

dollars an hour for two hundred working hours, beginni

interest. It was ruled into tiny squa

we're through," he said, ad

ed, smiling to herself at his u

have to paste a five-thousand-dolla

e had done it, as she glanced at the record which she had herself set down. "I have

pays me up to next Tuesday, May second, at two o'clock. This is

"That isn't loafing time;

intended to ask her to marry him; and it was pleasant to have her, all unawa

owever. "I notice that none of these Sundays or Saturday afternoons have money in them. According

htly, "May thirtieth is Decoration Day; an

repeated, per

e the date to suit. You know you said you weren't goin

fall," he answered, laughing; then suddenly a dazzling l

nce blushed furiously. "I had intended to give a

he emphatica

he had on tight shoes. He had once made a fatal error before Aunt Patti

though American-born, was a second cousin of Lord Yawpingham. Johnny and

ley came, and everybody b

your newest speculation driving down the A

eculation like th

scandal," decid

al," laughed Constance with a

ort, "but it promises well. Johnny and I called upon a wealthy spinster,

imitated Miss Purry's languishing air so perfectly that Aunt Pattie and Gresham

od," opined Gresham lightly. "Were you trying t

rest which Constance noted, and she turned to Johnny with a quick little

mittee came trooping by twos and threes,-a bright, busy,

ing and Sammy Chirp, and by the fluffy little orphan whom

ay. I stopped at Loring's office to do it, and I'm so proud I'm cross-eyed. Sist

irp, laden with her sun-hat and parasol and fan, her vanity box and lace hand-bag, took her out into the gardens, and the proceedings began as they usually did when Polly Parso

-house," she informed him. "I wish to have a tete-a

ct whatsoever," laughed Loring. "I suppose it's

of the one for fifty thousand dollars which was attempted to be la

It is of the same sort as the

"Fraudulent, proba

ing. "Trouble is, nobody can lo

e been destroyed,

ing to do; but, through some curious psychology which I can n

on?" asked Constance abrup

Loring promptly, looking

ce, now, attachments have been served on Mr. Gamble when the news o

ittle summer-house occupied by Sammy and Winnie, and the low

y sweet verses about my hair. 'The regal color of the flaming sun', she called it. She's dreadfully romantic; but the poor child's afraid she will never have a chance on account of her snub nose. We thought her nose was cute though. Miss Grazie, our professor of ancient history, said my nose was of the most perfect Greek profile she had ever seen-just like that on the features of Clytie, and with just as delicately formed nostrils. We set the funniest trap for her once. Somebody always told the principal when we were going to sneak our fudge nights, and we suspected i

ered Sammy smiling feebly into the eyes of Winnie and

nce. "That lovely little cha

" chuckled Lorin

ance. "Here comes the chairman

part of his scheme of life to be left in charge of his friends, had come in

rfield Bank?" Constance asked Gres

" he replied after careful consideration

g a small account there. Mr. Gamble transferred his funds to that bank to-day-and if he can trust them wit

again Loring turned

didn't know he had opened an account

laughed. "I told a