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OR, IN THE WIRELESS HOUSE

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HE chief trouble with “Micky” Fitz, as he was called, was that the women all fell in love with him. And as he was generally a totally unconscious factor in the proceeding, he can hardly be held responsible, although it can not be denied that he was usually receptive and on occasion even provocative, for he was a sailor-man—of a sort—and English, in spite of his name.

This, however, did not prevent his utter disgrace and prompt banishment from his uncle’s vicarage when he and the Hon. Evelyn Arabella Farquhar were caught by the head gardener kissing in the lilac arbor, and the matter