Show braot yra 4 OT ai R 0 I 1 dij F PHI copyright hy LEBROWN LITT and CO AND THEN WHAT SYNOPSIS fleeing from row a bru brutal tul stepfather an unhappy home and a proposed husband she ho detests myrelle Myr young french girl stands in a country road on the verge 0 of desperation halted by an exploded tire two young young englishmen lord gerald dombey and christopher dent bent are attracted by the girls dla dis traded app appearance earan co she begs I 1 them hem to take taka her away from her misery in a spirit 0 of adventure they do so conveying her to Montt parlo and leaving her with friends myrille speaks english her mother having been an educated woman gerald sees a beautt beautiful ful young woman in the gambling rooms rooms and Is fasci bated bu but t can only learn that the she it 1 called pauline do de and li Is with her aunt ile he Is unable to secure an introduction CHAPTER ill III continued 4 then why doa id they look nt at me so strangely she persisted sted it must be because I 1 have no toilette no hat my shoes arc ugly indeed monsieur itis it Is no place for me inc here alere are frien friends ds of yours coining I 1 nin arn sure the beautifully dressed young lady who looks at me so curiously it Is geralds father and sister lie he whis whimpered perea silo sho was suddenly very white and frightened christopher rose to I 1 hh I 1 I 1 feet lady mary nodded n little coldly ord ne acknowledged its his greeting erecting with some surprise Is your little pr I 1 suppose mary remarked looking at myrtile Mir tills this fri n myrtele Myr christopher as dented we ve are waiting for gerald now to decide what to do with tier her you wish to leave li home ome I 1 understand mary mari asked turning to the girl who had risen to tier her feet 1 I will ivill never return there replied no not even if monsieur gerald himself commanded me to I 1 would soofieh sooner throw chrow my myself self into the sen bea that a little extreme her questioner rejoined coldly tile the misery I 1 should have to face if I 1 returned would also be extreme myrelle declared 1 fam I am hoping to find tome work here that should not be difficult mary observed and they passed on mary with it i nod to christopher which locked much of its usual cordiality myrelle looked after them and there was trouble in tier her face they do not like nie me site she said they do not think that I 1 ought to be here bere avith you they ore are right of course I 1 am just a little peasant gi girl rl in peasant clothes let us go were in vain she turned tina and walked away and he was obliged to follow just ns as they wore were leaving leading the promenade bo however wever they fame came face to face with gerald issuing from the hotel ile he gave gao a n little start as ke he recognized myrtile Myr except for a careless thought when lit had first awakened lie he had forgotten nil all about hy it was characteristic act of him however to believe behave during the next few minutes as though he had find been thinking of no one else so Cirl christopher stopher lias has been stealing n march en cn me I 1 lie he exl exclaimed almed ains lie he shown you nil all the sights myrelle Myr 1 I waited a long time for you she replied we have been sitting on the terrace and hns ns been a little trou brou christopher said she la going back to tier her rooms to hide because cause of tier lier clothes clothes gerald repeated why of course she must have clothes wn we ought to have thought of that when we bro brought light her away but monsieur she began timidly even the clothes which I 1 have at home boine my communion gown gerald airm come along lie invited we will transform you we will go to lenores lenorea madame lenore Is a great pal of mane myrelle Myr you shall have clothes fit for a ductless duchess then they would not be fit for me myrille objected doubtfully IN nori nor ort or I T should think christopher added would they help tier her to obtain it a situation gerald however would listen to un no lie ile ushered them into a quiet but loolen looking little establishment only a few doors from the hotel do de parts A frenchwoman dark and attractive come came forward to welcome them all ah monsieur jr mi milord lordt I 1 she exclaimed it Is good to see you again 1 her fler ladyship was here only three ahree days daya ego ago I 1 venturo ventured C nek ask it if you were to be expected ss offida madame me gerald declared 1 I nm am here on business we have with us a princess the jhc princess A princes 1 madame madama refea tat with a wondering glance at tha girl i in bat ut clothes gerald explained explain edL that Is your part we aye hand tier her over to you ou dress her madame we will return in nn in hour Al adames eyes sparkled she looked at myrelle appraisingly mademoiselle will mill be worth dressing site she assured them joyfully return as you say in an hour milord and I 1 can prot promise Alse that mademoiselle shall be all that you desire christopher for the first tinie time intervened look here gerald he said 1 I dont think that youa boti are giving nia ma aroe quite the right idea in what respect mademoiselle Is the daughter of 0 working folk christopher explained she requires clothes of good quality if you will but clothes in which she can seek a situation that Is so la Is it not myrelle Mir Myr the girls eyes were fixed anxiously upon gerald 1 I should like to have what monsieur dirand gerald would wish me to have she replied mademoiselle has a figure so fashionable io lo madame lenore murmured so slim yet so elegant and an expression altogether I 1 have some frocks only this morning arrived from parts paris in which silo she would seem a dream we to do not mademoiselle to become a dream christopher said stoutly we have the charge of tier lier for a short time only and the sort of toilette which you have in your mind I 1 third think madame lenore would be highly unsuitable A am tit I 1 not right gerald oh I 1 suppose so tho the young man agreed id rather like to see tier in one of madame lenores Lc nores creat creations lons though milord flord and monsieur 1 I madame said leave it to me Iett Irn in an hour there shall be two costumes ready you shall take your choice it if mademoiselle will have the goodness to step this way the two young men wandered out they made their way back to the terrace where eliere lord walked watker for a time leaning on geralds arm mary drew christopher to one side so that Is your little sho remarked f that Is she christopher admitted arul 6 1 I 1 do not wish to seem a prude mary continued or anything else disagreeable but do you really think that you are doing the right thing christopher in sitting about on the terrace with a peasant girl dressed dreisel er cr according ta to her position the whole escapade I 1 think Is ridiculous I 1 am not so aso surprised at gerald but I 1 am surprised at you christopher was conscious of come irritation lie ile liked and admired lady mary but it seemed to him that tier her attitude was a little unsympathetic 1 I can quite understand the whole incident seem ingi Ill advised he admitted but looking back at it I 1 honestly cannot see what else wo we could have done you could have left the girl where site she was mary insisted christopher shook ills his head you see tier her lie he replied no u one could have left her no actress could haye have simulated OW llie horror we saw shining out of tier her face I 1 dont think that I 1 should ever have thought of bringing lier her away it was gerald who lid did that but I 1 think that he was right find and isho ld never consent to sending tier her back unless she were willing to go and exactly what do you two wo young men propose to to do with her then mary alary inquired it Is not you I 1 nm am so much afraid of it Is gerald but you dont believe he began 1 I believe that geralds intentions Intent luns are always good site she interrupted he to la capable even of idealism on oil the 0 other tier I 1 hand he Is fatally weak espell especially where women are concerned I 1 fancy fance she went on you will ind find that you hare bare assumed a dual responsibility and I 1 fancy too that some lay day you will be sorry for it gerald lina fins the spirit of the er in his blood if the girl attracts him sufficiently you at any and probably lie he will be sorry you did not leave her to tier her village layor you have described gerald correctly when you called him film 1 philanderer admitted 1 input I put myself in court and on it ats is behalf I 1 plead guilty to the charge on oil the other hand band I 1 have greater faith in his him kindness of heart and his fili sense of honor hanor than you setin beom set in to have this child Is helpless and innocent for reason I 1 believe that sho she will be as safe with gerald na as with nie me lady mory mary sighed the look of trouble still lingered in tier her eyes 1 I hope here that you may be right the khe said bald 1 I am not a superstitious person but I 1 haye have same borne sort of foreboding about that abat child I 1 eel that j she Is going to brinig tro trouble somehow or othir chapter IV it Is a fact pint stint when the two young inin inen entered reentered re the of madline mad line lenore they alioth dallal utterly to recognize tile the girl bill who was vas standing in ft distant corner talking to the proprietress it was vuis not until bhe detached herself and ca annie me hesitatingly ta up tip to them thill chrtt aney realized with varying sensations who she wits was gerald laughed with pleasure and hold out both ills his litin linnis ds admiration was tempered with a ver ier min amount of distinct tion well alint does milord think madame demanded sly illy congratulations tons I 1 gerald replied enthusiastically my dear myr mr tile I 1 wonder it if you ou realize how charming you are the girl looked shyly up at gerald tier her face ace aft and eloquent with pleasure site she was clad in a fine white serge costume trimmed with silver brnad abrald her luce lace blouse wits was delicately filleul 0 and lid transparent life cut of tier her skirt as scanty as the last word from garlt lintl had decreed tier her white silk stockings tind ami suede shoes procured fro from in n neighboring establishment P are irre proa chable her largo large lint a gasn confection of tullo tulle and lace ince of tile charm charin of tier lier appearance tharo could be no possible question but in exact proportion with alth geralds hat seemed to grow gron 1 I do not your our clothes ron ina daroe time or your taste lie said but wo we have glien given you ou the wrong idea mademoiselle ts Is in fit search of a situation site she Is a working vork ln girl for whose future as a working girl my iny friend and n ild I 1 are arc anxious to provide those clothes tire arc entirely unsuitable look here chris cliris i gerald interrupted later youre taking tills this thing thin i too or louly we know very ery well veil that lint rifle must he be found something to 0 do o later on but in the lie meantime silo ho may as well c have hae a little fun full cant you ou see sec tor for yourself liow how wonderful sho she Is site she will puzzle tiso lie whole of monte carlo for a week cek 1 I and after then Chrls christopher asked gerald turned impatiently away madame held let up tit a wonderful confection of white lace and this Is what I 1 figure to for mademoiselle 1 ilist evening frock fanck 11 she said tills and a I 1 hat t of black lace with mth a string of pearls willell I 1 could peri perhaps falis borrow borrow I 1 promise you ou that site she w would 0 uld make a sensation you do not dream of ills it Is not our wish that site she make 1 A sensation of this sort chirstopher persisted harshly 1 ly it appears to me ma that you ou both to provide the child lie ile dipped short geralds eyes were filled with sudden lire the girl was trembling youre taching like an ass christopher gerald declared tills this Is my itt affair TaIr 11 it Is 14 nothing of the lie sort christopher rejoined stubbornly it Is our affair I 1 claim an equal right in disposing of myrtile Mr and I 1 will not have haie her decked out in these cloth es what we need heed for her Is it a plain blue serge serga suit and a small hat chewill she will always alway look charming sho bile will always be attractive trac the but nothing in her future walk of life justifies our our arraying tier lier in clothes like these madame shrugged her shoulders more disparagingly than ever eer it Is as miford and monsieur do desire of course sherald she said sald 1 I fan can provide such garments as monsieur describes gerald looked at myrtile once more the admiration in his eyes cies this time at tiny any rate was absolutely genuine gentilee gentil ne 1 I cant see the harm in having tile tha child properly turned out for sa say one week he protested turning to christopher and at the end of that week what that I 1 there was a deadly directness about gaze gerald although there was no definitely formed thought ill ought of evil in his mind avoided it if you ou are proposing to marry Myrtl lOi christopher continued then the clones you ion have selected are suitable unless tou jou have ninde made up your our mind to do that I 1 beg that nin madaria dania will show us something different fun for a week for myrtile and her sponsors and a then what anyway myrtile la is charming U TO hilj W CONTINUED |