Show in RD BI u OPPE copyright by ti LITT LEBROWN and CO PAULINE SYNOPSIS fleeing fitting from brunol stepfather an unhappy home and a proposed husband she detests myrtile Myr young french girl eirl stands in a country roae roa on tie the verge of 0 desperation halted by an exploded tire two young englishmen lord gerald dombey and christopher bent are arc attracted by the girls distracted appearance she begs them to take her away from her misery in a spirit of 0 adventure they to do so conveying her to moore monte carlo and leaving tier her with friends myrille speaks english her mother having been an educated woman gerald sees it a be beautiful au ifal young woman in the garn gambling rooms and Is fascinated but can only learn that a she he pt it called pauline de and n d Is with her au aunt n t he I 1 li s unable to secure an in introduction t christopher and gerald decide myrille 1 shall not go back to her home lady mary geralds bister alster secretly in lovo love with christopher disapproves of tho the young mens guardianship of myrtile Myrt llo CHAPTER IV continued 5 there was a somewhat beetle silence for ev veral crol moments madame lenore could scarcely conceal tier her contempt for the crudeness ol of this puritanical Ingli sliman mirdle herself lier felt as though ii a dream of paradise were tad fad ing away gerald because he fie was good goof fellow enough at heart felt further insistence impossible ile he was wag quite content to drift into danger he was not casuist enough to evade a plain I 1 well I 1 suppose we shall have to let this disa disagreeable green ble fellow hane haie his way lie decla ed take tier her along madame and see what you can do you tou hear my friends idea plain blue serge buttoned up to tile throat cashmere N 6 stockings i and square toed shoes there will be a compromise 1 hiu adame dame declared firmly and for the rest little one do not trouble too much she whispered as she led myrtile awny away 1 I shall keep these clothes ilot lies just as they are until the other gentleman has made up tip his mind to beddle no longer come to me when you are ready I 1 can make you look so BO that milord will take notice of no aher woman eyes were swimming with tears I 1 ca ra iljas just for him that I 1 wanted to kt keep e ep these clothes she said 1 I anted him to take me out and to feel that I 1 looked like other girls As tor for monsieur christopher I 1 detest him I 1 in the llie showroom outside neither of the two young men was particularly disposed for conversation christopher felt a distinct return of his first apprehension concerning geralds attitude towards myrtile while gerald himself ans conscious of ft va vague gue sense of re sentiment tent senti ment nent nt at his friends interference the lie more poignant perhaps because of its wisdom anything in the nature of on no explanation between the two was rendered impossible by the of the roum room and the presence of the shop assistants so geraid contented lili with a cigarette while christopher studied a book lioon of fan blons presently myrtile came out to them once more the transformation was boltl ail amazing lazing but the blue serge costume was absolutely plain except for its thick edging of braid and tile the little tuque toque with its lark dark blue quill absolutely free from ornamentation yet it II seemed almost incredible that this graceful girl who came caine towards klicin a little shyly but with perfect self bobc scion should indeed be the peas aut child who had and been under their ure cure for rather less than twenty tour four baars boars mademoiselle Is transformed cadaine lt lanore nore declared she has natural elegance in the simplest clothes I 1 could give her she would still create an impression I 1 have lone done my best milord and monsieur I 1 trust that you are satisfied 1 I aro am going to take myrtile to ciros to lunch come along christopher said ald gerald chapter V the two women sat on the hie terrace of their wistaria covered villa madame tie ile confere hunched hun tied up in her chair smoking a cigarette through a long tube pauline tier her reputed niece tier coffee and cigarette alike neglected gazing fixedly seaward their immediate environment suggested at once a taste for luxury and the meins to gratify it tile linen lind silver tin on the little table nt at which they had il t lunched was of the finest possible quallie the former lace hice bordered unit lind adorned with a coronet A bowl of pink roses occupied the center of the ta taligi lilii the coffee hod been served in little cups of the finest devres chino china in the background a single servant ervant fc was standing dressed in plain black arery a gray eray balfred and with lined face but tall and of 0 powerful build ile he possessed to the lie full the immobility of feature of the trained L servant but their wa was s something entirety entirely foreign in his attitude and expression lie ile had tile air of one who neither saw nor no save at his mistress orders 1 I am weary of every everything here except the sun pauline declared deliberately libera tely the woman opposite knocked the ash from tier her cigarette hers was an aged and withered face but her black ees aies were still full of life and fire her long thin hand on which flashed several strangely set rings was suddenly extended toward the welting waiting servant without a word he bowed and disappeared one must wait madame de doniere declared tor what the girl asked lazily tile the older comans womans eyes glittered tor for a moment for what will surely come she declared the portents tire are all there the writing Is no longer upon the wall it blazes to the sky and meanwhile pauline murmured tile the sun shines my heart beats in tune to it and I 1 feel all the time the weariness of the days it Is the insurgence of youth the older woman vroman conceded indulgently 1 I suppose the greatest must feel it some day she thrust another cigarette into her tube and lit it inhaling with the long regular breaths of the confirmed smoker her delicata delicately ely sh shaped aped but talon like f ingers fingers were stained with nicotine zubin arrives this week she announced noun ced palline yawned dawned store more mysteries she murmured more false hopes more exaggerated H U I 1 L there will be a compromise madame declared firmly stories nothing good will come of cibit but the money he be brings unless by any chance ile he has news of stepan meanwhile dear madame I 1 bore myself I 1 rather wish that I 1 had been born an american tile woman showed no sign ot of anger yet somehow or other she seemed to diffuse an atmosphere of co contempt it Is perhaps a pity she admitted that you are descended from one of the greatest rulers the world has ever known it Is perhaps a pity give me something to rule over the girl declared and I 1 will be repentant the souls and liberties of a few million people or the hearts of a few men I 1 am twenty three years old and the sun Is warm and then there Is the music our one resource when there Is no money to gamble with ith what Is 19 the use of music madame to one who hies 11 es behind the bars it simply makes one pull at them a little harder I 1 am us as badly oft off as stepan himself who loves love tile me from behind the fortress walls sometimes I 1 ellb that I 1 were viere there with him 1 madame de reached for an h bory cry topped baick and rose to tier her feet almost as though by magic from here within the dim cool recedes of the room beyond tt the I 1 e gray haired manservant was by tier her side she leaned upon his arm we drive at four pauline she said eald afterwards ale e will watch the play at the club pauline shrugged ed her shoulders it was the same sallie yesterday afternoon oon and every day behind it would p probably be the same tomorrow she looked intently across the narrow gorge toward that other villa A two seared car had bad turned in from the road and was up the winding avenue she stretched out her hand for the held field glasses which lay PC on the table by her tilde the figure of the young man at the wheel was familiar to tier her pauline rose to her feet almost na as mysteriously ns as the manservant had appeared a few moments before a black robed mold hastened to toward ard her pauline shook her head th this Is afternoon I 1 to do not wish wih to rest she decided ded 1 I shall walk in the gardens pauline descent leil the stone step crossed the drive and plunged into a narrow darrow footpath which wound its way through a plantation of stunted but sweet smelling pine trees downward toward tile the sea the path wits was not an easy one and Paull paulines nes shoos shoes were scarcely designed for such an adventure atiat d tor for little miss bliss minette a 0 o ae 10 ax 4 f ii J group of hats hattte fo af it the curls curis or little bliss bobette of c he shorn locks A great many of it 11 biern are made of velvet but there e ether lire re some of suede velours silk and it t her fabrics Be besides silles these there e re as felt and velours hats bats ci lluhi lq tit and rich and very simply rimmed with ribbons I 1 little girls this ibis season have their awn w n styles in hats not copies or jagow hea declared d fr akly that seems to make your explanation a little insufficient does it not pauline remarked gerald settled down to business 1 I know that I 1 ought to have turned back he said but after all 11 it much more natural of me c to i come on I 1 have hare been trying ever since I 1 first saw you to get someone to introduce me we are after all na mg I 1 have just discovered to my great delight neighbors and this Is the riviera not berkeley square may I 1 tell you that my name Is gerald Doin dombey bey that my father and sister have the villa tip lip there and that from the moment I 1 saw you I 1 have been anxious to make your acquaintance she looked at him in silence for a moment halt half critically halt half thoughtfully there was nothing absolutely discouraging in her attitude and yet gerald somehow conceived the idea trial that this might not after all be so easy tin an affair as he had hoped are you used to enlarging your acquaintance in this his t manner she asked 1 I very seli seldom feel the desire to do so lie assured her ber dont be annoyed please I 1 arn am really quite a respectable spec table person I 1 will call upon your aunt it if she will give me permission for the first time pauline smiled it was rather a cold smile but the fact that it was a smile at all was encouraging 1 I fancy that you lind had better dismiss that suggestion from your mind altogether she said lly ily aunt does not receive here and she certainly would not welcome you as a caller why not gerald inquired a little perturbed because you are a young man routine pauline replied there are arc two things which my aunt dreads more than any thing thin else in life iffe a bad throat threat for herself and young men for in me e 1 I dont see how she can hope to keep young men away from you altogether gerald declared you dont mind my soa ing do you that you are the tile sort of girl whom young men would want to know her smile mile returned she even laughed slightly showing some very wonderful teeth really leally I you are a most singular person she observed ob sered do all youns young englishmen talk to casual acquaintances in this unrestrained fashion gerald was puzzled pauline wa not altogether falling into line with the conclusions he had arrived at concerning tier her pauline is evidently as attractive as she Is mysterious will gerald be able to break through her reserve TO BE CONTINUED |