Show E x tt ft 9 t i r c w ww wt It ci n T w q r i sr u P t f t tI c t tt t I 1 r r 4 Jor t 1 r t a f l I r rt t 1 f I 1 v v T SE S SEEMS E ES rs a pity pil it should d go o to the th the d do gs iS said Id he As J a n matter of fact a t L I think t it was cats said I II I If uc we married to secure it it h would be the same salUe as if it went to both forI for foi forwe I we should lead a life together Together But we wc would say sa Goodby very pleased to have met you yO at the thc church door Do you Jou mean that Cynthia Would you OU agree I Agree I echoed him liim again I 1 should insist 1 i Well shall we e make the e experiment and keep thed the money from going to d Slightly inferior if less mercenary animals Y ces cesI f I I think it would be wise And so o we were engaged my cousin Dick 1 i and I This sounds like Jike a story but there ther was more sense A j I in the arrangement from front a col point of view t than appears without explanation The way of it il was 1 this Ibis I 1 had lived with Uncle ever eer since since my beautiful American mother his widowed died r 1 and mid left me to him as a legacy the only one she had hadt t to leave Dick was the thc son of a mere whom poor Uncle had cordially detested But the boy had been named after him and besides must inherit the baronetcy When rhen he was twelve he had been sent down on a visit and had scored more of a success with Uncle than with me Dick was the only Thanet left he had done well weH in the Army Arm and Uncle was proud of ol him hint he considered it only fair if Dick were senst sensible sensible i ble tile that he should have the wherewithal to keep up the title We V had preserved an m air of mystery concerning four our intentions which was the easier to lo do as we were t both bolh orphans and had no near relatives es j jYe We Ye rc were married in Guildford near which t wn Uncle and I had lived Hed I had been fond of the old place Hidden Court but it had become Dicks and I 1 never wanted to sec see it again Hc He intended to give up I p the Army in obedience to Uncles desire expressed m I Ithe in inthe the will and become a landed country gentleman 41 I think him cut out for the part but that was wasI I not my business I went straight to London Loudon where I had engaged rooms for Lady and her newly acquired maid 1 laughed as I asked myself whether there had ever ver been such a honeymoon as mine My Mr days glided by in a blissful delirium of shopping buying such things 1 as 3 I had always dreamed of and never had In the evening I 1 usually had a box at the theater alone and it did not annoy me that many opera glasses were turned my way wa for I wore charming frocks Josephine dressed cd my hair to perfection and I was as doing nothing I Ito to be ashamed of Oh there is a great deal to be said for a honeymoon such as mine spent alone I It I t was married in June and late in itt July I went vent ent to Homburg It was luck Iud for me that th Uncle Uncles s will had I should have forbidden any one to wear mourning or lost much mach innocent pleasure in changing the color of my costume every day da From Homburg I went to lo for the rest of August and part of September then on to lo the Ital Italian tal ian Lakes and at Ca my real r 1 adventures began be bc began gan san I had hd flirted a little in a mild way of course but on the thc boat boal going to from Como there ther was an Italian There were others lots of them no doubt but this man I 1 felt sure the moment nt I set I eyes on him must be a prince He looked just as all princes ought to look and seldom do hut but as no one vho who is not a prince possibly can at least that was my comment on first sight of him himI I r saw aw his luggage easily easil identified as his valet aler guarded it and mid it was vas marked for which h ch was disappointing for he was one of the handsomest as well as most distinguished men I 1 had ever seen J 1 lie Ie Ie seemed to like my looks too for he stared as much muchas as politeness allowed and towards the end encl of the lake Jake journey my 01 heart hearl beat fast when wh n Josephine whis whispered whispered to me mc She said that there was a 1 Prince on board I tad had not deceived cd myself m eH that he wa waS deeply interested in that thal his valet had been asking questions and on discovering di that I J was going to io I the prince had changed his mind de deciding eiding to go there also a o Exactly how the prince and I got to know each ech other I cant remember with any distinctness I rather rathe think he picked up something which I dropped I on the balcony of the Bellevue and asked if it were mine I think chink also that it was ons the evening craning of our arrival There were not many young or desirable men inen at the hotel so the princes attentions to me ex excited excited excited cited notice and no doubt envy emy 1 had never known known know an n Italian before This ones ardent impulsiveness as me mc after the reserve resene of Englishmen and the stolidity of Germans I hardly knew what to make of him aim hut but I was interested and flattered and when we had aad had ten days of each others society to my m dis dismay dismay dismay may he proposed It was moonlight and he fell on his knees I pulled him him up as quickly as I could with the news that I had a husband I will not believe you cruel angel you say that to try me I the prince stammered Your timid maid told my myman myman myman man that you ou were a widow Josephine knows nothing of my affairs I said stiffly I had got her in London and breathed no hint that I had been married the day dilY before Sir Richard my husband is in England Then he deserves to be punished for allowing a divine creature like you to run about the world alone breaking mens s hearts I am sure he is unworthy Divorce Di Divorce vorce orce him and marry marr y me I will make you happy and a princess Im well enough satisfied to be Lady Lidy Thanet thank you Sou I retorted beginning to lo wonder if Italian ardor were not after all a little trying This was only the first chapter chapler of the hateful ad adventure venture which began so romantically The man was wS wasa a prince but no gentleman for he lie persisted in fol following following lowing Joing me It became a persecution I 1 could not es escape escape eso cape go o where I might n nit hL Of or course I might have returned to England but Uncle had never encouraged me to make intimate friends and md there was no one to lo whom I wished to go goor golf gor or lf who wished to have hac me in America my mothers r r 4 land Jand Having Haing eaten my Christmas dinner in Rome RJ with Prince looking unutterable things as he hest hex x sat sal at a table opposite op mine I did not know where to tot t flee next until I heard hercl that some English acquaint acquaintances ances a mother and two daughters were staying at lt Monte Montc Carlo and would be glad to sec see me They he y yn n were dull but dependable and I 1 wired that I would wo ld r join them I traveled without stopping but reached t Monte Montc Carlo Carto only just jUlit in time to lo find my m tf wall crumbling into ruin Mrs BrookeSmith ith had h re rc received a telegram that Mr I r BrookeSmith had influenza enza mza in lit London and to London Lon on she site was JS departing with her daughters dal They The were extremely extreme sorry but it be helped 1 I would find my m rooms very nice lt and from all accounts I t much mind being heing alone L Three days da 5 passed a longer interval by b twenty k lour hours than han usually elapsed before the boom of y r the cannon I began to hope that by b some marvelous good luck I had contrived tp to to cover my tracks f with unaccustomed skill My f ry spirits revived I made friends with some delightful Americans at the lY hotel to whom I T dropped a il word ord or two now dory and aud oc that th lJ as a ii it by b chance about my husband hus and of i of My new nett friends friends took took too i me mc to the Casino and the husband hus husband husband band of one of them taught me an system at roulette I was amused and one evening after din dinner dinner ner ncr when my friends were engaged for the opera I 1 ventured from my hotel to the Casino alone Llone The tables were crowded and people were standing round ahem five deep I found a place and was just wondering how I could manage to put a louis Jouis on seventeen which was my lucky number when a voice voice spoke poke at my shoulder shoulder sho lder It was the voice of the prince Never since Since our great scene at bia had he lie got near enough to whisper in my car ear but now he was so close that I could feel his breath on my hair Dear angel I have found you again he said I have been so long on the way because I have waited nailed for letters in in answer to inquiries I have hae made I 1 know now all aU you would not tell me mc Your husband left you at the church door Your marriage is no mar marriage marriage It can be dissolved it must be dissolved I Ikno kno know no matter what cold airs you may assume now when you arc are afraid of being compromised that at heart you yon care for Of me I could see sec it at Never N ever can I 1 forget those happy days when you ou were your jour our sweet natural self sel Leave me I answered in the same tone ton of voice voice but with my cars burning bunting If you jOU dont I 1 must call some one to put you out You dare not I know your our horror of scenes And Your face looks as if like to add for the first time Never mind i my nl face Youve certainly been ex extremely eXtremely imprudent ent but J I dont want to scold you yom Per Pcr Perhaps Perhaps haps I the right What I must do is to suggest a remedy if one can be found You say youve told other people besides that fellow that you expected your husband Not exactly expected Even a is better than being gossiped about perhaps Well Vell here I am I 1 assure you OU Id no more m more rc idea of finding you than you ou had of seeing me But everybody comes to Monte Carlo I 1 arrived only this evening and took rooms at the Hermitage Indeed l J Herds Heres either cither a complication or a solving of the puzzle As you say youve youe had enough of gossip and Ive had enough of it also for my wife Your wife Well I suppose I am You are arc And youve ou oue ve just claimed me as your husband hus husband husband band As I was going on to say things being as they are arc we cant very vcr well continue to stop in the same hotel and act like strangers we act like cousins cousins Theres no such happy medium Either you must go 10 back to England at once and I must leave Monte fonte MonteCarlo MonteCarlo Carlo at the same time or else we must stop on here as husband and wife What do you OU mean i DEAR DEAR ANGEL ANCEL HAVE RAVE FOUND POUND YOU AT LAST HE SAID LEna LEAKING OVERBUY oVEn lf SHOULDER if you try to go to your our hotel I will follow I will iII not let you OU out of my sight You sott must be mad ma as is well as a coward I 1 exclaimed If only my m husband were here h re I I hoping he will come coma corne in in now any an minute and an when he does docs At that instant as I made a pretense of glancing ex expectantly expectantly expectantly round my eyes caught Dicks He Hc was standing on the opposite side of the table looking at mc me He lie recognized that I r was in trouble and before I r could have counted ten he had crossed the room and I was holding out a convulsively friendly hand Oh Dick dear I am so glad youve oue come come in at t last I l I sighed I have hae been expecting you for ages I was delayed he tactfully answered earning my gratitude by rising to the he situation lie stared haughtily at the Italian whom he must have sec se i talking over my shoulder and I blessed the pride and conceit t with which I had once found open fault If youre oure ready now my child well go goBy goBy By Bv my 10 husbands side I swept past the prince prince who fell feU back a few steps pale as ashes I did not look at him and we W vc went out together Dick and I In the atrium I panted with the th weakness of reaction reaction tion lion in my m knees Dont trouble to get set your coat and hat for my sake I T said My hotel is quite close dose Im stopping slopping at the Hermitage Ui I shall certainly not you to So go to it alone in Ii the circumstances to which you OU refer replied Dick with a grim smile You must really allow me to take you ou there Cynthia I was in a mood to lo be easily quelled duelled There are arc areSO some SO sonic things thin I should like to explain to you I stam stammered stammered But you sec at the hotel Shall we have hac supper together at al Ciros Ciro s then I cat That Thal prevent me from ordering something I suppose you ou think Im good at acting said I IVery IVery IVery Very well well welt have a table and talk talkA talkA talkA A few minutes later we were in a more or less retired re rc retired tired of the r restaurant As in the crisis of my despair I 1 had called Dick dear Dick Diek I thought I owed it to myself to explain everything and I did so with and working slowly up to lo loMonte toMonte toMonte Monte Carlo Culo Of or course Id no idea you OU were really here I finished But when I saw you ou as if by b magic I resist No excuses are arc necessary You did exactly the lie right thing II I must tell the manager of the hotel that my m rooms were j I by mistake and I must have a suite ad adjoining adjoining adjoining joining that of my wife who has been awaiting my arrival We Ve re need have nothing to do with each other in private but in ij public we must go everywhere to together together together gether This must continue until I 1 can engage for you youa ou oua a respectable elderly dragon capable c of frightening ad adventurers adventurers away and shielding you YOli from scandal if youre determined to lo spend your life wandering about the Continent Thus it was settled What Dick said to the manager managerI I never learned for I took pains not to be present at atthe atthe atthe the interview but half an hour lIter I to the hotel I heard sounds of luggage being be inS moved moed into to a room next neat to lo mine Presently a polite person knocked and proposed removing a wardrobe which covered the thedoor thedoor door between the rooms of Monsieur and Madame I Iwas Iwas Iwas was about to forbid this thus with haughty astonishment at atthe atthe the suggestion when I J caught sight of Dick standing behind the man in the corridor shaking his head Then for the second time lime that night eight that Dick and I were really really husband and wife wiCe When the polite person had gone leaving the door of communication wide open Dick appeared on the threshold and gravely handed me the key k y Good night we said simultaneously Next morning we met outside my door in inn the corridor I 1 fancy he must have been waiting I had put ou on a new white while frock and he looked the cleanest best fellow imaginable in his gray flannels and light waistcoat I thought we wc ought to lo go down together he said Wc Vc re did so and met the Americans I liked in the big hall haJJ Of course I introduced them It seemed very odd to say my husband quite seriously I 1 caught Dicks eyes and they the twinkled t It was all I could do doto doto doto to keep from breaking into a giggle What fiat arc are you ou going to do today toda asked Mrs Irs Rowan She was about five fie years ears older than I chic and gracious but not nol as pretty as her sister Miss liss Everett who was about my m age My r husband has suggested going soing to La Turbid Turbic this morning exploring the old town and lunching at that jolly joll restaurant up lip there Lord Northlands will be with us How Ilow nice if ii you and Sir Richard would join the party 1 I At least it would relieve the situation to have a set settled tIed program for Dick and I 1 knew neither what to do with ourselves nor each other Lord Northlands I was a 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