The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-29

in the thought of how instantly she had
seen through Mrs. Valery's absurd stor,,
which she concluded had been told hel
in case by any mischance she should
come to meet her own husband.
No one was in the coffee room. l.
was an hour at which meals were moi
wanted. So much the better, thought
Lady Lynx. She went TO an armchair
in an obscure corner of the room, an rs
tablished herself, providing herself with
newspaper with which to screen her
face. She was now prepared to wait for
what time might bring forth.
Meantime Mrs, Valery had put on er
bonnet and driven down to the same
place in her little brougham. A very
short time after Lady Lynx had settled
herself in the cotfee-room Mrs Valery
walked into the hotel, and inquired
whether Count of an unpronounceable
name had arrived. After considerable
consultation and much mental effort the
waiter Informed her that foreign gen.
tleman, whose name was like a sneez.,
certainly had come to the hotel, taken a
room, and gone TO it. But he bad not
said he expected lady to see him, for
the very good reason that he could speak
10 language but his own, which no one
in The hotel TN lerstood.
80, nonsense! be speaks French, said
Mrs. Valery, with a laugh. However,
he expects me to interpret for him. 1
will write him line on this card, if You
will take it up to him. 1 will wait in the
coffee room and when he comes down
show him in there"
Mrs. Valery wrote line in Russian
beneath her name, and then gave the
card to the waiter. 1t was sent up stairs
aud she was shown into the coffee-room.
She went in and stood still few mo-
ments; then began to walk to and fro
rather restlessly, her eyes on the ground
She was little nervous about this meet
ing with "A man she had never seen. 1;
would be qnite easy il he We're nice; il
he were not, it would be horrid. Sne
thought to herself, as she waited, that il
one of her dearest friends had not asked
her to do this, she would haYe refused.
Probably her sudden dislike of her
task merely arose from the depressing
effect of being stranded alone in the
midst Of great hotel coffee.room, aud
hLviI G to remain there. At all events
she resolved that she would be cordial.
If the man looked at all nice. she would
not let him be chilled, as most foreigners
are, in the first hour be spent in EIg
land. Aud then she began to think
how kind his friends Lad been to her
when she was in Russia. That gave her
new courage; but, o, how long he kept
her waiting She glanced round the 70 IN,
She could just see the top of a black
b innet over q distant armchair; a lady
was there, reading a paper. Sue fell
/ glad there was no one to observe pret.
~ woman waiting III a public coffee
room for some one who did not come.
At last the door opened, and u gentle.
man entered quickly. Mrs. Valery Saw
in single swift glance that he was ex
tremely handsome, tall and distinguish,
ed-lookiug, and that he had tfat all
which one is compelled to describe al
foreign. for want Of a better word
Tnat Is to say, though be was not very
Russian IN appearance, yet he did moi
look like an Englishman. Mrs. Yalery
called up an hsr courage aud her prett,
nlanuers, aud, with an extreme nervous
asss shich no one but herself could per
crivr, advanced eag,r.y TO meet him
sls hril uut hsT baud. aud began TO tall
rapidly iH Russian. Hs did not ansSel
hsr iut theu she gave bin no time to
flr blr reIFausness ulads heT talk rathel
"a o. thaH she intended. He held be-
hani in hi, aud gsz-d admirngly int
lef t-cr. ~lich. siih iis slight flash o
faah trrassaa1ut. ~ss even loyvlier tnal
asusl Thi- sent on for two OF thre'
uiiuuies. tlsu NEs. Yslrry tried To draw
her hsnd asay sad booked about her ~
ch.iE Bat her nss friend hid be
Lsaa ia. shieh diso0upossd her gooI