The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-12


One night the phantom babe Lady
Blanche to follow it, and it led her to a
strange country over the sea, and when she
glanced around she found herself in sunny
+ land, where the impenetrable dome of the
skies above was Of soft, deep azure, with
out a fleck Of cloud upon the horizon, and
where the violet tinged sea beat musically
against a flower crowned shore, and the
walks were lined with orange trees in bios
som, and magnolias beautiied the hedges
with their pure white flowers She followed
| the phantom through grove of palm trees
and into garden of lemon scented gera-
NUNS, every ole six feet high, and then
down an avenue of myrtles, and everywhere
the balmy air was perfumed with the sweet
scent of flowers
They halted in front of large white
building, into which many persons, both
men and women, streamed, and on all their
faces Lady Blanche observed the same
| eager, anxious and cruel expression.
Lady Blanche glanced inquiringly at the
| phantom.
yes" it said in answer to the lady's
thought, ''this is Monte Carlo, and that is
the Casino"
They now entered large room, where
many persons were seated round the tables.
81 perceive" said the phantom, that you
.sHo1r changed he ;s,,, rer,ar ,ked LADY
blanche 90 she GLANCED into the face n
Gerard Ransford.
''ChangedI' cried the phantom mocking-
| ly. "Blighted hopes and gambling losses
would change an angel, if one were 90 fool
| Ssh as to fall in love with tickle woman
and wreck ones life over card table"
bloodshot eyes and flushed face Of Gerard
Ransford
ssTbera,s a hot altercation hetwaer trvo
,,.,, a. !. fiorca ,,oss;o,, y ,rbisrarsd tha
n , 90 II drayv T,adv blanche tn ons
Side Of tha roorn 49, - -e = -
T,r,o mo-, boa or;ss,, fro,,, +ba;. soo+s ond
xara NOW, ,;o1an+Ir oy,d +bav
,vers COON ;o;,,sd Nv f.sh;onab,v dresseI
II think Won know these nersons. % re.
| marked the phantom to I,adv blanche.
"Alas vesI, She renlied s.The tall man
;s Gerard Ransforl1 and the other Count
de Iornais and the Iady,- Ant here LADY
blanche besitated
SIS Pbrvne Marland +. said the nhantom.
completing Lady RIancbe,s unfinished sen.
tence
1.-THE ouarrel.n remarked the phantom.
..will not; end here There will he dnei
at some Quiet snot eorlv in the morning, J,
sob beaveni Not a f1uel nrav,,, cried
Lady Blanche. clasping her hands together.
yves. % said the nhantom nnothine less
will satisfy the count. Ransford as Won
are aware is an officer of the English
army. and he has struck the count a ter
rihIe blow. Look al, the cash layinp bare
the commits cbeekbone For both their
bonors, sake thew are bound TO fipht.n
r. was earlv morning, an the sands Inv tha
murmnr;ng sea. and the white crested
waves followed one another INCREASINGLY.
and old Monaco,s castle looked down from
+ha rock above In tbis oniat and secluded
snot sroun of men were standing to-
cether.
"It is the duel y whispered the phantom
"a T,adv blanche .swhicb T foratoid would
hannen. You know the principals we'll
enouoh ~
uAIas, res ,, she renlied sadly. "Count
de Iornais and Gerard Ransfordp,
s.W.tcb them ), said the nhantom "a
d,,el n tho deatb ia a nrettv s;obt and a
oane in which Frenchmen eycel'
Lady Blanche trembled from head to foot
and held her Cambria handkerchief before
her evas
She was startled by the loud report Of
nistoIs and taking the handkerchief from
her ewes she Glanced toward the spot where
only a moment ago she had seen the two
due1ists facing. each other. One was new
prostrate on the ground. with his head rest
ing on lady's breast. Lady Blanche made
an effort to rush forward. but was prevent
ed BY the ever watchful phantom,
She looked again and saw that the wound
ed man was Gerard Ransford. and the lady
kneeling down, supporting him in her arms,
was Phryne MARYLAND.
The scene suddenly changed to a draw
ing room in a London mansion, wherein
was an old gray haired man and a weeping
woman by his side.
"How terribly grief stricken they are.n
remarked Lady Blanche. land much
changed since 1 last saw them!''
NATURALLY sou replied the phantom.
"Persons such as they are certain to grieve
over the death of an only son, whom YOU
remember to have seen after he had re-
ceived his death wound on the sands by the
sea. near the castle of old Monaco
"Alasl YES. /" replied LADY Blanche. sigh
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