The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-10
THE RED DOMINO.

from Paris
The guards presently came to tho door
of the compartment to inform mcssieurs
les voyageurs that serious collision
had taken place between M and tho
next station, and that tho traffic would
not be resumed in all likelihood till aft
er IL that night. 1t was then Z.
The captain determined to seek tho
best hotel i'll tho place and console him
self i'll the meantime with good din
ncr. And i'll very short time he was
seated ut the table d'hote in the Hotel
DIES Etrangcrs
Captain Hugh Walters was young
officer, only recently promoted to his
present rank. He had paid short visit
to Monte Carlo among other places, and
having plenty of money to throw away
had, of course, cssayed his fortune at
the gaming tables.
His luck had been extraordinary. ,ne
very fact that money was no object to
him seemed, strangely enough, to havo
gained him all the moro tho smilo of
tickle fortune.
Most of tho money he carried in the
shape of notes in the pockets of lcath-
ern belt.
He had received telegram which
had greatly disturbed him. 1t was from
the mother of his fianceo i'll London and
ran thus: ethel is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia. Come homo at oncc'
He was barely seated at the table be-
fore he had discovered q couple of ac
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. whom he had
moi at Monte ,,1D IL I
that place few days previously for
M. In their society he was COM
PEELED to Danish his grief and to con-
ceal his anxiety. That very evening
they said there was to be grand mask
ed ball at the Casino Would he not
come to it?
Tho captain was in no mood for dane
ing that evening, but he could allcgo
no good excuse.
AS no was about to mount tho steps
of the Casino a thought struck him,
and he turned toward the driver of the
cabriolet. Just at that moment he no.
ticed his two fellow travellers, the Ital-
lans pass by tho Casino, arm in arm
He fancicd that they also recognized
him.
AiOhSNNi, WV llICltttUb Cltl uOU SCTlkC
him as remarkable, and calling out to
the cabman, Call for inc at 11:45
punctually,' he passed into the Casino.
AT any other time such scene would
have had its charms for the captain.
He had been we'll Cooked after by his
friends, who had left him small time to
himself and had dragged him from part
ner to partner. At last he was left for
a short time to his OWN devices. The
clock was striking the hour of II when,
although 1t WAS yet SO early, he finally
decided to go. He would go to his hotel
OH foot, and the walk, he thought.
would do him good.
Fate dccrccd otherwise, however. Be
fore he had reached the exit of tho ball
room he was buttonholed by one of his
American friends.
"What, going already? This will
never dor he exclaimed 'There is a
lady just arrived whom 1 am deter
mined you shall dance with She seems
a great beauty, and the Comtc du Val.
one of the stewards, says she is the best
dancer III NI-'
AS he finished the Comic du Val came
up with the lady in question. The lady
wore domino of deep red silk, which
effcctually concealed her identity. When
| She was introduced to Walters, ONLY her
| eyes We're visible. s. These were of ex
ceptional bcauty-the color of very
dark blue so deep that it approached to
| black. The captain was immediately
drawn to her by their fascination.
So far he had only known one person
will oil, FL,
his faraway tincee, tho girl OH whom
all his anxious thoughts were now CEN
| tered
He at once begged that he might have
the next dance. Tho lady gracefully
| bowed her assent, her manner plainly
indicating that for the present at least
| 1T was her pleasure to maintain her in
cognito by an absolute silence.
| Not word fell from the lady's lips.
Notwithstanding that the captain had
felt it incumbent upon him to speak oc-
caslonally, and they continued to dance
| in complete silence-on her part at
least
For all this the time passed, rs it.
seemed to him, like a pleasing dream.
He forgot all about his journey, the
| hour of his departure and his order TO
the cabman--forgot everything, in
fact, even Ethel, while under the spell
that the eyes of his companion seemed
to have weaved about him.
He was suddenly recalled to himself
by the Ginning of the great clock of
the Casino rs he was leading his part
| ner to her seat at the end of an enioya-
BILE waltz.