The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

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Taere we're few tourists so early ia
TIE year. The Duteh habitaes uf ths
notes were already nosslIy discussing
tasr soup as Lady ArralsaSe entered
anf ire ubiquitous German waiter rew
70 place her chair next that 81 Keith
Hunter She did nos guess shat tire ven
~ Teusen ha. fs@er b-ff,asi beforehand
70 % so; she merely noted the conventional
smile % greeting, IRE ordinary small tax
o. friendly acaasintsnce which replaced
,ae aFdor OF the past She wcula rather
nave net reproaeAss Fnan snis sxnhroken
cain eut she resigned herself TO earess NJ
! stances. laughing ard taking 80 naturally
tn@s 10 outsider would have guessed rasr
! she ard TIE lasn beside her had kissed and
! parted in the lonz ago.
4 few DAYS sgs1d sy in sgxhs-xe~sly. The
shops in the kuEver STRAIT were an ir-
Eeslstfn4e attraction TO SyhsE VITO Ssuau-
seized large sums Of money on old silver
blue Delft ard other treasures.
One DAY tire little party Of three wanr
nF steamship down the Y TO Zaanaar,.
On tAe usual pilgrimage 10 The hat where
Peter the G-eat lived while studying ship
oaitaing there Arrived a. the howell 10
"a'ch they were the only pilgrims that
Gay Miss Lambert cried sussy:
nat dark AtsIe place, / am quite
content 10 lock al the outside. without
Fenturfng M SO keith Hunter stopped
ms lofty head and followed Sybil algss,e.
he aim light revealed hare walls. or
iiaitsAtsd only by portraits 81 the great
e1sf ard his Catherine. SybiPs 700.
shpped On the uneven fioor. she stumbled
ana would have fallen had not Keith
caught her in his arms lie held her
e,9sely Ter moment as ne whispered
Earring. have yoI forgottene" Their
hI's met but parted suddenly. as a TOO
! "eI-hno~a voice outside exclaimed:
n
ne rustiing OF a stiT silk skirt was
hsarc. a large presence filled the door
way and Henrietta entered The ca1I-
pfts trernbieG, as in a wouid-be playful
voice she cried:
Here's surprise for you. We've taken
advantage OF the whitsuntide recess 10
coiiae over ana see what the attractions
are mat have kept YOU so long in Hol-
sand- We came straight on 20 Amster-
aani from Flushing. and they told US at
the Aofei where You were What A dark
child"
syoii oeeyed, feeling very young and
very naughty. as she always did in Hen
rie,ta ; presence Miss Lambert was ner-
VoaslS making conversation for small
ana mid hammered man. who gazed In
startled manner ar his formidable spouse
Wnen ae saw who was Syb!Fs cofnparl-
ion.
henrietta kept her piercing eyes fixed
upon Syhil's flushed face.
IL must have been very hot in there"
she remarked austerely
NOT very" said SvhiI. hastily Hen
er@r A''''
AIRS NanneTing looked as if she were
iat'ssscaifs the recesses Of her memory:
'hsn, endowins him with swo fingers and
an ICY smile, she turned her back.
There's nothing more 70 ses here" SIZE
said We'll drive 10 Zaandyk, thar Is
the correct thing 70 do" for Henrietta.
armed with guide-book always knew
more or a foreign land than even the ma
ives thsmse selves. Wen take two II
those extraordinary market carts which
pass for carriages here. William, you
90 with Miss Lambert: sybil ard I have
SO much to say 10 each other.'' and mar
snaiing her party. she was gone.
Capt. Hunter left forlornly a. ina cars
nut. saw his lady love whiried away
fr2in hln without time for a word He
nau''sfed a rnaledictson on Henrietta. as
he returned 10 Amsterdam, thinking:
ton.ound that woman, She turns IN
al the most awkward time She ruined
she can
sybii. carried of Ike some captive
princess by fiery dragon. cared little fer
'ne auatn. toy-box scenery through which
sne Passed She turned nstiess ear To
the plaiitudes Of her steD-sisfer. Who
avoided the subject OF Captain Hunter.
ana was In an unusually gracious mood.
Al dinner. Sibyl was hernmea in By her
relations, and could only exchange a
smile with Keith. She was carried of
10 Henraeita's private sitting-roon aftey-
~aEd. and so the evening passed Next
morning, feeling that the case was a dsx-
peraie one and demanded desperate rem
edies. Syhil walked boldly up 10 him.
under HenFietta's very eyes. saving ySit1r
me assumption Of courage:
We ara going 70 TIE Hague and
ScheVeningsn today Captain Hunter.
VIII you come. too9''
Henrietta Looked elaEgers. bg,t said notn-
ing. and The expedition started.
synN soon found that her revolt was
unsuccessful. FOR 10 moment OF that day
cid sfe escape from under her xten-sisIser's
ample wing; not a word eeuId sha e,-
change alone with Keith.
HeHFiettas eye Vas everywhere: sire
keps her party we'll IN view. and reiert-
iessiF whipped " any stFagglers
The sense Of restraint lrritated sybsI:
the day had been one % disappointment.
and she felt thai she could bear no more
Arrived again Al Amsterdam. she rrrevx
herself on her bed, excia.ming:
'Now, Lammie, II you allow Henrietta
near me again tonigh; / shah 60 mad
lsb FER that ] have Ii hea1se!es ard
must not be disturbed / want no Gsn-
ner-ncthing but peace and quiet"
Miss Lambert departed and Syhil spent
couple o. hours in solitude I1u1eniirE
the hsFe fate which Rad dashed the Gun
Of happiness from her lips Just as she
vas about 20 drink t.
cautious. creaklEs footstep reused
her.
y thought yea ought 70 have this let
Ter. nv dear: X Is from Captain Hunter
Mrs ManneFing has been having a long
talk with him he ate no dinner "a speak
OF, and looked SO pale He = packing
IN his room now. and Mrs MaurevlnE
mas taken Der husband % tAe theateg'
syeH tore Il cDen. and read tie few
lines,
: am leaving tonight. after a long .aU<
wlsh your SISTER. SIZE hss shown M. even
more convlac3ng1y than In .hs past what
= selfish beast should * o make yea
CIV wife. So reminds re taat an as
eligible a. ever. W@1h on.v tire DIFF
erea between s,3asi,err's and caa-
ta!n's pay This week has neen tae hso-
risst OF my life; 7 sh81 never forge -
- YOU Cooley X II"
Sshii spr4aE 20 Eer te@c-
'+E-smn1le 60 g, cncv ID Cap. Hunter.
an1 AK hin1 20 335n ne 10 Hs=-se:..'s
reora-"
she zruoota,ed her reAel.losz locks and
looked h@r loyel.eS. a. tze eyes - ne raan
aho NET he-
.-N-hs. Is me use e rhss~' ~ ssss3 de-
Sp8ndentiv -'Wsy snrtare ne further
Il can never be sra An0taer paTliug: IS
Fncre tAsa : rar sear.F
WHY eaa T. mo- - - asked Syb.l--lt vas
m moment for scr1nieS
Because cannot ask y-a = share r7v
poverty zws forfeIF az fhst -sskes sfe
pleasant by marrying TIE "a yegr s.star