The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-09


and Bob put messages in the agony
column when he wished To communi-
cate with her. Lydia of course could
write to him.
in consequence of Information re-
ceived," as the police say ~ Falk
started in pursuit Of Lady j, IA par
tally disguised in suit Of very old
clothes and peculiarly villaincus
cheap hat.
BY the time the quarry had passed
the one hundredth milestone from Lon
don Bob was unable To- resist an invol-
untary feeling Of admiration for her
pluck. She rode hills which most of
her sex would have walked. She took
no heed of the chaff which from time
to time tloatcd round the unaccustom-
ed spectacle of her boomers She kept
up steady pace and stuck to her ar
ranged route with an accuracy that
materially helped the purSucr
At the close of the third day. during
which she had beaten her previous rec
ord, Lady judith stopped ut n wayside
hostclry. Hitherto Bob had avoided
the hotels which she favored with her
patronage, but now there was no help
for it, He must either put up in the
same building or ride on five miles to
the next town.
He thought that if he avoided the
front of the house and cflaced himself
among the people in the bar parlor she
would never notice him. After all, if
she did she was scarcely likely to sup
pose that he was there on her account.
He loitercd about for some little
while in order to give her time to settle
down in her place and then walked in
to the bar. The next minute he emerg-
ed again with singular aacrity.
What the devil am to do? | sup
pose they won't have her in the best
rooms in that get up, and she's too tired
to 90 on. If Interfere, it is 10 to |
that | do no good and 10 to | that she
only hates me all the more for seeing
her. 1t seems brutal to do nothing or
at least not to try, but no woman could
forgive man who had seen her in
such plight. by Jovc. if there were
only some evidence. Ais fair in love,
especially in a case like this"
lie provided diSconsolatcly to the
back Of the building, cursing his luck
and wondering what he should do.
There he hit upon an individual who
evidently combined cycling with pho
Biography.
y brilliant idea sprang up in his
brain, lie engaged the amateur pho
tographcr in conversation and explain
ed his desire. The kodak changed
hands, and so did a cleaning yellow
coin. There was some shuflling of new
films. Then Bob Falk took haSty snap
shots of the back and front of the
building in order to divert suspicion
from his real purpose After that he
conveyed the kodak to the bar
Some little time after her return
from Scotland Lady Judith received a
very singular letter. 1t ran:
Dear Lady Judith have dozen of the in.
closed. What should you recommend me to do
with them? Yours truly, RouERr FALK.
The Enclosure was a photograph. She
removed the silver paper hastily and
saw. Well. you see, when the landlady
of that hotel positively refused to adj
init her to any of the rooms used by la
dies on the ground that her costume
would do harm to the establishment
she had consented to take her meal in
the barroom and put up with an attic
rather than proceed farther i'm her cX-
hausted state. She had regretted this
weakness ever since She only hoped
that no knowledge of the insult which
she had allowed to be hcapcd upon the
cause would come to the ears of her
strong minded sisters.
Now she saw before her eyes a visible
presentment of the scene-hcrself in
her semimanly garments seated at a
small table to the right discussing pro-
visions, to the left a knot Of common
men and the apparatus of the bar. 1t
was bad enough to be eXiled from her
proper place. There was the worse
thought that by her presence in the bar
she had gi1an tacit encouragement to
the curse of drink
Bob Falk married Lydia Darrell with
her aunt's consent, and no one could
ever make out why Lady Judith chang
ed her mind 50 suddenly, least of all
Professor Fiebel-JoneS, who thought
himself aggriev1d
Aunt and niece did not see much of
each other after matrimony. -Madame.
The more restrictions the German
fyg,x
this country the more boss and dog the
Germans will have to eat