The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-02-10

pretty Lydia Darrell, and he would have
attempted anything that bore the
smallest promise of advancing the date
of their marriage.. Besides, al that
moment the young woman of the IL
brary, who. knowing them by sight and
divining love affair. had humanely
left them alone in the back room for a
few minutes, returned with an apollo
getic and at the same time decided ex-
preston.
For one of the results of Lady Ju-
dtth's harsh policy in ordering that
mot al home" TO be said TO Mr..
Falk, and in exercising "A strict censor
ship over the letters received by her
niece, was that Lydia had hit upon the
idea of the library as a meeting place.
and Bob put messages in the agony col
umn when he wished to communicate
with her. Lydia, of course, could write
to him.
In consequence of information re-
ceived," as the police say, Bob Faik
started in pursuit of Lady Judith, par
TALLY disguised in suit of very old
clothes and a peculiarly villainous
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 fioated round the unaecustomed
spectacle of her boomers. She kept up
steady pace, and stuck to her ar
ranged route with an accuracy that
materially helped the pursuer.
At the close of the third day-dur-
ing which she had beaten her previous
record-Lady Judith stopped AT way
side hosiery. Hitherto Bob had avoid
ed 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 IL he avoided the
front of the house, and effaced himself
among the people in the bar parlor,
she would never notice him. After all,
if she did, she was scarcely likely TO
suppose tndt uc was AhtAO w nv "S
count.
He loitered about for some little
while, in order TO give her time to settle
down in her place, and then walked into
the bar. The next minute he emerged
agan with singular alacrity.
What am | to do? l suppose they
won't have her in the best rooms in
that get-up and she's too tired to go
on. If interfere, it is ten to one that
she only hates me all the more for see
ing her. 1t seems brutal to do nothing,
or at least not to try. but no woman
could forgive a man who had seen her
in such plight. BY Jove! If there
| were only some evidence. Ais fair in
love. especially in a case like this"
Heprowled disconsolately 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 photography.
A brilliant idea sprung into his brain,
| He engaged the amateur photographer
in conversation. and explained his de-
sire. The kodak changed hands. and
so did a cleaning yellow coin. There
was some shufilng of new films. Then
| Bob FaIk took hasty snapshots of the
| back and front view 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 a dozen OF
| the inClosed. What should you recon-
mend me 10 do with them?
Yours truly. ROBERT FALK."
The inclosed was photograph. She
removed the silver paper hastily and
| saw. E, Well, you see, when the land
lady of that hotel positively re-
| fused to admit her TO any of the rooms
used by ladies', on the ground that her
costume would do harm TO the estab-
| !ishment, she had consented to take her
meal in the barroom, and put up with
an attic-rather than proceed further
in her exhausted state. She had regret
ted this weakness ever since. She only
hoped that no knowledge OF the insult
which she had allowed to he heaped
upon the cause would come TO the ears
of her strong minded sisters.
Now she saw before her eyes n visible
presentmento of the scene-herselfi in her
semi-manly garments seated at a small
! table to the right, discussing provisions.
TO the left a knot of common men, and
the apparatus of the bar. II was bad
enough to be exilsd from her proper
place There was the worse thought
that by her presence in the bar she had
given tacit encouragement 10 the curse
of drink.
Bob Falk married Lydia Darrell with
her aunt's consent. and no one could
ever make out why Lady Judith changed
her mind so suddenly, least of ali Prof.
Fiebel-Jones, who thought himself ag-
grieved.
Aunt and niece did not see much Of
each other after matrimony.--M Madame
Model Husband.
Wife, saw the loyeIiest lace
spreads to-day. only two dollars and