The Delawarean., 1900-07-21

have attempted anything that pore the
smallest promise of advancing the date
| of their marriage. Besides, at that
/ moment the young woman of the libra
ry, who, knowing them by sight and
divining a 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-
dith's harsh policy in ordering that
mot at home" was 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
column when he wished to communi-
cate with her. Lydia of course could
write to him.
I'm consequence of information re-
ceived," as the police say, Bob Falk
started in pursuit of Lady Judith par
italy disguised in a 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 floated round the unaccustom-
ed spectacle of her bloomers. 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, during
which she had beaten her previous rec
ord, Lady Judith stopped at wayside
hostelry. Hitherto Bob had avoided
the hotels which she favored with her
patronage. but now there was no help
for 1t. 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 effaced himself
among the people in the bar parlor she
would never notice him. After all, il
she did she was scarcely likely to sup
pose that he was there on her account.
He loitered 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 alacrity.
''What the devil am l to do? l sup
pose they won't have her in the best
rooms in that get up, and she's too tired
to go on. If l interfere, it is 10 to 1
that 1 do no good and 40 to l 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 a man who had seen her in
such plight. By Jove, if there were
only some evidence! ALPS fair in love,
especially in a case like this"
He prowled 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 pho
Biography.
brilliant idea sprang up in his
brain. He engaged the amateur pho
tographer in conversation and explain
ed his desire. The kodak changed
coin. There was some shuf1ling 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 Scotla0s' Lady Judith received a
very cinpI1lar lattnr IF ran.
Dear Lady Judith have a dozen OF the in.
closed. What should you recommend me to dc
with them? Yours truly. ROBERT FALK.
The inclosure was photograph. She
removed the silver paper hastily and
saw. Well, you see, when the landlady
of that hotel positively refused to ad-
nit 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 in her ex-
hausted state. She had regretted this
weakness ever since She only hoped
that no knowledge Of the insult which
she had allowed to be heaped upon the
cause would come to the ears of her
strong minded sisters.
Now she saw before her eyes visible
presentment of the scene-herself 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 given 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 so suddenly, least of all
Professor Flebel-Jones, who thought
himself aggrieved.
Aunt and niece did not see much Of
each other after Madame.