The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-06
ARMS AND THE WOMAN.
Continued from Third Page.)

que Is an extraOruInai'iiy oeaurlruI wo-
man a man takes no end Of risk when
ne concerns himself with her affairs i
can tell you. Hillars-weiI. | suDpose
none of my business. He must
nave had an exciting time of it." con.
ciu0ed the young man.
II ieaVe you in charge for a week
or So said l. what little news there
Is III the houses you can cover. IN
take care of anything Of Importance
'na! occurs abroad. might as well
pack up and get out tonight. A boat
leaves Dover early in the morning"
lheh picked up the third and last
etter. 1t was from Phyllis 1t con-
lalhcdT the enjoyable news that the
WentWprthS were coming abroad and
e. that they would remain indefinitely ar
b. where Nr. Wentworth had been
appointed charge d'affaires under the
American minister They were to visit
the Mediterranean before coming to
London. They would be in town in
October. The mere thought of seeing
Phyllis made my heart throb. The
next morning put out from Dover. 1t
was rough passage for that tine of
the year. and came near being sea-
SICK y day or so in Paris brought me
around. and proceeded. AS passed
the frontier | noticed that my pass
ports were eagerly scanned and that
was closely scrutinized for some rea-
son Or other.
\ smartly dressed officer occupied
half Of the carriage compartment
with me. I tried to draw him into con-
versariOn, but he proved to be untalka-
tive: so busted myself with the latest
issue of the Paris ILLUSTRATION.
never glanced in the direction of the
officer but what found him staring
intently at me. This irritated me.
The incident was repeated so many
times that | said:
Il trust herr will remember me in
the days to come"
"Eh?' somewhat startled, thought.
81 observed that you will possibly
remember the in the days TO come, or
perhaps l resemble some one you
know
Not in the least" was the naughty
retOrt
shrugged and relit my pipe. The
tobacco | had purchased in Paris, and
It was of the customary yileness. Per-
haps | could smoke out mein herr.
But the task resulted in boomerang.
To
gan smoking tobacco which WAS even
viler than mine, if that could bc pos
sible. Soon let down the window.
Docs the smoke disturb hcrr.?" he
asked. putting forth great clouds Of
smoke There was shade Of r;liIlrry
I'm his tones.
1T would not" | answered. If it
came from tObaccn.' He SubSded
Whenever there was stop Of any
length. stepped ont and walked the
platform. The officer invariably fol
lowed my example. | pOnderPd OypI
this each time | rc-cntcred the DIR
riagc. At last my irritation 1urbeG
into wrath.
"Arc you aware that your actions
are very annoying"
How, Sir?" proudly.
You stare me out of countcnaTEcr
you refrain from entering into cOnver
SatiOn and by the way you follow me
III and out of the carriage one would
say that you were watching ne. Al
this is not common pOliteneSS."
Herr jests," he replied With 4
forced SmiIc 'If desire not to C pm
verse. that is my business. As fOl
getting i'll and out of the carriage h;(vt
l no rights as passenger"
1t was | who subsidized. \ n,inut'
passed
But why do you stare at me-"
asked.
Il do not stare at you. / have Ia,
paper and tried to read yours at Il dis;
lance. | am willing to apologize 70
that
oh. that is different" l said