The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-17
Ing to him. If you could write a letter,

Ing to him: If you could write letter,
ma demoiselle-H -. ,;'' = ~
Very well. will write a. letter, and
you shall take it, the girl answered.
blushing, and relieved that the woman
should have been the first to make the
suggestion IT have not much money of
my own, and-I can't ask for such a pur-
pose. But have a fve-pound note" "
E"It will be enough, nademoiselle," said
the woman, "and the letter, will you write
it now?'' -. r. 80 ; - -. ..
Eve sat down at the pretty little white
writing desk which was built into the
wall Of her cabin. There was no time
for. a long letter. At any moment now
she might be called to. dinner, and the
woman would have to leave the Lily
Maid. But a few words to Dick would
answer as well as volumes-f only they
were the right words <..'-
II love you better than ever" she said,
and nothing will make me stop loving
you. Lord Waverley Is a bore Fair men
seem 50 insipid-after you This may be
the last letter I shall have a chance to
write, but I shall be always thinking
about you, Dick. A woman who is going
to Gibraltar Will take this. II think I
may trust her. Please be kind to the
poor thing for my sake, as she IS going
such a long way for me. And if She asks
to tell your fortune let her do it. She is
you.-Yours always Il really mean that
| Eve" ~ ''-',' - ,t - -: -t'". Z
| s"Cone along, grille, - cried Sir Peters
voice at the door. We've been called
to dinner - ~ u. - ~, - '
Eyes, yes, we're Just finishing re-
sponded Eve, nervously. 'I'll be there in
a minute" She folded the paper, snatched
an envelope, addressed. It to Richard
Knight, ESD, Yacht xenia, Harbor OF
Gibraltar thrust the letter inside and
sealed It. !. Now, how shall I ever know
THAT this has been delivered, and that you
have told my friend all the things you
! have promised?" SO
"The. gentleman will send you word ir
. a letter., returned the woman, with conn.
! dence: .
mo, he can't do that. But here, take
this handk erchief of mine. See, it has
4 my name, Eve, Z embroidered in the cor.
|ner.. Post that to me in an envelop from
Gibraltar Better send it to Lisbon I'll
address it to myself, that's best. Here
take 1t quickly; there must be nothing
but the handkefchief letter. I shall
know by the Gibraltar postmark that il
7 is all right
4 A moment later the yelled woman was
meekly leaving the state-room, her; heac
a denurely bowed, her dark eyes on thu
ground. And it was only when she hae
!, was playing hostess at the dinner table
that the girl had time to tell herself tina
!. she had been very foolish. She had real
ly no guarantee at all that the woman
would 90 to Gibraltar, and take the lette1
! to Dick Knight. Perhaps she would throw
8 It away, and send the handkerchief tt
some one she might know at Gibraltar
to post there. Or, perhaps. sho would pu
, a. stamp on the letter. and let lit 6,
! through the postoff wi hout keeping he
promise about helping Dick by means o
her topaz -gazing powers. Even tina
would be better than nothing. for the en-
velop was fully addressed, and would Ger
tainly reach Dick If it were posted; bu
I the woman might be wise and get some
! one who understood English to read it
then, finding that it was q love letter, sh
/, might either try to blackmail Eve hersel
, by threa tening to show 1t to Sir Peter, un
: less she were paid for secrecy, or sh
i might go straight to the latter and .offe
to sell him valuable information concern
z Ing his daughter.
I with these alarming thoughts In he
I mind, 1t was all that Eve could do t
: laugh and talk. and hide her anxiety. Blu