New-York tribune., 1903-03-02

rean% That Ada RenshaW found the privacy Of her
@ oeioye0 orn3e by an English tourist had come
to Cortina TO be perfectly quiet ana get uben % she
knew the Austrian Tyrol would be gractcaIly yL
be r6o1nfan passes inaccessible and the hotel she
had chose1 was given oyer 9 ariist was reign
ing in another hotel and an IfhSn % but Until
9b be an made the aforesaid discovery she had been re-
joicing in the fact that she was the sotaTy % nd
Sentative of the English nation Tor miles aLouLH
And now here was a newcomer who was eLninently men ny
qSn 6 Faot rT Try fne it %ss very We provoking
only had he come to CortinaEthat vas DaG 1 air
S If he S Sinte1ded to remain No wonder indig
as II ne sb sIone in her gray eyes as she stood
looking dsdainfuIly at his % broad & back Ada had
her fox terrier Scamp with her and 1t was acS not
obeg The irish terrier sat up briskly and pointed
his ears while Scamp bristled mis- neck and looked
T even 6nce f dispense with all foraty and the
stIange1s out with the least se gossRci e2ced perep
toriiy and the Englishman looked around or,.
and with little curiosity, she with the same shgn5
touch OF 65eGa e her saI seat With her writing pad
her knee and the stranger returned 70 ms D40K &
dogs Law still They took care however that it
Gb65,Id he in a posit0n in which each could the
sIightest movement on the part Of the other. which
did not improve matters for the Two w IL 51 a
and it was ) distractng Ada kept biting the end Of
neweoer neT P9ne at anO HanoHef with ali her heart The
stranger did not lift his EYES except 70 5 ms eUs,
bly, impede his progress
Yet neither sd-e3 ofeEed to m9vs no @ conner he had the
prior right: the writer. with womanS Ij
Tegb6d dis b6 Of 2orPe0 Pr25 heG eF 0%n S8nS
At last the dogs preclpltafed the nESo CIadA ,Se
was at stake, suddenly hoped out Of the brush brush
made frantic dashthe rabbit vanished and the the
were were at each Others throats.
scamp Scamp. come here. sir" shouted Ada
But they might as well have addressed the noun
.You must pull your dog off, she exclaimed.
pull his tall She said promptly. too hoty IN
dgnant to see even the aUm2T m nor sam. -, vo,,re
s,d buried foTwaTf TasG and ESoRnf m29 on m3 E
back, f. Erahr 700 and nd, they hey; both missed
How" he asked again. with tWlhhle III MS
eyes.
He 'n iried with second failure Then he picked
1When SEPARATE them snatch your dog up, he
said. and by dexterous movement he had them
Ada snatched up Scamp and the stranger slipped
his Handkerchief through ReX's collar Then they
They ought 70 make friends he said as she
'sTI0w?'' she asked III her rurr-
She hesitated sta; a moment then gave Afew
minutes later the dogs We're shifting around each
% @tner ana See rIn m m had beg7In to ind foreign
dogs uninteresting and glad of a possible pal
Thtyn always be friends now the stranger re-
II
Il have been in the ha hit Of doing for some
weeks in slightly Injured tom. - ,, ,,a,.ro..
Il do I can work better with = nonotonouI5
rushing sound like this tEau in perfect stiffness
daresay We shall Often here 50 it Is Just as
well the dogs friends
Ada received this remark codIy. but she was too
proud to follow her tncilntt"n and wax ''Way ~ .iS
it was like yielding the citadel The ~transer
evidently mad intention of retiring consequently
thTy resumed helr SttS anu nd the dogs con
tnuing slow but promising overtures OF frieho-
Three mornings running the same situation , ocI
Cured sitting with back to the Gtneri ann
enre On each occasion H. raised his hat gravey
passed remark or me a %eatneg ,rd 9nd did MIX TkariH
wondering how long he was going 10 stay. 'ISr me-
or twice she looked him Httlr "1IriGuSly- she
wondered what he was studying SO hard and
thought he would have had & TatnGr & a u nt rnisng
he looked up. and their eyes met. faint Hash OF
stantly. At the same moment sudden I ggSt at tl
Wind cauSht her paprr 3tiering allG bout her She
spr1nC M evident concern ana seconH 'trrI dI
blew onto bowider in the water. and he stood
looking around for means ans to oxSsmed sr a hurry
manner o' and stepped on to stone in the stream
Later he handed the sheet to her, .,d ,.o,orfry
Thank much she Sdld coiOIiHK d
little and glanced rusf{ at HI his rS wet 5sRS RS9S
yes quite thanks I'm 80 sorry you should
II vas their usual time for retiring. and they
walked away together qtite n2tuTaay hi! tne h Ho5 m
a
means displeased air. /, -. /,
said iuquirngiy. -, ,,,.. .-,,.
h have vss been in the habit of coming for long
'' "snd do YOU always sit by the torrent'' she
4 little smile PLAYED round his mouth H..
Always quietly. so YOU see was not di'o-
gethsr intruder
didn't mean that haStlly
You did the first cay. Your attitude was quite
as expressive az Scamps.
Ada silent .,. .,..
II hone I don't disturb ynu.' he continued, "but
7 couIdn't work we'll anywhere else
.Oh no I shouldn't like you TO BESIDES am
ouite used TO seeing there now. and since the
logs are friends with IA little smile. there ured
he No disturbing clements AT all Gnudby: am
stayjng here" and with nod she crossed the road
70 her hotel In spite OF their ccnverEl tinIi nov
ever she stln reCarded his advent regretfuy. & noT
nov nriyate opinion had always been that men
we're a dra back TO work. She could only nope
that he would proye Indifferent TO ner sex as NC
Inoke1 ard take further notice OF heF
Edgar Tisp's thoughts were something the HsLue.
for he U.:;s half a m sogvnist and always hlaue
nonf Of avoidnR wor0en's company. HoWSveF' ne
confortAd himseh Nth the assurance taat sns
wae evidently of the advanced type. Sno .Ia MILIa
nrobabiy be too busy 70 take any fuFthsr noIiOs
0S him