The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-20
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
By CHARLES f.. PEARCE

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS N
On the day of great national festiyity there
is fashionable gathering at Hugh Tremaine.s
mansion In Piccadilly, London. All are gay
except the wealthy merchant and his daughter.
The former explains that he Is worried with
Ss affair of ts and M
man of sinister appearance, with huge scar
on the left cheek, and her mind is filled with
vague apprehensions. When the company have
gone, Hugh Tremaine sinks into apoplectic
ht The same night an unknown hand pushes
Into the letter box an envelop address ITO the
Tremaine family Eleanor opens it, and to her
horror draws out sheet of paper marked with a
smudge of blood. Next day Hugh Tremaine Is
better and Eleanor goes for a walk In Ken
sington Gardens. There she is met by Hargraye
Denton. a wealthy young man Of her acquaint-
ance, who posters her with unwelcome attentions,
ending in insults when she pointedly dsmisses
him. A stranger intervenes, a handsome young
s artist gets the worst Of the
counter. After the ARRAY Denton is accosted
by man with Scared face, who processes
to know the Tremaines and finally gives him
certain information which sends him post haste
of to Bodmin to make inquiries. Meanwhile
Hugh Tremaine and his daughter go over to the
continent. where Tremaine gradually RECEIVERS
health and spirits. One day when they are
staying at Monte Carlo ship catches ire in the
bay.
CHAPTER VI.-contInued.
She was puzzled by this hasty de-
Darture, DuC Sne ndu 10 wall ALL Gil SAPtu-
nation until he returned, not looking
much the better, she thought, for his
cruise.
At first the lady was inclined to read
him a lecture, but her son turned away
her wrath by announcing that while he
had been away he had been able to think
quietly about things, and had come to
the conclusion she was quite right con-
corning Linda Clare. He decided she
would make him an excellent wife.
And so it came about the engagement
was announced, and Mrs. Denton was
busy from morning to night arranging
everything for the marriage, which she
determined should take place speedily, for
fear Hargrave should alter his mind.
She had made up her mind that Eleanor
was her fingers off with vexation, and
when the biting young lady, so FAR from
shelving disappointment smiled annually
with a genuine air Of satisfaction, she was
completely taken aback.
IT'S all put on" declared the lady, en-
phatically. after Eleanor and her father
with conventional civilities and apologies
for Fastening away, had left. The girl
would have given her ears to marry Har-
grave I could see envy and rage written
in her eyes," .
But, In spite Of the "envy and rage"
which Mrs. Denton thought she could see
that night at the Opera Comique was one
of the most enjoyable Eleanor had spent
since she left England. Hargrave Denton
had proved himself to be much more SEN
sble than she imagined BY his engage
ment it was clear he had ceased to think
of her. and all his hints and threats were
but the yapourings of morbid vanity. One
at least Of the dark clouds which had been
lowering over her was removed. The 9TH
ers? If she could only be certain they
were gone too!
After Paris, Nice, Arcachon. Hyeres.
Cannes, Mentone they visited in turn. and
found all insufferably hot. They had ar
rived at the end of September, and the
winter season, when the Rivera begins
to be endurable, had not commenced. All
the large hotels were closed, and there
was literally nothing In the shape Of
amusement The landlords of the hotels
where they put up received them with ef-
fusion, II with quiet surprise. The garcon
did not attempt to conceal his astonish-
ment. ra @aa..r .
The days when not breath Of air was
perc aptible, when the dusty roads seemed
TO be In white heat, when even the sea
with it's unrunled. CLASSY surfece
glowing with sunlight gave no
suggestion Of GOODNESS, passed languidly
enough. There was piano In the salon
Of the hotel, but it was much too hot to
play. The novels were old and too well
thumbed for comfort; there was little or
no society.
Still, the moonlight nights were enjoy
able and the rambles in the woods had
their charm. Indeed. Eleanor would have
passed the whole Of her time in shade and
solitude sketching, but for the unconquer-
able dislike her father had for gloom and
silence. He reveled In the sunlight, and
had there been sea breeze all would have
been we'll. But this was not the case. and
the old restlessness, with at intervals fits
of dependency, came back.
Eleanor began to be troubled, and one
evening an incident occurred, exciting
enough In way. harmless SO far as she
welcome as a relief from the monotony
but resulting In a totally unexpected anc
disquieting denouement.
It was at Monte Carlo. They had ar
rived there the second week in October t.
find It absolutely tho hottest place the!
had yet visited. 1t could only be com
pared to a furnace. Eleanor was for leav
ing at once. and her father was inclined
to acquiesce, to the stupefaction Of tn,
landlord, who drew a graphic picture O
the brilliancy and gayety-the theater
the opera, the balls, the orchestra, tn,
finest in the world, and, above all, the ca
sine, which would begin in a week-i1
only seven days.
Yielding to the landlords persuasions
they determined to stay q week, and thre
days out of the seven were got thru
somehow, and on the whole better thai
Eleanor expected, for after a thunder
storm and tropical downpour the tempera
ture cooled considerably, and the LANDLORD
confidently announced that the season wa
opening well.
That evening they were sitting unde
the yeranda Of the hotel enjoying the sigh
OF the placid moonlight sea. The pictur
was made complete by ship with all it
canvas spread trying to take advantage o
every breeze, and Eleanor was busy witt
her sketch book, when suddenly column
Of smoke began to ascend from the vessel
and bright coil Of flame could be seel
close to the deck. People ran from al
directions to the shore. and the garcon
true Provencal, came rushing to them, hi
southern blood aflame with excitement
with the news.
A ship was on fire in the bayi
CHAPTER VII.
Chapter From the Past.