The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15


her cxpericncethe arrogant seltconndence Of de-
tarture tho shrinking disgust AZ the rough canorng
ness, and finally the passionate relief at his
to her appeal rhe hint Of this last feeling thrilled him
and CAPACITY to move mountains III order hat his de.
cate high bred girl beside him might walk inobstructed
dramatic gosttc clutch Of whose clammy fingers no
other than ne elements st could shake b, If
claimed, gladly "see here! You must have been van
dsrg l. circle ne n.one 4 a woa a
case. eli find our bearings Yes--1 started out
from the Oxford and Cambridge Club fifteen minutes or
50 ngo and, far can make out. pve been head
Ing east since Walking rather slowly, that ought
BRINE ny eo S seua hard
" be stupid US to walk around In circle Is un-
ron, but I assure you. IT'S not unreasonable IN the
least Brewster protested TITS what every ncxperi-
onecd person does when lost. It's the most natural
e I'm right. as begin TO think 7 must be, well soon
strike something that will prove II !"
Move forward accordingly they did--ca utiously for
the fog was like d dense wall behind which no fate
seemed too subtle fcarsome to- Turk 5 And sure
enough. before long they did meet "a lion III tho pah'
a Landscer lon--by which token Brewster knew, ut
that Nelson's column hand van tage point
from which to base further calculations.
Here we arc!" lie exclaimed 3oyfully. This is bet
ter luck than dared hope for II we had struck any
alike peas 1t would have been complicated as the
highest sort Of mathematics AS It s. the problems
II do not really sec that NO SO much better Oft
than before tho girl answered with sort Of trlum-
lions. there not And. consequently sides to
Nelson's column How do you know which side this
N Is, then? It to me that there are just three
chances to against starting out In the right d.
rection from here!''
"Then It's simply n case Of II at first you don't sue
ceed try try again, Ralph rctored, with rising good
humor This is my plan The column is in the centre
curb ., the south sde while the southeast onif my
head doesn't play me fasepoints directly
SO yOI q we have fn
d. is to start straight ahead, the side were on.
70 do as tho KnF q france d bae
and begin all over from another SIDE until We do
4 strike lido you #sce?'
delighted Brewster as did, still more the glrlish gusto
and abandon with which she entered into the whole
thing He grasped end OF her slim little umbrella,
telling her to hold to the crook behind him while he
made Wild lunges about with his cane, because
said you never tell what lusus natlrae you may
meet with at any minute in London fog!" They both
shuddered at the thought OF the way she might have
Gus stone terraces Of Trafalgar Square.
IN The heat Of this discussion, during the voy
OF exploration from the column, they count OF
their steps and, before they KNEW confronted
with Ia pedestal which Brewster declared must be that
OF the fog to move hob mob with Nelson since
II had surely never been close before They faced
turbation lest they had been and bumped
Into Sone Of the other statues-n which case tier
was relieved to find he right, there had been
no more serious mistake than In lfe extra number OF
steps they had taken $s Is
Out again for the third time. Ralph felt rs II they
were two children playing at nothing more responsible
at the fourth venture they finally found the long
curb with unanimous exclamation in which triumph
Keen sensation that they might claim to be old old
friends by this time becomes those who have grown
BACK Tor the oa time, e. the Column steps 3 to
left OF which Hacing the curb crouchcs the sotaeas
nue.. Good for Nelson" calculated brewster ? -,,ro
have beaten Napoeons fleet was nowhere beside over