The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-17

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Anna Solny, daughter of a Hebrew anti
9uarian and cLrio dealer, young and full
OF YOUTHS desire TO see. to feel life" res
cues a fleeing from attacking mob
by sending the niaddened pursuers in the
wrong direction. Tn, man Johann is the
jewel worker from Vienna who tells
remarkable tale Of having been sent TO
England by his employer, Herr Golstock. 10
denver packet OF jewels secretly 70 a
lady He was trapped into an unconscious
expose OF his secret by clever austrian.
who finally steals all the jewels but one
clasp. which Johann manages TO conceal
in his hand he dashes for freedom. Anna
volunteers 10 return the remaining clasp
Mrs Maxtead. and is Invited TO come to
see her again. Mrs Maxtead. young
widow who makes social and financial capital
by Exploring clever people without claim
ing any cieverness for herself. is impressed
the development of her latent genius. She
wants to make a great actress OF her and
no intercourse with her present home for a
given period Anna decides TO accept the
offer and TO save herself tie pain Of part
ing with Jchann-her aged father Is buried
in his books and will hardly know she has
sone-slips away at dawn. before the house
the curio shop. Anna viii come back
On an April day. several years later,
hanson drives up TO MIS-. Maxi l,sn mouse
woman alights and rings the bell. II is Anna
and the meeting between her ard Mrs Max
A reception has been arranged for that
night at Mrs. Maxteads. 1t is agreed that
Anna is 10 appear under an assumed name
Mrs. Maxtead's protege, so that the glory
Of her first night on the stage as the won
derful Mile. Solny win not be robbed of its
luster by losing the tinge of mystery sur
rounding the great unknown. During the
evening Anna meets MIR Strode-a Corn
well man who has been seeking his fortune
in Canada Mrs Maxtead not wishing TO
spoil the effect OF Annals London debut, three
weeks hence. takes her down Into Cornwel.
A. &c bar rf-dn naN
Strobe labors under the delusion that Anna
is a little cousin Of Mrs. Maxtead. and.
not enlighten him. He promptly falls in
love with the little cousin. not dream
has t thrice refused Prince Ro1ofr, "a man
Of seventy-four: with provinces in three
countries" who has SET the fashion in
shoes and scent for three Parisian seasons
whose cast-on flowers are worth five times
their weight in sold-whose hats three paint
ers have made famous.
He entertains her and Mrs. Maxtead at din
ner one evening. and Anna promises TO go
out rowing with him the next morning. She
keeps her appointment. and he makes IL evil
dent he has something 10 say TO her and
means 10 say it
10 him. and Anna confesses her love for
him During their walk she pins flower on
that she must have a coin 10 avoid bad
luck. He searches his pocket fruitlessly. and
then remembers coin attached 10 his watch
charm. In answer 10 her question he tells
her the history Of the pieoe OF money as
he knows IT The story is of curio shop in
London where an old and his COM
panion are awaiting the return of the daugh-
ter Of the house. With sudden twitch of
pain Anna realizes that IL is her father and
Johann of whom he is speaking With an eff
fort she controls her emotion and listens in
silence to the recital
The story affects her so much that she de-
terrnines 10 return 10 London at once After
dinner that evening she walks through a
heavy rainstorm to Strode's house and in
forms him that she and Mrs. Maxtead have
decided TO take the first train back 10 town
next morning. ---s--.4sf