The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-02

"Well," he said lightly enough, "to
begin with, your friend is still in Ru-
mania. -
"Am I unaware of that" she ex-
claimed.
''Of course, you would not be. He
Is still in Rumania and prisoner
"a prisoner-why should he be a
prisonerf" - ~.
because, dear lady, he Is my faith.
er g enemy 5~..-
She realized what it meant and sat
resting her bowed head upon her little
hands. ~...-.- !.
81 will 20 to Rumania; I will see
him, she said presently.
Odin smiled again at that.
1T would be hazardous Journey,
and I fear an improbable one," said
"It can be no less profitable than the
silent friendship of those who should
speak. But we are talking in para
bles,, she said quickly, "and for once
truth. :"
"a fattering admission. I will do
my best to be worthy of it. Let us
continue the story as we began. Your
friend is a prisoner in the house Of my
friends. They will release him upon
the day I command them to do so-not
lady La S9cE ei9 ahi IL the
to obey is the only commandment
known to them. Should say to them
4this man must not return to England
then he would never return. I think
you can understand that. It rests with
me to save your friends life or to
: bit we are a long way from
speak. The plain issue of that duel of
sex could not be hidden from her. She
was in the house Of a man who had
brought her there by trick; scoun-
drel and an adventurer, and she was
alone. The price Of Gavin Ord lib
erty was the surrender of her honor.
She understood and was silent, and
the man knew. that she. understood.
"We are a long way from that,' he
which spoke chiefly of his passion for
her. ~ hope that we shall never come
to it. When I first saw you in Lon
don, Lady Evelyn, I said that there
never should be another woman for me.
I say so again tonight. If you do not
marry me, I will never marry. Yes, I
love you, and 4. an Of natl nation that
should be loved. Consent to be my
wife and I will live for nothing else
but your happiness. Your English
friend shall win his liberty tomorrow;
your father shall be my fathers friend.
g. I will live where you wish to live, serve
you faithfully, have no Thoughts but
those you wish me te have. Evelyn
tonight-that I love you-that you
must love me-that T cannot live with
out you"
He bent over her and tried to touch
her hand. She did not doubt that she
had become, as he said, the great hope
Of his life. And Just as she had said
in Derbyshire, "Etta Romney would
marry him. 50 now for an instant did
the same voice speak to her. to tell her
the truths Of such a passion as this
and to put the spell of its great temp
tation upon her. Then, white and trem-
bling, the true Evelyn spoke.
"Count Odin,' she said, 1T love
another man. I must answer you once
and foreyer-this cannot be; it is i'm
He heard her patiently, did not yet
be such lover as he had declared the
men of his nation to be-.
ct believe nothing of the kind. This
man has appeared before YOU as hero
He goes like a new Don Quixote to tilt
against the windmills of his folly. Yot
knows nothing of what love ISL
81 do love him. she said yer,
calmly. 81 love him, and I shall MARI,
him. - ,&...... -r....- f. p 81.
"When he returns from Rumania!'
when he returns, or when l 20 t.
him there . .e ,.-
He laughed now at her earnestness.
GIVE will 90 together-you and [, ,
| he said. GIVE will start for Paris to
morrow. It is stage upon our jour
ney I sent for You SOTO 20 to Pari
! with me tomorrow. OF course, you
| father goes. He viii tell you so whe,
| he comes here. He goes with us, an
is pleased to be out of England. VIII
should he not be7 Here is all the tow
gaping at his daughter. That pains hin
| I, too, dislike it, for do not wish tn
world to call my wife an actress. M
Lady Evelyn, we shall prevent itm tn o.,
1 get all this. The day will come whe
! you will know that we have been you
/ friends