Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07

the days OF her childhood dreaded d day
which would awaken mothers instinct
IN Eta and tell him that she had inherited
her mothers genius as an actress. For such
reason, above others, he made q reciuse Of
her: For such a reason, loving her passion-
asely. he sent her to che convent school and
guarded her almost as a prisoner Of his
house. Eta knew that he disiilSed the
theater greatly; but she never had his ree-
sons. and was unaware Of her dead moth
er's story. Had she known IT, this mad
escapade would never have taken place.
She left the house IN Bedford Square
Al 80 furtively and not little afraid.
own secret, and to that Intention abe ad-
hered resoiuteiy. Crossing the square with
quick steps, che stood an instant at the cor-
ner to make sure that no one followed her.
at rest, she called the first hanson cab she
could see and told the man to drive her to
St Pancras station.
And please to stop at a telegraph office
on the way" she said.
The journey had been fully determn sd
upon by this time and she no longer found
herself irresolute. It cos. her much 10 send
Charles lizard her farewell message: but she
old IL courageously, as one who knew tina |
IT must be done. How or Why Count Odin
had crossed her path she could not say: but
ner clever little head crappied Instantly
with that turn of destiny and determined 10
defeat 1t. None could harm her In her
nome In Derbyshire, she said and
to Derbyshire she determined to 60
When she entered the post Office and had
dispatched her kilograms she felt as one
from whose weak shoulders a great weight
mad been lifted. What dream K had ali
been! The hopes the fears, the success OF
IT. Her heart was little heavy when she
wrote down the words: II am leaving Lon
don and shall not return-pray forgive me
and forget-Etta Romney." Therc would
De sensation at the theater tonight. but
what OF 1t II the walls of her home were
about her and the gates of It hal closed
upon her secret She knew too little or
Count Odn's story that her fears of him
should be enduring.
He has learnt something about me some
Where ana wanted to satiJ-y his CURIOSITY -
she thought; perhaps he was cu'ns. 10
make love to me-" an Idea which amused
her, out did not appear in quite as res,ua-
nalil hghl as 1t night have done. Some
Whisper or personal vanity said that Count
Odln was a man of the wofId and IN ex-
ceeoingiy good-looking one AZ TIA. She ne
gan TO see that all her fears misht re riere
SI sa OF rnlsundersta lding none the
less she persisted In her Intention 20 re-
turn 10 Derbyshfre. A sense of rersonal
Danger had been awakened: SIZE hea f,onn
discovery before discovery coils y N
mischief W Aer
There was a train to Derby at baIf-,os+
9; Etta took seat in the corner Of n firsts
class compartment, which an ohIig;ng
guard, bidding porter keep watch upon n
INSISTED upon reServing for her The nor
ter, good fellow. drove off tho basto. pot
among whom were parson with brown No,
per parcels and a fussy little man who al
ways travelled in ladies' carriages because
ne 1v I os "a nave the windows up to say moth
Ing or old maids and their dogs and younp-
er maids without dogs. To these the man
or corduroys politely pointed out the red
Dill upon the window but when a cloaked
foreigner, with hawks beak and watery
eyes, man who must have numbered at
least ninety years, persisted in an attemnt
10 enter, then was the ancient dragged
PACK by the flap of his coat while the magic
WORDS reserved were shouted in his ears
what you say-what-what"-the old fell
low cried, exerting a surprising amount of
here. accidenteI' ~
Higher up, grandfather" said the merry
porter Saffron Hill goes forward-no par
ley lnglesh, eh-well. that's not my fault is
He took the old fellow by the arm IN n
Al9.aiy way (for OF the poor the poor are
ever the best friends) and led him To a
third-class carriage at the forward end of
the train. -
And wonnerful strong old chap for his
years, too. miss" he said to Eta when he
returned for his shilling; give me a shove
like young 'un. he did. I shouldn't wonder
II he amt a-going to play In a cricket
match by the looks of him. Did you want
to send telegram. perhaps7 A surprisin'
lot of kilograms l do send from the station
Mostly from gents wot has fency for a
'oss. They takes a number hort Of their
tickets and backs the first 'un they sees
with the same number in the noospipers
Not as / suppose you've any fency like
that, mss-though young ladies nowadays
do send kilograms almost as frequent as
other people,"
Eta laughed at this idea, but sudden
remembrance coming to her, she asked:
What time do we arrive at Derby, por-
teri"
You should arrive at a quarter to
IL, miss"
"a quarter TO 12-oh. my poor little me,
whatever will you do?'
mot meaning to say that you've forgot
ten to ask them to meet you. miss?'
Meaning the very thing-please get me