The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-23

and black. and oh, your eycs-you are.
ugh, so ugly"
Thanks. drny Il won't need mirror
now that you've told me all / might see
i IN it.T
Yes, you're dreadfully ugly, continued
madame, with quaint, sweet smile;
but it doesn't alter me bit I still
look away, Frank-I still love you, dear"
/ The door closed upon her, but next mo-
ment it opened little. and she peeped
Ishyiy through the crevice. her face charm
/ ing with an expression Of timid, almost
pleading coquetry.
Say YOU don't love that girl. Frank
Cressingham shook hls head and mad
anne, interpreting in her own favor his
equivocal response. kissed her hand 20
him ana departed With beaming eyes.
/ In ten minutes Cressingham was sleep
I ing like the dead. and he did not wake
until eighteen hours had spun their UNI
| seen fbers round his heart and the stars
/ Of another night were burning brightly in
/ the m0onlcss heavens. The steamer had
stopped; perhaps it was the rest from
I travail, the sudden calm succeeding the
I ceaseIess laundering and shuddering of
/ b
/ The cabin lamp was lighted. and his
clothes, nicely brushed and folded rested
/ on the couch. while a deck chair by the
/ bedside held "a tray of dainty edibles and
/ a flask of wine. He felt still sore. but
already infinitely better, and hungry as
/ hunter. Dressing quickly, often smother
/ ing Eroan in the operation he made
hearty meal and drained the flask, reflect
+ ing wisely that even should he be proceed
/ ing To his death il We're just as well TO die
with fun stomach as an empty one
! He tried the door atterward half doubt
/ ingiy, but it yielded and he went on deck
The night was cloudless and marvelousH
mild, and balmy wind just famed the
worlds surface with "a tenderly caTessing
touch. laden with faint. sweet memory
ar0using OdOrs. Cressiugham noted with
surprise that the masts OF the yacht had
disappeared. and that her funnel had been
/ extraordinarily reduced iu size They lay
| ia a tiny h8rbOr scarce Il mile across.
composed OF two circular narrow and
/ low-lying strips Of land that stretched out
/ from the mainland like TWO embracing.
anxious arms. and almost met 20 seward.
/ The mainland was mountainous, but no
other feature could be distinguished in the
dark.
The codstliuc in the bay. mingliug with
4 the waters deep in the shade. was iudis-
ccrUiblc. but halt way ID q mountain
close at hand group Of lights regularly
arranged suggested the outline of house
OF large dimensions. perhaps castle
CresSinghIW. lost IN contempt ton and
conjecture. was startled by the placing of
"a hand upon his arm. 1t was madame
I "IOudcT Is Alfalfa. she said. my home.
What Were you dreaming OFF,
OF your father Kate. How 10 YOU
suppose - will receive mc2-
Like courtly gentleman NE u.s. DO
you wish Wicee"
Indeed. p need it badly; don't YOU
Then tire, my father AS he treats you.
Tie viii rec Nvc you kindly iu the first
place. but If should by chance continue
kind, pretend q like and o. admire him.
Like an great men. Dc is very vain An.
you smile at the adjective. YOU will not
|always-he is great 81 alI events in crime
Forgive me. Kate. and thanks for your
advice. but tell me frankly is 10 ike, he
VIII do as you suggest and take "a fancy
10 WC2'
Madame surveyed him anxiously. and
shook her bead, I'm afraid not dear.
I'd like TO say yes-but I think otherwise.
You see. hc adores beauty both in men and
women, later you win understand and dis
just as ITdeutly. and he will not permit %
creature 10 approach him that is not near
perfect IT ms Internal husband had not
so brutally ili used your face he would
have been sure TO like you, for be has a.
weakness FOR AN things English, in spite
81 the fact that your country gave "a home
To his old enemy You see. the French
So hate the English. and have suffered so
much at the hands OF your c0untrympn.
that father cannot help but feel a little
kindly Co the English.
Il sec-wo1, I shall he prepared for his
aversion. do you think he Will kin mc2"
II shall not allow him To II can help
it. DO you think I want 20 lose you
Frank? Why, / may have To spend years
on this wretch,G little island Il would
Dee death IN life alone"
CressinEham smiled at the sclfshness
I lying beneath her spoken thought but the
reply that tTomblcd on his lips was never
uttered. for the captain. iuterrupting. led
them to 20 gausway and thence into "a lit
tie steam launch that pulled alongside
the Yacht
The water swaygd gently with long
steady gliding swell. its surface uubroken
hy the slightest ripple and the boat sped
shorrward with surprising speed. Tnav
landed at a small stone jctty where
madame dismissed the sailors and badc
only Cressingham attend her. They
climbed arm i'm arm a gentle slope Tor
som" short distance from the sea, then
came To- a narrow stone stairway leading
abruptly upward 90 the heights Sten bV
step they assembled toufullv. until hatf
The height traverScd. then found rest
ing terrace and seats OF carveu wood
Hating a little while for breath. ghcv
recommended the Journey. and In twenty
minutes reached fat ledge of rock. nrtv
feet square. from which the stone wall
of an old haIf-Tuin-d medieval tower
shCered straight above them 10 a dizzy
height. Behind the tower stretched "A
struggling granite mansion that seemed
built right into the mountains heart for
huge crags jUtted threateuinGly above IT'S
castellated tops. crags whose fan seemed
mOmontarily imminent 4 wide granite
tagged path Tea from the steps around
The tower. which brought them soon unto
"a splendid marble porch whose outer
doors stood open anC whose inner doors
were glorihcd with long and broad panels
Of ri-h stained glass.
TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.
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