The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-26
Thursday, July 26, 1906.
ttEtta Romney, by Godf'' he ex-
claimed, and in the same breath he told
them that the rehearsal was over.
CHAPTER XVII
The Immesario's Prayer.

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The Immesarto's Prayer.
So the Lady Evelyn had become Eta
RoInney once more, the child Of the
theater, the daughter Of mystery
which London was upon the eve Of solv-
ing The events which brought her
to tins resolution are briefly outlined in
letter which she wrote to her father
upon the morning after her interview
with the great Charles lizard at the
Carlton theate1. No longer ashamed Of
her resolution, she took up .her resi-
dence boldly at the Savoy hotel and en-
tered her own name in the visitors
book, afraid Of none.
Savoy Hotel Tnnrsday.-my Dear Father:
am here In London, according to my determine
ton already announced TO you. L shall live
little while at this hotr1, and afterwards where
ny profession may make It neee8sary. Believe
me. my dear father. that this life alone is best
fee me, and best for Jon at this moment ]
could live no longer In house where rightly
or wrongly. have always felt .strangr-and
my love for Gavin forbids me to hear thoss
things which must hear every day In my Old
home. Now that / am mistress of my own
Z aetons. you win be able to find an answer In my
Independents to those who are not to Be an
swesed in any other way. Should Count Odin
follow me to London he wiz learn that I am
neither without friends nor resources, and I
shall not hesitate to call upon both for my pro-
lection. 1t Is my intention to estabfsh myself
here until such time rs news Of Gavfn's welfare
may come t. me. or that may. myself. go
play am sure; and will not rest until the
truth is Hown. Dear father If you must suffer
because OF me, forgive and forget, and be sure
always Of my love for ron and my desire for
your happiness. We are outcasts Of fortune
both, and while the world is enjoying our posi-
ton we know that It il false that we are but
tntruders by aecident, and that our past Is ris-
ing up every day to laugh our ambitions to
seorn. Happier far when we were wanderers
and poor, with days OF love and hope TO live and
no debt 10 pay to great and insupportable her
fage. Dear father. you win next hear of me
as Eta Ronney, the setressIbut never forget
that Evelyn win return to you IL You have need
OF her, and that her love for you is imperishable.
own shoulders. and give ron those years of rest
and peace which are your hearts desire But,
for the time being. she must live alone for the
sake Of the man who has befriended her and to
whom she has given her love. Dearest father,
Your. Loving Evelyn Always.
From which it is clear that the month
OF November found Gavin Ord still in
Rumania and Count Odin again in Der
byshire. The latter had returned from
Bucharest early in the month Of Sep
gipsies, he settled down at Melbourne
Hall as one who, at no distant date,
would be its master. That the earl
acquieseed in this assurance convinced
Evelyn finally that she did not possess
the whole of her father 3 story. Either
he was q. coward tand this; she would
never believel, or some mystery of her
own past or his abetted the count 3 pre-
tensions No other explanation of the
matter was possible; nor could she fore
see a DAY which would rid her of the
presence of a man who ever spoke to
her of tho heritage her mother s coun-
alties.
She had always feared Count Odin,
and she feared him now when the true
rearing Of man 8 love had been made
known to her and her daily prayer was
for Gavin s safety. Not that she
doubted herself or the truth of her
thing in her blood which might bring
her to the count $ arms and mock for
all time her faith in her own woman
hood and her spoken word that she
would be Gavin g wife upon his return.
So greatly did this fear haunt her that
supportable. She would rise with the
s iete sas will eome And The nights found
her brooding and restless and fighting
ever against the insidious advances Of
o man who made love to her with q
pulsed had no shame to threaten her.
ssYour English friend was fool to
20 TO the mountains,'' he would say;
1--WE cannot protect him there-my
government is helpless. The prison IN
which my father lies, sent there by the
man who should have been his friend.
viii not open to an Engfishman 8
knock. If I could have helped your
friend, I would have done, so because he
was your friend. You say that he loves
you I viii believe it when the sun
shines in England. Ny dear lady. your
heart is in the south with the vine and
not made an Englishwoman Of you.
| You are like flower that cries for
the sun all day and withers because
there is no sun. I viii take you TO .
land Of roses and set your feet upon
golden sands. We will visit the east
togethef-the color, the life, the music
Of it, shall enthrall u.s. There they win
teach you how TO love. in England
your hearts are ice-but you have not
an English heart. !"