The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
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1 THE GIRL WITH ~
~ "A MILLION "
~ p. G. Murray
CHAPTER III.-(Centinued.)
The Levantine advanced, halted before
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CHAPTER I'LL Csntinued.)
The Lsvantine advanced, halted before
the tide, and raised his hat.
II beg zen t. pardon ny intrusion, !"
be said, speaking in German t. Fraser.
"You were good enough - help me snce
before. have d postcard here which
cannst read VIII you be 80 kind a. to
translate It for me-"
Fraser graciously took the postcard
and translated 1t into German. 4 Brus-
sells chemist wrote that enc sr two Of
the ingredients in the prescription for
warded - him by Mr.. Athanos Zeno were
not commonly used in Belgium, and that
he had beea compelled to send to England
for them. The prescription would be
made y and forwarded in day q two.
Mr.. Athanos Zeno raised his hat ence
more and accepted the preferred postcard
from Traser's fingers. processing his in
finite obligation. He had received the
prescription some years ago frsm an Eng
lish physician whom he had met at Ber-
lin. Il had always done him q great deal
Of gosd. He was q little unwell now,
and he had been recommended to Janenne
because Of its famous air. He had ex-
pected b have had friends with him who
epoke the language, but they had not ar
rived. It was not very cheerful 70 be all
alone there, and to exchange a wsrd with
nobody. He trusted to be forgiven this
ihtrusioa.
Fraser intimated. in his swn lsrdly and
cepdesoending way. that he should be
happy At any time during his brief stay
In Janennc to be. Of service, and Mr..
Athanos Zeno, with bow to each in
turn, withdrew himself.
CHAPTER Nv.
At the back of ahe Hotel des Pestes
Il a little garden where the flower beds
are islanded in q harsh lake Of broken
schist. and where in summer time the
gray stone wallis which bound the garden
ON three sides beat back the heat of the
sun upon the air like the reverberators
of furnace. UnobservaRt visitors won
der to find themselves hotter here in shade
than they are in sunshine elsewhere in
the same village.
Athanos Zeno sat here pretty eften,
leaning back in a springy chair ct painted
strip iron, with his lustreus black eyes
half dssed. delightfully."- idle man to
look at was Athanos Zens. and on the
outside nearly always distracted from
the weird, though to Q keen observer
there was visible when people talked in
his neighborhood that ourieas listening.
obserxant poise Of the head which Austin
Farley had noticed in him. He had meth
Ing to osnceal, and but little to observe.
H. noh - IA rlra
were talking together in fzsat 1t the
Chewal Blanc. and now And again stray
village girl came Down T. the village
pump for water, but there was nobody
else i sight.
Mn. Farley walked int the garden
with the boys hand in enc Of hers, and
seating herself at soma distance frsm
me Leyantine, busted herself ever q bit
Of lace work.
At an open window overlooking the gar
den sat Austin, with rnnplsd hair and
disordered aspect, occasionally scratching
his head with the featherea stump Of q
very short quill pen. Lucy. whs had 30
arranged her seat as to command . view
Of him at will, observed him snilingly
AID tenderly for awhile, but he began to
rumple his hair so wildly at length that
she spoke to him.
Cant you work to-day, dear?"
"It's tingling all over me-" he an
swered, with an irritated flourish Of the
hands. Actually and absolutely ting
ling"
"You do nothing in that meod." she
said. smiling. Leave It fer . little while.
Come down into the garden"
II think l WILL" he answered; and
she watched him whilst he swept away
from his table dissrderly double hand
fA Of papers, and snatchiAs q straw hat
from . hook on the wall, stuck 1t fretful-
ly at the bac kof his head and left the
room.
Just at that moment the carriage driv.
en- BY Maskelyne pulled up in front Of the
Cheval Blanc, and the good wife cried, In
q hurried whisper, Austin, here are the
people from Houfoy. And ysu in your
slippers! Go away and make yourself
presentable."
Austin arose with something Of an ali
Of numerous discomfort, and sauntereG
into the hotel, reappearins In time t.
greet Maskelyne and Dobroski at the door
where the young American introduced
Miss Butler with a solemn little phrase
or two about the novelist's fame which
caused him to blush like . schoolboy
angela looked upon him with eyes Of ven
eration-the first live author she had be
held. She was at tho age when venera
ton il at its freshest, and this encounter
was IN unfeigned and unique delight tt
her.
BY and by they were all seated in tn,
garden together. and O'Rsurke and Fra
ser came in, and each teok . chair in tn,
hot shade Of the trained lines. Angela
Farley and Maskelyne were just begin
ming - feel at homo tesetAsr, and wer,
gliding into talk. O'Rsurke sat near ant
kept silence, though it was q csmnez
habit Of his to lead csavsrsation. He wa
esteemed good talker, but his power q,
listener was rarer and more remarkable
As listener he was full Of subtleties
He responded silently to the slightes
shade Of thought, and the talker Away,
felt certain of sympathy with Kim.
He saw but little Of feminine sacietv