Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-06-20

ward Hugh Miller's Old Red Sana-
stone and works of that sort, and now
I remember your singing When John
ny Comes Marching Home Il there
fore take it that Jack Lamont has ar
rived"
"He has not"
"Then he has written to youY
HE has not"
"Oh, we'll, I give it up. Tell me the
tragedy in your own way"
For answer katherine withdrew her
hands from behind her and offered to
her friend a sheet of paper she had
been holding. Dorothy saw blazoned
on the top Of it a coat-of-arms and I'M
derneath it written in words of the
most formal nature was the informa-
ton that Prince Ivan Lermontoff pre-
sented his warmest regards to Captain
Kempt, U. S. N, retired, and begged
permission to pay his addresses to the
captains daughter Katherine. Dorothy
looked up from the document, and her
friend said calmly:
"You see, they need another Kath-
crime in Russia"
"E hope she won't be like a former
one, if all I've read of her is true. This
letter was sent to your father, them"
"It was, and he seems to regard it
as a huge joke. Said he was going to
cable his consent, and as the Conster-
nation has sailed away he would try
to pick her up by wireless telegraphy
and secure the young man that way.
Suggests that 1 shall have a lot of new
photographs taken, so that he can hand
them out to the reporters when they
call for particulars. Sees in his minds
eye, he says, a huge black lettered
heading in the evening papers, "A Rus
sian Prince Captures One of Our Fair
est Daughters and then insultingly
limited that perhaps, after all, it was
better not to use my picture, as it
might not bear out the fair daughter
fiction Of the heading"
eyes, Kate, I can see that such treat
mnaent Of q vital subject must have been
very provoking" ~.~~
Provoking? l should say it was!
He pretended he was going to tack
this letter up on the notice board in the
hall Of the hotel, so that every one
might know what guests Of distinction
the Matterhorn House held. But the
most exasperating feature of the sit
uation is that this letter has been lying
for days and days at our cottage in
Bar Harbor. 1 am quite certain that
I left instructions for letters to be for
warded, but, as nothing came, 1 tele-
graphed yesterday to the people who
have taken u house, and now a whole
heap Of belated correspondence has ar
rived, with a note from our tenant say
ing he did not know our address. You
will see at the bottom Of the note that
the prince asks my father to communi-
cate with him by sending a reply to
the CONSERVATION at New York, but
now the CONSERVATION has sailed for
England. and poor John must have
waited and waited in vain"
"Write care of the CONSERVATION in
England"
"But Jack told me that the Con-
sternation paid off as soon as she ar
rived, and probably he will have gone
to Russia"
IF you address him at the admiralty
in London, the letter will be forward
ed wherever he happens to be-"
"How do you known"
II have heard that such is the case"
"But you're not sure, and I want to
be certain"
Are you really in love with him,
Kate?"
"Of course 1 am. You know that
very we'll, and I don't want any stupid
misrepresentation to arise at the begin
ming, such as allows a silly author to
carry on his story to the four hun
dredth page of such trash as this"
And she gently touched with her toe
the %unofending volume which lay on
the ground beneath the hammock.
"Then why not adopt your fathers
suggestion and cable? 1t isn't you who
are cabling, you know"
II couldn't consent to that. It would
look as if we were in a hurry, wouldn't
it?"
linen let me able"
you? To whom?"
"Hand me up that despised book,
Kate, and I'll write my cablegram on
the fly leaf. If you approve of the
message, I'll go to the hotel and send
1t at once"
Katherine gave her the book and
lent the little silver pencil which hung
jingling with other trinkets on the
chain at her belt. Dorothy scrubbed a
note, tore out the fly leaf and pre-
scented it to Katherine, who read:
Alan Drummond, Bluewater Club, Pail
Mall, London:
Tell Lamont hat his letter to Captain
Kempt was delayed and did not reach
the captain until today. Captain Kempt's
reply will be sent under cover to you at
your club. Arrange for forwarding IL
you leave England.
DOROTHY AMHURsT.
When katherine finished reading she
looked up at her friend and exclaimed,
"Well"" giving that one word a mean
ing deep as the clear pool on whose
borders she stood.
Dorothy's face Redeemed as if the