The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

train Tomorrow morning. without
mentioning your intention to any one;
you VIII drive ut once to some hotel
where YOU have never stayed and are
not known. j Will fine means OF in
| forming the lady of what hotel you
choose. You will there give f1cti-
tious name 1et us say, George Sand
ford) and you will take a suite, with a
private sitting-room. That done, you
| Will say that you are expecting a lady
to call upon you, and VIII see no one
| else You Will wait till MademoiselIe
do Renzie appears. which will certain-
| ly be as soon as she can possibly man
| age; and when you and she are alone
| together. sure that you're not being
spied upon. you will put into her
hands small packet which shall
give you before we part Tonight"
1T sounds simple enough" said Ivor,
IF that's ALL"
1T is all. Yet 1t may be anything
but simple"
Would you prefer to have me call
at her house. and save her coming to
a hotel? I'd willingly do SO f."
NO. As told you. should It be-
known that you and she meet, those
who are watching her at present ought
not to suspect the real motive OF the
meeting. SO much the better for us /;
but we must think of her. After four
O'Clock every afternoon the young
Frenchman she's engaged to is in the
habit of going to her house, and stop
| ping until it's time for her to go to
work. Flo dimes with her. but doesn't
drive with her to the theatre, as that
would be rather too public for the
present. until their engagements an
| nounced. He adores her. but is incon-
| veniently Jealous. like most Latins.
It's practically certain that he's heard
your name mentioned in connection
| with hers. when she was in London.
| and as Frenchman invariably fails to
| understand that man can admire a
| beautiful woman without being In love
with her, your call at her house might
! give Mademoiselle Maxine a mauvais
quart d'heure."
II see. But If she sends l,im away.
and comes to my hotel"
She'll probably make some excuse
about being obliged to go to the thea
| tire early. and thus get rid of him.
| She's quite clever enough to manage
that. Then, as your own name won't
Eappear on any hotel list in the papers
next day, the most jealous heart need
have no cause for suspicion. AT the
same time, II certain persons whom
Mademciselle-and we. too--have to
fear, do find out that she has visited
Ivor Dundas. who has assumed false
name for the pleasure of n private In
tervlew with her. interests of even
deeper Importance than the most des-
perate love affair may still. we'll hope,
be guarded by the pretext of your old
friendship. Now, you understand thor
oughly?"
| N
and troubled, knew by the change
| in his manner, out of which all the
| saiety had been slowly drained. II
Will do my very best
| IF you are sacrificing any import
| ant engagements of your own for the
next two days you won't suffer for it
in the end" remarked the Foreign
| Secretary meaningly.
No doubt Ivor saw the consulship at
Algiers dancing before his eyes, bound
up with an engagement to Di. just as
a slice of rich plum cake and white
bride cake are tied together with bows
OF satin ribbons some times. In Amer
lea. l didn't want him to have the
consulship. because getting that would
perhaps mean getting Di. too.
Thank you," said Ivor.
"And what hotel shall you choose in
Paris" asked the Foreign Secretary.
!
to remind you. where Mademotselle de
Renzie could so without danger of
compromising herself. in case she
should be recognized in spite Of the
| veil she's pretty certain to wear. Yet
/ 1t shouldn't be in too central situa-
| ton"
Shall 1t be the Elysee Palace?"
asked 1vor.
THAT will do very WELL" replied tho
Lot off ,.ona q.
And could have clapped my hands.
in what Ivor would call my '.impish
Joy" when 1t was settled; for the
| Elysee Palace is where Lord and Lady
| Mountstuart stop when they visit
Paris, and they'd been talking OF run
ming over next day with Lord Robert
| West, to look at a wonderful new
! motor car for sale tnere-one that q
Rajah had ordered to be made for him,
and died before 1t was finished Lady
| Mountstuart always has one new fad
every six months at least, and her
latest is to drive a motor car herself.
Lord Robert is n great expert-can
make a motor. believe, or take it to
pieces and put it together again; and
| he'd been insisting for days that she
would be able to drive this Raiah
car She'd promised that, IL not too
| tired she'd cross to Paris the day
/ dileF inc DILL, taklHS tne afternoon
train, via Boulogne. as she wouldn't
be equal to an early start Now.
thought, how splendid it would be il
she should see Maxine at the hotel
with Ivor
The Foreign Secretary was advising
Ivor to wire the Elysee Palace for
rooms without any delay. as there
must be no hitch about his meeting
Maxine, once it was arranged for. her
ITO go there. Any misunderstanding
would be fatal" he went on. as SOL
emily as il the safety of Maxine's
head depended upon Ivor's trip. &c
only wish I could have got off to-
night; and in that case YOU might
have gone to her own house early in
the morning. She is in u frightful
state of mind, poor girl. But it was
only to-day that the contents of the
packet reached me. and was shown to
the Prime Minister. Then. it was Just
before I hurried round here to see
that I received a cypher telegram from
| her. warning me that Count Godensky
-of whom you've probably heard--ana