The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17

name for bringing ill-luck to its in
habitants, or that the price fixed upon
1t was prohibitively high, it had re-
manned vacant, y before. Lady Camps
stance
So long the enchanted ground be-
hind the rose wnl had seemed an an
mex to her own modest property, shc
begrudEcd the idea OF its overlooking
with noisy, gay people, with their an
sners and dances their motor cars pull
Ing up the drive, their tennis matches
and tea parties, piano-practicing, and
perhaps spoiled children and dogs, to
Invade her sylvan soil tuues.
Tho one fate that Lady Campstown
kept In reserve as the most painful that
4 &C ld possibly overtnke .VtllafRelne des
Fees, was for 1t to be Inhabited ny
Americans Now. upon her return tal-
though recently born again, as II were
ia new sense OF the excellent possi-
bilties Of her transatlantic kinsfoikD
u she learned with dismay. from her
gardener, that the house had actuaily
been leased to an American family VINO
< were to arrive the following day D '.
tails Of the calamity she could not
at'"nrst bring herself to acquire. 1t
was enough that her worst fears LOT
nor cherished playground were about
"a be realized. She turned pale at 8
thought OF the changes sure 70 come.
Directly after luncheon Lazy S camps i.5
town took down her mushroom ma.
and an Inverness cape ina. ne' n r,,an,d
had hung on a peg In the entry, arI ,r e
herself with her tortoisc-shell STICK
.s.,,ifo from Clnndonald, by the way
onS Gtrotted down the walk OF her own
GARDEN leading out under the bampoos Z
to the little green door IN her hei e.
bor's wall This was open, anu s''.'
went in. sadly resolved 20 ,I'iN s,,,oa
N, all the t1mll1dE
anote henceforward to be blocked rom
har view as cffetually as newspaper
paragraphs by the ink-lnarks OF RUS rus
sian censor. -, 90. am,
z ~ The day was glorious. earth. sea anu a,
civ lustrpus with intense sunshine. .ne
air filled with doors OF orange
and violet. jasmine and rose, inc paiiilis5
,ln,,ao, Gently under q summer breeze.
wnvsr had the grounds OF VIVA h 11L
Ia. woes seemed In more perlect -
~ sha gave one glance up AT ING
s.,aa =, q . house front above the stately
halustrades, and saw that It's "lluo| -
wera open. new curtains lutse ,,n;s e,
the breeze In the lossia ,,ttIo dead
,ho houdoir of the poor Hteie -
,,r,nccss wicker chairs. gayly cus '!.on.
- ,vere grouped under the Iose
....aa+ hs The signs of coming haDitu-
ton we're too evident, at look
40 campstown would not io ,,H
.gain. Sorrowfully she selrec ~ ~. ~.
steps along the lower terrae =, =, ,l ,,entlv
to;ss-shells stick tapping lmpa,len :. ,
go, Tho renaissance birds ana p ..
~ 10 pavement. She even hopea No.
- ,noet nny Of the friendly ProVencal.
,s,o worked upon the place, with W = ;,
she had been wont to stop anu "a. ~,
about themselves and 1anltles' -,
prospects OF the fioWer,cro -, ~. :, ~,
boring cultiyators, a iat{ ".i o. n
town in general. !. :.
some distance from the house thi
terrace was rounded into LOOKOUT
commanding q wondrous avenue -
Mains. their trunks enwrapped m ros rose
and Jasmine. at the end OF Which the
hillside fell sharply away, revealing .
unimaginably lovely view OF me !, ~ 7
and islands From here, as the Vlslto
now seated herself to gaze her last O
fayorite prospect, she saw comm
toward her. beneath the arch OF palms
hotwean borders of violets, very Ia
young woman. modishly attired IN wn ~
embroidered cloth, with a large white
plumed hat that breathed OF the ~
de 10 Paix, In Paris
LADY Campstown wished that ST
could believe this engaging person
be some one who, like herself, ha
strayed into Villa RENE des Fee
through curiosity-a guest from one
the adjacent smart hotels.
But she could not. She knew in h
British soul that 1t was none other tht
one Of the temporary owners OF t
propcrty, and that she herself sto.
revealed q trespasser. In her inten
yexation, the dowager nrose agai
striking her stick on the hot marble VI
derfoot, til two little green liznrt
scampcred away in fright at its slal
resonance.
IT beg your pardon" she said in h
,.ell-bred old voice. II live in the ne
house, and, OF course, had no idea tn
the villa was yet Inhabited"
"Plcase don't speak of It," was
surprisingly friendly answer. (The 6
was thinking, Here, surely, is t
Fairy Godmother.~ I'VE decided
the last minute to come day carli
so anxious were we to get out
gloomy, wet Paris. You sea. my fail
5}8at No., I,aa,, yarv tho IN II