The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-01

y. lVl.5W lllldmson
BY the Authors
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your brave Independent American
spirit q. 3 6
I'M not conventional Z" said. 5.f ri
Yes, you re. Ewing IN Enrland a
has spoilcd you. You're afraid ~ II
things " GU n ever used 70 be a fraidS =, IL
l I'm not afraid OF things, ana IN
not = bit changed said. .You only
Wants5to AZ dare me- E ls 4, -
Et.l want 70 .& to go with mo N IA
would ". I bs 80 much nicer than ro,ne
n 81, z gged. i. 'supposinE "a,
~ In q hired cab might, you kno5va
put = cam stay DOORS {v. q ever ia NJ
pen rs. s3ssl * VIC were together II wo,,Id 4
De an a q l ture orth remembering,a
cry. We ~ 4 said LII Ko with
sou, not g 81 ile adventure, but rathe,
t...n l have4y you make#a fuss because
/ try to "A eep you In, aud rntl,er tha
you should go alone. 4 80
5000 slrl y exclaimed Lisa n,,,t,
pleas SAINT and purring, now that IN
II mad MAJ gotB her W ay;; til Ugh il ia reyns 81
s s he.awould probably have cried. 81 shs
| IS terrifying when she cries. Great
ue az = sobs seem almost to tear ..er
\
4 dead ly white, and sometimes ana -, !,
pyf Eht Of trembling as IL she we're n
ian gueg f5 a s J" = -
i cab III asked. = =
~ e e. 4" said she. Il If nE for
4 =, and sent him down 70 tell Tho
ors po y e II esfront door to get q
4 one Then u gave him flve francs. and
\ said aid q did not want anybody to knov
! pc cause ~ had $ to visit a B poor sjc,.
friend who had written$to say, she was
i In sgreatEstrouble. but wanted no one
except OK set, me TO- know she's come ia
= shpldn't have thought such Il
4 elaborate story necessary Is u WA iter.
remarked, tossing up my chin as'iit.
\ tie, for don't like Lisa's subterranean5
A ways. u But this time she didn't nvon
try to defend herself. !7; n AZ. a.
+ Ietssige ready at once" she said.
I'm going to put on my long travel
j .ing cloak to- cover up this dress, ana
J; wear :ny black toque. with q veil. sS5RgI
t5suppose #you'll do tho same Then Wa
q can . slip out, and down the service
n stairs The carriage Is to walt for
J, us at the side cntrance.'} S an
u t3s5l looked B at her, trying to read her
. secrettye little face. Lisa, arc you
plan ming to go somewhere In partiou-
4 lar, do something you want to spring
( *
u out OF It r. ~ fs3. SS.>3
u How horrtd OF you 10 be- SO aus.
!. picious Of me! You do hurt my feel.
3 ings!S haven't had an inspiration yet,
!, SO ~ ca mt make plan but It will
come: know it will. Il shall feel
! where We ought to 60, to be 3 &, tho
: midst OF an adventure-oh. without
: being mixed UP In Il, SO don't look
!; Mortified !8sf told you that something
= was going to happen, and that want
: ed to be In i I. W ell, I mean to be,
J when the nspirathn comes. =
j. 5s%s We put on our ha IS and long travel.
:. a Ing cloaksI pinned on .Lisa's veil,
: and did my own Then she peeped 10
!, see II any one were about but tncro
4 was nobody in the corridor. we hur-
i |sried 4ou ut II ard q. astf Lisa already knew
:, :, where 4 to find the service stairs. we
: were soon on She s>ySs5 slowh.9& Al this
side entrance OF the hotel the motor
1 tcnb was waiting 8, and when we were
: both seated ii inside, Lisa spoke n In
II ord crs. YS5 ii 535 3:5
/. { g585'"'1 think you mig AXE us to the
Z, Rue d'Hollande. Drive fast, please,
5 After that I'll tel you ~,her. g g
. g VI 8 this your lnspiration'7" i asked
y voice. was Their sharp. llss I'LL III $
"A 5$fsSF.'F or no particular reason. I'm q
=, littl e curious. that's ALL s
q r. We drove on for some mini tes n
- silence. I WAS sure now that Lisa
! had been playing with me, that al
:, along s1lo had had some special des.
= tinntion#in her mind, and that she mar
! herr own Erea ops for wanting to brine
: !. me- Y to II But what use 10 ask 8rnort
:, questiona? She did not mean mo Z
"a find out untila sho was & req dy for m.
3 to lknoyX, 5 NJ KS
y She had told the man to go quickly
s. and he~$ Q beyed. NJ He ushed II us rount
Il corners and throug h street after stree
"a which I had me eyer scen before-qute
- streets where there were mo bis, an,
Z, no gay people coming home from the
a aires and e dinners At q last we turned
Is into a part ularly "A ull little street
"a and stopped. XII az q
:, - as this the Due d Hollande r. Lis,
81 enqulred $of.Sthe driver, jumping quick
Il. ~ up and putting her head out ct ~
"a wind ow. # WI zsSb
II; IN MATS oui N1adenao lselle."' I heard III
4 q man answe $s 8
:; "Thon stop where$Ty you are please
' until II give you new orders. s$s 3,
at sss@""I should have thought this was tn
d. sort OF street hereS no thin 6 could pos
- siblyE happen" said Il. 8 fSSs
~ 8i55...Wait a little, ana maybe youth I'm
- out you re mi st q ken II nothtng 3doa'
81, and we aren't anus ed, we can go O.
a. somewhere clse.''t
- 8 She had nots finished Speaking swhc
Z, a l,andsoneS lectric carriage spun al
=, : : lnost noselessly. round the corner, sSl
= = slowed down bet ore a gate set in u
"a |6lhgll wall, almos t covered wi thi Green
=, ers and though L the ! sire twas diml
"a l:ghtod Na1:afTwe had stop pc Late a. dis
~, "a ia rcoi III could see that the, HI use be
o,ss;EhInd$ the wall SSt hough not large, wa
Very oval int and pretty, an y nusual sol
S..7 Eof house TOR Paris, 4 it seemed to me-.
e. : Scarcely had the electric carriaR
9 o comqstp "a halt when til 9 chauffeur
Is meat, ], dark livery, jumped down too
~ .l the docr;Sa nd IA uickly tall. slim We
ne man spyang out, tol lowed by anothe
v. q; elderly sand stout, 4ty hoss ooked like
~ ~ la US ,nlai id b ss
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