The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29

Shayne's probing questions respecting
 the handsome red-haired English girl
 to recall her to his memory. He winc-
 ed inwardly as he realized that his conduct had been indefensible; no reas-
 oning could disperse this conviction.
 She had solemnly warned him of her
 particular failing-jealousy, and she
 had not exaggerated her weakness. It was true that she had, by her own act
 released him because he had openly
 set her aside in favor of his cousin, Dolores; subsequently, La Rubia had ignored his existence. and cast him out of her life for ever. Nevertheless. he had a sure intuition that she loved him. This girl from the north was proud and sensitive, there was some thing reserved and even stern in her | nature; but man of Paul's enormous experience could see beneath the sur face. La Rubia sdored him. although she held him infiePibly at arms length. l She would walk with him. sympathize with him. open her heart to him. and even weep to him: but he had never once kissed her. How few pretty wo-
 men of his acquaintance could make | this boaSt!
 Here Was the deepiy-set love of | naturally cold nature. and Paul, de- spite the deadly breach. and the dist ance which yawned between them, was | confident that her heart belonged to | him. Yet, such was her disposition and her pride, the chances were that | he would never look upon her face again. Ills experience of other women had nisied him. Hitherto he had be- | lieved that he had but to raise his hand and beckon them back; but, for | once, he had found himself tragically | mistaken.
 Marquis de Sarazin were brusquely | disturbed by the cheerful strains of | the adajcent dinner bugle. and. 10 the | envy of many he hurried below In or" | der to prepare for the meal
 The notorious banks were skirted | without fog or incident. and 1t was the | last day on board. The weather was l better. so were many invalids. who | once more reappeared on deck-not 1 few of the ladies in brand-new frocks, l worn to qualify for Customs. Cards were freely exchanged, bridge accounts were settled, and cabin-boxes studded
 the long passages.
 Paul de Sarazin's chief friends, re- | stored to society, gave him a warm in.
 vitation to visit them at St. Louis, and, | after the ship had passed Nantucket l lighthouse, did the honors of their | country with pride. They indicated various scenes--the forts, Coney Is- land. the Statue of Liberty-iast, but not least, the skyscrapers. It was altogether a busy, lively out l look; ocean steamers passed them, and l ferry boats. shaped like Noah's arks, l darted across under the very bows of | the liner. At last the Baltic arrived alongside her berth, where a great
 crowd had assembled to welcome the
 travellers. The unparalleled hustle of the customs. the celebrated draughts | in the windy shed, the conscientious | manner fin which the luggage was ex-
 amined--none of these facts had been
 exaggerated. Here Paul took leave of his pleasant smoking-room acquaint- ances and his two lady friends These parted from him with palpable re- | iuctance, urging him, in a hospitable duet, not to fail to visit them at St. Louis He placed them in big car- riage, carefully handed in their small effects and jewel case, then. hat in
 hand, saw them depart. Paul liked
 them both especially Mrs. Shayne.
 Was this because she had assured him that she adored Grenada as much as
 her countryman Washington Irving? or was 1t because she declared that
 "she admired the red-haired girI-to | death"
 The Marquis de sarazin and his valet
 had a long and weary walt under the
 letter "S," but at last they were free
 to drive to the Hotel Waldorf, where
 rooms had been secured: and. although crammed with people. the hotel seem ed a quiet haven of repose and refuge after the din of Broadway. with its
 electric cars, and pondrous street traffic.
 1 "Un Palacior' murmured Pedro to
 himself, as they surveyed the great
 marble staircase, pillars, floors and
 statues, the palm trees and the pic- | lures.
 When his master entered the parlor 1 to scribble a letter for the outgoing
 mall, he was astonished to notice on
 a four-faeed clock the actual time.
 not only in New York, but in Madrid,
 his native city. What a bustling. live
 ly place it was!--the gaily-dressed,
 chatterIng Ihrong. streaming along the
 corridors en route to the restaurants.
 the hurrying pages. porters, messen-
 gers. the rattle of the elevators; whilst | above the hum and buzz of the crowd
 penetrated the delicious strains of a | fine string band. However, Paul de Sarazin had not come to New York
 merely to look and listen-he desired
 to act; and as soon as he had de-
 spatched the letter, he proceeded to the | palm-room which was already crowd 1 ed with people. including numbers of
 smartly dressed girls wearing marvel
 lous feathered hats and expensively l simple summer gowns; and magnifi- cent matrons, superb in embroideries