Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11


cisive tone. in which she placed the
matter of his identity on a purely prac'
teal and unsentimental plane. gave
him a new impression Of her character
But Captain Claiborne
He ceased suddenly and she antici-
| pated the question at which he had
faltered and answered, a little Jelly;
81 do not consider it any of my busl
ness to NEEDLE in your affairs with my
brother He undoubtedly believes yon
are the impostor who palmed himself
off at Bar Harbor as the Baron Won
Kissel He was told So
by NJ Chauvenet."
so he said"
and of course he is capital wit
ness There is no doubt Of Chauve
nets entire crediblity," declared ARM
tage. little airily.
Il should say not" said Shirley un
responsibility. Il am quite as sure tha'
| he was not the false baron as / an
that you were not"
Armitage laughed
THAT is a little pointed"
ut was meant to be-" said Shirley
sternly 1T is"-she weighed the WORD
ridiculous that both Of you SHOULD
be here"
THANK you for my half! l didn't
know he was here! But | am not
exactly here-I have much safer
place" He swept the blue hilled hori
zon with his hand. M. Chauvenet
and / will not shoot at each other in
the hotel dining room. But l am really
relieved that he has come. We have
n interesting fashion Of running into
each other. 1t would positively grieve
me to be obliged to wait long for him.
He smiled and thrust his hat under
his arm. The sun was dropping behind
the great western barrcade. and chill
wind crept sharply over the valley.
He started to walk beside her as she
turned away. but she paused abruptly
"Oh. this won't do at all! can't be
seen with you. even in the shadow OF
my own house. l must trouble you to !
take the side gate" and she indicated /
it by a nod of her head.
Not if / know myself! / am not |
fraudulent member Of the German no /
bility-you have told me so yourself /
Your conscience is clear. assure you
mine is equally so! And ! am not
person, Miss Claiborne to sneak out by
side gates. particularly when | came
over the fence! It's long way around
anyhow. and l have a horse over there
somewhere by the inn"
'Nly brother
as at Fort Myer. of course. At about
this hour they are having dress parade,
and he is thoroughly occupied"
"But-there is NJ Chauvenet. He
has nothing to do but amuse himself"
They had reached the veranda steps
and she ran to the top and turned foi
a moment to look at him. He still car
ried his hat and crop in one hand and
had dropped the other into the side
pocket of his coat. He was wholly a,
ease. and the wind rufled his hair and ,
gave him a boyish look that Shirley
liked But she had no wish to be
found with him, and she instantly nod
led his dismissal and half turned away {
20 go into the house. when he detained ,
ler for a moment
81 am perfectly willing to afford N c
Chauvenet all imaginable entertain t
nent We are bound to have many /
meetings / am afraid he reached this t
.harming valley before me; but, as
'ule, | prefer to be a little ahead Of t
lin It's a within. the merest whim =
assure you" t
He laughed. thinking little of what o
e said. but deighting in the picture T
he made, the tall pillars of the veran- b
a framing her against the white wall
+ the house and the architrave high s
bove speaking. so he thought. for the n
aptitude, the breadth of her nature s
Ter green cloth gown afforded the "
appiest possible contrast with the il
-hite background, and her hat-fOr a h
own, let US remember. may express R
he dressmaker, but a hat expresses h
he woman who wears it-her hat Ar W
litage was aware, was a trife OF is
lack velvet caught up at one side al
18th snowy plumes
Her annoyance at finding herself b
ngering to listen to him was marked
an almost imperceptible gathering II
her brows. 1t was all the matter Of ~
q instant His heart beat fast in his L
y at the sight of her, and the tongue ~
Iat years of practice had skilled in OIL
serve and evasion was possessed by pa
reckless spirit. g
She nodded carelessly. but said moth ~
G, waiting for him to go on. 81 81
But when l wait for people they ", W
ways come-even in a strange per ~
Ia" he added darlngly. Now. in p
eneva, not long ago.
He lost the profile and gained her %
ce, as he liked it best, though her ~
ad was lifted little high in resent ~
emit against her own yielding curiOsi W
He was speaking rapidly. and the
ght hint of some other tongue than
J usually fluent English arrested her Y,
r now, as it had at other times. W
In Geneva, when | told a young &c