New-York tribune., 1908-03-22

tell anyone I'll he heard c- me engagement II
some one else
He had not spoken If i. bur something else t
happened lie had cabled % Lady Nt1d tha
was coming back % England by -le --lt steam
He often came and went back ~-s.e .er-E TWO
three times at short intervals ,ra r.- --aEed
for MANY months, but Lady Maud ugh-' --sz
could not be much doubt as 70 his yeas r Lr conn =
now. She knew well enough thar Ee lad tre-
persuade the prirna donna 70 marry ~ during r.
previous winter. and that II his paS~l'- -1- her -
not shown itself much of late this wa lie 70 o.-1
causes chiefly 20 the persecution ot E.-ch he 1-
nd himself lust before he went % A-.-,ca. ou- 2
some extent also 20 The fac- thar VI -r- had nj
seemed inclined % accept anyone ---
Lady Maud. who knew -he man .--rr r-al II
knew himself Invarilv compared l-- -. F9ca1
quIesCent Just now, Is ta- as Na--.-.- was e-
Cerned. but ready 20 break cr-- ar a-- -ten- @--
unexpected and destructive energy
Margaret herself VINO had know F.. then n
years, and had seen him IT his .--1se'--
moods as well as IN his very best nj -.---s- "e-.
have thought similar Csmpar~..- --- p. r.erael-
force quite as truly descriptive Of --. .- II la-
CURED to her The erJerTrISI-E t1-.-- 1--t rea-
attempted carry her or ry tr-C- - --e 1-SA-
the final rehearsal before her rr~r --a--nce
the stage and had been chVa-tet -.. because
rovaI rival had caused hIu 20 tt .-.t UP. a.
by mistake. in order - carry her --lSe.-
which he also had failed most rl.t-.. -~. "a
to the Young singer friend. the Sc. .-e- ''---
BOnannl That was = rery a01H~t-- ---
on another occasion Margaret h... .-- a5.F
shut up with her Oriental adore -.':0
which She could not escape and b. - ali,e
his head. and # She had not been - 'T.'-
was She would have Jared Ill A--- .- a7 --
behaved more like an ordinary E-- r-.-.--
She had allowed the nature. a--rt. .-. r ----
her to draw her gradually rv a pr.~--. '--.--.--
And now she talked e. Lady Maud .. .. aer
but she still put of naming day -+ .- "V'-~'
m spite of LOgothet- growing t- .-e
THIS was the situation W hen the - n ~e
broke up and Van IorT landed
from ocean greyhound that Gat ..e- -"'
tance from New York III fou- q eH..
hours and fOrtV->iE minutes
Five hours after ne landed W e-5
Lady Naud'S drawing -oouc -r the nous
Charles-st. Btrkeltv Square. "-,r. She a~tt
with the departed Lever t-"u- a.. -'-e 1S ,.
been attached u The ku~>ll- ---~s --
had last gone away. She was G-r-- -t t-
already half diSrr.lutled. r %. Sc Sc
Torp that she was in town IT. rEc .i -i--.
instead of with her father a- Crtyta. "i,--''
Scotland
The American entered and ~t.,- - t-,&
70 hIvea good look ~ Lady Maud IT. ''>- NM
sized. rather thick SET man. yItE cr ...t-> -
hair. overdeveoptd Jaw. and - 'too
that sometimes fixed therIlsclZc~ -i>t--',r. e.. .
when he WAS SredE1ug. tN C~ -..- l--,'
into the barrel OF another man -.... .ei '-.s-
twice without vdVeriug. hands ta.. ...- -
and stddled and tridled many au u.... -d5' -
the plains a mouth like 81 e,rpetta= .erH 'iI-
like a closed y hen x was shut. .-l Vs. RI
handsome Rufus Van Fcrg .lS
whom anyone short of prize n-ht,r ..'-
nor one 10 haunt The dreams of ~N, ~No1-
Well he said. advancing the -. s'It ,-t
that moruentdrv pause. and taking 81. NH'J
IN both his own hov, have Nvu 8. .at I'--
middlIng, Well I'm glad 70 see yy" -'Id'
a setting hen ~ sunrise .--
Lady Maud laid her LETT hand -. 1-'-
the mans right. which was upI crIa,- .H go go
her Voice rpPcd with happiness. u III .'-
SAID a lark instead oi 81 hen Rufus ~71
We could get along great ~r-h- .e.,tf ".
larks than without hens answered her
phIloSophicaIly. But 1 il make lt "'+1..
next time, II | can remember. &. G.-. rt-.e-
bird that strikes q cheerful ado
The terrible mouth had relaxed almost o. So, f
ness and th, fierce blue eyes N t.rs. ~ .vuN -