New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

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But Spenser turned his back on the outer
glory. He had eyes only for Helen while
She looking mlStily at the giant rock across the
valley, saw Il not at all for She was peerlng
INTO her own soul and found the prospect
dazzling IN It's pure delight
So they sat down TO fresh brew OF coffee.
and Spenser Mortified Helen by confession that
he had eaten nothing since the previous even
ing Her tender SoliCltude for his needs, her
hastv unpacking OF rolls and sandwiches. her
anxiety that he should endeavor 70 consume
the whole of the provisions intended tor the
DAYS march, were all Sufflclug gucIdon tor the
Sutferlngs of those miserable DAYS since the
hour Mrs de Ia We're told him Helen had gone.
THOUGH he found 1t difficult To eat anG talk
al the same time. he boldly made the at
.Stampa was the genius who really llnravelc,i
the mystery. he sand Certainly. | managed
TO discover. III the first instance. that You
had deposited your baggage IN your own name
Had all else failed, should have converted my
self INTO label and stuck 10 your boxes till YOU
claimed them At Basel, but once We aScerta1ned
that YOU had not quilted st MOutz by tram.
Stampa did the rest He knows II. Morltz
| Ike . book, and II occurred To hln that YOU
had changed your name
Whv | wonder, she broke IN
That IS rather hard to say. He wrestled
valiantlv with the leg OF u tough chicken, and
thus was able to evade the question
Poor Stampa Clinging tenaCIously To the
belief that Helen bore some resemblance TO hls
lost daughter he remembered that when Eta
made her sorrowful Journey from Lermatt she
gave another name at the little hosiery IN
AIaloggia where she ended her life.
ANYHOW" went on Spenser, having dexter
ouslv severed the Joint. he tracked YOU from
II AIoritz 10 the ROSeg He even hit on the
shop IN which YOU bought your ruoksack and
alpenStock- Then he put me onto the tele-
phone and the remainder of the chase was up
to me
I an. sorry now that the dear old man did
not come with YOU, cried Helen. look on
him as the first OF my friends IN Switzerland,
and shall be more than pleased To- see hIrn
again
- pressed HIM to come along; but he re-
fused don wish 10 pam YOU, dearest, but
guess he wants TO keep track OF Bower
Helen who had no lnkling OF the tragedy
that linked those two. blushed 10 her ears al the
recollection OF her parting from the millionaire
- DO vou-do YOU know that Mr. Bower pro
posed to me-" she stammered
He told me that and lot more
Did YOU quarrel
We-sald things But I couldn't treat
Bower as ! handled George ! was forced 10
admit his good taste, YOU see
" Well. dear, promise me
That sha n I slav him. Why. Helen. II
he Is half the man / take him for he VIII come
TO our wedding told Mrs de Ia We're should
bring You back and she agreed that there was
nothing else I. je done
The color ebbed and flowed on Helen face
II an alarming rate What III the world are
ya7, talking about" she asked with "a calm
severity that her tiutterIng heart denied
SpenSer laughed so happily that Pletra. who
understood no word of what his vovageuTs were
saving gave BartOlomeo Saplent wink
Z. Well now he cried sh5Eldu We be the
lue,rest palr Of zanies To g all that long way 10
London 10 get married when parsun and o
church and all the neediul consular offices are