Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-08
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CHAPTER x-Continued)
@And SO they are all in Venice
broke? By George, here's our chance;
everlasting gratitude and all that
Well bail EN- out and ship EN- home!
How is that for bright idea?' Merrl
hew had regained his usual enthusl
aSm.
Let me see" said Hillard practical
1y. There are FIVE of them; five hun
bred for tickets and doubtless five
hundred more for unpaid hotel bills
1t would never do, Dan, unless we
wish to go home with them
but haven't touched my letter OF
credit yet | could get along on two
thousand
mot with the brand of cigars you
are smoking; a lira-fifty each"
well, I'll try the native brand fo1
while, Trabacos.
mot in my immediate vicinity" Hill
lard objected. mo, we can't bail them
out, but we can ease up their bills un'
til money comes from home. Not one
of them by this time will have a
watch O'Mally will remain sober
from dire necessity Poor Kitty KILL
grew! All the wonderful shops and
not silver in her pockets!
Aren't they the most careless lot,
these professional people? They
never prepare for emergencies, ana
are always left high and dry. Instead
of putting their cash in banks, they
buy diamonds, with the idea that they
have always something convertible
into cash at moments notice.
casually at one-third of what the
original price was" Hillard threw on
his hat and coat and lighted MS
pipe.
Merrihew paced the floor for some
time, his head full of Impossible
schemes. He stopped in the middle OF
the room with an abruptness that por-
tended something.
II have it. Instead of going directly
to Venice, we'll change the route ana
go to Monte Carlo. I'll risk my four
hundred. and If I win"
esThen. the announcement cards,
house-wedding, and pictures IN the
New York papers. Dan, you are I'M
possible You have gambled enough TO
know that when you are careless OF
results you win, but never when you
need the cash But it is Monte Carlo
If YOU say so. Two or three days there
will cure YOU of your beautiful dream.
After ALL" with a second thought, 1t
a good cause, and it might be just your
luck to win The masquerading lady.
I'll stake my word that there Is com.
edy within comedy, and rare good
comedy at that Monte Carlo it is.
Merrihew danced jig. Hlllaro
stepped to the mirror and bowed pro
foundly. The jig ceased.
MADAME, permit me, comparative
stranger, to offer you passage money
home. We won it at Monte Carlo;
take it, it is yours. Polite enough,
unused Hillard, turning and smiling;
but hanged if it sounds proper
ITO the deuce with propriety!
cried Merrihew buoyantly. We'll start
then, at nine tomorrow"
cat nine, promptly.
sI'm off to bed, then" AS MerriheW
reached the door ne paused. i forgot
to tell you. Do you recollect that ltat
ian you ran into at the club that
night? Saw him at the hotel tonight
He bowed to Sanford and Sanford
cut him dead. 1t set me thinking"
somewhere, once upon time, and nc
behaved like cad. / don't know what
about, and l don't care
"Hunph! I hope Giovanni gets of
safely
81 think ne will"
When Merrihew had gone Hillard
opened the shutters to clear the room
of the tobacco smoke, and stood beside
the sill, absorbing the keen night all
and admiring the serene beauty OF
the picture which lay spread before
him. The moon stood high and cleal
now, the tiled roofs shone mistily
and from some nearby garden came
the perfume Of lockwood and roses
All was silence; noisy Naples slept
He would see her face this time; he
would tear aside the mystery. She hac
made great mistake? That was o.
small consequence to him. He could
laugh at Mrs. Sandford's warning. He
was no green and untried youth; he
we man. 1t was so droll. Here was
Merrihew in love with the soubrette
and he himself Was he il
love, or was only his fancy trapped
A fine comedy The soubrette and thu
pI1INa Ile CiOoSu Tic SuulLSis
for the Neapolitan is naturally thief
and an open window is as large as
door to him. He packed his cases, ant
this done, went to bed! For time h
could hear Merrihew in the adjoinin'
room; but even this noise ceased
Hillard fell asleep and dreamed tina
he and Giovanni were being pursued
by carabinieri in petticoats and halt
masks, that Merrihew had won ton
of napoleons at Monte Carlo, and tina
Kitty Killigrew was princess in dis
guise. Such is the vagary of dreams.
CHAPTER XII
From her window Kitty looked dow
on the Campo which lay patched wit
black shadows and moonshine.
magic luster, affective as hoar-fros
enveloped the ancient church, and tn
lines of the caves and the truns of tb
corners were silver-bright. How sti
at night was this fairy city in the sea
Save for the occasional booming {
bells-a and in Italy they are foreve
and ever boonling-and the low war;
ing cry Of the gondoliers. there wa
nothing which spoke of life. certainl
not here in the Campo Santa Mari