Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-22

the usual badge of the foreign serv.
ice.
I'm afraid, Enrico, that you have
brought me to America on useless
adventure said the diplomat, lighting
a thin. strong cigarette.
"She is here in New York, and l
shall find her. I must have money,
must! owe you the incredible
amount of one hundred thousand lire.
There are millions under my hand
and can not touch a penny
do not let your debt to me worry
you
"You are SO very good, Giuseppe!"
Have we not grown up together?
Sometimes think am partly to
blame for your extravaganza. But a
friend is a friend, or he is not"
But he who borrows from his
friend, loses him. Observe how l am
placed! 1t is maddening have had a
dozen opportunities to marry riches.
This milestone is eternally around my
neck. have gone through my part of
the fortune which was left us indie
pendently. She has all of hers, and
that is why she Is so strong. am ab-
solutely helpless"
Poor friend! These American won-
en-! They all believe that man must
have no peccadillos. once he has sign
ed the marriage contract Body of Bac-
chus, the sacrament does not make a
man less human than he was before
But this one is clever. She might be
Italian born"
Her mother was italian It is the
schooling in this country that has
made her so clever The only thing
Italian about her Is her hatred. She is
my countrywonlan there. Without her
consent I can touch nothing; and if
divorce her, pouff all goes to the
state. Sometimes I long to get my
two hand around her. white throat
One mistake, one little mistake,
am willing to swear that she loved
me in the beginning And I was a fool
not to profit by the sentiment. Give
me patience. patience. If I say to her,
so much and you may have your free
dom, there is always that cursed will.
The crown OF italy will never with.
draw it's hand: no. With his wife's
family on his hands. especially her
brother, the king will never waive his
rights"
"Zut, softly, softly"
ooh, speak with no disrespect But
let me find her"
81 doubt it. And remember, we have
but ten days
eve shall not find time heavy I
know few rich butchers and grocers
who call themselves the aristocracy."
They laughed
and some of them play bride and
ecarte'
The diplomat jingled his keys He
was not averse to adding a few gold
pieces to his purse.
~ have followed her step by step
to the boat at Naples. She is here.
She is not so inconspicuous that she
will be hard to find. She has wealthy
friends. and from these l shall learn
her whereabouts"
you say she is beautiful; would
that had seen her"
Eyes, she is beautiful; and beauti
full woman can not hide. even in city
SO big and noisy as this. Think of it!
Chateaux and villas and splendid rents
/ all waiting to be gormandized by tic
State! haveslied to her, have humil
/ lated myself, have offered all the rep
aration a gentleman possibly could
Nothing, nothing! She knows; it is
money, and she knows it Is money
The American native shrewdness! Ny
father was a fool and so was hers
And on July first comes the end Lei
us go out into the air before becom,
excited and forget where am"
Gas you wish. amico.' The diploma
beckoned to the waiter.
The waiter stepped forward will
the coats and hats. His tip was ex
actly ten cents, and out of this thu
head waiter must have his percen
tage.
Three nights later, as Hilliard ant
Merrihew were dining together at til
club the steward came into the grill
room and swept his placid eye owe
the group of diners. Singing out Hi
lard, he came solemnly down to tn
corner table and laid blue letter a
the side of billiards. plate.
'I did not see you when came ir
sir said the steward, his voice a
solemn as his step. "The letter arrive
yesterday"
THANK YOU Thomas" With n
small difficulty Hilliard composed hi
face and repressed the eagerness i
his eyes. She had seen. she had writ
ten. the letter lay under his hand
Who said that romance had take
flight? True, the reading of the lette
might disillusion him: but Away
would there be that vision and tn
voice coming out of the fog. Nonchs
lently he turned the letter face dowI
ward and went on with his meal.
II did not know that your mail cam
to the club said Merrihew.
at doesn't. Only rarely a lette
drifts this way"
(To be Continued)
STOCKPORT
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