The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-10-21
CHAPTER VI.
INTO THE FOO AGAIN.

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woman would bare the courage to do
what on ~ Antng tonight? Who
but on Of mine own countrywomen
would rust ne "a wholly and accept
me I'd ff4nhjy for what ! am-ar
Amerien Rentiemapl"
'Sofk~ che warned, You will dig
a pit fr your vanity"
mo. j am an American gentleman,
and an preud Of it. though this state
ment il your ears may have school
boy rig"
"A 1bility in this country? Impos-
si5ler
''Notthe kind you End in the Al
manacl de Gotha. ! speak Of the no
bility 0 the heart and the mind" he
was vey much in earnest now.
"Inded" The music stopped. and
she tured She regarded his earneat-
ness win favor. He continued:
II haze travelled much. | have found
nobleml everywhere, in all climes,
and ais | have found beasts. oh, /
confess hat my country is not wholly
free frm the beast. But the beast
here is 4 beast-shunned. discredited.
outcast. On the other side. if he be
mentiond In the Almanach, they give
him saAes and decorations. And they
credit s with being money mad. 1t
is not rue"
Buff you are not money mad. why
these geat fortunes:" obviously.
AT certain age a fortune in this
countr doubles itself without any eff
fort orthe part of tue owner. Few of
us mary for money, and when we do
we at east have the manhood to keep
the Letter of our bargain.
.Ant when you marry?" she queried.
"We. it is generally the woman we
love- Dowries are not considered.
Thereis no social law which forbids
a dowrless girl to marry dowerless
man, Laughing. But over there 1t is
Away and externally a business con
tract SIMPLY. You know that"
"Yes business contract" listlessly.
"Bui they talk of nobility on the
other lde, That is it; they talk. talk
Italy. France. Germany. Why. | had
ratherbe the son of an English farm
er tina a prince on the continent. And
/ hadrather be what | am than the
greatet nobleman in England"
Coon. go on, | like it. What do
you ell it-jingo?' she laughed.
zeal It what you will. Look at the
men te produce Three or four hun
dred ears ago Europe gave us great
poets. great artists. great soldiers.
great lhurchmen and great rascals. |
admire great rascal when he is a
Napolen. a Talleyrand. a Machiavelli-
But a petty one. We have no art, no
music,no antiquity. but we have
race ojgentlemen. The old country is
not breding them nowadays"
"Sigpra. dinner is served the maid
annouced.
"Sigora," thought Hillard.
Afr you. Mr. Hillard" she said.
He bwed and passed on before her,
but nj till he had passed did he I'M
derstad the maneuver. To follow her
wouldhave been nothing less than the
tempttion to pluck at the strings of
her msk. Would he have touched it?
He cdld not say.
Thaidinner! Was he in New York?
Was mot Bagdad, the bottle and the
genii ?Had he ever. even in his most
romarc dreams. expected to turn
page charming. so enchanting or so
dang9us TO his peace of mind, a
game { magical hide and seek!
Andhe? A within. a fantastic. I'M
accouta bile whim-the whim of wo-
man licking forgetfulness. not count
ing te cost nor caring. simply a
within
On he little table was a Tuscany |
brassnmp of three wicks, fed by olive
oil. was sufficient to light the ia
Bile. tt the rest Of the room was sunk
in dRness. He half understood that
therewas definite purpose in this
az Illumination. She had no wish
PIE should hy chance recognize |
ing familj1f b this house.
Ilms. ! ays you me question: he
- promptly. There was some
n his eyes that made her grow
Il sudden.
. shan't ask 1t. l shall not
a II you are married"
shall not say one way or the
miled. and he laughed quietly.
inning conversations; a fencing
with words aud phrases: time
me- she touched him. but with
KIN he could not break through
"a
that interesting dissertation on
merican gentleman" she said
its the trouble with posing as a
~ One must live up to the
Would you believe me II l
that at the age of three and
b still heart whoie?"
r;~Eried. Il trust you will not
excellent record by making
me.' She reached for the