New-York tribune., 1909-05-02

All, MillCenr picks up some vel turned
stnrlments on the stage Come out Tor "a Artle
stroll. and tell N, all about Il
Helen kesJ1ated. ' Il VIII soon lie teatinlc,
-he said with q sell conscious blush She had
PROMISED SpenSer 10 walk with hlu 10 the
chateau. but hp- VISIT u MilhCent had inter
rrned and he was not On the vcraaca - The
moment
.- Ne need not go far. The sun has garui~hed
the roads for US What 90 you say Il We make
for the village. and interview Johann hlueker S
,a- On the weather
HIS tone was quite reaSSurIng To her trans
parent honesty Of purpose Il seemed better til,'
-5,sz- should discuss MllIceurs motive n com
.-.-- - the hotel and then dismiss L forever
-' A most excellent idea She cried nightly
have been writing all the morning 50 breath
u fresh arr VIII be welcome
They passed down the steps
They had not gone more than tcw PAGES
when the driver Il an empty carriage pulled J1
f1s vehicle ana handed Bower "a telegram.
They gave i t. me Al -. Monrz. Herr
Bower he sand " took q message there ior
Herr Sptuse-- and they asked me 70 bring this
= vcu. as Il would reach ya-- more q1rgSly
than I Il came Try post
Bower thanked the man. and opened the en-
,,lop Il Was q very long telegram ua- ne
.rlv glanced - i II the most cu-sc-E manner
before putting II INTO pocket
Al distant corner ot the road lv the SIDE q
The lake M,lliceat turned for q LIST look II the
,loJel and waved hand IL them. Helen II
piled
i almost wish now that She vas staying .1.re
q. rew DAYS. she s41d w-struliy- She ought t.
have seen o,,- valley II lis summer creeneTE-
' / lear she brought winter III her tram was
bowers comment But the famous at must
decide Here. boy he went on. aalllng a
village urchIn. where IS Johann h-UcheT
house
The boy pointed 10 g track that ran close .
The right bank u the TINY Inn He explained
,olrtlv and waS rewarded with franc.
~ Do you know this path. asked Bower
hluckers chalet Is near the waterfall winch
should be . tlne sight. owing . The melting
SNOW
T We Helen favorl-e Walk She would have
rr-a+t-~ef a more trequeu-e5 route tur the
.--r-,r II houses described f- the hgv yyas quite
near and she could devise no excuse Tor keeping
to The busy highway. As the path We mar
-o7. she walked III front The grass and --oV,Ts
seemed 70 have drawn fresh rIuts from the
e-l1vg. which had cleared away with magical
---.Eltv from tins sheltered spot. But the Ettlc
-.--.ler usually diamond bright Was now - t-1r-
luIe-- and -oa-u1lg stream Care was needed
-..- o. slip. i anyone fell INTO that immature
torrent, i would be no easy matter 20 escape
without broken bcnes
Would YOU ever believe that a few hours
Snow followed Uv q hot sun. would make suyE
O. difference 10 mere ribbon 81 water Ike
this" She asked. when they were passing
through d narrow cleft n q wall - rock through
which the Inn roared with quite respectable
fun
5 ! an II "A mood 10 believe anything, sand
bower. DO YOU remember our fTst meeting
II the EmbauEment Hotel. Who would have
imagined then that Millicent Iaques few
weeks late- would rush q thousand miles 10 tne
Naloggla and scream her woes 10 Heaven and
The multitude. Neither YOU nor l, ! tancyr had
seen her durlns the interval Did She tel you
-ae cause 81 her extraordinary behavior,
40. I dId not ask her. But = scarcely
needed explanation Mr Bower. Il fear She
suspected me q flirting. i was unjust, but
an well conceive that q woman who thinks her
trlend is 1obbing her ot q man s affections doc
-ll- wait 20 consider ulce points ot procedure
Surely NillIcent did not say that l had
promised % marry her,
Though Helen was not prepared tor tins
downright plunge into al embarrassing dis
.ussion she managed 70 evade "a direct answer
There was more than suggestion Of that IN
her words last night, she SAID Perhaps she
thought So n al seriousness. You seem %
have 7.ndeceIve5 her today, and am sure YOU
must have dealt with her kindly. OF She would
not have acknowledged her mistake IN such
frank terms 20 me There, now That IS the
end Of q Ee-v d!sagreeabe episode Shall we
saw no more about Il,
Helen was flushed and hurried on speedily,