Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01
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hooking at the green Euoiu olI 49,.
stones as interestedly as II emma we" va
Int on the other side. Kitty saw noun
mo not even the hills she was staring
asince YOU have made up your mlno'
lack" said Merrihew doggediy' WY
there's nothing for me to do but 1aii H.
But it's kings against two-spots.
aMental reservations" said the teHp'-
,ess. "Mr. Hillard has none.
81 am not quite certain l nave
nome" replied Hillard, renewing MS
interest in the rose
A moment later, when he looked up,
her glance plunged into his, but founo
nothing. Hillard could fence with Inc
eyes az we'll as with the foils.
"Well," she said, finding that Hli-
,ard,s mental reservations were not "
he voiced. here are three VINO WIN
."rhat's all very we'll" rejolnea
n,Mally: "hut 1t is different with 1hose
fwo. Mr.. billiards. a millionaire OF
near IT. and he could buy his way
through all the jails in Italy. Smltn
here worth and Miss KilligreW ana
novse,f we have nothing. More than
that we're iotted down in the ponce
hooks even to the mole on the siae
NJ INV nose. There's no way out LOT
MS We are accomplices.
ayou will leave in the morning
,ben9,, asked La Signorina contempt
uously.
81 hope to-"
want of courage?'
EMO Against physical danger ! am
,,,,l,np tn offer myself at any time 10
your Hishness," with touch or pl.lei
IRONY aBut to walk straight into JAN
with my eyes open, that's MORSE u :"
different color"
~ like you none the less for your
frankness, Mr.. O'Mally. And l apo POI
ogize for doubling your courage. eu'
II tomorrow should produce teie,
gram from her Highness that "oulo
do away with all your doubts!
.Tu answer that when ! see the
+a,aoram." O'Mally made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to roll clgarelle'
This honeyed blarney, to MS suscepe
ihle Irish blood, was far more Dan
parous than any taunts; but ne re-
nnembered in time the fable OF the 1oA
and The crow. 1--WE have all been TO-
pether now for many weeks. YET "ho
YOU are none of us knows.
az am the princess laughing
ooh. yes; Of course; forget. But
mean YOUR real name"
"My real name? Have you ever pc
fore asked me what 1t ls"'
aperhaps we have been a little
afraid of YOU" put in Smith.
The shadow Of smile lay upon her
,,ns and vanished my name is Sonia
IIiida crosyenor." And her voice was
music ,,,,r
"Pardon me-" said O'Mally droliy'
,.h,,, 1rere anv of your ancestors-er-
troubled with insanity
This ouery provoked laughter
u,bich gave them all sense o. relle1.
"My father had one attack OF IN
sanity since YOU ask" La SignoTlna S
face sobered. She stepped over 10
the wall rested upon it, and search
ed the deepening eastern horlzou.
Vae her father had been insane, and
all her present wretchedness was que
to this insanity OF a ratlonal lninu
For a moment she forgot those ABOUT
her, and her thought Journeyed s ,N
IL hack to the old happy days Yes,
there is q species OF insanity IN my
ye;ns" She turned to them again.
..But it is the insanity OF a sane per
son. the insanity of impulse ana toliy'
of wilfulness and lack Of foresight. As
Mr.. O'Mally said, | have gone ana
done it. What possessed me TO say
that I am the princess is as .neXpnc-
able to me as to you, though you may
not believe it. But for me there IS no
withdrawing now; flight would 40 US
no good. We, or l, should say nave
created suspicion, and II we ran
away we should be pursued from one
end of Italy to the other, ttli TINS
suspicion was dissipated. we snoulo
become suspects, and in Italy sus.
meet is liable to immediate arrest
am sorry that have tangled you up
IN this. l release you all from any
promise" proudly.
"If you talk like that" began
O'Mally.
in the small ribs.
4sJt's all right, Smith. No one can
force me into scrape of this sort;
Int when she speaks like that! Sig
norma. or 1 should say, Miss Gros
yenor. YOU have the most beautlful
voice in the world. Some day, and
we are all out of jail, expect to hear
you in the balcony scene with some
famous tenore robusto as Romeo You
will be getting three thousand week
You needn't bother about the tele
gram; but I'll have to have new
suit" touching the frayed cuffs OF his
coat. Now. if we go to jail, how'll
we get out?"
.'Trust me!'' La Signorina had re
covered her gaiety.
"Wen,' said Smith, suppose we &C
and break the news to Worth?"
Hillard refused to canter, so Ehe two
walked their horses all the way into
Florence. Merrihew spoke but seldom
and Hillard not at all. By now the
sun had gone down, and deem purple
clouds swarmed across the blue face
of heaven, forecasting storm.
II was not dishonorable for him te
USE ALIENS FooT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken into tn,
shoes. If you do have tired. aching