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she would reread his letters. With a sigh she rose and went Into the room Kitty was busy with the finishing touches of her toilet. Kitty was not vain; she was only pretty. The older woman kissed her fondly.
 Pretty Kitty Killigrew," she said. Tt is positively lyrical"
 And do you realize that you are the most beautiful woman in the world?"
 Little flatterer!"
 And if I were a man" Kitty paused.
 Well, and if you were a man?"
 I'd fall in love with you and marry you
 La Signorina looked into the mirror.
 CHAPTER XIV.
 Grey Veils. The fascination of Monte Carlo is not to be described; it must be seen. Vice shall be attractive, says the Mother of Satan. At Monte Carlo it is more than attractive; it is com polling. A subtle hypnotism prevails. One scarce realizes that this lovely spot is at the same time the basest. What passions have stormed this cliff! What rage and despair have beaten their hands against these bastions of pleasure! How few who plunge into this maelstrom of chance | ever rise again! The lure of gold, there is nothing stronger save death. Fool and rogue, saint and sinner, here they meet and mingle and | change. To those who give Monte Carlo but trifling glance, toss coin or two on the tables, and leave by the morrow's train, it has no real significance; it is simply one of the sights of Europe.
 To this latter class belonged the two young men. They had no for tunes to retrieve, no dishonesty to | hide, no restitutions to make, no dancers to clothe and house. It was but mild filtration, They saw the silken gown outside rather than the rags beneath; they saw the smile rather than the tortured mind behind it.
 They dined sumptuously at the cafe de Paris. They wandered about the splendid terraces on the sea-front. smoking. They had grown accustom- NN Nc tiiV many women, d. ways alone, always with rowing eyes. Frequently Merrihew Ionged to chat with this one or that: and sometimes he rebelled against his inability to speak the maddening tongue. Tonight though the dinner lad been excellent and the chambertin all that could be desired, the two were inclined to be moody. So far fortune had not smiled. F. T
 she mad frowned persistently. They found a vacant bench and sat down.
 "Ho-hum!" said Merrihew, dangling his monocle to which he had attached a string
 "Heigh-ho!" replied Hillard.
 Curse those cigars!"
 With all my heart!"
 They had searched Nice. and Mo- naco, and Mentone, but the women they sought were not to be found. They decided, therefore, that the wo- men had gone to Paris, and that there was now no hope of seeing them this side of the Atlantic. They had not entered the Casino during the day; they had been too busy quizzing hotel porters and concierges along the Riviera
 My system needs a tonic" said Merrihew
 Wen hold the funeral after to- nights play Of all the damfool games, it's roulette"
 And I can prove it" Merrihew re- piled. T have just fifty dollars left" He took out the gold and toyed with it. Cant you hear ft- he asked.
 Hear what?"
 The swan-song of these tender 'napoleons."
 Merrihew had played the numbers. the dozens, the columns, the colors. odd and even. Sometimes he would win a little, but moment later the relentless rake would drag it back to the bank. His chance to play the good Samaritan to the derelicts of the American Comic Opera com pany was fast approaching the dim horizon of lost opportunities. Pres ently he screwed the monocle into his eye and squinted at the sea. the palaces on the promontory, the yachts in the harbor all tranquil in shadow moonlight.
 Nature has done this very prettily. l Quite clever with her colors, don't you know he drawIeC, plucking the down on his upper lip, for he was trying to raise a mustache, convinc- ed that two waxed points of hair at each corner of his mouth would inn press the hotel walters and other acchini-baseborn.
 You agreed with me that I was one. Why not let me make a finish ed product?" good humoredly