Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03

His rugged face relaxei into most dent. half assured.
 He pssSesi among the wives of his clients without se much as q sign of recoEuition. cooIiy indifferent ta the admirine rlances taat sought his face The aars> languarous eyes 1h9f dashed eager asitlITafiau A moment before now turned suiieu with disappointment He had iEaeret their owners.
 ..l have heard that you eXiseet ! wis. tor. s.id tue enemy h his moSt agree able manner.
 ~wea't you ge aboard With usgs asked peppiEsham. at toSS for any salnS better to say. The enemy shook Us head and smiled.
 You are very good. but believe my place is here"
 The princess Is to be wiea me for a month. We expect more sunshine than ever st the chateau" venturcd her ladyship.
 Il sincerely hope you may he dtsap. pointed" said he commiseratingly. flaming himself with his hat She laughed and understood. but Depping- ham was halfway out 10 the yacht bs. 1 fore 1t became clear to him that the enemy hoped literally. not hgaratively. The enemy sauntered back to the American bar. loneiier than ever before in his life. lie now knew what 1t was that he had missed more than all else woman.
 Britt and saunders were waiting for him under the awning outside. sHellog' called Britt. We saw you down there. but couldn't get near. Ky ginger. cid man. l had no idea your rersians were so beautiful They are oriental gems of
 NY Persians? What the devil do you mean. Britt, Come in and sit down: want to talk to you fellows, l See here. this talk about these women has cot to be stopped. It's dan~eruus for you. and it's dangerous for me. l, is 50 full of peril that don't care to look Ut them. handsome as you say they are Do you know what l WIS think. 1 ing of as I came over here after leav l ing one Of the most charming of wnI,e en-your Lady Deppingham? was thinking what a wretched famine there l Is in women. I'm speaking of womer like Lady Deppingham and Mrs l Browne. neither of whom l know. and vet I've known them all my iife-th. l kind of women We love. not the kind We despise or pity. Don't you see I'm hungry for the very sight of q | woman"
 You see Miss Pelham often enough. said Saunders surlily. The enemy was making a pitcher of lemonade.
 My dear Saunders. you are quite l right. 1 do see Miss Pelham efter enough. In my present frame of mins I'd fall desperately In love with her Il ! l saw her ofiener" Saunders blinket and giared at him through his pal' eyes
 My word." he said Then he got ny abruptly and stalked out of the room l Britt laughed immederately. l Hes lucky dog" reflected the en emy .You see. he loves her. Britt-bs l loves little Miss Pelham. Do yot know what that means? It means ev l erything Is worth while. Hello. Herr
 he is back, Come in. Saunders. Here'i your lemo~
 | Saunders was excited. He stopped I in the doorway. but looked over hi l shoulder into the street l "Come along" he exclaimed. ''The. are going up to the chateau-the rrin
 cess and her party. My word. she
 ripping"
 | At the corner they stopped to awai
 the procession of palanauins and jin
 rikishas which had started from fh'
 pier The smart English victoria iron
 the chateau. drawn by Wyckholme' 1 thoroughbreds. was coming on in ad
 vance of the foot brigade. In the req