The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-01

and if l started for Central Asia to-
morrow, l should find that things
had moved onward since | was there
before-onward for them, backward.
for u.s."
"Then you have not altered your
2ians. You !ntend to continue being
a wanderer On the face of the earth,
a man whom the Cabinet keeps in
sight as being reckless enough and
clever enough TO send on any wild
goose chase they may have in hand.
DO they keep NE in sight on that
account, mother?"
81 was told so by q Minister"
81 am glad to hear it. A man nay
get very good sport after wild geese,
end who knows what may cane of
his knowledge Of the c>>antry at some
future day. I tell YOU, mother, his
is an age of specialties-universallty
is at an end. My specially is this
Central Asian question. At any
time, at any moment, we may find
ourselves uDon the brink Of the big
gest fight the modern world has
seen; then my time will come. The1
the first words of the War Office win
be: Send for Colonel Wright anG
Winyard Mistley'-the one to plan
the other to execute. When that
time comes, motheT-nous verrons!
I'm the meantime, it seems to NE
that your entire life is being sacri-
feed to be il readiness FOR an event
which may never occur"
Mother" said Vineyard. with
CHEEKY laugh, you are getting senti-
mental, and that will never do. II
you infect me, I shall die Off in
week. And as for talking i'll that in.
sinuatina manner about setting
down, how about a certain elderly
lady who is always flying about the
world - Scotland, London, Paris
Rome, and even st. Petersburg
nursing the stricken, and consoline
such as are loye-sick or martyrs tc
indigestion"
when you marry, 1 will settle
down in a. cottage near at hand, take
to needle-work, and worry about
your wife. There is Lena coming
alone; run away and meet her while
go in and take off my bonnet"
The.. ere now upon the stone
tar=- ce, Mrs. Mistley pointed
down the '. y as she walked to-
ward the house.
'I expect" said VINEYARD, partly
to himself, ''that Charlie has been
caught by the Sandfords."
At the head of the narrow steps
which he had Just ascended, he drew
the note handed to him in church
from his pocket. 1t was in French.
one line, in fine, clear handwriting
''Meet a friend tonight at the bot
tom of the small steps. l. M
81 NJ m1sed VINEYARD. Ivan
Meyer; and he calls himself a friend!
1 am gradually getting into a fog
with all these muddling conspira-
tors
- he thrust the note back into
his poc6et, and ran lightly down the
steps to meet Lena.
"You are polite!" was her greet
ing.
'T am" he replied, bowing low
Il am nothing if not polite"
t<Then you are nothing" she an.
swered saucily.
''Thank you. I was afraid you did
not think so much of me-
you have allowed me-" she con-
tinued, severely, "to walk home
from church alone, and to carry this
unassisted."
She held out for his inspection a
tiny prayer-book, of which The
weight might safely be set dowl a2
three ounces.
Good gracious!" exclaimed Win
yard, 'tyou do not mean to say that
you carried that AL the way!" And
he gravely took the burden from he!
hands. 81 thought Charlie was with
YOU" he continued, apologetically.
mo, Mr.. Mistley, was alone"
''It shall not occur again, Miss
Wright"
''It is not polite to mimic people,
Mr.. Mistley," said Lena, looking
straight in front of her They were
at the foot of the stone stairs cut in
the wall, which were Just broad
enough for two persons to pass
Then her humor suddenly changed.
How very foolish we are," she
exclaimed, laughing. Just as she
spoke she slipped backward, and he1
laugh turned into a little cry CT
fright.
TO be contiEued)