The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-29
CHAPTER XIV.
plaisir D'Armour Ne Dure Qu'un Mo
Al ment.

But. while events were conspiring
8 AGAINST the rightful heirs 10 Miles
Qaaintances millions, the dead mans
!. lekitimate nephew, Indifferent as ever
z to- his uncle's wishes and the reward
of compliance with them. had not
been idle in the pursuit OF his own
Expensive ambition.
4 No sooner had Stephen Quaintance
n Sen the girl whom he knew only as
1hgmar sail from New York than he
\ dekermIned TO follow her. Cornoyer
h and he together crossed by the first
4 available steamer. They landed at
X CHerbourg and came on TO Paris in
h&ste by train.
#'Viola la p'tite maman" cried the
'r&,atile Frerchman exuberantly. and,
" bIrstiag forth ere the train had well
&I6wed down, threw his arms about
faehionably dressed matron who might
almost have passed for his sister.
This is my little old mamma" he
Unmarked to Quaintance. She speaks
\ M English ike me, but she is the
rods
Qusintance was protesting vehem-
e0ily to Madame Cornoyer that he
c&nld not avail himself OF her hos
pIlaiity, but quite In vain until that
4 Qoestion was settled for them by
most unlooked-for arbiter O'Ferral
c1me quietly forward. and. at sight OF
I'm. Cornoyer was moved to the Ut
n1ost excess OF rapture while Nine.
& (Drnsyer welcomed him warmly as an
q friend. Quaintance was invardly
K nxerjoyed to see HIM, but shook hands
+ BIblidly, after the fashion of the Anglo
E&xon. And then the argument was
&/~x al Thorn
4 Tat he had already made all arrange
nonts for the newcomers accommo-
tlntion.
t'what in creation are you doing
\ hore?" Quaintance asked. once more
A wringing his friends hand as they
Went forward TO claim his belong
itgs.
%sYou haven't seen or heard any
tiIfng Uf-Uf that girl of mine on his
x31e. have you ~
t'Not a sign OF her. Is she here?"
F'She sailed the day before ! did"
cnaintance asserted. Il think she in
tUnded 70 give me the slip. IL was by
ine purest chance / hit the right trail.
Invent down to the dock to see Cor
noyer of, but he was late. as usual.
he boat sailed just as we got there.
nnd--tne girl was on board. | saw
h6r. She came on deck as IL started"
NThere's the list of arrivals for 10
4 Tvs past" O'Fcrral proffered him
p6per and pointed out long column
o. names, which Quaintance fell 10
nerusing with silent avidity.
Knight be any one Of dozen who
h have and maid attached to their
V MINES" he remarked doubtfully, bur
lW tell you who think she must be.
Mss Lorraine. Miss Lorraine and
raid Mrs. Smiths her maid. I'll be
bcnnd--and she's Dagmar Lorraine.
Yes. that's IL. sure. Dagmar l.or-
roIne."
n NE fingered over the name as
n i1ough Il ticklei his ears. and OFcr-
rnl. confirmed bachelor. smiled 10 him.
b <-Ther the next thing to do" he
Named. as - End Miss Dagmar Tor.
& r1Ine. who is probably someone else
< 4IkoRethcr"
Tor the next few days they lived
. bostling life i'm conjunction with Cor
4 mayer. but Quaintance found time
Il x1thai 20 prosecute his assiduous
n<Afch. and O'Ferrnl did all he could
" aid him. But they could find no
+ (rncc OF Dagmar Lorraine.
ouaintance had even thoughts of
IS o1rerfisins for the owner OF the brace.
+ ~ but finally decided not TO do so,
ice he could not well plead ignor-
IRE OF her desire regarding IL. He
3 esently took TO his car again. and
krolIed Paris both within and with
+ ca the walls. In the vain hope that
r(une might once more favor him
souRh that medium.
One afternoon he drove Nine Cor
1v per and her hopeful son to Auteuil,
&ere there was steeplechase meet
At which he could count on see
. good many members OF the
nlInh and American colonies In the
cnch capital.
- wne wandering up and down
nrDnsoiatcly. pufilrg = cigarette, Dot