The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-20

him in his most dangerous moods AZ
well as in his best moments, wouN
have thought similar compariso,
with an elemental force quite as trub
descriptive of him, if it had occurred
to her. The enterprising Greek had
really attempted to carry her off b,
force on the night of the final re
hearsaN before her first appearance oa
the stage, and had. only been thwartea
because royal rival had caused hin <
to be locked up, as if by mistake, nj
order to carry her off himself; II
which he also had failed most ridcp
lously, thanks to the young singer,
friend, the celebrated Nine. Bonanni
That was a very amusing story. But
on another occasion Margaret had
found herself shut up with her orr
entail adorer in a room from which
she could not escape, and he had quit
lost his head; and if she had not been
the woman she was, she would have
Jared i'll. After that he had behaved
more like an ordinary human being
and she had allowed the natural at
traction he had for her to draw her
and now she talked to Lady Maud
about her gown, but she still put Of
Nnaming a day for the wedding, in spite
of Logotheti's growing impatience
This was the situation when tn.
London season broke up and Mr.. Van
Torn 1nf Of
ocean greyhound that had covered tn,
distance from New York in days Il!
hours and 81 minutes, which will
doubtless seem very slow travelling II
any one takes the trouble to read thi.
tale 20 years hence, though the pas
sengers were pleased because it was.
not much under the record time for
steamers coming east.
Five hours after he landed Van
Torp entered Lady Mauds drawing
room in the little house in Charles
street, Berkeley Square, where she
had lived with the departed Leven
from the time when he had been at
tached to the Russian embassy till he
had last gone away. She was giving
it up now, and it was already half dis
mantled. 1t was to see Van Torp that
she was in town in the middle Of
August, instead of with her father at
Craythew or with friends in Scotland
London was as hot as it could be
which means that New Yorker would
have found it chilly and an Italian de-
lightfully cool; but the Londoners
were sweltering when Van Torp ar.
rived, and were talking of the oppres-
sive atmosphere and the smell of the
pavement, not at all realizing how
blessed they were.
The American entered and stood
still moment to have a good look at
Lady Maud. He was a middle-sized,
| rather thick-set man, with rude hands,
| sandy hair, an over-developed Jaw,
and sharp blue eyes that sometimes
fixed themselves in a disagreeable
way when he was speaking-eyes that
had looked into the barrel Of another
mans revolver once or twice without
wavering, hands that had caught and
saddled and bridled many an unriddelI
| SolJ III lHe pidlHS, mouth ike carr
| pet-bag when it opened, like a closed
vice when 1t was shut. i was not
| handsome man, Mr.. Rufus Van Tori
nor one with whom any one short of
prize-fghter would meddle, nor OH
to haunt the dreams of sweet 16.
was not for his face that Lady Maud
good and beautiful, liked him bettef
than any one in the world, except hei
own father, and believed in him and
trusted him, and it was assuredly moi
for his money. The beggar did moi
live who would dare to ask him for q
penny after one look at his face, and
there were not many men on eithel
side of the Atlantic who would havt
looked forward to any sort of contes
with him without grave misgivings
WELL" he said, advancing the las
step after that momentary pause, and
taking the white hand in both hls
own, "how have you been? Fair d
middllng? About that? Well-T1I
glad to see you, gladder than a sittind
hen at sunrise!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)