The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-01
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
The distance from Mon Repos to
GOucy was about three miles by the
| road, but Monsieur Leduc conducted
! Arthur by a series Of paths through
| the forest which were bewiIdering g
! enough. The paths were very rough !:
| the forest was dense enough to make
. it difficult to see the rude track.
They walked fast and reached
| GOucy before the landlady of La
! Pie Blanche" had shut up her shut
| ters. They were too late for the
table d'hote', but dined together in
! the general dining-room very COM
fortably.
Monsieur LedUc introduced Arthur
/ to his landlady as a lOdgeT for the
/ night, and probably a tenant for the
apartment he was about 10 vacate
! on the morrow. The rooms were com
/ Portable and clean, their price mod
crate, and matters were speedily ar
ranged.
AS soon as that was settled Arthur
went out and asked his way to the
/ Poste Restante, whence he expected
| to find a home-letter. He was not
| disappointed, for he found one in
/ Tola's characteristic hanG writing,
! much to his pleasure; for his mind
/ had been so absorbed in the affairs
| of the strange family with whom he
/ had become SO rapidly intimate, that
! it seemed to him as if it must be
years since he had left home and all
! the familiar faces and influences of
! his former life.
Dearest Arthur wrote lola,
you have been gone for such a short
time that YOU cannot expect any very
great news. We are much as usual,
only more so, for Janet and her
attendant swain have gone to the
/ Marsdens'. Papa is hot at all we'll,
and talks of seeing the doctor. |
wish he would. But l must tell you
something that will amuse you.
fancy that Reggie has met his fate!
At all eyen.s, it looks like it. The
lady is a widow, and She has come
to stay at GrimWCod for a week. She
is what would be called a fine wo-
man; broad, large, redolent of patch
. ouli. She is very handsome, and,
think, very stupid; but good-natured,
and kind, and soft. Don't YOU know
+ the sort of individual [ mean? And
she has two thousand a year. She
rejoicas in the namc of Grimes
Maria Grimes-and she is about five
years older than Reggie. N'impOrte!
IL thinks her the most perfect OF
beings, genuinely, / do believe. He
met her at dinner, and took her in
the first day she came. The second
day they met at church, and he
walked home with her. The third
day he prowled miserably about the
house-that is to-day. Tomorrow
l hear something about ruins, and {
party to see them.
She has asked me to call hel
Maria already, which is decidedly
premature; but she is good crea
ture, and l said l would. Aunt Betsy
has sent some charming additions tC
yanet's trousseau, and She writes tina
Colonel Curtis has given her soml
:
may imagine. l must not write an,
more. for | hear my everlasting name
resOunding through the house, anC
must 20 on to see which Of the iii
numerables are in want of me.
Your loving
"TOLA."
Arthur was still sitting, smilin:
over Tolas letter, when there cam
a knock at the door, and Withou
waiting for an answer, Paul Ledu
came in.
1t is nearly eleven" he said, "ant
l am soing to bed; but I thought
would give you friendly word 0
advice first Follow my example ant
lcck your door. There are a grea
many other gentlemen in the house
ana one Of them, | am sorry to say
sometimes comes in the worse 70
drink. See, that is his door" point
, ing to the one next to Arthur o.
the farther side. 1t has happeDe
10 me more than once that he ha
. mistaken ny door for his and Wake
in most uuccremOniously 50 | locke
mine afterward Knowing this, 30
wifi not be disturbed by the SCUM
Of moving about in the night. Blu
stay. perhaps you are d very SCUM
ei~cper2
| Il certainly shall be so tonight.
. sail ..r. .Hr .5wu;n~. Fl am sleep
p already. lnaak yoI for your a.