Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

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| By WI uLAMJ.LOcKE |
III Copyright. IN. By tie PAillips Publish
! III Ing OonpaAy.) III
M topey,seht lsoo. By John Lane Cbapany.) III
:. CHAPTER V-Continued.
| The day she had appointed as the end
of. her Monte Carlo visit arrived. She
would first go to Paris. where some
Americans whom she had met in Flor
ence and with whom she had exchanged
occasional postcards pressed her to join
them. Then London; and then a spell OF
rest in the lavender Of Nunsmere. That
was her program. Septimus DIX was to
escort her as far as Paris. in defiance OF
the prophecies as interpreted by Turner.
What was to become OF him afterward
neither conjectured; least of all Septimus
himself. He said nothing about getting
back to Shepherds Bush. Many brilliant
ideas had occurred to him during his alb
scence which needed careful working out.
Wherefore Fora concluded that he pro-
posed to accompany her to London.
A couple Of hours before the train
started she dispatched Turner to Sep
timus' hotel to remind him Of the jour-
ney. Turner. q strong-minded woman OF
forty-like the oyster she had been cross
ed in love, and like her mistress she held
men in high contempt-returned with an
indignant tale. After q series of parley-
ings with Mr.. Dix through the medium
Of the hotel chasseur, who had a con-
fused comprehension OF voluble English.
she had mounted at Mr.. Dix's entreaty
clad and in his dressing gown. staring
helplessly at a wilderness Of clothing and
toilet articles for which there was no
space In his suit cases and bag, already
piled mountain high.
II can never do 1t. Turner he said, as
she entered. whats to be done?"
Turner replied that she did not know;
her mistress instructions were that he
should catch the train.
I'll have to leave behind what I can't
orally have to do so. I tell the hotel peo-
pie to give Il to widows and orphans
But that's one Of the things that make
travelling SO expensive"
But you brought everything, sir, in
this luggage?'
II suppose so. Wiggleswick packed. It's
his professional training Turner. L think
they call It Slowing the swag.'"
AS Turner had not heard OF Wiggies-
weeks profession she did not catch the al
fusion. Nor did Fora enlighten her when
she reported the conversation.
IF, they went In, once they'll go IN
again." said Turner.
''They won't. They never do said
Septimus:
His plight was so hopeless, he seemed
so immeasurably her sex's inferior, that
he awoke her contemptuous pity. Be
sides. her trained woman.s hands itched
to restore order out of masculine chaos.
Turn everything out and I'll pack for
you." she said. resoluteiy. regardless OF
the prophecies. On further investigation
she held out Mortified hands. :
|. He had mixed up shirts with shoes. His
clothes were rolled in bundles. his collars
from boots. lay on the top Of an unpro-
teeted bottle Of hair wash: he had tried
to At his brushes against q box OF tooth
powder and the top had already come on.
Turner shook out his dress suit and dis
covered a couple OF hotel towels. which
had got mysteriousiy hidden in the folds.
She held them up severely.
: mo- wonder you can't get your things
in II you take away half the hotel linen."
and she threw them to the other side OF
the room.
In twenty minutes she had worked the
magic Of Wiggleswick. Septimus was
humbly grateful.
"If I were you. SIR she said "Id go
TO the St0t10n At once 6NQ Sll my OOAeS
till my mistress arrives"
II think I'll do 1t. Turner" said Sep
timus.
Turher went back to Fora fiushed. tri-
umphant and indignant. 3
If you think, ma am" said she, that
Mr. Dix is going to help us on our jour-
Lney you're very much mistaken. He'll
lose his ticket, and he'll lose his luggage,
and he'll lose himself, and wen have to
go and find them"
AL hv,ypo al
said Fora.
i've no desire to take him at all.
ma am And Turner snorted virtuously,
as became her station.
Fora found him humbly awaiting her on
the platform in company with Glenn Sy-
pher. who presented her with q great
bunch Of roses and q bundle Of Illustrated
papers. Septimus had received as part
ing guefdon an enormous package OF the
cure. which he embraced somewhat de-
jectedly. 1t was Sypher who looked after
the luggage OF the party. His terrific ac-
cent filled the station Septimus regarded
him with envy. He wondered how a man
dared order foreign railway officials about
like &c, that, IT,, - a. :. .,.v would ,oo, ~.
up. l once interfered in a street row."
Fora did not hear the dire results OF
the interference. Sypher claimed her at
tention until the train was on the point
OF starting.
your address in England? You haven't
given IT.
1.-THE Nook. Nunsmere, Surrey. will al
ways find me-"
"Nunsmere?" He paused. pencil in
hand and looked up at her as she. stood
framed In the railway carriage window.
II nearly bought house there last year.
/ was looking out for one with a lawn
reaching down to main railway track.
This one had IT.
''Penton C0urt?"
.sYaa That WAS the name"
Its still unsold.' laughed Fora, idly.
''Pll buy 1t at once" said he.
EN- voiture," cried the guard.
Sypher put out his masterful hand.
'Au revoir. Remember. We are friends.
never say what don't mean"
The train moved out Of the station.
Fora took her seat opposite Septimus.
II really believe he'll do it," she said.
"What?"
"Oh, something crazy" said Fora. Tell
me about the street row."
In Paris Fora was caught in the arms
Of the normal and the uneventfuI. An
American family. consisting OF father.
mother. son and two daughters, touring
tho continent do not generate an atmos-