Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24

W1ldS. III desirable, we can always return
to town by train. By the way, chauffeur,
what is your name!'
For an instant Medenham hesitated.
Then he took the plunge, strong in the belief
that half-forgotten transaction between
himself and Jimmy Devar would prevent
that impecuniouS warrior from discussing
him freely in the family circle.
George Augustus Fitzroy," he said.
Mrs Devar's brows knitted. She was re-
gaining her self possession, and sarcastic
smile now chased away perplexing thought.
She was about to say something, when Gym
thia Vanrenen broke in excitedly:
II declare to goodness if the hotel people
have not fastened on our boxes already!
They seem to know our minds better than
we do ourselves. And here is the man with
the wraps! Please be careful with that
camera. Yes, put it there, with the glasses.
What are you doing, Fitzroy?" for Meden-
ham was discharging his obligations to the
boy in buttons and porter.
"Paying my debts" said he, smiling at
her.
"Of course you realize that pay all ex-
penses?" she said, with just the requisite
note of hauteur in her voice that the situa-
ton called for
This is entirely personal matter, 1
assure you, Miss Vanrenen."
Medenham could not help smiling; he
stopped and felt tire unnecessarily. Gym
thia was puzzled. She wrote that evening to
Irma Norris, her cousin in Philadelphia,
"Fitzroy is a new line in chauffeurs."
'By the way, where is your trunk?' she
demanded suddenly.
Il came away Unexpectedly; so | have
arranged that it shall be sent to Brighton by
rail" he explained.
A PPARENTLY there was nothing more
"A to be said. The two women seated
themselves, and the car sped out into the
Strand. They watched the drivers adroit
yet scrupulously careful dealing with the
traffic and Cynthia at least, quickly grasped
the essential fact that the six cylinders
worked with silent power that held cheap
every other vehicle passed or overtaken on
the road.
at lovely automobile" she muir
INJURED with little sigh of satisfaction
Quite an up to date car, fancy" agreed
her friend.
Il don't understand how this man Fitz-
roy can afford to use it for hiring purposes.
Yet, that is his affair, not mine. l rather
like him, don't you?"
His manners are somewhat offhand; but
such persons are given to aplng their supe
riors George Augustus Fitzroy too-it is
ridiculous! fltZTOy is the family name OF
the Earls of Fairholme, and their eldest sons
have been christened George Augustus ever
since the beginning of the eighteenth CEN
fury"
The name seems to fit our chauffeur all
right. and | guess he has as good claim to
it as any other man."
Cynthia was apt to f1aunt the Stars and
Stripes when Mrs. Devar aired her class
conventions, and the older woman had the
tact to agree with careless nod. Neverthe-
less, had Cynthia Vanrenen known how
strictly accurate was her comment she
would have been the most astounded girl in
London at that minute. The Viscountcy, of
course. was nothing more than a courtesy
title In the cold eye of the law, Meden-
hams full legal name was that which Mrs.
Devar deemed ridiculous. AS events shaped
themselves, it was of the utmost importance
to Cynthia, and to A1edenham, and to sew
eral other persons who had not yet risen
above their common horizon, that Mrs.
Devar's sheer should pass uncha lenged.
Though that woman herself was not fash
toned of the softer human clay that expresses
it's strenuous emotions by fainting fits or
hysteria some such feminine expedient
would certainly have prevented her from
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