The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-01
CHATTER XVII
IN The CABIN OF MADAM.
Woman must not belong 70 her.
self; she IS bound 70 alien destinics-
Friedrich Won Schiller.

with ar exclamation % surprise.
the old Woman departed from the
door. heard the rustic uf q foot
fan could have told IN advance
what face would nop appear aut
lined IN the candle giow with eyes
wide and startled. with lips bait
parted In query II was che face
OF Helena baroness won Rita
FL bien madam. Why DO you
bar me OUT ! said as though wc
had parted but YESTERDAY
Ia her sheer asfnrlshmcut. ] pre-
sumo. she let down ihe fastening
chain. and without her Invitation.
stepped within heard her
startled Mon Disu" thea her more
deliberate exclamation 81 emotion
NV Cod she said She stood
with her hands caught ~ her throat
staring at me laughed and held
out a hand
Madam baroness said bow
glad ! am, Come has not fate been
kind to Us again.
pushed shut the door behind
me-. SIN without a word. she step
ped deeper into the room and stood
hooking n me her hands ciasped
nov loosely and aWkwardlv, as
though she xere country girl sur.
prised. ans not the baroness
Helen Won Ritz. toast or talk ~
more than one capital ~ the world
Yet she was the same She
seemed alightiy thinner nov. yet
rot less beautiful Fer eyes were
dark and brilliant a. ever The
clear features ~ her face were
framed 10 the roll % her heavy
locks. as bad seen them last Her
gArb. a. usual. hefokened luxury
She vas robbed as though Tor some
fete. all IN white satin. and pale
blue fires % stones shone family
at throat and wrist Contrast
enough she made 10 me clad IN
smoke Drowned tnnic Of buck. vith
the ieEgiuEH and moccasins ~ a
savage. my belt lacking but pre-
pared for weapons
= sce Madam said y smiling
@that stiil ! am only asleep and
dreaming Bot how exquisite a
dream. here IN this wild country
How unfit here am ! q savage
who introduce the one digcofdant
note into so sweet a dream'
I Eeatured 10 my costume ges-
tured about me rs ! took in The
details ~ the long room in which
we stood swear II vas the same
a. that In which ] had seen her
e. q similar hour ia Montreal II
was the same had nrst seen iu
Washington
Tmpoasible7 I am doubted An
bur do 7 not know Did J not sre7
Here were the pictures on the
walls. The carved Cupids the can.
deiabfa with their urisms the
chairs. the couchcai Beyond yon.
der satin curtains rose the high
canopy of the embroidery covered
couch ifa fringed drapory reaching
almost 10 The deep pno OF the car.
pets
Yet not cutie the same. n seemed
~ me There we're some little
things missing just az there were
some little things missing from
her appearance For instance
these drapedeg az the right
which formerly had cut off
the Napoleon bed at lts end 81
the room nov we're of blankets
and not o. silk The bed Itself was
not piled IA deep down but con
tanned aa ! iancied from ms hur
ricd glance, "a Thin mattress stuffed
perhaps with straw A ron oI
blankets lay across ita foot Aa
Razed q the FATHER extremity oil
this side of The long suite. I saw
other evidences of change N va.
indeed ag though Helena won RITZ
creature OF luxury woman of at
old luxurious world. exotic OF mon
archiai surroundings, had begun
iBsensibly 10 slip into tbe ways d
the rude democracy Of tho fa
frontiers.
say all fbis but ere 7 had Hn
lshcd my first hurried glance has
accepted her AL always one must
Just al she was
Yea said she M length slowly
yes 7 uow believe ~ 10 De fate.
She had not yet smiled tool
hor hand and hold 70 long fel
glad jo see her. and 10 take bel
hand 81 seemed pledge ~ friend
Htip. and na things now were shan
inT 7 surely needed "a friend
~ laaf her face Flushing slightly
che diseneaged her hand and no
tioued mo 90 seat But G'ili VI