The independent-reporter., 1910-03-03
CHAPTER xxx.
A PRESCRIBED AALADY.

u.s. lie was about to say
me"
How could any one sleep? Neenah
found this dress for me. Aren't these
baggy trousers funnyf She rifed the
late Mr. Wyckholme's wardrobe. This
costume once adorned a sultana, I'm
told. l wore it tonight because l was
much less conspicuous as a sultana
than might have been had | gone to
the wall as princess"
II like you best as the princess" he
said, frankly surveying her In the gray
light.
~ think like myself as the princess.
too." she said naively. He sighed
deeply. They were quite close to the
excited group on the terrace when she
said: II am very. very happy now,
after the most miserable night l have
ever known. / was SO troubled and
afraid"-
Just because l went away for that
little while? Don't forget that l am
soon to go out from you for all time.
How then?'
"Ah, but then | will have Paris" she
cried gayly. He was puzzled by her
he be expected to know of the moods
of royal princesses? No more than he
could know Of their loves.
Lady Deppingham was got TO bed at
once. The princess, more thrilled by
excitement than she ever had been in
her life, attended her friend. In the
sanctity Of her chamber the exhausted
young Englishwoman barred her soul to
this wise, sympathetic young woman
In Persian vestment
"Genevra," she said solemnly In the
end, take warning from my example.
When you once are married don't trifle
with other men-not even II you should
not love your husband. Sooner or later
you'd get tripped up. 1t doesn't pay.
my dear. / never realized until tonight
how much l really care for Deppy, and
I am horribly afraid that I've lost
something I can never recover"
you were not in love with Mr..
Browne. That is why l can't under
stand you, Agnes"
my dear, l don't understand my
self. How can | expect you or my
husband to understand me? How
could l expect 1t of Bobby Browne?
Genevra, you are in love-madly In
love-with Hollingsworth Chase. Take
my advice. Marry him. He's one man
in a. Genevra placed her hand over
the lips of the feverish young woman.
81 will not listen to anything more
about Mr.. Chase" she said firmly. 81
am tired-tired to death-of being told
that l should marry him."
"But you love him." Lady Agnes
managed to humble despite the gentle
impediment.
81 do love him-yes, do love himw
cried the princess, casting reserve to
the winds. 'He knows it-every one
knows 1t. But marry him7 No-no-
mol shall marry Karl. Ny father,
my mother, my grandfather. have said
30, and have said 1t too. That ends
1t, Agnes. Don't speak Of 1t again."
She cast herself down upon the side
Of the bed and clinched her hands In
the fierceness of despair and-decision.
After moment Lady Agnes said
dreamily: 81 climbed up the ladder to
make a 1adyship' Of myself by mar
riage. and find love my husband. ]
dare say II you should go down the
ladder a few rounds, my dear. you
might be as lucky. But take my ad-
vice. II you won't marry Hollings-
worth Chase, don't let him come to
Paris"
The Princess Genevra lifted her face
instantly, a startled expression in her
eyes.
agnes, you forget yourselfv'
my dear" murmured Lady Agnes
sleepily, forgive me, but have such
shockingly absent mind" She was
asleep a moment later.
In the meantime Bobby Browne. dis.
naining all commands ana enrreaties,
refused to be put to bed until he had
related the story of their capture and
the subsequent evS1ks that made the
night memorable. He sat with his
rigid arm about his wifes shoulders
Drusilla was stroking one Of his hands
in a half conscious manner, her eyes
staring past his face toward the dark
forest from which he had come. Mr..
Britt was ordering brandy for his
trembling client
After ALL" said Browne. hoarse
with nervousness, there Is some good
to be derived from our experiences.
hard as 1t may be to believe. ! have
found out the means by which Rasula
intends to destroy every living crea'
ture In the chateau" Chase threw on
his spell of languidness and looked
hard at the speaker. "Rasula coolly
asked me at one Of our resting places