Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-11

be- could for Peter Vanrenens sudden visit
to England She might torture her wits for year with
out hitting on the truth since the summoning of the
millionaire the appeared to be the last thing
Count Edouard Marigny would dream of doing She
actually held in her hand summary of the kilograms
he had despatched from Bristol but her mind too
confused to work in its customary grooves, and she
blurted Medenham's title in frantic attempt to
gain his support.
1t means this he said cooy, resolved to clear the
ground thoroughly for Mrs. Devar's benefit: Your
French ally is resorting to the methods of the black
mailer If you wise you will cut yourself entirely
adrift from him and warn your son to follow your ex
ample. l shall deal with Monsieur Marigny, have no
doubt that score and you wish to forget certain
dScredtable incidents that have happened since we lett
London you will respect my request that Miss
Vanrenen shall not be told anything about by you
mean to choose my own time and place tor the neces
Sary explanations They concern none but Miss VAN
renen and myself in the first instance and her father
and mine, in the second. have observed that you can
be shrewd when it your interests, Mrs.
Devar and you have opportunity of adding dis
erection to srewdness take it you are asking for my
advice. 1t is simple and to the point. Enjoy yourself
acting matrimonial agent and leave the rest
to me-"
THE residents in the hotel gathering on the
anda, the luncheon hour approaching; so
Mrs Devar could not press him to be more explicit In
the privacy of her she read Marignys letter
Then she learned why Cynthias father had hurried
the Channel for the Frenchman had not scruped
to him that his presence was imperative If he
would his daughter from rogue who had replaced
the confidential Smmonds as chauffeur.
Forthwith Mrs. Devar became more daZed than ever
She felt that she conde one; she wrote
full account of events at Symons Vat to her 1t
the worst possible thing she could have done I'm
conscously,-for she anxious to help instead
of h.ndering Medenhams wooing-some OF the gall in
her distilled itself into words. She dwelt on the
episode with all the sly of the nveterate
scandalmonger She really striving to depict her
confusion of ideas when stunned by the discovery
of Medenham's POSITION but she succeeded only in
strnging together series of i'll natured innuendoes.
Sandwched between each paragraph of the story were
the true gossips catchwords; thus: What was to
think?"-"What would people say if they knew? =
my dear just picture your mothers predcament when
midnight struck and there was no news! OF course
makes allowances for American girl and the rest.
Though this soured woman ready letter writer
she reader, in days to come she might have
parodied Popes "Epistle to DR.. Arbuthnot":
Why did I write? What sin to unknown
Dipped me in ink? my parents. or my own?
Not with her outpourng Devar, she dashed
off warning to Marigny. She imagined that the
Frenchman would grin at his broken fortunes and look
about for another heress And abandoning meal to
the fever of scrbblng she packed more mischief into
hour than elderly marriage brokern Europe that day.
and wadded off to the etterbox with OF conso
laton strong in the belief that the would bring
kilograms to guide her in the fray with Mrs. Leland.
AfEDENHAM sent short note to his father saying
~ he would reach London about midnight next day
and asking him to invite Aunt Susan to lunch on Tues