The Washington times., 1911-10-20
DAILY SERIAL
THE SCARLET sc ARAB
BY Payson Terhune fs.
Copyright

Doris, noted. was equally quiet and
her big gray eyes rested on the beau
ties Of world and sky with q half
After aii. perhaps 1 had been hasty in
deciding to avoid her. Surely there was
no hat Of her fathers hypocrftical
smugness in those wonder-filled, honest
We two, alone Of all the sextet. were
quiet. Sebaste and Nine. de Tournon.
to whom all this panorama Of lowell
ness was an old story. chatted gaily.
Billy Joined in with "reminiscences Of
tween the marvels Of Luna Park and
his present more commonplace sur
Amos Todd, too, seized the occasion
of a brief pause 10 point out that the
Italian Incidence OF character alone
made the country so ill-cultivated and
held back italy from keeping pace with
such nations as the United States.
Nine. de Tournon had evidently awak-
ened to the belief that Billy Gregg had
been joking at her. expense during the
previous nights dinner, and she soon
began paving him back In his own coin.
He was speaking of vesuvius aad com.
menting on the perpetual pail Of black
smoke above II.
shall ten you srea, seerst Ss.,;t,s she
sad noshnr witn an hut ar OF
Is. II II were not for Vesuvius few
foreigners would come to Naples. 80.
by great mechanism: Sontroilsd , ,;iy by a
the mountain. a perpetual fire Is kept
going inside the crater. Every few
years. when foreigners begin to fall
rsnpn6 n,f IN ;. numbers an eruption is ar
II saw a picture of It once" Billy
exclaimed, glad to show his broad
knowledge, "a picture OF Nsoovious
: erntptionlns. er,t. 1t was in the P'iice Ga
"Yes. Pictures Of It are sent all over
the world. and that draws people here
and they spend money and
,rsss Gee! w. v,soovious must have a dandy
"The mechanism Is marvellous" she
continued, not at all understanding his
allnsion: Great stones ,yap1r urins Gus.
the eruptions. and"
But lots of poor geezers get killed.
T., That's That's , al part Of the fable, No on, one
written Of great loss Of life. to draw
ma manassrs s San Various .teats periious in
| least Of all a woman-sest on 30 terri
| BILE thing. Had she no pity. no hu;
nanity: Not an italian on earth could
says sy, made light Gs hs Hfenss Sf Ws
1
| countess had Just done.
| Even Sebaste looked disopprovingly a,
her. and saw Doris Todd's eyes con:
tract as at blow. But Billy believed
II all.
., sc the whole things a fake'" he
AN gigantic hoax" the countess re.
piled merrily. But never tell other
Americans. 1t Is q state secret. It Il
all vast. clever machine. No ons
| hurt. but tho locality exctllently advsr
| tised. Solfatara. which We are visitini
| TODAY. Is under the same MANAGEMENT
| To my relief. the diligence lust ther
came to a halt near the base Of Sol
fatara. We piled out. and while the
others were busy engaging guides
drew Billy to one side.
! "Say. old man. whispered. "don''
believe a word that little cat has tolt
you. She was making fun Of you-anf
what she said was In worse than bat
tn ste"
, Gregg favored me with superio,
smile.
II guess I know what to swallow an
what not to- he Crlnred. "An TT
wise to II the minute anyone tries t.
jolly me. An know when hear th'
straight facts. too. I can tell you. sen
Mrs. Toornong was hanoin' me solit
truth all right. I've had my s'picion'
Of v'soovious ever since I see it. She;
put me WISE
A Continuation of This Story Wi
BE Found In TomOrrOw's
fuNa-.-