Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-06
CHAPTER XXIII.
LORD LovELAND. CHAUrrEui

which Loveland could not I'm
A derstand. Presently an ide.
seemed to commend itself to the girl
On her arm little gold and platinum
bag hung from its chain. Well did b,
know the two compartments in thi:
favorite little receptacle of Lesley.
treasures, And now he watched her
with eyes homesirk for past days rs
--, she, took out the remembered cardcase
and from an inner pocket of that card
case folded newspaper cutting
Its quite time you did read for
yourself" she said. This will make
you understand better than ! can tel
you. Fanny Milton cut it out of tn,
New York Light and posted 1t to me
I've kept itShere-I hardly knew why
but now I'm glad l did"
1t was Tony Kidd's first article that
Loveland read with a shock of sur
prise, which at the very beginning sci
the blood humming in his ears like
the sound Of the sea in shell.
Tony had told his story spicily in g
way to make his readers laugh. But
Loveland did not laugh. He read or
and on, dazed at first, then with o
burst Of enlightenment which made
clear many mysteries.
1.-THE difficult young man to ap
proach" had come to New York to See
heiresses and conquer papas. said
Tony. He had begun the conquering
process on board ship. being a youth
or tnfAfsr turn Of mind WI DO hnliaJr-
ed in taking time by the forelock. III
had made friends. He had even per
homo made love. Soon no doubt he
would have made match, Dut tht
schemes of mice, men and even mar
ouises have a way Of going wrong
especially when-and that when re-
minded Tony to pause and ask CO
nundrum. when is marquis not
marouis?" The writer invited the pup
lie to guess. "Why, when he's a Vaiet'
Of course" And then Tony went on
to protest gayly that neither ne moi
his paper was response lie for the as
sertion that this marquis was not
marquis. They merely put the ques,
ton and gave the answer for what II
was worth.
number Of people prominent IL
New York society bad received caoie
Grams from London informing then
that the valet OF the Marquis or Love
land had absconded with his loro
sbip's iewelry and other belongings
that the fugitive was known to nave
impersonated his master In LONDON
obtaining goods from tradesmen an'
running I'D bills at hotels in Lore
I,oyeland's name. If person Calling
himself the Marquis OF LoVeiah'
should appear in New York presenting
,2tters of introduction to the said prom
o. inent people earlier than the army"
of the White Star liner Battle the
were to beware of him. as the reo
Lord Loveland expected to sail Oh tina
On the very day when these cable
Grams were received, Tony Kidd wen
nm TO state. there arrived by
strange IN coincidence an attractV
looking and naughty young gentIema
known among acquaintance coiiecte
on the Mauretania as Lord l'oveian'
This alleged nobleman had gone TO IL
Waldorf astoria. where. through
servant of the hotel, 1t was soon di
covered that his pretentious trunl
were practically empty.
Act 2 was round Of calls with lie
tiers of introduction to all the prom
nent people warned by friend tals
prominently in England.
Act 8, a scene in the Waldorf re
taurant, where some shipboard
auaintances. dining with one OF II
prominent people. had heard from nj
of the cablegram and of course re1use
to acknowledge acquaintance with u
attractive nobleman when he appea
ed in the room, ready 10 greet u
whole party with effusion.
Act 4, the hotel authorities being
formed, request Lord Loyeland'
find other accommodation.
Act s, the husband and father
the two ladies whom Lord LoVelal
met on the Mauretania attacked al
Knocked down in the street by I
difficult young man to approach.
Now. at last. Loyeland understo
everything that had happened to d
in New York. even to the mystery
the bank. Again he seemed to see "a
wallader Hunter bending to talk W.
the good looking, dark young N
who had dined with the Cooldg
.hr.~van Cotter had doubtless been Q
(, Of those who had received the wa
ing cablegrams, and naturally ne D
passed on the interesting news to
Coolidges and Millions. Cadwallat
Hunter, who had stopped to chat W
theparty, had been just in time to gle
the information and had taken reVel