The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
A SPLENDID HAZARD
By HAROLD MacGRATH
Copyright The aarIno upanyl
By HAROLD MacGRATH
Copyright, 1910. The BobbsMerin oOmnny.I

could put In a book what all you men
have seen and taken part in! Mr.. Brett
mann would be almost handsome but for
those scars
He kicked the turf at the foot Of the
wall IN Germany they are considered
beauty spots''
Il am not in sympathy with that Gus
tom"
''SuTl, it requires courage of a kind"
THE noblest wounds are those that are
carried unseen. Student scars are mere
ly patches of vanity"
He has others besides those. He was
nearly killed in the Sudan" Fitzgerald
was compelled to offer some defense for
the absent. That Breitmann had lied to
him, that his appearance here had been in
the regular order of things did not take
away the fact that the Bavarian was a
man and brave one. Closely as he had
watched. up TO the present he had learn
ed absolutely nothing, and TO have shown
Breitmann the telegram would have ac-
complished nothing further than to have
put him wholly on guard.
Have you no scars?' mischief in her
eyes.
Not yet" and the force of his gaze
turned hers aside yet 1 must not for
get my conscience; tbs pretty well bat
tered up
She greeted this with laughter She
had heard men talk like this before.
You have probably never done a mean
or petty thing in all your life
Mean and petty things never disturb
a mans conscience. It's the big things
that scar
That's a platitude-'
Then my end Of the conversation is
becoming fat
Confess that you are eager to return
to the great highways once more"
Il shall confess nothing of the sort I
should like to stay here for a hundred
years
You would miss US all very much
then" merrily. And NapoIeon's treas
ure would have gone in and out Of in
Vulnerable pockets!"
DO you really and truly believe that
we shall bring home a single franc of
it?~ facing her with incredulous eyes.
Really and truly. And why not? Treas
nes have been found before. Fie on you
for a doubling Thomasr'
I'VE sometimes go many miles 10 ffnd,
In the end, that the treasure was an the
time under our very eyes"
'Hyperbole!" But she looked down at
the Hchen again and began peeIing Il OF
the stone She thought OF a duke she
knew. At this instant he would have
been telling her that she was the most
beautiful woman since Helen What a
relief this man at her side was! She was
perfectly aware that he admired her, but
he veiled his tributes with half smiles
and flashes of humor. what a gay lit
tie man that NJ. Ferraud is!'
Lively as a cricket Your father. I
understand, is to take him as far as
Marseilles. After tonight everything
will be quite formal suppose. Hon
estly, feel i'll at ease in accepting your
eplendid hospitality. I'm an interloper
haven't even the claim of an ordinary
1t has been very. very kind
of you"
you know Mrs. Coldheld. I WIN, II
You wish it ask her 10 present you to
me-"
Il am really serious"
so am L"
They Win be here to-morrowr'
Yes. And in four days we sail oh,
1t is all so beautiful! A real treasure
hunt"
TT does not seem possible that have
been here a week. It has been q long
time since enjoyed myself 50 thoroughly.
Have you ever wondered what has be-
come OF the other manT'
The other manr'
chimney. I've been thinking about him
this long while Hasn't II occurred to
you that he may have other devices?"
IF he has he will find that he has
waited too long. But I would like to
know how he found out. You see," tri-
umphantly, -fie believed that there is
one" She shook the rein. for the sleek
mare was nozzling her shoulder and paw
Ing slightly. Let US be on. g
She put her small booted foot on his
palm and vaulted into the saddle. and
be swung on TO his mount He stuffed
his cap into . pocket, Tor he was no fais-f