New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

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peCially by eager male admirers.
Quite as well satisfied TO interview Alice
alone, as a sort Of preliminary maneuver in
his game, the visitor readily followed 70 her
lavender nookcry and agreed to drink a cup
Of tea. II told YOU last night | hoped to
call" ne said. "You see, | have not de-
laycd in proving my friendly intentions
'"Tm so glad" said Alice graciously. Il
can scarcely understand how it happened we
never met before" She knew his antecc-
dents. and the wealth and pedigree they had
boasted for three generations.
II have been in New York but little he
confessed, Especially during the last few
wears. OF course have heard your name a
great many times recently, coupled with
That of your beautiful protGgGe."
Alice mentally acknowledged the prompt
ness with which he swung about to the sub
iect upperrnost in his thoughts Zone hears
60 60 many things in these DAYS Of wireless! -
she laughed. at ought TO be called the
Wireless Agc-or perhaps the Regardless
Age would be more accurate"
Gaillard nodded in quick, curt way which
Thurlcy would have recognized as a sign OF
impaticnce to achieve some object sought
with the greatest possible expedition.
was very agrceably surprised" he stated,
"to encounter Thurley again last night at
the dance
Alice, hardly less than Thurley herself, re,
sentcd his tone and familiarity. She arched
her brows. "Thurley?"
Miss Ruxton," he corrected, slightly
flushing. "She may not have told you we
are-well, old acquaintance"
Alice had decided to reveal as little as cir
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tired last night when we returned.
Gaillard narrowed his eyes. The matter
in hand was one of business with him, and ne
meant to be sufficiently plain. g knew
her very well-more than ordinarily we'll
in New Haven"
"Oh." Alice betrayed not the slightest
emotion, and not very pronounced inter
est.
"You can imagine my surprise and de-
light, my amusement, | might say, ne re-
sumed, "to learn the extraordinary mlSlden-
tifcation of Thurley that all New YORK
seems so agreed upon. Rich, isn't it''
You mean the outcome OF her remark
able resemblance to
This Princess Thirvinia business, GER
tainly," he supplied. " It's wonderful
Joke, stupcndous Joke, that the swell set is
DldVlilg on lLScll. 4NOI JlletL ilulANs N'1'i'
look the part, and all that sort OF thing
She's wonderful little girl; no one knows
it better than l. But what would happen,
wonder, if the truth should happen to leak!
He laughed, and she thought his mirth dis
tinctly disagreeable.
"You are aware, | hope" she answered,
"that neither Miss RuXton nor myself has
ever contributed anything to what you term
this stupendouS Joke"
That's the beauty of it, the art, he
stated badly. Il recognized that at once.
But wouldn't it jar all upper-crustdom to
wake up some morning to the facts?' He
laughed again, adding, Not that its likely
they will.
His dwelling upon this possibility Jared
upon Alice sufficiently to rouse all her sense
Of distrust and dislike. 1t sounded too much
in the nature of a menace, a father to his
thought, if not pronouncement OF his
power She wished to sound him thor
oughly.
HWould it necessarily disturb our friends
to lose one Princess and discover another?
They might even rejoice to find she was not
Of the foreign nobility
oh that part Of it, of course he ad-
mitted blunty; "but they might discover
she was once Just a pretty girl in New Haven
tutoring, and living very humble life: Not
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