New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

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I'm rather in a hurry Galllard an
swcrcd. Anything new: Perhaps you can
tell me here"
VERY good. The building is your office;
eh," and Fiaschi shrugged resignedly. Il
have only to inform you this option which
we hold, it is demanded We shall cable the
money not later than the seventeenth, ana
this is important YOU shall know.
Gaillard colorcd wrathfully. But you
said the end Of the month.
"Ah. YES, this was my wish, my hope; but
also am helpless. This is the cable from
Paris" He produced the cable in question:
and Gaillard read it with a blur Of red before
his ewes. He felt convinced that the Count
had requested this demand for no other
purpose than that Of destroying all possible
chance for him CGaillard) 10 meet his oD-
legations. He saw more than the words
upon the yellow slip; he saw ruin smoking
about him, and his structures prone on the
ground.
Yet one CLEAN Of hope still shone through
it all and with characteristic American
stoici,m he accepted the outlook with scarce
" sign that Fia,chi could have enjoyed.
All right. he answered careleSSly, hand-
ing back the message. as that all YOU can
think Of to-day:
mirthcssly smiling. 81 shall be obhge to
call upon all my resource, everything. \ our,
sclf-ah, YOU Americans have such untold
moneys
His gentle hint that Gaillard must com
mand a very large sum Of money within
week to meet his obligations or be wrecked
wa, not AZ all lost on his business associate,
who fc, the barb Of the Counts little shaft
diffusng poison through his system.
They went TO the elevator together, part
ing below in the hallway Of marble that lcd
to the Broadway entrance. Each was
anxious to escape the other, and both took
cabs a block apart and started race up
| town 10 the Van Kirk mansion.
They were doomed TO double evaporation.
| Not only did they once more meet At Alice
home and exchange the venom Of Jealous
hatred, disgust, and di-trust, but Alice and
| Thurlcv were away for a ride in the park
and had left no word as to when they might
return Both men went of wrathtully-to
inundatc the place with flowers.
ALAS for plans The quiet ride, intended
~ by Alice and Thurlcy for 4 little slip
ping away together, for much needed calm
and subsistence Of nerves and pulses, had
been mctamorpho-cd almost at the moment
| Of departure into one more extraordinary
experience.
Grand Duke Karl-Wilhclm, youthiully
confident that American manners were alb
solutcv informal and different from those
Of civilized communities, had translated
| Thurlcv'S hoSptubc remarks with a literal
license positively touching. He had come
unexpectedly this afternoon, because he
wished to come and had found an earlier
| arrival on the scene, in American tailoring,
| q bit Impractical. Indeed, me- apologizcd
proiuscly for thi, somewhat tardy appear
ancc, when the dictates OF his heart and the
sentimental system would have urged HIM
to the scene the very next morning after his
formal introduction
Alice and Thurlcy with one accord had
| invited him into the carriage. He sat HIM
| self down by the "Prnocs,' with an aldCnty
tha, could leave no doubt Of the happiness
he declared 10 be his portion, and forthwith
| desired 10 know OF Ihurlcy and Madam Van
| Kirk II their tongues were accustomed to
| French. His JOY could scarcely have been
concealed when he learned that Alice was
hjplc,, and Thurlcy fluent in the GaIhc
| Language. Nevertheless he continued for
It time To- address them both in German.
Hc was pleasant youth, despite the tact
that be- h.d fallen hopcIc--ly IN love. HIS
oh.crNa'l"ns, as quaint as child S, anu cd