The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-12-21

stood an impassive English groom.
Young lord Believer. who was driv.
Ing his own coach, scanned eagerly.
from under the brim OF his smart
bowler. the persons who came crowd.
ing out OF the station. His eyes light
ed with pleasure as girl appeared
I'm The doorway. followed by an older
lady, and two porters. carrying lug
gage and wraps. A dash OF Partisan
smartness In the lines OF the well-cut
travelling dress and the perfectly At
ing boots. a more than Angio-Saxon
Hankness and Independence OF car.
Rage. announced the girl as an Amer.
lean.
driver bent down from the box
OF his carriage. and. In answer TO a
question from the young lady. On ele-
mentaIy Italian. demanded IL francs
for the drive 10 Amaln.
But 'Baedeker' says the tariff is
ave or six" expostulated the girl. Her
Italian wns fluent. II the grammar
was a little shaky. Lord Believer.
from his high box.seat. heard every
word
"Baedekeri' The italian driver
snapped his fingers with a gesture OF
contempt Fourteen francs is the
fare"
The girl BIT her lip. She thought
she was being cheated and that made
her angry.
Perhaps we had better take him
and have done with II. dear" suggest.
I'd the elder lady. 1T doesn't matter
much. you know. There are not
many carriages left. II we bargain
too long we may get none"
Mamma" exclaimed the beauty.
81 hate 10 be cheated"
She looked around. and catching
sight Of Believers paving. glossy bays.
her pleased eyes Travelled In one
glance up to the boxseat. where the
young man sat looking eagerly down
on her.
Why. mamma" exclaimed the
Girl. ~ there isn't a perfectly lovely
coach. and believe the man wants TO
drive u.s."
''it's sure 20 be more than the cab.
Gear"
How much to drive us 10 Amalf!"
cried the girl.
Five francs each. ladies'" was the
prompt answer In good Italian. the
language In which the coachman had
been addressed
''Bene." came the quick reply. and
the girl signed TO the porters 10 put
the bags and wraps inside the coach.
The groom. hiding a grin. ran with
a ladder: the elder lady mounted to
q place behind the driver. the beauty
climbing 20 the box-seat. With a
flick Of the long whip the bays dashed
forward.
II call this too glorious for words!"
The beauty's cheeks were tinged with
carmine, brought there by the ting.
ling sea air that blew up the ravine;
her eyes sparkled. Aren't we In luck.
mamma. 20 have got seats in this
splendid coach. and with such q
driver. tool See how well he handles
the reins! And his profile looks as
if he were cast In bronze"
Take care. Lesley! Are you sure
he doesn't understand you. dear!"
"ob. that's all right! Very few of
these Italian drivers know more than
two or three words of English"
Then the girl began to talk Italian
20 the coachman and he answered her
I'm the same tongue. fuently and cour-
teously. Believer could speak Italian
nearly as well as his own language
and Lesley's knowledge was not deep
enough to detect his few slips. He
felt guilty. but dared not betray his
nationality. lest the ladies should in
sist on being put down ut the next
village.
well. mamma" cried Lesley. turn
ing In her place. we've had a splen. |
did time In Europe. haven't we?
We've seen and done such q lot of |
things. But believe I like Italy best |
az all. OF course. Egypt was gor.
geous and Greece was lovely"
And England" prompted the
England was sweet. But II was |
In one way. Only fancy |
our not meeting one single. solitary. |
real, live lord. ! shall be ashamed to |
go home. My country expected It of |
mo. And failed. Such a shame
we should have missed Lord Beleverl /
When brought three new dresses on
tool"
Believer started. This was a nice
scrape he had got himself into. But
he didn't see any way out Of II now.
He could not suddenly exclaim. Be
hold. I am Lord Belever!" He had
seldom been more uncomfortable:
but the worst of II was that he found
himself base enough TO snatch fear
full Joy from the situation.
II dare say he would have been
most uninteresting when you came to
know him." the girls mother proceed
ed 10 console her.
But the Dering-Lacys said he was
lwflilly clever and good-looking. don't
Tou remsSsbsri ! was 80 looking for