Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-01
CHAPTER XIX.-Continued.

Sure you can get lit" Isidora asked. in
confidential, yet somewhat doubtful
tone.
"Of course I'm sure. have my letter
| Of credit-the one thing I did manage to
| keep
Yes, but
There isn't any but" cut in Loveland,
| impatiently. ITS certain to be all right
| this afternoon, at latest. The cable Will
| have come to the hotel and then I shall
know what to do. Even supposing the
police should arrest me for that affair
| we'll. at worst, the trouble ought to be
| over and done with in day or two
"Oh, indeed it wouldn't" exclaimed the
pretty Jewess. Il don't know what
mightn't happen to you. You will be care
full, won't you-if it's only to please me?'
And her eyes were large and beseech1ng
You're very kind to take an interest,
said Val, really grateful, though he had
to restrain an impulse to draw back from
her advances. "Of course. I don't want
to be let in for scandal which might
do others harm as we'll as me-and would,
if that beast Milton could manage it. m
not exactly pining to see the inside or
New York jail-which you seem to thlnk
I'm in danger of doing. Things are bad
enough, as it is" And his face darkened
for he thought that, after the loathsome
the newspapers "cIS Iio" oiNihe
the name of Loveland. he might have
difficulty in bringing down such game as
he had crossed the sea. to seek. Also, he
remembered with a pang Lesley Dear
mer's prophecy that the Louisville jour
nails would reprint New York gossip.
"Oh, I'm sorry you think things here
are so bad retorted Isidora, flushed ard
pouting.
You know 1 don't mean things here"
protested VAL with less truth than polite
i TO n
preciate it all immensely.
do you?" she asked. her eyes liquid.
''Of course 1 do. 1 hope I shall be able
to prove that before long
She blushed. To her mind there was
only one way in which a young man could
prove that he appreciated girls good
ness to him-by making love to her. Ana
she could almost have tainted with JOY
at the thought of what it would be to
have this glorious hero-villain though he
might be-as a lover Already she had a
dim yet intoxicating vision of herself
bride in white silk Cor should it be cream
satin?) and a wreath of artificial orange
blossoms amid clouds OF tulle. Ihere
would be difflcultes-a hundred dlfh-
culties of which the greatest was now
upstairs enjoying well earned rest. But
who cared for a love that ran smooth?
And Isidora thrilled as her fancy held
spyglass up to the future
WELL she said, warmly, Il mean TO
go on being ood-better-best to you: for
I'm studying out a plan to get your
things away from the Waldorf-Astor1a
Hotel and all the same to keep you out
of trouble. You're a foreigner and don't
understand our ways yet, but I'll see you
through, all right
"How are you going to do that. my
guardian angelo" Val smiled at the pretty
Jewess.
Isidora had the sensation of being
bathed in perfumed cream. His guard
ian angel. She had been called num-
Der of nice things, such as q real beaut, !"
high flyer and F1oradora; but no one
had ever hailed her as his guardian angel
before, and with all her heart she vowed
that she would live up to the name.
Il don't know exactly yet how III do
it, she admitted. But you leave it to
me and it'll be done, you'll see. Only
give me an order signed Loveland,' to
bring away anything of yours from the
hotel Meantime, I've thought of one
thing, which Is, you'd better not be seen
here till we're sure they amt onto you,
through that messenger boy. =! tell you
what I've got lady friend in this street,
Mrs. Johnny Gernsbacher. who's lookin
after an empty house that's for rent
"A caretaker?" asked LOveland.
IT guess that's right. Me and Mrs.
Gernsbacher's good friends. She's
widow lady, quite old, most forty-five. SO
she'll do for a chaperon. Pa had her boy
here once to wait, and then through me
and friends Of mine he got a better job
outside She'd be glad to do me a good
turn. You can see to things here for five
minutes till / run across and ask il she'll
let you stay there in the house as a
friend of mine. till you have time to look
around"
'I-see to thfngs?" echoed Loveland,
blankly.
Yes. If anybody comes in they'll take
you for a swell waiter, in those clothes.
They'll think Alexander the Greats start
in in for uptown style
She laughed with amusement at the
joke. and Loveland laughed, too though
not very heartily. He was not enchanted
at the idea of being mistaken for a "swell
waiter" but beggars must not be choos-
ers. and he offered no objection to the
plan.
Wrapping over her head a red GRO
cheted scarf which she called a "fas-
cinator.' Isidora darted into the street,
painting with haste lest the worst should
happen in her absence, and her father
take it into his head to come downstairs.
But she had seen him last doing over the
Police News, in quilted homemade
dressing gown, and that was such a short
time ago that she hardly thought there
was danger of surprise.
Mrs. Gernsbacher must have been very
accessible and easily persuaded, for in
less than ten minutes the girl was back
again. flushed with triumph. ITS all
right" she announced. ''Beccy Gs
standing in the basement door, waiting
for you to pop in. Bill. you show him the
way to Beccy's. Goodbye, Mr. Gordon
Don't stay here another minute. I'll he
over as soon as / can to tell you what's
upland I'll send Bill along at noon with
something good for your dinner
Carried off his feet by her enthusiasm
Loveland did not stop for further argu-
ment Caught by an eddy in the tide of
fate he let himself be swept away.