The Washington times., 1912-01-25

You wicked one" she said. with q
smile that .aishr hsye .telnpted.a wood.
en- saint. Igw issit possible that such
tMy dear lady" replied Dufreny, be-
lieve me, at any other moment should
conversation. but today Venus herself
couldn't temrH ms"
The handsome Mathilde ground her
teeth and. let drop ons- word:
Dean friend. said Dufreny, II un-
i.depstand how yon feed, and excuse
you. 1t Ia quite natural but take by
advice. and don't YET your nerves get
you suffer uselessly.'s
| Dufrsny- had sGarssely uttered these
| words when o sharp whistle from the
1 street made him prick up hts ears like
+ "ssinsthims happenedr
rang. Mathiide Jumped. up to go and
her firmly by the wrist.
| The servant opened the door and
handed telegram TO her. mistress and
Give that to- me-" said Dufreny. II
,Iie, looked so isrcsiy at MathiIde that
She handed II to him without a word.
i s nsd to ava watt te iii tonight Ex
Ispect me s at 3 o'c,ocE.s. A ''
| Very good, ' said Dufreny, ct shan't
have to stay 30 long; In twenty min
utes our lady will be here"
Mathilde was silent. The game was
lost, and now she only wanted to see
1 the end of 1t as soon as possible. She
invent back to her seat without a word
thilde. will yoe ring and have the fire
| with pleasure" y.
As he got up to touch the bell there
4 was great commotion in the street;
j there were shrieks and cries. At the
same time two or three sharp whistles
were heard
i Bpfreny ran to the window which
looked over the Place Pigaile. and
threw it open. Mathiide followed him.
The first thing he saw was Pousse-
Pbusee maldng sign for him to come
aorner Of the Boulevard Cllchy. A
crowd Of people stood round two We
Dufreny rushed from the ROOM; but
lie took the precautron to lock Mathiide
In, besides, she was too absorbed In
what was passing in the street to notice
what he did. In the twinking OF an
eye he was on the scene of the acct
dent
Pousse- Pousse was purple With rage,
and Salsfis stood with his hands In Ills
pocket and hts nose turned up disdain-
Z The accident was very serious. A
taxicab had collided with a fiacre and
: overturned 1t. The occupant, a profess
sor, on his way to Roilin College, was
| IN a very Serious condition. The chauf-
feur and the Goodman were both
wounded.
II The police were trying to keep back
the people. One OF them gave Dufreny
push, hut he said two words to him
and was allowed to pass.
, Whats the matter? You've sun two
men before No. 49, he said GREATNESS
ly to Pousse-Pousse.
Sure! but it's not much use now.
Il why? What's up?'
d. I'm a fool" said Pousse-Pousse, HIT.
ing his arms and dropping them in q
hopeless manner. There's nothing FOL
me to do but send in my resignation
: My birds were in that taxi and I lei
~ de .D-!'' exclaimed Dufreny
"Ten met ouickr -. u... T.
2 Yes, q man and a woman were ~
tfIat taxi She wss call and slim: The
chauffeur says he was just turning 70
put his fare down at No. Is Rue Fro
chot. There's no mistake. II was oul
game. Then the taxi ran into the cal
and tipped 1t over. A man and q wo,
r man jumped out and ran as fast II
Before Pousse- Pousse had Finished
= talking Dufreny had sprang into the
'a He came out almost immediately.
l holding up a little leather handbag.
: I've got Them ne cried. 1--WE go
I tha iawaIa this timer