The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-07
CHAPTER Iv.-(contlnued.)

~'h NSS'N''SSSJ
Some light steps, a rustic, and he
wheeled in time to see a woman open
door, stand for a minute in the full
light. and disappear. 1t was she.
George opened the door Of his own
room, threw the rug inside, and tip
toed along the corridor, stopping for
the briefest time to ascertain the
number OF that room. He felt vastly
more guilty in performing this harm
less act than in smothering his men
tor.
There was no one in the head-por-
fer's bureau; thus, unobserved and un-
embarrassed he was free to inspect
she guest-llst. Fortune Chedsoye. He
mad never seen name quite like that
Its quaintness did not suggest to him.
as IT had done to Ryanne, the pas
toral, the bucolic. Rather it remind
ed him Of the old French courts, of
rapiers and buckles, of powdered wigs
and furbelows, masks, astrologers,
love-intrigues, of all those colorful,
mutable scenes so charmingly de-
scribed by the genial narrator Of the
exploits of D'Artagnan. And abruptly
out of this age of Lebrun, Vatican
Moliere, reached an ice-cold hand. II
that elderly codger wasn't her father,
who was he and what?
The Major-for George had looked
him up also-was in excellent trim for
his age. something Of military dandy
besides; but as the husband of so
young and exquisite creature! Out
upon the thought! He might be her
guardian, or at most, her uncle, but
never her husband. Yet 20 poisonous
doubtD, at the table she had ignored
the Major, both his jests and his at.
tentions. He had seen many wives,
1oyfully from safe distance, act to.
ward their husbands in this fashion
Oh, rot If his name was Callahan
and hers Chedsoye, they could not
possibly be tied In any legal bonds. He
dismissed the ice-cold hand and turned
again to the comforting warmth Of his
ardor.
He had never spoken to young WON
en- without presentation, and on these
rare occasions he had broached the
weather, suggested the possibilities ol
the weather, and concluded with ar
apostrophe on the weather at large. Il
was usually a valedictory. For he wa.
always positive that he had acted lik,
fool, and was afraid to speak to thu
girl again. Never 1t failed, ten minute.
after the girl was out of sight, tn,
brightest and cleverest things crowd
ed upon his tongue, to be but wasted
on the desert air. He was not particu
larly afraid Of women older thar
himself. more's the pity. And yet, hat
he been as shy toward them as towarC
the girls, there would have been n,
stolen Yhiordes. no sad-eyed maiden
no such thing as The United Romance
and Adventure Company, Ltd; and h.
would have stepped the even tenor O
his way, unknown Of grand passions
swift adventure. life.
George was determined to meet Fol
tune Chedsoye, and this determination
the first Of its kind to take detinit
form in his mind, gave him move
sensation. He would find some way
aid he vowed to best his old enemJ
diftldence, II it was the last fight h
ever put up. He would maneuver t
get in the way Of the Major. He neve
found much trouble in talking to mer
Once he exchanged word or tw
with the uncle or guardian, he woul
make it point to renew the acquain
ance when he saw the two togethe
1t appeared to him as bright idei
and he was rather proud Of It. Eve
now he was conscious o: clenching hl