Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-01-23
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CHAPTER I. Harry swifton b spin.
ming along in his auto. his thoughts
dwellng IN happy anticipation OF q com
lag visit from bis nancee. Lucy Meddera.
QuakeTess. who nLrF.d him when he was
Injured in an auto accident out In the
country. His mind taken on OF his sur
rOundings by these pleasant thoughts he
crashes into another auto containing a
German count and a beautiful woman
The woman6 hat IL RUNE ent-mnd-
edly Harry thrusta the ts Of the
hat In his pocket and n IS esospe.
CHAPTER IN. wlo, It develops. is
Mrs. General Blazes. She IL In distrac-
tion lest her husband should hear Of her
esoapade. She declares that her mllllnsr
told her a duplicate OF the ruined hat had
been delivered TO Harry's house. Re
iponding to her demands for the hat Har-
~ insists that he knows nothing about
and the Count Is Becreted In the library
md Mrs. Blazes in Harry's bedroom.
CHAPTER ". Lucy Brofeses curiosity
regarding the room In which Mrs. plazes
. hidden and Harry is forced 10 do some
fancy lying.
CHAPTER Y. me millinsr strives T.
trace the duplicate hat She proves to b.
Daphne Darlington whom Harry had
shown considerable attention to In the
past and the situation becomes more com
plicated She agrees to make another
hat providing Harry will take her TO din
1er. Lucy and Carolyn call Harry and
Daphne IL hustled into the room occu-
pied by the Count. The Count and Daphne
4 seems had carried on a filtration be-
fore and greeted each other warmly.
So the Count tore the fly leaf from
the book in HIS hand and solemnh
wrote thereon the line:
Find die dame ihr hut7'
He handed the sheet to Harry, WHIT
assumed the painfully awkward posi-
ton Of q schoolboy and laboredly real
the line, with an atrocious mispronun
citation Of almost every word. Thu
Count smiled, and took the papel
from him. saying:
you see, he has der Cherman &C
cent but not yet der Cherman words
Der line is: Find die dame ihr hutI
1t iss 3 question, you see, unit ISIS u
be answered yet"
"Oh, and what does It mean in Ems
hsh?" Lucy asked.
at MEANS" the Count said, viii
much significance, and speaking witt
great elaboration and emphasis, 4
means: Did the lady find her hatT
Ibid the Lady find her hat?" LUG.
repeated after him.
"Not yeti" Harry said. absent
mindedly.
"Ah," the Count said, smiling, "NocI
NIGHT"
~of Counsel OF Counsel" Harry said
as though being corrected in his pre-
nunciation. mock nit"
The Count nodded his head witt
commentator.
Some day he WI DO q great Chez
man scholar-SOme day." he asserted
Harry beamed with .pride-ant
amusement Mr.. MeddSVS Observed t
him:
Verify, thy tutor must, Be a Iearne,
man"
He reads nothing but the classics,
Harry replied. You'll always ind hin
in the library. He's dying to get bacl
there new, expect"
"And no doubt that Is q classic b
hath in his hand even at this nc
mont" Medders said.
'Tve no doubt" said Harry, takin,
the book from the Counts hand an
glancing at the title, which wa
Three Weeks" "Ah, It Is an oil
treatise on. the brevity Of time"
He tossed the book into the library
and said:
'Now, dent want to have to thin
Of any more German today This I
to be a real holiday, Count, and | N
fuse to study any more"
Il think thee art doing a grea
work." Lucy said to the Count. IT
teach Harry German. 1t is fine tina
he hath thee for a tutor How di
thee happen to be engaged by him7
Merely by accident" the Count Al
Bwered.
eyes," Harry added. through
mere accident"