The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-05

CHAPTER l. Harry Swifton 10 spip
ming along in his auto. his thouSht
dwelling in happy anticipation Of . com
Ing visit from his nancee. Lucy Medders.
Quakere:s. who nursed him when he Va
Injured In an auto accident out In III,
country. His mind taken OF Of his sur
roundings by these pleasant thoughts h,
crashes Into another auto containing &
German count and Q beautiful woman
Tho woman's hat Is ruined. Absent mind
edly Harry thrusts the remnants OF thu
hat In his pocket and makes his escape
CHAPTER II. Carolyn. Harry's sister
arrives to play hostess. Socrates Prim.
mer, q distant relative of Lucy's, arrives
with . hat intended as gift to Lucy
Harry Is trailed to his home by the Ger.
&c Eaa count and the lady OF the damages
CHAPTER III. Who. II develops, Il
Mrs. General BIaxes. She 10 IN distrac-
ton lest her husband should hear of her
sssSasP S She declares that he. milline,
been delivered to Harry's house. Re.
spending to her demands for the hat Har.
~ Insists that he knows nothing about
It Lucy Medders and her father arrive
ana the Count ID secreted In the library
ana MIS- Blases In Harry's bedroom.
CHAPTER ~. Lucy profeses curiosity
regarding the room In which Mrs. Blases
y hidden and Harry 10 forced - % some
fancy lying.
CHAPTER v. The milliner arrives to
trace the duplicate hat She proves . be
Daphne Darlington whom Harry had
shewn considerable attention to In the
peot And the situation becomes moro COM
eeeeted: 1he aerses to pafe another
I'll eEE cro T az es s r. = e anS
01HhhS % hustled into the room occu-
p1e0 By the Count. The Count and Daphne
i oeeme had carried on . flirtation b..
ten end greeted each other warmly.
CHAPTER Y; r. Count ask. n.phn.
n:r waiting Tor her one evening, she ex:
had accompanied him to dinner; the
Count had Giyen her : ring on . former
anS e. Ses IT, return Daphne
Blases. ct that the Count was In . state
Of mind bordering on insanity - no had
gwen Nrc. Blasee : duplicate Of the ring
that her husband had. Daphne and the
Count exchange bitter words and Daphne
him. % she enters the room that En.
Blases 10 concealed In.
CHAPTER VII. Harry and Lucy enter
the room, accompanied by Mr.. Medders.
and before Harry could stop him had
opened the door Of the. library. where
the Count was concealed. Explanations
fcllcwed and the Count played the role
Of Harry'e German tutor. Harry is
the Count assists him. the deception
proves . success.
CHAPTER VIII. Things seemed to BE-
running smoothly again when the group
Y startled by the sudden appearance Of
state Of mind. he accused Harry OF CON
cealing his wife. and ne demanded to see
her Harry's protestations were futile
and Mr. Medders Il called upon to calm
tho General. The General apologies and
Is about to leave the room when a loud
sneeze came from fIarry's room, which
the General recognizes as his wife's:. as
he IN about to enter the room Daphne
walks out and the General Is dunn
founded. Lucy gives way to tears and
CHAPTER TX Carolyn tells Harry
that his behavior during her absence has
been scandalous and that she Il ashamed
nf him When she regains her composure
the Count saws he can explain the whole
affair. He tells them that Harry Is limo
cent Of any wrongdoing and takes all Of
the blame upon himself They arc In
rlned to doubt his story but reserve
their verdict until later when Harry tells
them he will vindicate himself.
CHAPTER X. Mr.. Medders and Harry
have a confidential talk following dinner
and Harry tells him that to save wo-
mans honor he Is unable to explain any
Of tho incidents that had occurred but
will reveal everything later. Mr.. Med
ders has the utmost confidence In Harry
and accepts his explanation. The Count
arouses Mrs. Blazes by throwing pebbles
against her window from the garden.
She begs him to help her to escape from
the house. As they are talking the Gen.
eral and Harry come out on the porch
and the General explains that he was
forced to return as his conscience troubled
Harry. He admits to Harry that he had
Mrs Blaxes overhears their conversation.
Harry and Lucy take a stroll In the gar
den and she insists on having an explans
ton. He refuses and says he will tel.
her all later. He asks her to be his wife.
but she refuses until he can clear him.
self.
CHAPTER XII. The Count again
arouses Mrs. Blazes. this time BY whis-
Ting She asked him II he has succeeded
In getting her q duplicate Of her damaged
hat: he replies In the negative and tells
her he has ordered one. He tells her to
tear all the sheets into strips and tie
them together, % as to make q rope BY
which she can escape from the window.