Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04

world, she informed him, with brave smile. And
hate doing it SO that shall probably choke to death.
Are-are you rcf Mark"
I'm awfully rich," replied Mark gravely. "You
see, Felicity had heaps and heaps of money, and Sire
wouldn't touch it. Do you want of it?"
Priscilla shook her head, with small, twisted smile
mo, l don't want it, " she said gently. you see,
have lots myself It's the next that is really
very good family, Mark"
I'm being stupid again; but told you all about
family Ha didn't + 1.t Have dr you t forgotten tsaf r About
good?"
Priscilla wasn't pale any longeT-she glowesd as
she explained family, II mean-I are you related
to any Dukes Duchesses Earls-or anything?
Oh, how odous it sounds"
her joyousy All my relations like that, except
Uncle Hal. I'm pretty nearly Marquis myself; at
least shall be when Uncle Rupert dies, and every
Are any of them here tonight-your re1ations?"
There's Aunt Elizabeth suggested Mark hope
fully; She's the Countess of Germaine Would She
long sigh Of relief AGo and get Aunt Elizabeth
and glass of water please, and take them to Mother
AUNT Elizabeth? Rather! She says that she's
simply mad about mel" He stated it with such con-
tented tied simplicity that Priscilla beamed him.
Then she'll go; and do ask her to say all kinds of
nice things about you. Mother has her already you
know; SO it's all right. I'll wait right here Hurry"
TT a superfluous injunction In two minutes the
Countess of Germaine captive md Priscilla
watched them vanish together through the open door
by which she had recently and incontnenty fed
In two minutes Mark swinging back through
it alone
She's perfectly all right" he assured Priscilla
"She was looking for everywhere, and I'm afraid
that she Worried but 1 explained to her that
had left you only for minute And Aunt Elizabeth
said some corking things about me, and then your
mother smiled at me in the kndest way and said
m nal will "a GOOD
of my little girl Go back to her. and please don't
Worry about me: | shall be quite all right Isn't
she splendid? And thought that she cross
Priscilla smiled demurely. did you? Now let's
have supper, please Do we have to go downstairs"
Let's stay here, proposed Mark eagerly. Every
body is simply screaming downstairs and hate to
scream III get two plates of the incest things to
eat and something cold drink and we'll pretend that
we are shipwrecked on desert island
Il didn't know that pate de fol gras and celery
salad and elied squads and iced caret cup fourshed
desert islands, remarked Priscilla tentatively
You're showing o R shocking lack Of ma a
somewhere just off the North Pole where there's plenty
of ice and ell find hole where of those explorer
chaps that they are always talking about has buried
on the way back. And We'll eat it all up!"
Alp demurred Priscilla. Il think that would
be greedy Besides, it's stealing.
Then We'll eat the delicious half and leave them
the nourishng, compromised Mark regretfuy but
magnanirnously. Il think it's perfectly all right to
steal, anyway if you need things and they won't give
them to you. You will play, though, won't you,
Priscilla?"
"Of course, III play Couldn't you get four plates?
I'm starving.
III get four apiece" said Mark, because l am,
too What appetite this clear, slsrp air does give
onel"
Priscilla shivered appreciatively in the warm per-
fumed room-and then they laughed together, ire
sponsble and joyous two children.
Make yourself useful while I'm gone" Mark adj
monished from the doorway. The least that you
do is to find convenient cave, that
eat properly and peacefully and not be discovered by
the maddened explorers, when they find that they