New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

1k@99 lonely. scqucstered halls in the lower re-
HNoSS oions Of the castle. before had the cour-
NgNSEN ACE 10 approach her door. But ina!iy'
4ENAN pIucking up my nerve and putting al shy
1TSH questions behind me- ! raped Tca'uilp-
The excellent Hawke opened it. He
stood aside mpresslvcy Mt '"'e e. ranging
como flowers on the table Batchiord was placing u
knives and forks Helen Mare An'0li'',c i.,,,
beside her mistress holding box 81 r""T'' III ! ,
Good morning" she cried gaiy. She was rl'''l'
AGO Glad IN see You again. Hawke has told me NO."
bnsv you've been" She dried her hands on the ab,
brcyiated apron Of Helen Marie Antoincitc Louise ana
then composcdy extended one Tor me 10 s'iN' ~
bowed low over il. lawfully, a"luli{ busy.
ro,r,,rrcd Was il relief at finding her 50 happy ana
unronccrncd that swept through me; am morally
but shamelessly certain 1t WASH T. -
@Don't YOU think the roses are lovely IN that old
silver bowl;
Exquisite. ;1
~Biachforl found it in the plate vault she sgd a
standing of to admire the eject 70 you I",'''
90 on arranging them; She asked and without waiting
for an answer resumed her employment.
at seems ages since ! saw you last ~nd inc cunt
in a mattcr-of-fact tone, juggling q rose mt" p''iI''
and then standing of to study inc '''''' '''
cooked prcttilv az an angle OF inquiry.
II suddenly occurred 10 me that She h'd got ON very
well without me during the ages. J hc d1'|Nr'y "''
tatcd me- She was not behaving al hI 81, Il'd 'A-
,,ocrd This cool even casual reception certainly WSh"t
in keeping with my idea of what IT ought Z" iEc lI'
~But Mr. Poopcndvkc has been awully kind lie knew
how lonely should be. and tccphongl TWICE gay.
$50 YOU thought had deserted YOU ''d' '''' "'''
a little surprised at the gruiincss IN my y"'c.
"rbo ,iolcts aDpcascd me. she SAID win 10 'iH''
For tbe first time noticed that She was wearing large
bunch Of them you will be bankrupt NIr. 9iiEi', u
Won keen on buving roses and violci AMI orchids i'r
So the roses were mine also! shot swift Glance at
.bn ,,4nt.l,cce There were two bowls of orchids
there. i... ;,,
IN nv face and misconsiriug II. You are am angel.
That was the last straw. 81 ann nothing OF the s"Ii
Iexclaimcd. very hot and uncomfortable;
you are, was her rctort "Ihcrc. Ism II a. io'r.y
centcruiccc1 Now YOU must come and .'c Rosemary.
She aiorcs the new elephant You sent =" her.
Ole / began blinking my eye. ION "h, yes
ves Ha-ha, The elephant Good Heavens hti ina,
idiotic Poopcudykc started q mcmgcnc I'D my castle
was vastly relieved to find that the elephant ".s
made Of felt and not too large 10 keep Rosemary from
vi ling n s,iIfuIv IN assault upon the naples mix"
She hal IL firmly guppcd by the prob"eG.. ani ".a
sbr;,linp with delight The CoWtcs succeeded ~
ouclline the disturbance and Rosemary ram up :" KS
me Inlo who dislilcl me because looked Ike the
Count also ran mp; but bis object was Z" ''' n'.
OUR luncheon was not SO gay nor S" unconycu'ionaI
~ AS other, that had preceded it. he Counties
,,rlv tried o make 10 as sprghty as predecessors;
but gave over in despair IN the face OF my tnturnitl
Her spirits dropped She became strangely uneasy "d
aWbat Is ON your mind. Coun'c.-,- asked rather
grufiv. after painful cncc of some DURATION.
She REGARDED me hxcdly for a moment. She seemed
to De searching ms thoughts. "fou She sad very
sil,.inctlv "Whv are you quiet, so iuncrctf
| apologizcd for my manners, and assured her that
nv work was responsible. But her moodlnc, increased
At last apparently az the end Of her resource. She -
nounc,,l that She was tired. after had had cigarette
sh. would ask 10 Dee excused. She wanted I" c down
Would come 20 see her the next day,
But don think Of coming Mr. Smart she declared,
III YOU feel YOU cannot spare the umc away from your
i., -. fl heartily. ashamed If my b,.r, hn,.ss