The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-06-14

any words that tried to get out 1
had determined Just wouldn't speak.
Suddenly thought struck me. Mrs.
Hazard would get UP in the middle of
the night to see reporter. | pointed
to the front door. hoping somebody
would catch my meaning.
"Oh. Mrs. Hazard would see US If
we could get to her." one Of the
crowd told me. Would you be SO
kind as to tell her that time flies and
the afternoon papers won't waltz"
l merely tried to push my way
down the steps. for 10 was holding
breakfast.
"Oh. ! say, Miss Codman!"
Some one actually knew my name.
| almost took the end Of my tongue
on to keep from answering; it's SO
natural to answer to ones name.
Then saw the purpose of it. l was
looking straight into a camera.
| "Oh. please don't!" l shrieked, and
| ducked my head Just as the click
sounded.
l was choking with wrath-wrath
is the proper word-and l had spoken
And IN the name of sense what did
they want with a snapshot of me?
But the way was clear. Everybody
was looking at the camera man. so
l grabbed al my hat to keep it from
Topping and made a dash for liberty
running Just as fast as my tennis wind
| would let me, with string of report
ers suddenly coming to their senses
and running after me. 1t must have
looked funny. especially when at the
corner half OF them realized that they
had left the house unguarded, except
for the camera man. who was ham
pered with his paraphernalia, and
scurrted back like so many jack rab-
bits. 1t was race between the rest
OF us to the little apartment where
10 was waiting breakfast for me-
| was out of breath when l rushed
in and closed the door, leaving the
reporters on the sidewalk outside
And OF course I began at the wrong
end. and told 10 the reporters were
there and showed them to her before
I told her why; then l had her scared
to death between an idea that some
| thing had come out of the mine and
that l had killed somebody. before
could get to what it was all about
Il hope they don't think you took
that bracelet. Loulie." she said, paus
Ing with my breakfast in the air l
was awfully hungry. too. after my
run.
"Of course they don't" | replied
hurriedly. grabbing the plate before
she could take it back THAT is, the
Hazards don't"
II won't have you stay where you
are going to be worried by any such
foolishness," she declared. pushing
back her own breakfast It's quite
a dreadful thing you're telling me-"
Il don't think anybody in the fam
lily is going to let me be worried,
and l haven't been accused of any
thing" | told her, 80 eat your break
fast and don't you worry. They have
been awfully decent to me. They
don't like Natalie
But the son is engaged to her"
10 reminded me.
I'm not SO sure" I answered I've
never noticed that he gets highly ex-
cited over her. In fact 10. if | were
| Il Itllt COLCeiteu L u lell yOu lulH ~
he is already beginning to turn around
and look"
"At you, Of course 10 said, with
unerring penetration that would have
made her a great lawyer, Il hope.
dear. you won't make the mistake of
falling in love with him"
We'll, l can't say" laughed. IT'S
just as likely to be John Crownin-
shield. He's a dear and I'm crazy
over that gray at his temples; or
| Mr. Abbott, If Laura doesn't want him
he's SO real. Then there are a lot
of '09s, all dandy dancers and all
right in a ballroom, but III have to
wait and see how they'd qualify as
the other half of a romance"
10 laughed and leaning over patted
my hand.
louie, you're quite impossible.
and quite capable of taking care of
yourself" she said; and she pulled
her plate forward and began to eat.
Well now, I'll tell you about His
Grace l condescended. 10, did we
ever meet a duke?"
We never did," she replied. She
gave me tolerant look as If she
thought needed humoring. The best
we ever did was a German count.
We've only been connected with high
society during the past week"
But we saw any number of dukes
and things at the Presidents salon
in France. Phil Dempsey pointed
them out. l remember he said they
were so thick there you couldn't stir
them. l believe he had to list them
for the Herald, or something Of that
sort Now think hard. Do you re-
member the Due de Trouville?"
JOS eyelashes swept her cheeks
81 don't" she replied Il don't re-
member any of them. Why?"
| "Oh. nothing particularly" had to