New Ulm review., 1913-11-12

said to him with unmistakable clear.
ness and decision:
"You little wretch! How dare you
say such silly things to mer'
The rebuf decisive! And be had
only meant to be comforting, not to
say self sacrificing He'd be hanged
II ne could understand women now
adays. not these women at least. In
high dudgeon, he stalked from the
room. In the door be met Brock.
For two cents" he declared saw
agely. as II Brock were to blame, I'D
take the next train for Paris"
Brock watched him down the hall.
He drew handful of small coins from
his pocket, ruefully looking them over.
1.-TWO cents" he said. ''Hang It all,
I've nothing there but pfennigs and
hellers and centimes."
In the course Of his wanderings the
disconsolats Freddie came upon Mra.
Odell-Carney and pudgy Mr.. Rodney.
They were sitting In quiet corner Of
the reading room. Mr.. Rodney had
had q hard day. He had climbed 4
mountain-or, more accurately speak
ing, he had climbed halfway up and
then the same half down. He was
very tired Freddie observed from his
lonely station that Mr.. Rodney was
fast dropping to sleep, Notwithstanding
his companions rapid flow Of small
talk. 1t did not take Freddie long to
decide. He was an outcast and a par.
tah and he was very lonely. He must
have some one to talk to- Without
more ado he bore down upon the cou-
pie and a moment later was tact
fully advising the sleepy Mr.. Rodney
to take himself Off to bed-advice
which that gentleman gladly accepted
And so 1t came about that Freddie sat
face to face with the last resort, at the
foot OF the chaise-longue. gazing with
serene adulation into the eyes Of
woman who might have had son az
old as he-if she had had one at all.
She had been coquette In her salad
days-there was no doubt Of 1t. She
had encountered fervid gallants in all
parts Of the world and in all stations
OF life. But 1t remained for the gal
liant Freddie Ulstervelt to bowl her
over With surprise for tho arst time
In her long and varied career. At tho
end OF half an hour she pulled herself
together and tapped him on the shout
der With her fan, Z quisxical smile on
her ups.
my, dear Mr.. Ulstefvsst, are you
trying to make love to me1 You nice
Americans! How gallant You can be!
I am quite old enough to be your
mother. Believe me, thank you for
tho compliment I can't tell you how
l appreciate this delicate nattery. You
a~e very delicious. But" 40 she arose
Graciously, ''pd follow Mr.. Rodney's
example If I were you. I'd go to bed"
Then with q rare smile, which could
not have been more chilling, she left
him standing there
by Jove" he muttered, passing his
hand across his eyes as If bewildered.
"What was saying to her? Good
Lord, has it got to be habit with met
Was l making love to-herY He de-
parted for the American bar.
Mrs. Rodney had but little sleep that
night She went to bed In q state Of
worry and uncertainty, oppressed by
the shadows which threatened eternal
darkness to the fair name Of the fam
lily, however distantly removed. Kath-
crimes secret had In reality been news
to her; she had not paid enough atten-
tion to the Medcrofts to notice any
thing that they did, SO long as they
did not do it in conjunction with the
Odell- -Carneys. The Odeil.C Carneys were
her hortzon-morning. noon and night
And now there was likelihood Of that
glorious horizon being obscured by
sickening scandal in the vulgar fore
ground. Inspired by Katherine's dread
tul conclusions, the excellent lady set
about to observe for herself. During
the entire evening she fitted about the
hotel and grounds with all the snoop-
ng instincts Of Sherlock Holmes. |
She lurked, II that Is not putting it too |
From unexpected hooks |
The emerged to view the landscape !
''er: by devious paths she led her
loubts to the gates Of absolute certain.
y and then sat down to shudder to
Ter hearts content 1t was all true!
FOR four hours she had been trying to
,et to the spot where she could see
With her own eyes and at last she had
'ome to Il. OF course she had to ad-
nit to herself that she did not actually
lear Mr.. Medcroft tell Constance that
le loved her. but it was enough for
Ter that he sat with her in the semi
arkness for two unbroken hours.
peaking In tones 50 low that they
night Just as well have been whisper
ng so far as her taut ears were con-
erned.
Moreover, other persons than her.
elf had smilingly nudged each other
nd referred to the couple as lovers:
% one seemed to doubt it, nor to re-
ent 1t, which is proof that the world
yves a lover when 1t recognizes him