The Detroit times., 1913-10-03

I'VE do not speak OF the stage"
said the singer. pushing the duke
aside.
Il should like TO make that young
mans acquaintance" whispered the
duke.
She warned him TO be silent.
Came the voice again: viii you
give me her address, please? Your
ferring that you wished to see me"
~" There was no impeaching her
establishment.
Yes, Madame"
My dear Mr.. Courtlandt, you are
the last man in all the wide world l
wish TO see. And do not quite like
the way you are making your request.
His highness does not either"
Send him DOWN.
That is true
What is?"
Il remember. You are very strong
and much given to fighting"
The duke opened and shut his
hands, pleasurably. Here was some
thing he could understand. He was a
fighting man himself. Where was this
going to end, and what was It all
about? ~
do you not think. Madame, that
you owe me something?"
No. What l owe | pay. Think
Mr.. Courtlandt; think WELL"
Il do not understand" impatiently.
"Ebbene. | owe you nothing. Once
l heard you say do not like to see
you with the CalabrIan: she is-weli.
you know" stood behind you at an
other time when you said that was
a fool"
Madame, do not forget that. thar
Is pure invention. You are mistaken"
NO. You were. I am no fool" A
| light laugh drifted down the tube
Madame, I begin to see.'
"Ah."
You believe what you wish to be-
lieve."
Il think not"
Il never even noticed you." care
lessly.
Take care" whispered the duke.
who noted the sudden dilation of her
nostrils.
1T Is easy to forget" cried the diva.
furiously. 1T is easy for you to for
get, but not for me-"
Madame, I do not forget that you
entered my room that night :"
your address," bawled the duke.
That statement demands an explana-
tion."
Il should explain at once, your
| Highness," said the man down below
calmly. ''only prefer to leave that
part In Madame's hands. l should
not care to rob her OF anything SO In
teresting and dramatic. Madame the
duchess can explain, II she wishes.
am stopping at the Grand, II you find
her explanations are not up TO your
requirements"
II shall give you her address," III
terrupted the diva, hastily. The duke 5
bristling beard for one thing and the
ice in the other mans tones for an
other. disQuieted her. The play had
gone far enough, much as she would
have liked to continue 1t. This was
going deeper than she cared to go
She gave the address and added:
Tonight she sings at the Austrian
ambassadors. give you this infor-
nation gladly because know that 1t
will be Of no use to YOU"
Then shall dispense with the for
mality of thanking you. l add that
wish you two-fold the misery you have
careiessly and gratuitously cost me.
Good night" Click! went the little
covering Of the tube.
Now" said the duke, whose know.
edge of the English tongue was not 5
Indifferent that he did not gather tn
substance, II not all the shadings,
this peculiar conversation; nov
what the devil Is all this abOut?"
IL hate him."
Refused to SINCE his Wings"
He has insulted mel"
II am curious to learn about that
night you went to his room"
Her bear had ring In his nose, but
she could not always lead him by IT,
So. without more ado, she spun the
tale. laughing at intervals. The story
evidently impressed the duke, for his
face remained sober all through the
recital.
did he say that you we're a foolY"
"Of course mott"
Shall I challenge him?"
"Oh, my Russian bear, he fences like
a Chicot; he IL q dead shot, and Is
afraid Of nothing but q woman.
No, no; have something better. II
will be like one Of those old comedies.
Il hate her!" with q burst of fury.
She always does everything just so
much better than I do. As for him,
he was nothing. II was she; hurt
her. wrung her heart"
"Why?" mildly.
eta not that enouRh9"
II am slow: 1t takes q long time
for anything to get into my head;
but when 1t arrives, It takes q longer
time to get II out"
We'll, go on" Her calm was omin.
GUS.
Love or vanity. This American
singer got what you could not get.
You have had your way too long. Per-
haps you did love him. do not be-
lieve you can really love any one but
Flora. Doubtless he possessed mil
lions: but on the other hand, I am a
grand duke; offered marriage, open
ly and legally, In spite OF all the op-
position brought TO bear"
Flora was nndeniably clever. She
did the one thing that could success
fully cope with this perilous condition
of the ducal mind. She laughed, and
flung her arms around his neck ann
kissed him.
81 have named you we'll. You are
tigress. But this comedy Of which
you speak: II might pass in Russia.
but not in Paris"
II shall not be in the feast con-