New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

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~Don't YOU believe me when tell you that he's UNI
consc;ous,~ Daura asked in her soft, girls voice
She wore A blue tweed skirt, and palc-bluc DlouSe
with low sailor collar Her hair which she had not
etooned 10 arrange for the day hung in thick pait lar
below her waist where its curly ends were tied together
with a blue ribbon. Gazing piteousy up at the man
face her hands caspcd ncrvousy behind her Dack sic
looked absirdlv young Troy clearly did not know
what to make of hcrwhethcr she was to be treated as
q nrecocious child or a grown woman,-but he coub1
not helm seeing that she beautiful He did not care
mich about girls He had always found that IN the
long run they did more harm than good 10 men they
were never Of any use and this was very much III the
way and very embarrassing But he hoped that she
was not going TO cry He had nothing against the girl
herself so far and ne couldn't bear to fragile look
inc female thing squeezing the juice out OF its eyes, be-
cause OF words or deeds OF his.
81 don't say | dsbelcve what YOU tell me, he ex-
MANNED at wasn't being struck with my that made
him fall What struck him the sight OF me
But why should he faint at sight of YOU Daura
questioned speaking gently She was afraid OF the man.
for Georges sake and dared not offend him. Yet she
must know what to expect. Are youths enemy
Troy's face hardened into sullcn lines 81 told you
my business was with him. he repeated
aNow know you're his enemy she cried. But
oh Won wouldn't be- if YOU could see him as he isl My
cousin and another man have just brought him into the
house-nto his own room. They hadn't come yet when
the butler told me you were here was having Things
got ready for him. That was why sent word for you
to wait and that's why | came to speak to YOU NO
body else knows yet what's happened except those two
who carried him up TO the house. and the butler whom
YOU saw This was to have been the wedding day.
shall have to tell my sister.
at looks as if you had to do pretty well everything IN
this house. Lady Score!' 1t seemed to Daura that he
sneered.
~I'm not Lady Score she said. "Tm only Daura
Score. You may call me Lady Daura, if you please.
81 don't know anything about titles, he replied, with
= grim little laugh "You wouldn't be surprised at
that. if told you what my life's been up to now But
look here Lady Daura, I've got TO see Conway! We
Travelled a good many thousand miles to do 1t Just
that-and little more. | came first to England, then
here. When | read in the London papers that he'd
bought an auto to go touring in, bought one too 50
could follow missed him today You see by all that
it not likely III let him get away from me in the end
TT may be long time I'm afraid before he can even
move Daura sighed. "I'm afraid he's very ILL.,
"Worse things might happen to him than being Ill.
ale might die
dyes. He might-dicl"
aNIr Troy, YOU brighten me, the girl said, trying to
speak in a tone as quiet, if not 50 deadly, as his
I'm sorry. But as you will mix yourself up in this
business it can't be helped I'm only speaking the way
do 10 show YOU once for all I'm not to be put Off I've
come here to meet Conway face to face and here stay
I'LL / nave dolc NY Cilili'4 IL NV ~ "'t' 1F ~ "
men folks OF your family and all the police on your
island
Have YOU come here to take revenge on George for
something ne has done?' she asked. "lf you have
surely YOU might be satisfied now Whatever it was
that happened this morning, whether your car struck
him. Or
you can cut that out, my Lady Daura.'
or whether it only the sight OF you it amounts
to the same thing. He was we'll He was happy
81 doubt he was happy. don't believe even George
Conways got enough brass and iron in him for that.
"Nhy-why shouldn't he be happy
THE reason why has got nothing to DO with you YOU
en- thank your lucky stars!'
at has to DO with my sister
"Tbon | r,t,. her But she'll live To bless the dav