The evening world., 1914-03-10

IOuT nuSDHnu! LOOK LOT you
Yes. I shall be quite frank with
you. My husband and I have scpar-
ated. A provisional divorce was
granted. however. just seven months
ago. Tho final decree cannot bo
issued for one year"
But why should you hide from
him."
"The--the court gave him the GUS
tody OF our child during the proba-
tionary year. IL have run away
with her. They &c looking for me
everywhere. That Is why came
here. DO you understand" q.
was stunned. "Then, I take II,
the court granted him the divorce
and not you" I said, experiencing
a sudden chill about the heart. "You
were deprived OF the child, ! see.
Dear mel"
you are mistaken" she said, a
flash in her eyes 1T was an Aus
trian court. The Count-my husband,
I should SAYS an Austrian subject.
His interests must be protected" She
said this with sncer on her pretty
lips. you see. my father. knowing
him now for what he really Is. has
refused to pay over to him something
like a million dollars, still due for the
SettieHleut. ue COn-
tends that II Is a just and legal debt
and the court supports him to this
extent: The child Is 20 be his until
the debt is cleared up, or something
to that effect. I really don't UNDER
stand the legal complications in
volved. Perhaps it were better IL I
did"
~ see." said !. scornful in spite Of
myself. zone Of those happy inter-
national marriages where bride is
thrown in for good measure with a
couple OF millions. Won't we ever
learnt"
That's It precisely" she said. with
the utmost calmness and candor.
American dollars and an American
girl In exchange for title. a lot Of
debts and ruined life"
And they always turn out Just
this way. What lot Of blithering
fools we have in the land OF the free
and the home OF the knave!"
MY father objected to the whole
arrangement from the first. so you
must not speak Of him as n knave."
she protested. He doesn't like
counts and such things"
~ don't see that II helps matters. I
can hardly substitute the WORD
brave for the one I used" said l,
vTylnE 10 cOUCeui uiSEubt.
please don't misundcrstand me,
Mr.. smart" she said haughtily. IL
am not asking for pity. ! made my
bed and I shall lie in II. The only
thing l ask of you is-well. kindness.
she seemed to falter again. and
once more I was a. her feet. fgura-
lively speaking.
you are in distress. In dread OF
something. madam" I cried. Com
slider me your friend"
She shook her head ruefilly. "You
poor man! You don't know what
you are in for. I fear. Walt till
have told you everything. Three
weeks ago laid myself liable to I'm.
prisonment and heaven knows what
else by abducting my little girl. That
In realty what n comes to--abducion:
The court has ordered my arrest, ana
aii sorts OF police persons are search
ing high and low for me. Now don't
YOU see your peril? II they find me
here. you will be In n dreadful pre-
dicament. You will be charged with
criminal completely. or whatever II
In called, and-oh. 1t Will be dread.
fully unpleasant for you. Mr.. smart.
pray do not consider my position
at ALL" I managed to say. with q
resoiute assumption Of gallantry. Il
I shall be perfectly able to look out
for myself-that In. to explain every.
thing IL It should come to the worst"
could not help adding. however,: Il
certainly hope, however. that they
don't get on to your trail and !
stopped in confusion.
"And find me here?" she completed
gloomily.
And take the child away from
vi \ ~ lats
A fierce light famed In her eyes. II
observation-disclosures one before that
could happen" she cried out, clench-
ing her hands.
I'll beg of you. madam. don't
work yourself into IA state" l I'M
piored, In considerable trepidation.
"Nothing like that can happen. be-
lieve me. r.
"Oh, what do you know about it,"
she exclaimed, with most unnecessary
yehemence. thought. HE wants
tho child and-and-well, you can
see why he wants her. can't you? He
In making the most desperate efforts
to recover her. Max says the news
papers are full of the-the scandal.
They are depicting me as a brainless.
law-defying American without sense
OF love. honor or respect. ] don't
pected. They all describe the Count
as Guaranteeing, honorable. dread
fully maltreated person and are doing
what they can to help him In the
prosecution of the search. My mother,
who IL In Paris, Is being Swallowed:
my two big brothers are being
watched: my lawyers In Vienna are
being trailed everywhere-Oh. II Is
really most dreadful thing. But
but ! will not give her up! She is
mine. He doesn't love her. He doesn't
love me. He dosen't love anything In
the world hut himself and his Gig
arettes. ! know, for I've paid for
his cigarettes for nearly three years.
He has actually ridiculed me In court
circles, he has DETAINED me. snubbed
me. Inundated me. cursed me. You
cannot imagine what II has been like.
Once he struck me I'M
Struck you!" I cried.
in the presence OF his sister and
her husband. But ] must not dis
tress you with sordid details. SufTice
1t to say. ! turned at last like tho
proverbial worm. ] applied for a
divorce ten months ago. II was
granted. Professionally. as I'say. He
is n degenerate. He was unfaithful
TO me In every sense OF the word.