The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-02

W side. she ts"-Fitzgerald
AV paused impressively -
English" The two now
we're seated IN tho noblemans room
in the one fairly pretentious hotel the
town boastsd. stanton had had his
"ba with" He had shaved. The first
application Of a mild chemical wash
had partly removed the dye. Another
application would remove II entirely.
In the mean time, his tall figure en-
veioped In q voluminous bathrobe. hs
listened intently to his host.
Her father was from Devon good
family" the nobleman went on. lie
rather emphasized the latter fact.
The young lady's mother. also.
had excellent connections-excsllent!
Blue blood. q bit Of property on both
sides. I fancy"
Fitzgeraid's voice trailed on.
stanton stirred uneasily. He hoped
the blood wouldn't Be too blue: that
they wouldn't remove her altogether
from tho sphere Of his hopes.
They couldn't very well make n
princess out Of his wife," the way
they do In the story books. unless
through her mother she might In
herit-maybs she would prove to be
a Lady Somebody. or an Honorable
Miss Awful thought She. .
daughter OF romance! Those wonder
full deep. dark. poetic eyes belonging
to an Honorable Miss!" Perish the
possibility! He drew up his logs: he
Rugged them with strong. SNOWY
arms. Were the Icy fingers Of an
artificial civilization reaching out 10
grab her from him, to whisk her
away from him even a. he had
whiAked her away from them7 Irony
OF fortune! Perhaps he was too anx-
ious, but something seemed to point
to trouble. Anyway. he would night
the spectre
The father. like Byron. took good
struggles OF Greece" continued the
nobleman. "IIe was q man Of rather
solitary habits and q good deal Of
traveller. Tho mother lived In q small
principality bordering on the domains
Of the sick man Of Europe My
countryman saw her. fell In love with
her--she must have been q very beau
tiful woman--and married her. For
n while they were happy. Then bust
ness called the husband home. Dur
ing his absence = tragedy befel The
OF intermittent strife and turmoil. II
still Is, and will be, until the followers
Of tho prophet are driven out OF Eu-
rope. Even them Fitzgerald
made q cynical gesture. "In some To-
calities war becomes q habit. But to
return:
During the husbands absence the
Turks. half brisands. half soldiers.
made one OF their periodical descents.
They looted. pillaged and killed In
the usual manner. The girls mother.
among those spared on account Of
her beauty, was carried OF.
But tho husband?" Stanton's eyes
spRrkled. did he mako no mover
Did ne not move heaven ana earth
to-
He would. no doubt. have done 80.
but. unfortunately, just at this tine
he was himself stricken down in
London. An old trouble. I under
stand. Was taken to a hospital and
died there. Exact details are hard
to get at. Remember this happened
long ago. He may never have learned
what befel his wife. Home Office. too.
may never have known. Outrages Of
this kind were frequent. The mother
may have been reported dead.
AS a matter OF fact she was not
slain. but carried to fanatical
Moslem centre and thereafter was lost
TO the world. Nothing so uncommon
in that" stanton nodded. He was
n AaNA
her captivity tho mother gave birth
10 n child. Later. to avoid being
sold into the positive slavery which.
as you and ! know. existed then.
the mother became tho wife OF q
Mussulman. Apparently he was not
a bad sort OF chap for his kind.
Anyhow. he seems TO have been gem
erous enough to his Christian wife
Presented her with a fine house In
Damascus. don't you know"
Stanton did know. yves: I've been
there He spoke absently.
Have, eh?" His lordship eyed
him sharply. Tho young mans at
tentlon. for an instant, was out Of
the window. II was Immediately re-
called. odd how soms OF those Mos
lem fellows do take to their Chris
tlan wives" resumed Fitzgerald.
'"c ois Mogul OF indla. Tor ex-
ample. was Unfortunately fond OF his.
About the time OF the marriage.
or shortly after, the child. by tho
English father, was placed in mis-
sion, Just how this came about 10
somewhat matter OF conjecture.
Perhaps the mother stipulated II as
a condition and he agreed. Possibly
It secretly pleased him to dispense
with this reminder OF tho past. Tho
mother. though yielding to the In
evitabls herself. may have welcomed
the chance to restore tho child to
n civilization where she belonged.
A. any rate, a member OF a caravan
brought her here.
IAN old preachsr-you nav him to-
day--then connected with tho mis-
sion thinks he rememher~ m old