The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

~.Isue I'm = man ~ can dodgs quick" -
laxAed- picking up hin hat
.what . horrsd Ting money Is! II hadn't
aux money. noAoay veaA bother me"
~I would" he smiled He wanted DO kis
hsxx hut the eeernal Joese might Be Watching
4.an tAs windows; and % he patted her hard
insasad and walked down the sraveled path -
IT, street.
+ was di1Rcult work for Florence to play q
fiandship. she was like her father: she dA
not bestow Il a every one. She had given her
friendship 10 the Russian, the first raj blg
hiendship IN her HE. and NE had been roughly
disiIlnsinned. But II tie countess could act
% cp0ld she; and Of the two her acting w.
the most cnnsummate. the could smile and
laugh and Jest, an the while her heart w.
burning with wrath.
One day, week or % after her meeting
With Norton in the summer house, Olga ar
rived. beantifully sowned. handsome ~ even
There was not the least touch Of the advsn-
tusss in her makeup. Florence had just -
ceaved some mail and he had dropped the let-
ters on the library tabas to greet IL countess.
She had opened them, but had not Jet looked
It their contents.
They were chatting pleasantly about in
consequent things, when the maid came in and
asked Florence 10 come to Miss Susan's room
for q moment Florence excused herself.
wondering what Susan could want. She for
got the mail.
A soon as she WINS gone the countess, Ger
tain hat Jones was not lurking about picked
up tho letters and calmly examined their cor
AoS a.
markable document :. Dear daughter have
newer seen: I must turn the treasure over
70 you- Meet me at 8 in the summer hossA
Tell no one as my life il In danger. Y6W
loving father"
The countess could have laughed aloud She
saw this man Parof's hand; and mere was
the chance to befool and humiliate him and
send him Of packing to his cold and mis-
cradle country. She had made up once a
Florence, and she could easily do 90 again.
The only thing that troubled her was the
fsct thst she did not know whether Florence
had read the letter not Thus, she did not
dare destroy It. She first thought of chang-
ing the clock then she concluded to drop the
letter exactly where she had found it and
trust to luck.
" 2Su T IebuhUcu SIC CxplUlueO tuut
her absence had been due to some trifing
household affair.
Said the Russian: .. 1 come primarily -
ask you to tea tomorrow, where they dance.
If you like, you may ask Mr.. Norton to 80
along. begin to observe that you two arc
rather fond Of one another" =
20. Mr.. Norton is just valuable friend"
returned Florence with smile that quits
deceived the other woman. " 1 shall be glad
TO 60 10 the tea. But I shall not promise
to dance"
Not with Mr. Norton?" archly.
Reporters never dance themselves: they
make others dance instead"
Il shan have to tell that" declared the
countess; and she laughed quite honestly.
Then have said something witty7"
Indeed you have; and it is not only witty
but truthful. I'm afraid you're deeper than
the rest of ms nave any idea Of"
perhaps I am,'' thought Florence; "a4
least, deeper than you believe"
When the countess futtered down to heR
limousine Florence hated the sight Of IT.
and drove away Florence remembered her
letters. And when sne came to the one pur-
porting to s. from her father, she read Il
carefully, bent her head in thought, and fnal-
" destroyed the missive. absolutely con6denk
that It was only . trap, and not very wen
conceived at that Norton had given her
plenty of reasons for believing all such let-
tefs 10 be foreerieA Her father, If be really
wished to - her, would enter the house; 10
would not vrlae. All, when would she -
that fxthH a hens, % mystefiou, alWaus
towering near, always unoeen7
1t must have been an amaalng adventure
for the countess. To steal into the summaR
house and wait there. not moving n -.
renee had advised Jones or the reporter. II
caught she had her excuses. Paro6, de-
confident, howeveE, appeared shortly aftss.
my child" Whispered the man.
And Ols1 stfaed . hugh; but to him q
sounded IKE . 0ob.
"I nm WON out" he said II am I'D
Of the game Of hide and SEX"
You win not have to ply IT, game luues
thought Olga ri
The money b hidden IN my o1acs down.
town. And We must 90 tAeD ct onee. WIN
we return We Vim psck up and le9vo -
Europe. I've longed to 80 Jon sol"
You poor fool! And thev ssuf yuu .
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