The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-11

By George Barr MCCutcheon
The Exploits of a New Yorker
Who Hunted Trouble in EurOpe


for the few surrcptit,o,, slances
sent upward In tho direction Of IN,
rear windows In tho eastern wing
won' ,rrd what she wa, doing nm,
what she was thinking Of nv nv
trHordinary behavior. and WIZ ,h.
deuce she hadn't sent down IN mol M.
to come up and tell her how h,,.v
was. She had not made n sirv,. .,v,,
Tho omission was not particulnrl,
gratifying, To- saw tho Ieas,
Before going 10 had \ war, ,n, A..
ioggia tfor the nrst ,,ms IN ,,rn. ~.
days) and. keep,ng mv,air nr.,,, ~,
hidden behind a proiect,on IN Tho 81,
triad 10 no, ,, o,eo, 'u ."e waI'
tsss's Windows Go,,,,r Wy .o""
turned nv x,cn. H., .nn.n IT,.
and soon stood ,,rn,, 49,. ,..., u,eon
Thers M. no ,,rn 80 '' v'ony
dow. "i,honrs y. nc WIN
sys,r., ,hn U.s., Ialnt nkn, eIowed
hsr~d 49,, $50. u VI vel rcWen
A. =, ".n,anL .ae sop ., .ne ,owsr
60 neAt morning biatch-
a. . ~ 'no uoor'
u no. nc was noluin6 the saiver
"n ISL. on .e.eI WIN MIS- nose.
..,S ro open tnc envelope.
rave you deserted me entirely
wow you please como and see me
fiease come up Tor luncheon"
managed 10 dash on "a brief note
IN iairiy nonchaIant manner.
HAIR way up the winding stairways
paused IN some astonishment. n
had Just occurred to me that I was
going up the steps two at a time and
that my heart was beating like mad.
l hesitatcd. then. plucking up my
courage. ] raped resoundingly on
the door.
The excellent Hawkes. opened II!
MIR. Smart" he announced.
! caught sight OF the Countess. She
was arranging some flowers on the
table.
1T seems ages since saw yo,.
last" said the Countess In a matter
of-fact tone. juggling a rose into po-
sltion and then standing on to study
the enect. her head cooked prettily
!" IN angie OF INQUIRY:
suu"eh.y occurred 10 me that shc
nau 90. On very wen WITHOUT me
aurins lne ages Inc discovery irri.
n,eu me. Sne WIS not behaving nj
~, az ! nad expectcd. TINS cool. even
SsuH, recep ,S cer,sin'y was not IN
keewhs WIN my idea OF what II
osas, 20 ma nave n. been, hnt mr. Poo
Z
has gwen me al the news
roopehayke! had ne been visitpg
nsr w.nou, my knowiedse or-wap ]
ABOUT 10 say consent
Our 'uncneoh was nov as gay nor
~ "to'v y, TIA u. o.n"rs that had
preseueu "; me countess Nain!y
tried to make u a. sprisntly AZ its
predecessors. but gave over In des-
p t ~ .me 'aco OF my taciturnity.
a, rrap,, ,,n..", ov Ia, .sn.s Sccsnio
ocrun,eG ~"'A '"""s"'' p'0-
az S",no.. poor.rav,. .,,a , a..
r. s.;', -. Ia - W" ~" ~"
.Ob n"' : ha% ~ sro,n ,,x u.,n
shs q. rorsoc,,w t.rr,.,. All u...ur
Sm pe.'eSy t S n a. rrehon
i.romch ,no,d.; or" %arp haws :. ~.
other way than thst ! am dcsperateiy
III .. ,ove -, WIN you; ish 'he 'c''c'ou"T
sasped.
ana she conhues the wonderfui
secret to every one In the castle. from
down TO Jinko.'
'Pon my soul!" l murmured.
And 30 now they all are saying
that I am In love with you" shs
laughed. isn't 1t perfectly ludi-
crous?"
Perfectly" ] said. without en-
tHusiubti. Wy HeuIt buuh HING iceos
Iudicrous? Was that the way II ap-
peared to herr had q little spirit
left. quite a. ludicroua a. the
fancy Poopendyke has about me. He
10 diseased by tho idea that am In
love with you. What do you think of
that?"
She started. thought her eyes
for a second. ridiculous"
she said. very simply.
And now I have soma pleasant
news for YOU" she said. "Iyy mother
will be hero on Thursday. You will
not like her, of course, because you
are already preiudicsd. but I know
she will like YOU"
l knew I should hate her mother.
but OF course II would not do 70 say
40.
MART .Thursday7" I tnouirad. She
nodded hcr head. ~ h Ips .he will
like me-" I added. feeling that Il was
There came a sharp rapptng on the
door at this nstant--a rather impera-
tive. etnister rappinR. II ono were 10
Judge by the way We stae4ed and the
wny We looked at each other. We
laughed nervously.
"Goodness! You'd think Sherlock
Holmes himself was at the door" she
cried. "See who II 10, please
I went to the door. Poupendyks
vas there. He was visibly sxcitsd.
Can you come down at Gnce, M.