The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-08-14
CHAPTER li--cortlnusd.

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There was a minute wrinkle above
ths unknown's nose. the shadow OF a
f0wu. She IL very beautiful"
Bah Did she sand you after mo'
Owe me her address. have come ell
the way from Burma to see Flora
noaimope."
TO see herr" She unguardedly
clothed the question with contempt.
but she instantly forced a smile to
neutralize the effect. Concerned with
hor own defined conclusions, she Lost
the nne ironic bitterness that WAS In
the mans voice.
Aye. indeed, to acc her. Beautiful
es Venus, AZ alluring as Phryne, |
want pothing 80 much an to see her,
To look into her eyes, TO hear her
voice."
ia It jealousy hear the tragic
note" The certainty OF her ground
became IA morass again. In his turn
he was puzzling her
Tragedy am an American. We
DO not kill opera sIngeS We turn
them over to the critics | wish TO see
Tim beautiful Flora. to ask her few
questions II abe has sent you after
me, her address. my dear young lady,
her address His eyes burned.
u am afraid" And she was 80,
This wasn't the tono OF man madly
In love II was Wild anger.
Afraid OF what!"
You"
y will give you n hundred fraacs.
He produced a crisp nota DO you
want h7-
abe did not answer at once, Pres
sntly she opened her purse, found a
stnbby pencil and clip OF paper, and
wrote, There It is. monsieur" she
held out her hand for the banknote
which, with n sense OF bat1,ement. he
gave her She folded the note and
slowed II away with the pencil
Thank you" said Courtlandt, Odd
paper, though" He turned It over
~Ah, | understand. You copy music.
Yes. monsieur
This time tho nervous flicker OF her
eyes did not escape him, "You are
studying for the opera. perhaps"
Yes. that Ia Il
Good night" He rose,
Monsieur Ia not gallant"
Il was In my youth. he replied, put.
ting on his hat
The bald rudencss OF hts departure
did not disturb her She laughed soft.
h and relievedly Indeed. there was
n the laughter An tssence or mischief
However. II he carried away a mys
terry, he left one behind
The young woman waited Ave or ten
minutes. and. making sure that Court
lAndt had been sdriven of. left the
restaurant Round the corner she en-
gagged carriage So that was Ed
ward Courtlandt' She liked his face.
there WAS not a weak line in It, unless
stubbornness could be called such hut
% stay away for two years To hide
himself In tungles. to be heard OF only
by his harebrained exploits Follow
him. see where he goes" had been the
command, For q moment she had re
belled. but her curiosity was not to
b~ denied. Besides. Of what use was
friendship II not To b triedf She
knew nothing Of tho riddle. she had
never asked q question openly. She
had accidentally seen photograph
one day. In trunk tray, with this
Mana name scrawled Across II. and
spon this timSy base she had huilded
4 dozen romances, each OF which she
had ruthlcssly torn down to make
room for another, but stiil the riddle
lay unsolved. She had thrown the
name into the conversation many q
time, A. one Nigh, throw a bomb into
. crowd which had no chance to -
eAp~ FISHES Tn. maa had been
calmly discussed and calmly dis
missed Al odd times An article In
the newspapers gave her an oppcr.
tunaty stiil the frank discussion. stan
the cAim dismissal she had learned
thA, the man was rich. irres pcusthle.
vscillatinS. a picturesque sort OF fool
fsat two years What bad kept him
away that long A weak man. In iowa.
would not have made 50 tame sur,
render Perhaps he had not sur.
rendered perhaps neither OF them
Rad
Ard yet. be AeaSht the Calaertsn
hcre was another blind alley out Of
Witch she had 10 retracs her steps
Bother, That Puck 81 Shakespeare
Was right What fools these mortals
Be- She VAS very sisa that she pos.
ceased true sense Of hunor, spiced
With harmless aadacity What a dreary
vSrta Il rssss ss to those who did no,
aasS s~w and when 10 laESh, Thay