Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-31

She thought It was you calling up and was
eager to hear what had happened. II was she
who put it into my head. She said you
must have given his nose jolly good pull
ing or something Of the sort. am extreme
ly sorry, but she heard every word he said,
even TO the mildest damn"
at must have had very familiar sound
to her" / said sourly.
80 she informed me.
ooh, you We seen her, ehi"
She came down to the secret door q few
minutes ago and urged me to set out to
meet you. She says she can hardly wait
for the news. I was to send you upstairs
at once.
Confound him, he took that very instant
to hold the lantern up to my face again.
and caught me grinning like Cheshire cat
| | hurried to my room and brushed myself
mp bit, On my bureau, In glass Of wa.
ter, there was white bOutonniore, rather
clumsily constructed and all ready to be
pinned in the lapel OF my coat. ] confess to
q blush / wish Britton would not be 50
Internally arduous in his efforts to please
mt
Tho Countess gave little sigh Of relicf
when I dashed in upon her few minutes
later. She had II all out Of me before I had
quito recovered my breath after the climb
upstairs.
"And so It was ! who spent all the
money, she mused, with far.away look
in her eyes.
In trying to be countess" said
boldly.
She smiled. "Arc you hungryi"
"Dcghimlly" said I.
We sat down at the table Now tell me
everything all over again, she said.
CHAPTER XII.
MIR. PoOPENDYKE began to develop a
AN streak " romantic invouton-in fact
tomfoolery--a day or two after my
experience with Count rarnowsy In the Rcnpf
Hotel, lie is the last person in The world
Of whom Tor any one else--would suspect
stiffness Of radical nature,
Wo were finding it rather difficult to got
down TO actual serious work on the book
The plot and the synopsis, OF course were
quite completely outlined with ordinary n.
tongity OF purpose ON my part the inlo might
have galloped through the introductory chap.
tors with some clarity aud dccisvenoRs But
for some rcHson ! lacked the power of con.
oontraiion or perhaps more properly spcnking
The power Of initiative. laid Il to the
hub.hub created by the final effort Of the
workmen to finish the Job Of repairing my
castle before cold weather set in
q ''Thal isn't H. Mr. Smart, said my see.
! roiary darkly. We were In the study and
y my pad Of paper was lying idly ON my knees
For half an hour ! had been trying to think
| Of n handy sentence with which To open
the story; the kind Of sentence that catches
1 the unwhry readers attention at glane,
, and makes for interest
''What Is II, theni' demanded ut once
roaenting an opinion.
lIo SMILED mystcriouslN "You were nol
, thinking Of the workmcn Just now were
youf"
Certainty" said /, coldly. whats thai
got to do with iti"
Nothing, ! suppose. said he rcslsncdly
hesiiated, 'Of course II IN the worl
Z that upsets me. What are you driving at
4 He stared for long time at the portrait
' OF Ludwig the Red 'lsn't II odd that IN,
' Countess an American, should bo deaeendet
d from The old Rothhooiensi What small
world II Is, after all
l became wary Nothing odd about II :,
mo. Wo'vo oil got TO dcuccnd from romc
body
4 ~ dare say sull Il Ia odd that nh,
! should bo hiding In the castle of hoi
. nncna--N
Not at oil, not at all II just happcnl
TO be handy place, Perfectly natural
We lapaed into prolonged spell VI silence
9 hhtyely, ~ who would anticipate the moy,
" an adversary.
n Perfect roi,n said AZ last. wlthou
. rhyme or reason.
4 lie grinnod "Neyerlheless its tho gen
. oral opinion that you aren said ho
. sat up worry straight 'wharn ihatI'
4 You're In love" said ho bucenctly i
was like bomb, aud bomb ~ The verj
a las, thing In succinctncss. II comcB 10 thl
point without palaver or conjecture. and 4
reduces havoc 10 single Synonymous syi
! liable. s'A
you're ornryi" I gaaped.
u ''And Tho workmon haven't anything a.
hll 10 do with H." he pronounced emphai
ionlly. n was a direct charge. ! dirilncill
d felt called upon to reiuie H. Bui while
o wah striving TO collect my thoughts he wen
= on, somewhat arbitrarily, ! thought, "Yo,
4 don't think woro all blind, do YOU, Mr.
Q Bmarti''
n "wei" I murmured, curious dnnpnos
r. assaling me,
a THAT is to say BrIiion, The echmlck
aud myself"
4 "rhe schmlchai'' Il was high time ha
I should laugh. 'lIal hat The achmicts
i Good Lord inan.-iho Hchmichn" II sound
d ed lnano oven 10 me, but on my soul,
was all ! could think N 10 say
y ''rho Hehmiets are tiehled to death owe
H." said he ''And 40 is Bntlon,"
/. Collecting an The sarcasm that I ooul'
!, command a, the instant 1 inquiredi ''AR'