The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-08-15

pose remains 10 be learned. She
has been TO your apartments two
or three times 20 tea and always
go, home safely
NO" she ssid det@rminedly
Nothing shall happen here. will
not take the risk"
Wait TN I'm through Break
up IN. romance In sueh a way that
the girl viii bar Norton from the
house. That's what we've been
aiming at: 10 get rid OF that med.
ding reporter. We've tried poi.
sous. Try your kind"
What DO you mcanT-
What DO you meanf-
Lies"
"Ah, I understand. Ton want
me 20 win him away from her. II
cannot bc done"
"Pshaw' You havc bag full
OF tricks You can easily manage
to put him into nm equiyocal posi-.
ton gu, OF which he cannot pos.
sibly squirm 40 far as the girl IL
concerned. A little mclodrama. ar.
ranged for the benefit of Florence.
Fall into Norton's arms af the
right moment. or something like
that"
7 suppose could. Blu, II !
failed ."
You're too damnably clever 10
fail In your own particular work.
Something has rot 10 be- done "a
keep those two apart. I've often
thought OF ralding the house bold
~ and carrying of the whole fam.
ily. Susan and all. but n whole
sale affair like that would he too
noisy Think II over Olga: We
have gone too far 10 back down
now. There's always Russia: and
while I'm the boss over here they
never cease 10 watch me. They'll
make me answer for a failure like
this
she eyed him spcculatively
You have money
"Oh. tho money doesn't matter
It's the game. It's the game oil
playing fast and loose with society
OF pilfering II with one hand and
making II kow.tow with the other
It's tho sport OF the thing. What
was your thought"
we could 20 away together. to
South America"
And tire OF each other within
month" he retorted shrewdly.
mo, we are in the Same boat. We
could not live but for this never
ending excitement And. more than
that, we never could get far enough
away from the long arm OF the
First Ten. Wen have TO stick II
out here. Can't you seer
Yes. | can see"
But In her heart she knew that
she could have lived In n hut with
this man TIL the end OF her days
She abhorred the life. though abe
never. by the slightest word. let
him become aware OF Il. There
was always that abiding fear that
at tho first sign OF weakness he
would desert her. And she was
wise in her deductions. Braine was
loyal TO her because she held his
interest Once that failed, he
would be off and away.
The next afternoon the countess,
having matured her plans against
the happiness OF the young girl
who trusted her. drew up before
the Hargreave place and alighted.
Her welcome was the same as
ever. and this strengthened her con.
fidence.
The countess was always gestic.
uiating. Her hands fluttered ia
emphasize her words. And the
beautiful diamond solitaire caught
the girls eye. She seized the
hand, Having an affair OF her own,
IL was natural that che should be
interested In that OF her friend.
II never saw that ring before.
"A gift OF yesterday" The
countess assumed n shy air which
would have deceived st. Anthony.
She twisted the ring on her finger
Tell mel" cried Florence. "You
are engaged"
Mercy, mol"
ia he rich?"
mo. Money should not matter
when your heart is involved
As this thought was In accord
with her own, Florence nodded her
head sagcly.
1T In nothing serious. Just a
fancy. I shall never marry again.
Men are gay deceivers: they al.
ways have been and always will
be. Perhaps I'm bit wicked: but
rather like to prove my theory
that all men are weak II had a
daughter Id rather have her be