The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25

was nothing more to detain him here. He could not return to the continent fast enough that he might board the first express for St Petersburg.
 But now another idea had obtruded itself and was rapidly crowding his original intentions Into the background. That American fortune was not to be sneezed at, nor was it's possessor whit leas attractive.
 sation in St Petersburg And he would, too, with the assistance of her fnheritance
 After M Tnuran had squandered - few million dollars, he discovered that the vocation was so entirely to his hk- ing that he would continue on down to Cape Town, where he suddenly decided that he had pressing engagements that might detain him there for some time.
 Miss Strong had told him that she and her mother were to visit the lat terss brother there They had not de cided upon the duration Of their stay, and it would probably run Into months-
 She vas delighted when she found that sAI. Ihuran was to be there also.
 q hope chat we shall be able to com tinue.o cur acauasntance, z she said- " ou must call upon mamma and me as soon as we are settled 7
 M. Thuran was delighted at the pros- pect and lost no time in saying so. Mrs Strong was not quite so favorably Impressed by him as her daughter.
 CT do not know why should dis trsst him, ' she said to Hazel sne day as they were discussing him. He seems perfect sentle lenan In every re- spect, but sometimes there is some thing about his eyes-a deatinE expk'es- aion which cannot descrfbe but which when I see it gives me very uncanny feeling.
 The girl laughed You are silly dear, mammal z she said.
 ssI suppose 90, but am g0rry that we have not poor Mir. Caldwell for ccmpany instead. 7
 And I, too. replied her daughter. M Thnran became frequent visitor at the home of Hazel Strong's uncle in Cape Tesyn. At length, feeling the moment propitious. he proposed Miss Strong was startled. She did not know what to say
 ssI had never thought that you cared for me in such way she told him. q have looked upon you always as a very dear friend shall not gsve you
 my answer now. Forget that you have 4&AGA A1- u 0tt syVAAss " IF Gs 4Nk,t us 8N on as we have been-then can con sider you from an entirely different angle for time It may be that I shall discover that my feeling for you is more than friendship certainly have not thought for a moment that I loved you.
 This arrangement was perfectly sat isfactory to M. Thuran- He deeply re gretted that he had been nasty, but he had loved her for so long time and so devotedIy that be thought that every one must know 1t.
 From the first time that [ saw you, Hazel be said, ssI have loved you I am willing to wait, for am certain that so great and pure love as mine
 will be rewarded. All that care to
 know is that you do not love another.
 VIII you tell me ?''
 have never been in love in my
 life she replied ana he was quite sat
 isfied On the way home chat night he | purchased steam yacht and built a
 s1 ,O0O,O0O villa on the Black sea.
 The next day Hazel Strong enjoyed
 one Of the happiest surprises of her
 life she ran face to face upon Jane
 Porter as she was coming out of g jewellers shop.
 why, Jane Porterr' she exclaimed Where in the world did you dror
 from? Why, I can't believe my owr l eyes,
 J 'sWeu. Of all things!n cried the equal
 ly astonished Jane. .sAnd here have } been wasting whole reams of perfectl, ? good imagination picturing you in Bal 2 timore the very idea p And she threw l her arms about her friend once nor. 1 and kissed her dozen times.
 T -Iks--- been made Hazel knew that Lord Ten
 nington's yacht had put in at Cap g Town for at least a weeks stay and a 7 the end of that time was to continu q on her voyage, this time up the wes \ coast, and so back to England, where, 2 concluded Jane, TT am to be married 2 Then you are not married yet? ! asked Hazel.
 Not yet,n replied Jane, and the - quite ifreievantly, q wish Englan ' were million miles from here.,
 Visits were exchanged between tn r yacht and Hazel's relatives Dinner !. were arranged and trips into the SUI k rounding country to entertain the wis h itors- M Thuran was welcome gues
 at every function He gave a dime n himself to the men of the party an D managed to ingratiate himself in th f good will of Lord Pennington by man
 little acts of hospitality
 :, M. Thuran had heard dropped a hir 7 of something which might result froi ; this unexpected visit of Lord Tennini s toms yacht, and he wanted to be coun IT ed in on it Once when he was alon e with the EngIishman he took occasio l. to make it quite plain that his engag l. ment to Miss Strong was to be al n nounced immediately upon their retuf Il to America. But not a word of 1t, m s- dear Pennington; not a word of it
 The next day it came. Mrs. Stron .o Hazel and M. Thuran were Lord Tel V nington's guests aboard his yacht Mir