The Detroit times., 1914-07-30

: CLOS VINO should Florence discover
hut Merton
@Mr norton Mr. norton She cali
cd.
Norton paused smiled and raised
his hat
Far from being annoyed the prin
cess saw in his arrival Tho opportunity
o. killing w0 birds with one stone
! For al. aus aratlN mi. apparently
easy-golng WAYS. the princess Was
|atFal5 ot him lu those sleepy eyes
OF his She never could read anything
we are Sojug up 20 Paul pArcy $,
volunteered lhe princess Won't
Won join us
DO added The girl
Norton did not sigh audiBly. 1ut
DE sighed internally She was lis
pretty and charming as garden rose.
Aud each TIME he saw her convinced
/ him that he was getting deeper and
! deeper into tile living quicA sands OF
love, which up 10 the present, be had
heen able 90 avoid With singular good
I luck IL was an idle dream but he
felt himself drawn 10 il irresistibly
OF course he would 20 with them
I He would be delighted He did not
7 hnow darcy wen. but we'll enough 20
/ say howdy-do As they started for
I the entrance a policeman sauntered
lup. lie saluted hestated went on,
hesitated again
Il say, Mr. Norton
I Hello, Casey what is ito
/ Just "a bit OF a word with you.
/ Nothing important but we've a
christen.n up at tn house t.
night
Excuse me just a moment" said
/ Norton 10 the ladies' He approached
+ the policeman. The two laughed and.
4 chatted for moment Then Norton
returned 20 his companions with the
( parting remark 10 Casey I'm going
\ up 10 Paul ID Arcy's studio. BE here
in half an hour and we'll go together
FOR the baby's present"
/ III be here, replied Casey, laugh.
ing and he resumed his beat
A cold chill OF terror swept over
the heart Of the princess Was all
this accidental?
"A christening at his house 10
night" explained Norton I've known
him for years The policemen have
been and still are the best friends
have So I've got 10 dig into my
all comes back some day Now then,
let's have a look at the pictures I'm
an expert at gilt frames, but
couldn't tell a Corot from a carrot
The princess smiled and led the
way TO the elevator Everything gone
up in smoke The fury Ia her heart
was somewhat relieved by the savage
manner in which she pressed the call
! kFs ,.fa nj
over again, She was still in deli
cate situation. The manner OF her en-
trance must convey a warning TO her
contederstes. whom she knew to be
hidden behind the heavy curtains
which separated the studio from the
living room
\ She rang the bella Burmese gong
which hung outside the door-and
was admitted almost Instantly
Il am bringing a friend OF yours
Mr.. Darcy, Here is Mr. Norton.
she announced rather loudly And
this is Miss Hargreave What do you
think? Outside policeman stopped
Mr. Norton and asked him 10 come 10
christening tonight. There's popu
larity for you. | had forgotten there
was such a word as christening
The men behind the curtains Zip.
toed out TO the kitchens thence TO
the hall. and went downstairs. They
had understood perfectly.
1t might be added that the artist
felt greatly relieved. He was not bad
he was merely weak. clay in the hands
OF a criminal potter He could not
keep his eyes of Florence. The color
OF her hair, her eyes, her com lexion
reused all his artistic rapture Tie
wanted TO paint her portrait, and said
SO.
"Tn think il over" said Florence
automatically, though none the less
pleased
Was Casey's appearance prearraIg.
ed? wondered the scheming woman.
But Nortons next words dissipated
all doubts on the subject
Surprising YOU two ladies accom-
pany me while buy Casey's baby a
present Heaven help me. I don't
know what babies like at christen-
tengs,"
Jones arrived at the Hargreaye
home but five minutes before the prin.
cess returned with Florence Where
! he had been does not really matter.
Re never told anybody But IL IS
quite likely that he had not been far
from the studio OF Paul darcy, fash
ionable portrait painter
Several uneventful days passed and
then one morning the princess picked
up the newspaper with which Norton
was affiliated and read under glaring
headlines: Aviator Orts, In the mys
terious Hargreaye case, is said "a
have been picked up by freightcr
and landed at Gibraltar He was con
veyed Immediately 10 the hospital
His condition Is serious. He is un-
able 20 recall anything that happened
the night of his flight He was iden.
titled by the tailOrs slip in his coat
Who was the man landed by the
tramp steamer ORIENT"
The princess dropped the nevspa-
per and ran 70 the telephone Braine
answered He too. had seen the re.
port Hargreave vas alive and in
New York
( Suppose We have luncheon togeth.
err he suggested
I II am always ready
Poor schemers a net was being
slowly drawn down over them. as
stout and relentless as that used IN
lion hunts II had 90 be stout for Of
'is kind Braine vas a lion Yet still
here was loop In this net Whether
he would eventually discover So re-.
mains TO- be seen
4 w calm followed II was a diplo-
.