Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

has to do is to appeal to you, and you
can stop the car and summon the po
lice"
The chauffeur drew in his legs and
leaned toward his tempter. Monsieur.
II you are not testing, then you are
mailman. Who are you? What do l
know about you? | never saw you be-
fore, and for two seasons ! have driv-
en- mademoiselle in Paris. She wears
beautiful Jewels tonight. How do l
know that you are not gentlemanly
thief? Ride home with mademoiselle!
You are crazy. Make yourself scarce,
monsieur; in one minute / shall call
the police"
"Blockheadl"
English Of this order the Frenchman
perfectly understood. La, lal" he
cried, rising to execute his threat
Courtlandt was furious, but his fury
was directed at himself as much as at
the trustworthy young man getting
down from the limousine. His eager
ness had led him to mistake stupidity
for cleverness. He had gone about the
affair with all the clumsiness OF boy
who was making his first appearance
at the stage entrance. 1t was nightly
disconcerting, too, to have found an
honest man when he was In desperate
need of dishonest one. He had faced
with fine courage all sorts of danger
GUS wild animals; but at this moment
he hadn't the courage to face po-
liceman and endeavor to explain, In
foreign tongue, a situation at once so
delicate and SO singularly open to mis-
construction. So, for the second time
in his life he took to his heels. or
the first time, more anon. He scram-
bled back to his own car, slammed the
door, and told the driver to drop him
at the Grand. However, he did not re-
turn to the hotel.
Mademoiselle da Toscanas chauf-
feur scratched his chin in perplexity
In frightening off his tempter he rec
ognized that now he would never be
able to find out who he was. He should
have played with him until mademoi-
selle came out. She would have known
instantly That would have been the
time for the police. To hide in the
carl What the DEVIL Only mad
man would have offered such propo-
sition The man had been either an
American or an Englishman, for all
his accuracy in the tongue. Bah! Per
haps he had heard her sing that night,
and had come away from the Opera
moonstruck. 1t was not an isolated
case The fools we're always poster
ing him, but no one had ever offered
so uncommon a bride; five hundred
francs. Mademoiselle might not be
lieve that part of the tale. Mademoi
selle was clever There was stand
ing agreement between them that she
would always give him half of what
ever was offered him in the way Of
brides. 1t paid. 1t was easier to sci
his loyalty to her for two hundred anC
fifty francs than to betray her for five
: hundred. She had yet to find him un
truthful, and tonight he would be a
frank as he had always been.
, But who was this fellow in the Ba
varian hat, who patrolled the side
walk? He had been watching hin
l when the mailman approached. Fo
= an hour or more he had walked u
: and down, never going twenty feet be
' yond the limousine. He couldn't Sc
! the face. The long dark coat had
d military cut about the hips and shou
= ders. From time to time he saw hir
q glance up at the lighted windows. Ell
J., we'll; there were other women In tn
4 world besides mademoiselle, sewers
!, others.
/ He had to wait only half an hour 70
d her appearance. He opened the doc
I and saw to 1t that she was comfor
e ably seated; then he paused by tn
T window, touching his cap.
e What is it, Francois?"
t "A gentleman offered me five hun
q dred francs, mademoiselle. II l woul
, permit him to hide In the car"
t Five hundred francs? To hide
d the car? Why didn't you call the p
lice7"
Il started to. mademoiselle. but
d ran away"
e "Oh! What was he like?" I'll
n prima donna dropped the bunch (
y roses on the seat beside her.
Is "Oh, he looked we'll enough. He hs
T. the air OF a gentleman. He was Ia
Is with light hair and mustache. But {
d | had never seen him before, and
lie l babe him be on
1t Would you know him again?"
Is Surely mademoiselle."
is THE next time anyone bothers 20
nt call the police. You have done we
e. and / shall remember II. Home"
s- The man in the Bavarian hat hu
IN ried back to the third car from Il
limousine, and followed at reaso
is ably safe distance.
IT. She shut off the light and closed b
e. eyes. She reclined against the cushi'
ne once more, striving not to think. Ono
Is, her hands shut tightly. Never, nev'
Sc neverl She pressed down the burnil
thoughts by recalling the brig
or scenes at the ambassadors. the re
generous applause that had follow
We her two songs. All, how that M
Ie. Paderewsh playedl They two h