Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-17

"Yes. yes,r che told him. 'of course
am Interested. I want you TO come ana
see me directly you have heard. II Is Inn
portant. Supposng you are able to find
your client tonight, shall you have seen
the young lady before then7"
"I am afraid not" he answered.
'You must try" she begged, laying her
fingers upon his shoulder. 'Mr. Taver-
Make do please try. You can't realize
| what all this anxiety means to me. ] am
not at all well and I am seriously wor-
| ried about-about that young lady. tell
you that I must have an interview with
/ her. II is not for my sake so much as
hers She must be warned"
"Warned7" Tavernake repeated Il
! really don't understand"
"Of course you don'tl" she exclaimed
| impatlently. why should you Under
stand7 I don't want to offend YOU, Mr..
| Tavernake," she went on hurriedly. Il
would like to treat you quite frankly. It
| really Isn't your place to make dif1oul-
ties like this. What is this young lady
TO you that you should presume to con-
slider yourself her GUARDIAN
"She is a boarding house acquaintance"
| Tavernake confessed, nothing more"
Then why did you tell me, only
moment ago that she was your slster?"
| Mrs. Gardner demanded,
| Tavernake threw open the door before
| which they had been standing.
This" he said, ''is the famous dancing
| gallery Lord Clumber is quite willing
to allow the pictures to remain. and
| may tell you that they are insured for
| over 10000 pounds. There is no finer
dancing room than this In all London"
| Her eyes swept around II carelessly.
| II have no doubt" she admitted coldly,
that It ia very beautiful. 1 prefer to
| continue our discussion"
THE dining-room," he went on, "is al
most as large. Lord Clumber tells us
| that he has frequently entertained so
guests for dinner. The system of ven
tilatlon in this room ls as YOU see, en-
tirely modern"
She took him by the arm and led him
to a seat at the further end of the apart
ment.
"Mr Tavernake," she said, making an
obvious attempt to control her temper,
"you seem like very sensible young
| man, II you will allow me to say so, and
I want to convince you that 1t is your
duty to answer my questions In the
first place-don't be offended, will your
but I cannot possibly see what interest
you and that young lady can have in one
another. You belong, to put 1t BADLY,
to altogether different social stations, and
1t is not easy to imagine what you could
have in common"
she paused. but Tavernake had nothing
to say. His gift of silence amounted
sometimes almost to genius. She leaned
so close to him while she waited in
vain for his reply, that the errnine about
her neck brushed his cheek. The perfume
of her clothes and hair, the pleading Of
her deep vlolet-blue eyes. all helped to
keep him tongue-tied. Nothing of this
sort had ever happened to him before.
He did not in the least understand what
1t coul6 possibly mean.
"I am speaking to you now, Mr.. Taver-
make" she continued earnestly. "for your
own good. When you tell the young lady,
as you have promised to this evening,
that you have seen me, and that am
very, very anxious to find out where she
is, she will very likely go down on her
knees and beg you to give me no infor-
nation whatever about her She will do
her best to make you promise to keep
us apart. And yet that is all because she
does not understand. Believe me, It is
better that you should tell me the truth
You cannot know her very we'll, Mr.
Tavernake, but she is not very wise, that
young lady. She is very obstinate and
she has some strange ideas. 1t is not
well for her that she should be left In
the world alone. You must see that for
yourself, Mr.. Tavernake."
She seems a very sensible young lady"
he declared slowly. "I should have
thought that she would have been old
enough to know for herself what she
wanted and what was best for her."
The woman at his side wrung her hands
with little gesture Of despair.
"Oh. why can't I make you under
stand!' she exclaimed, the emotion once
more quiverng In her tone. How can I
how can I possibly make you believe me ?
Listen. Something has happened OF which
she does not know-something terrible. 1t
| In nh tRI ma L.
terests as well as mine, that I see her,
and that very shortly"
II shall tell her exactly what YOU saw"
Tavernake answered apparently unmoyed.
Perhaps 1t would be as well now if we
went on to view the sleeping apartments. q"
Never mind about the sleeping apart
ments!' she cried quickly. You must
do more than tell her. You can't believe
that I want to bring harm upon any one.
Do look like itH. Have tho appearance
of a person OF evil disposition? You can
be that young lady's best friend, Mr.,
Tavernake, II you will. Take me to her
now. this minute. Believe me, II YOU
do that, you will never regret II as long
as you live"
Tavernake studied tho pattern Of ths
parquet floor for several moments. II
was a difficult problem, this. Putting his
own extraordinary sensation into the
background. he was face to face with
something which he did not comprehend,
and he disliked the position intensely.
After all, delay seemed safest.
Madame" he protested. "a few hours
more or less can make but little differ
ence."
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