The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-05-13

fort but not into my sleeve II rejoice
to near you say that you don't mind.
No more Go L. It's rather jolly"
Fancy any one thinking we could
possibly fail in love witt each other"
she scotfed. Her eyes were very
bright There was a suggestion of
cold water In that retlark..
Yes. just fancy" agreed.
"Absurd."
"But of course, as you say, If they
can get amy pleasure out OF it why
should we object?'
well, we are bosom friends once
more. are we not! | am so relieved"
81 suppose Poopendyke told you the
the gossip"
"Oh. no! | had it from my maid.
She is perfectly terrible All French
maids are. Mr.. Smart. Eeware of
French maids. She won't have it any
other way than that am desperately
in love with you. Isn't she delicious ~
"Eh?" gasped.
And she contides the wonderful Sc
cret to every one in the castle. from
Rosemary down to Jinko"
Pom my soul!' l murmured.
"And SO now they all are saying that
am in love with YOU" she laughed
isn't it perfectly ludicrous?"
"Perfectly." | said without enthusi.
asm. My heart sank like lead. L,ldi-
crous? Was that the way it appeared
to her? had little spirit left. Quite
as Iudicrous as the fancy Britton has
about me. He is obsessed by the idea
that am in love with you. What do
you think Of that?''
She started. I thought her eyes mar.
rowed for second. ridiculous" she
said very simply. Then she arose alb
ruptly. "Please ring the bell for
Hawkes."
did so. Hawkes. appeared. "Clear
the table. Hawkes." she said II want
you to read all these newspaper clip.
pings. Mr.. Smart" she went on. point
ing to bundle on a chair near the
window. We crossed the room. Nov
that you know who l am. l insist on
your reading all that the papers have
been saying about me during the past
five or six weeks"
protested. but she was firm. "Ev-
cry one else In the world has been
reading about my affairs. so you must
do likewise. No. it isn't necessary to
read all of them. l will select the
most lurid and the most glowing You
see there are two sides to the case.
The papers that father can control are
united in defending my action; the
European press is just the other way.
Sit down. please. III hand them to
you"
For an hour sat there in the win
dow absorbing the astonishing history
Of the Tarnowsy abduction case. felt
rather than observed the intense scru-
tiny with which she favored me.
At last she tossed the remainder Of
the bundle unread into corner. Her
face was agIow with pleasure.
you've read both sides, and I've
watched you. oh, so closely. You don't
believe what the papers over here have
to say. saw the scowls when you
read the TRANSACTIONS that Mr.. Poopen-
Wy Ac uAS ~ pCO wi AAC. ANo" hAO"
that you do not feel so bitterly toward
me as you did at first"
YVES resolved to make last deter.
mined stand for my original convic
tons.
But our own papers-the New York.
Boston. Philadelphia, Chicago journals
still voice in away my principal CON
tention in the matter. countess. They
dcplore the wretched custom among
the idle but ambitious rich that made
possible this whole lamentable state OF
affairs. mean the custom of getting
Il title into the family at any cost
My dear Mr.. Smart" she said seri-
onsly. do yon really contend that ali
OF the coniugai unhappiness and I'm.
rest of the world is confined to the
American girls who marry nobemen:
Has it escaped your notice that there
are thousands of unhappy marriages
and equally happy divorces in Amer
lea every year in which noblemen do
not figure at all?"
Then suddenly she changed the sub
iect-
II have some pleasant news for you"
she said. My mother will be here on
Thursday. You will not like her. OF
course. because you are already preju-
diced. but know she will like you"
81 hope she will like me-" | added,
feeling that it was necessary.
''She was Il Colingraft. you Know
"Indeed?" The Colingraft family
was one of the oldest and most exclu-
sive in New York
"You will like my father" she said.
HE loves me more than any one else
in the world-more than all the world.
He would buy off the count tomorrow
if ! would permit him to do so. OF
late | have been thinking very ser-
ously of suggesting it to him. A mil
lion is nothing to my father
There came sharp rapping on the
IS