Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-30
CHAPTER XIV.
Lullala

JuIias homance. |
From her steamer chair the Mar
quise d'Esclignac asked:
Are you absorbed in your book.
Julia2"
Miss Redmond family smiled as she
laid 1t down. She was absorbed in but
n thing. morning. noon and night,
waking or sleeping: when and where
she should I nd him; how he was being
treated. Had he been taken captive?
He was not dead, of that she was sure.
What is the book, Julia?"
lie Conte dun Spahi."
Put it down and let me speak to
you OF Robert de fremont"
Miss Redmond, being his guest and
indebted to him for her luxurious
transportation, could not in decency
refuse the request.
HE knows nothing whatever Of our
errand. Julia
"Ah. then. what does he think?"
Miss Redmond on the arm of her
blue serge coat wore a band Of white,
in the center Of which cleaned the
Red Cross. The marquise. wrapped in
a sable rug. held a small Pekinese lap
dog cuddIed under her arm, and had
only the appearance of a lady of leis-
ure bent on a pleasure excursion. She
did not suggest a ~rescuing party in the
least. Her jaunty hat was enveloped
by a delicate veil; her hands were in
cased in long white gloves. Now that
she had encouraged her energetic niece
and taken this decisive step, she re-
Taxed and found what pleasure she
might in the voyage
When we came on board last night,
my dear. you remember that l sat with
Robert in the salon until well,
1atish."
After midnight"
Possibly; but l am fifty and he is
thirty. Moreover, / am his godmother.
He is enchanting, Julia, spiritual and
sympathetic. I confess, my dear, that
l find myself rather at a loss as to
what to tell him"
Miss Redmond listened politely. She
was supremely Indifferent as to what
had been told to her host. This was
Tuesday; they should reach Algiers
on Saturday at the latest. What news
would meet them there? She held in
her book the last dispatch from the
ministry Of war. ~Supposing the Cap.
tain de Sabron had been taken captive
by some marauding tribe and was be-
ing held for a ransoml This was the
Romance of a Spahi, In which she was
absorbed Taken captive! She could
not let herself think what that might
mean.
Roberts mother. you know, Is my
closest friend. His father was one Of
the witnesses of my marriage. I fee
that have brought up Robert
It would have been so perfect" She
sighed.
MA tantel" warned Miss Redmond
with a note Of pain in her voice.
Yes. yes" accepted the marquise
81 know, my dear, | know. But yol
cannot escape from the yacht excep
In a ~lifeboat, and IL you did it woult
be one OF Roberts %lifeboatsl Yol
must not be too formal with him
She tapped the lost Of her Pekines,
dog. BE still, Mimi. that man is onl.
a sallorl and II he were not here ant
at his duty you would be drowned, yor
little goosel"
The Pekipese dog was a new add
tion. Julia tried not to dislike her; 10
Julia, only Pitchoune existed. Sh
could not touch Mimi without a sens
of disloyalty.
The boat cut the azure water wit
It's delicate white body. the deck
giistened like glass. The sailor a
whom Mimi had barked passed out G
sight. and far up in the bow Tremon'
in white fiannels, stood smoking.
Il had to be very circumspect. m
dear Julia, when | talked with Rober
You see you are not engaged to MOI
sleur de Sabron." The girl coloret
"The sentimental woman in me- he
aunt went on, has responded to a
your fantasies, but the practical won
an In me calls me a romantic goose
"Ah," breathed Miss Redmond, opel
ing her book, ma tante, let me read
Nonsense" said the marquise affe
tionately. 1.-THE most important pa
,of the whole affair is that we are hen