The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-30

the rumors flying about ohaciaI Visn-5 na, was already on his way to BeElin,S Where he would probably remain .in} seclusion until the asHatr blew over erl imperial forgiveness was extended t0l him.
 There was cause for satisfaction, among us. even though the sbaron batEa fallen instead of the count The sen- sat1onal affair would serve to Eaeuf TarnoWsy under cover for some weeks at least and minimize the dangers af-& tending the countess flight from She castle. Stt11, I could not help fseIlnee5 disappointed over the outcome Of the meeting. Why c0u1dnstsC Count Tarnovz- ey have been the one tozfa1IS
 The countess, very pale and dfstras4Ss., gave utteraIce to her feeHaags in most remarkable speech. She sshds This is one of the few fine thingss that Maris has ever done. T ana kfs that he killed that man. He should have done so long ago. the beastl Re was-ughl-the most despfcable scFea- ture I've ever Rovn:''
 She said no more than tfis butsona9 could readily grasp all that ahe left 0nuttered.
 Colingraft rather sententfcsusTy re- marked to little Rosemary, who could not have comprehended the words of course. 'sWel1. little Rosebud, your papa may be spendthrift, but he mev- CT wastes. bullets.y s E1
 Which was entirely uncalled Hors contend. I was struck by the sVlaI look of dread that leaped into Alineaa eyes and her pallor.
 On top of all this came the astonAsh. ing news by cipher dispatch from old 
 don that his offer of $1,0oOoOO had been declined by Tarnowsy two days before, the count having replied through his lawyers that nothing short of two millions would induce him to relinquish all claims to his child
 had been ignorant of this move fn the case and expressed my surprise.
 q asked father to do it, Nh. Smart said the countess detected1y Ut seem ed the easiest way out Of cur diRcuI- 1es-and the cheapest He will never give in to this new demand though We must make the best Of ft-
 sBut why did you suggest such ta5 thing to him P. demanded win heaE
 She looked hurt Because you se8m- ed to think it was the right and hon orable thing te do,p she said paftea5ly s'I do not forget what you said Do mo.  have slipped your mind. YoH sa3G} that bargainsfs bargain azAd--JEsIl, 2 had MT Bangs write father juse' what you thought about it.
 There was a suspicion of 'tslxs in her voice as she turned away and AGzet mo without another WOrd- She was C1sit1 out of sight around the bend lR tha staircase and her little bOOes V1sEl, E cIattering swiftly upward beore [ fully grasped the significance Of her explanattOR-on I misht bGebsc gaS4 her reproach. It slowly dasVuRsd upon me that had said a. great many isliulz to her that 1t would pay me rte. VaElsul, Der before questioning hernaOt2Ves ill any particular.
 As the day for herv=ele.y,e. silEeJl. nearerit was now but 6oEtyaeight hours away-her manner seemed to una dergo a complete change- She becama l moody, nervous. depressed. Oe course. all this was attributable to the dread. l of discovery and capture when ehGS I was once outside the great IaIlss O4I 1 schIoss Rothhoefen. could under. stand her feelings and rather 1lamelg attempted to bolster up her eOUragss by making light Of the supposed per- 1 ils.
 She looked at me with a certain pa thet1c somberness in her eyes thHis caused my heart to ache. All oe her Joyous raillery was gone, all oG her gentle arrogance. Her sole interest 1n life in these last days seemed to be of i a sacrificiaI nature. She was sweet and gentle with every One-w1th me in particular, I may say-and there was something positively humble in her at titude of self abnegat1on. Where sha had once been w1lful and ironic sha was now gentle and considerate. Nor | was the only one to note these sub tie changes in her. doubt, however, if the others were less puzzled than l.
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