The Glasgow courier., 1915-04-23
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is my husbands closest friend"
Good heaven" said |. in quick
alarm. THAT complicates matters,
doesn't It: He may come here at any
time"
1T isn't likely. MIR Smart. To be
perfectly honest with you. waited un-
til I heard you had bought the castle
before coming here myself. We were
in hiding at the house OF friend In
Linz up to n week ago"
MAY inquire. madame" said stiff
~. "how you came to select my abode
rs your hiding placer"
"Oh. | have forgotten to tell you that
we lived here one whole summer just
after we were married. Count HOhen
dahl let us have the castle for our r-our
honeymoon. He was here a great deal
Ct the time. All sorts Of horrid. nasty.
snobbish people were here to help us
enjoy our honeymoon. shall never
forget that dreadful summer. My only
friends were the Schmicks. You see
they were in the family ages and ages
before WAS horn"
The family: What famiIy:"
THE Rothhoefen family. Haven't
they told you that my great grand
neither was ii Rcthhoefen: No? Well.
she was. belong to the third genera.
ton OF American born descenda uts,
Doesn't 1t simplify matters. knowing
this?"
"lmmensely." said |. in something
Of a daZe.
And so | came here Mr.. Smart.
where hundreds of my ancestors spent
their honeymoOns. most of them per-
haps as unhappily as |, and where
knew Il fellow countryman was to live
for awhile in order to get plot for a
new story. You see. thought might
be a great help to you in the shape of
suggestion.
She smiled very warmly. and
thought 1t was very neat way Of put
ting 1t. Naturally 1t would be quite
impossible to put her out after hearing
that she had already put herself out
to some extent in order to assist me
Il can supply the villain for your
story II you need one. and | can give
you oceans OF ideas about nobiemen
! au sorry that | can't give you nice.
sweet heroine. People hate heroineS
after they are married and live un
| happily. YOU
THE public taste is changing" in
terrupted quickly Unhappy mar
rtages are so common nowadays that
the women who go into 'em are always
heroines. People. like to read about
suffering and anguish among the rich
too. Besides. sou are a countess. That
puts you near the first rank among
heroines. Don't you think it wonld he
proper at this point to tell me who yon
are?"
She regarded me stcadfastly for a
moment. and then shook her head
I'D rather not tell you my name. Mr.
Smart. 1t really cant matter. you
know. I've thought it all out very
carefully. and I've decided that it is
not best for you to know You see If
you don't know who it is you are she
tering the courts cant hold you to nc.
count. You will be quite innocent Of
deliberately contriving to defeat the
tlaw.
mo. shall not tell you my name.
nor my husbands. nor my fathers. II
you'd like to knoW. however. win
tell you my baby's name. She's two
years old and | think she'll like you
to call her Rosemary.
| by this time was quite hypnotizpd
by this charming confident trespaSSel
upon my physical-and was about to
say my moral estate. Never have
known more compIacent violator OF
all the prOprieties of law and order as
she appeared to be- She was revela
tion-more than. that. she was IN in
| spiration
What an exceedingly courageous. in
dependent, fascinating little buccaneer
she was
Rosemary" repeated And
what am to call you?"
Even my enemies call me countess
she said coldly.
"Oh." said |. more respectfully. 81
see. When am to have the pleasure
of meeting the less particular Rose
mary!
Il didn't mean to be horrid," she said
plaintively. please overlook it. Mr..
Smart. II you are very, very quiet |
think you may see her now. She Is
asleep"
Il may frighten her If she awakes,"
| said in haste. remembering my an
tipathy to babies.
Nevertheless ! was led through a
couple OF bare. unfurnished rooms into
a sunny. perfectly adorable nursery. A
nursemaid-EngIish. at a glance-arose
from her seat in the window and held
cautious finger to her lips. In the
middle of Il bed that would have ac,
commodated an entire family. was the
sleeping Rosemary-a tiny. rosy cheek.
I'D. yellow haired atom bounded Oh
four sides by yards Of mattress.
stood over her timorOusly and
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