Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
CHAPTER ".
At the Chateau St. Aubins.

! Winifred Stanley came to the old
town of scissors, in northern France,
| through country which overnight had
become a vast armed camp. She had
passed through towns and hamlets
| where one-third of the people were 60
| ing to war, the rest fleeing from it;
| plowed by cannon balls. sown with
rifle bullets. Often had they been de-
| layed by the passing of seemingly in
terminable columns of troops, crawling
| north like huge worms of many thou
| sand legs. or had been forced to creep
along multitude of refugees.
She found her father comforta bly,
| housed in the Chateau ST. Aubins, which
stood on a ridge looking down upon
| the valley of the Aisne. and he was in
friendly hands. Col. Kelley Taylor, a
retired American banker who had
leased the chateau was an old friend
be removed to his home as soon as he
heard of the automobile accident.
Another fortunate circumstance was
that Dr. Constantine Falieros, a noted
Greek surgeon. kept villa nearby, and
he had consented to take charge of the
treatment of so important a parsonage
as the American millionaire.
DR.. Falieros. Winifred soon learned
was quite a celebrated scientist. He
was a tall man of distinguished ap-
pearance with the black hair and eyes
of his race, though something about
his cheek bones suggested a mixture
of Slavic blood. He had taken the villa
in tn
important experiments, he had ex-
planned.
From the day of her arrival he paid
marked attention to Winifred, calling
far more frequently at the chateau than
mere interest in his patient seemed to
warrant; nor did Winifred discourage
him. She found him versatile and en-
tertaining. He was an accomplished
musician, had Travelled widely, and had
an old world gallantry and charm of
manner.
He and Constance had met before,
though the girls manner was trife
constrained when she greeted the ply
stefan and she avoided him as much as
possible when he called. She made no
explanation of her antipathy, however,
until one night when Winifred came
upon her sitting in silence, her eyes
troubled, sensitive mouth adroop.
why the distract manner, Connie
dear?" Winifred asked, sitting down
beside her friend.
II WONDER" was the p1aintive reply,
why this mean old world won't let
any one forget mistaken
The other stared at her in surprise.
Il don't understand"
Listen. Winnie" Constance said. TN
Frankfort-last year when was over
with Brother Will did something
mere willfulness-you know l always
was bit headstrong-but Will was SO
strict. and didn't see any harm, so I
did it-then Will had to go and make
a scene"
Tell me about It, DEAR" winifred
| urged as the other fell silent, but Con-
stance only shook her head. Not now
some time perhaps, but not now"
But what suggested it to you?" her
friend asked-a thought of Constances
aversion to DR.. Falieros came into her
mind-"Dr. FalierosT'
! A nod. then: And that Mr.. Burgess
| up in Belgium that night" she said
| Winifred shot quick glance at her.
That Mr.. Burgess" had been much in
to do with it?" Her tone was a trife
| sharper than the question seemed to
render necessary.
Constance shook her head YEARLY.
| DON'T ask me ABOUT IL, she begged,
tits all very unpleasant to remember.
It's hard to believe there are men in
| the world like-like one 1 met In
Frankfort. Such lot of trouble can
come of one thoughtless act! Some
times I'm sorry l didn't tell VIII all
at the time, but didn't know what he
had done until after we had gone, and
l suppose 1t Is just as we'll. He stirred
up quite a situation as it was, and I'm
afraid of what he might have done had
| l told him"
Sleep did not come quickly to wini-
fred that night. She lay long staring
into the darkness. picturing the lean
features and steady eyes of the Eng
lishman Burgess. Constance's words
trooped through her mind monoto-
nously: Its hard to believe there are
men like that in the world" and she
recalled the contempt in her friends
tone.
Morton Stanley had made rapid prog
ress in recovering from his injuries,
but DIR. Falieros feared internal COM
plications and decreed the patient was
in no condition to be removed when