The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

"l1l tell you after we've had appearance changed said Mary. Telephone for your beauty man to come right along. The sooner that's over the better"
 The specialist made no radical changes in either of the girls, but the effects of his work were startling. Both looked swarthier when he had finished, and he had effected mysterious change in their eyes, while hair and eye brows were decidedly darkened. They might have passed, when he had done with them, for mem- bers of any of the races of Southern Europe but for aristocratic members. And, under Mary's direction, they made changes in their manner of dressing that corresponded with their altered features.
 They hurried as much as they could without rislling the artistic success of the impersonaton they intended to give, and yet it was only few days after they had first laid eyes upon Harras- ford that Mona ready to begin. Harrisford, of course, wholly ignorant of their exist ence; he had been far too busy and excited in the park to know that there had been any witnesses to the scene.
 No one who had known Mona before her transformation would have been likely to recog- nize her when, one afternoon, she drove in taxicab to spot about half a block from the Empire Club-the one of his city clubs, as she knew, which he usually frequented as this time of day. She had little while to wait, but at last she saw him come down the steps. She alighted at once, paid her driver, and saw him go off Then, walking slowly, she advanced toward Harrasford, quite elaborately unconscious of his presence.
 It was not so with Harrasford, He stared at her quite frankly; her foreign, piquante beauty attracted him. Yet it was plain from her appear ance that he could not hope to win her forgive should he speak to her. lucky accident, it seemed to him-he could not guess how often it had been rehearsed !-gave him a chance She dropped her bag, stopped to recover it, and in rising, brushed against him. How profuse were her apologies! She spoke without accent, but in way that proved her foreigner. He assured her the fault was his; she disputed that prettily.
 In moment he found himself in step beside her-and unrebuked He had not dared hope for such luck. But as he looked at her he was sure thuf cI,0 pa trc tea at nearby hotel. She bluslled--hut yielded to his urging.
 1T cannot imagine why I an, so unconven- tionalv she said nervously "I am little afraid Picture it-I, alone here, far from my native Corsica-but just finished with studies at Vassar"
 But when they parted he had her address, and her permission to call.
 Here, Mona and Mary alike certain, was the crisis of the adventure. Would ha call? Or would he have sober second thought that would warn him that he, a we'll known figure and enormously wealthy, took certain risk in call ing girl he had met in such fashion, and of whom he knew less than nothing. They need have had no fears, however. Jimmy Harrasford had faults enough, but cowardice was not among them. He took advantage of her permission to call the day following his first encounter with Mona-and from the moment of his coming there could be no mistaking his purpose to make love to her.
 Mona tried to check him, to reproach him
 But why?" he asked "Why shouldn't tell you you are beautiful? You are! Why shouldn't I tell you that have never seen anyone so at tractive to you?'
 For answer Mona picked up the hand he had laid upon her
 "1hat is a so curious ring?" she exclaimed
 "Just an old signet-heirlom in my family" he said. "I wouldn't lose it for hundred times it's value; though The luck of the Harrasfords is supposed to go with it. I'm just superstitious enough to believe that I'd have lot of bad luck if it disappeared"
 Mona clapped her hands.