Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-26
NoURMA HAD TO BE TOLD.

And. besides, she loves somebody; /
guess mighty different sort of man
from me. She didn't say anything
about him herself, but her aunt told
me-"
us that what she was talking of
this afternoon ?" inquired Christopher,
recalling the mysterious conversation
which had seemed to crush the life
out of the American.
my goodness, no. She told me on
shipboard."
'Then what did you expect from
this trip which you haven't got, since
you knew all along that the girl was
in love with another MANI" The ques-
ton was out before Christopher quite
knew that he was asking 1t aloud.
Hardness stared blankly. Expect?
Why, ! didn't dare expect anything,
the way things stood; the way they'd
been explained to me. But l hoped. !
hoped the motoring and the beautiful
scenery, and the fresh air and new
experiences might do her good.
Though / ought to have known that
what tour from India most round
the world to America, couldn't do,
two weeks In an auto wouldn't. But
though she's enjoyed everything, she
doesn't feel any stronger for the two
weeks"
II tlfink / see,s said Christopher
1.-THE father, in India. wouldn't let his
daughter marry the man she loved and
Miss Dalrymple has been trotting her
niece about the world to help her to
forget"
mo, you don't see.' Harkness
answered. but how could you, with
out having any sort of a clue to the
real story? The young man is a fine
| chap any father would be proud tt
| have his daughter marry; a soldier
| who got a Victoria Cross in that wal
| of yours with the Beers, before HI
was ordered to India. He's titled. too
| | think he's baron or a baronet, ant
good looking, Miss Dalrymple said
| She called him a splendid fellow
worthy of her niece, so you can guess
what he must be for her to think that
But Miss Nourma refused him.
| although she loved him?"
Because she loved him. But sh,
made him think she didn't care, other
wise he wouldn't have given her up
And now she repents"
mo. she doesn't repent. She'd d.
the same thing over again. though |
nearly killed her to do it. and sh'
isn't as strong even as she was then
She refused him because she was un
4 der sentence of DEATH
Good heaven! What are talk
ing about?" exclaimed Christopher.
We've just struck the part that
came here to talk about" answered
Hardness quietly.
HAS the poor child got consump
tion?" Christopher asked. ''She doesn'
look i'll. It's only that she's differen
from other girls-seems made o
moonlight or flowers, or something
unearthly."
That's just the thought one hal
about her." said Hardness. ut CANT
to me the minute / saw her. My steam
er chair was put next to her aunt!
on deck, or / shouldn't have got &C
quainted. haven't much cheek any
how, and / should never have mus
| tered up enough for that. But Mis-
Dalrymple and talked, and so 1t al
happened naturally. suppose it wa!
to bel mean l was to live my Miss
1 ing Chapter, the only real one in tn,
whole book. guess Miss Dalrympl,
understood me pretty soon, so she TOLD
me things. BY and by 1t was the Who'll,
history. Miss Nourma's father was al
officer. like the young man his daugh
ter loves. He spent summer in Kash
mir on leave, about twenty-one year!
ago, and had some letters of intro
duction to high-up. grand Sort of ma
tives, princes and noblemen. Then h,
somehow don't know how, for hi:
sister didn't tell me+--got to see CIR
he wasn't supposed to see. for womer
there aren't much on show, are they
The two fell desperately in love. ane
he stole her away. They married; ant
as 1t wasn't exactly the right sort o
thing for an officer to have done. wher
he was kind of guest. he gave up tn,
army Miss Nourma's mother was per
fectly beautiful. Miss Dalrymple says