The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-27
A Romance
at Iucerne
BY MARTHA v. MONROE

cerne, Switzerland. and. taking a pen,
was about to enter his name when he
noticed on the page, just above where
he was about to write, the name of
Arietta Townsend Kentwood, u. S. A.
An hour later Miss Kentwood was
standing at the hotel entrance prepar-
ing to go out when she saw a trunk
carried in bearing on an end the name
Of Lawrence Lowrie. Realizing that
the owner of the trunk had just ar1iv-
ed, she sauntered into the Office and
glanced at the register. The ink was
scarcely dry in the name of Wendell
B. Colgate, and that was the only
name entered since the day before.
Miss Kentwood's view Of Mr.. Law
renee Lowrie's name on his trunk spoil
ed a very pretty game.
Both Mr.. Lowrie and Miss Kentwood
were very rich. 1t is a well known
fact that rich persons marry rich per-
sons. This Is natural. A fortune can
only be matched by a fortune. Mr..
LOwrie desired to marry a fortune, and
Miss Kentwood had been suggested as
a suitable party for him. Miss Kent
wood had the same desire, and MI.
Lowrie had been suggested to her asa
husband. Neither had seen the other.
1t occurred to Mr.. Lowrie to win Miss
Kentwood's heart as a poor man, and
1t occurred to Miss Kentwood to play
the same game with Mr.. Lowrie.
Lowrie secured an Introduction to
Miss Kentwood at the casino as Wen
dell Colgate. He found her quite ready
to improve the acquaintance. She did
not know whether he knew of her for
tune or not. But he pretended to be
ignorant of it. and she was satisfied
that he did not. He believed that the
lady was smitten with him, and she
believed that with him it was a case
Of love at first sight.
There is no better counting ground
than Lucerne. The town is quaint. 1t
has the Casino. Every evening a rou-
lette wheel Is spinning with a crowd
around 1t risking silver pieces from
l franc upward, while in another part
of the premises an orchestra is dis
coursing classical music. Refresh
ments are served by girls in the at
tractive Swiss costume.
AS to the environs of Lucerne, one
may ascend the Righi or one of the
other surrounding mountains or may
make excursions OF the beautiful Lake
of the Four Cantons. Mr.. Lowrie and
Miss Kentwood made trips on the lake
or assembled the mountains. In the
evening they lounged in the Casino.
One night while looking ut the gam
blers Mr.. Lowrie suggested that thSy
each risk a franc just for fun. Miss
Kentwood demurred ON the ground
that she was restricted in the amount
she possessed for her travels, and even
the loss of a few francs would en-
barrass her. Mr.. Lowrie said that
he. too, needed to be economical, but
he thought he would risk a franc.
This decided Miss Kentwood to make
a like investment. Mr.. Lowrie placed
his franc on II number, Miss Kent
wood on another.
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winnings.
Persons came and went, standing
about the roulette table for a time,
looking at the gambling. Now and
again some young man or old woman
! would put down a franc or a 5 franc
piece and when it was lost would pass
ON. Some. like Il fly caught on sticking
paper. would stay, usually losing all
their spare cash. Mr.. Lowrie won
quite a sum. then lost it and quite u
larger sum. Miss Kentwood soon
eyinced a disposition to plunge. When
their evenings amusement was over
Mr.. Lowrie was minus 1000 francs
and Miss Kentwood 700 francs.
The next morning there was an ex-
change of notes between them; not
only written notes, but banknotes. Mr..
Lowrie wrote inclosing 700 francs and
saying that he had drawn the balance
OF his letter of credit to restore a loss
that would doubtless fall heavy on
Miss Kentwood. Miss Kentwood wrote
inclosing 1,2O0 francs, begging Mr..
Lowrie to accept it as a loan. She
would be obliged to cut short her trip,
but this was more than made up by
the pleasure of serving one whom she
had come to appreciate highly.
On receipt Of this noble sacrifice Mr..
Lowrie cooked his head much as one
who had discovered a mares nest"
Miss Kentwood received Mr.. Lowrie's
benefaction while her maid was pre-
pairing her toilet for breakfast. She
burst into a laugh. Mr.. Lowrie was
to call at 10 o'clock, and when the hour
arrived she went to the hotel reception
room, dressed to go out with him, but
instead of being in plain clothes she
wore a $500 street costume. Advancing
to her visitor, she handed him his DO
nation. He accepted it and returned
hers.
Mr.. Lowrie," she said, for the first
time addressing him by his real name,