The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-10

wss not resumed Miss Riehiaader Tai
apparently enjosinx her iianer, Smith
was NOT etitcying lds hut he rite as q
troubled naaia cstsn win; mechanically
and as a matter of rcasine. n was mol
until the dessert had BEEN served that
the young woman took up the thread
&c the conversation precisely as II Il
had never beam dropped
= think yoM knew that ron have no
reason to be afraid Of me. Montague
bat I esn'tssy Is much for father. Hs
win be back In ii few days. and when
he comes II viii be prudent for yoa to
vanish That is q future. however,
Sassth's laugh was brittle.
-Wr'if le@se II 4 fuaus~. TX yaa hkA.
Sufficient unto the day II the evtl
thereof"
@0h: 10 you class me as IN evil. do
Your
No; you know didn't mean that /;
I merely mean that It's no use crossing
the arldges before we come to them.
I've been living from day TO day 10
long now. that / am becoming hard.
ened 10 IT,
Again there wss pause. and again
II was Miss Rishiarder who broke II.
The slow smile was tinpling again At
the corners Of the perfect mouth.
Yen are going to need d little help,
Montague--tny help--arent your II
occurs TO me that you can well afford
to show me some little friendly a,ten.
ton while I am Robinson-Crusoe here
waiting for father TO come back"
LET me understand he broke In.
frowning across the table mt her. "you
are willing to ignore what has hap
pened--to that extentf You are not
forgetting that In the eyes Of the law
! am q criminali"
She made q faint little gesture Of I'm
patience. r
"Why do yen persist In dragging
that Inf I am not supposed to know
anything about your business affairs,
with watrous Durham or anybody
else. Besides. no one knows me here.
ssd no one cares. Besides, again. / am
q stranger in a strange city and We are
or We used to be--old friends"
Her half-cynical tone made him
frswn agaana thaa8hi tnllxs this time, IN
'..womcn are curious creatures" he
commented. II used 10 think I knew u
little something about them, but I
guess II was mistake. What do you
want me to dot"
"0h, anything Jon hike: anything
that viii keep me from being bored to
death"
Smith laid his napkin aside and
glanced at bis watch.
There Is play Of some kind on nj
the opera house. ! believe" he said.
rising aud going around to draw her
chair aside III you'd care TO 80. I'll
see II can hold somebody UP for q
couple Of seats"
"That Is more IKE IL l used to be
afraid that you hadn't drop Of sport
Ing blood In you, Montague. and l am
glad to learn. even at this late day.
that was mistaken. Take me up
stairs, and Wen 90 to the play"
They left the dining room together.
and there was more than one pair Of
eyes to fellow them In frank admira.
ton. "what q strikingiy handsome
couple" said a bejewelled lady who
sat ut the table nearest the door; and
her companion. a gentleman with rest
less eyes and thin lips md rather
wicked Jaw. said: "Yes; ! don't know
the woman. but the man Is Colonel
Raldwin's new f,nancier; the fellow
who calls himself John Smith,"
The bediamonded lady smiled dryly.
"You say that as II you had a mortal
quarrel with his name, Crawford. II
were the girl. / shouldn't find fault
With the name. You say you don't
Kpow herr
Stanton had pushed his chair back
mud was rising. Take your time with
the Ice cream, and I'll Join you later
upstairs. I'm going to ind ont who the