Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-01-24

He rose listlessly to HIS feet. There
vas a strange. dull look In his face.
"You are q dear girl, Sophy!" he
said. Don't 60 just yet. have never
.elt like 1t before In my life, but just
now l don't want to be left alone.
Send a boy for some clothes, and l
Will order some tea"
She hesitated.
my own reputation" she muir
INJURED, 'ts absolutely Of no conse-
luence, zbut remember that you live
here and"
Don't be .sillyw he interrupted.
AWhat does that matterf And besides,
according to you and all the rest Of
you here, these things don't AFFECT a
mans reputation-they are expected
Of him. See, have rung the bell for
breakfast Now I am going to tele-
phone down for messenger boy to
go for your clothes"
They breakfasted together. little
later, and she made him smoke He
stood before the window, looking down
upon the river, with his pipe In his
mouth and an unfamiliar look upon
his face.
DO you suppose that Louise knows
anythlng" he asked at length.
81 should think not" she replied.
at Is for you to tell her. rang up
the princes. house while you were In
the bathroom. They say that he has
q broken rib and some bad cuts, sus-
tanned In a motor accident last night
but that he Is In no danger. There
was nothing about the affair In the
newspapers. and the princes servants
have evidently been instructed 10 give
this account TO inquirers."
A CLEAN Of interest shone In Johns
face.
by the bye" he remarked. "the
prince Is a Frenchman. He will very
likely expect me to fight with him."
NO hope Of that. my belligereni
friend" Sophy declared, with an at
tempt at smile. THE prince knows
thlt he Is In England. He would moi
be guilty of such an anachronlsm. Be
sides. he Is a person of wonderfully
well-balanced mind When he II him
self again, -he1will realize that. VIVA
happened to him Is exactly what h,
asked for"
John took up his hat and gloves
He glanced at the clock-it was q Lit
tie past eleven.
~ nm ready" he announced. LET
me drive you homo first"
His motor was waiting at the door
and he left Sophy at her rooms. Be-
fore she got out. abe held his arm for
a moment.
r "John." abe said. remember that
Louise Is very high-strung and very
sensitive. Be carefuli"
There Il only one thing to do OF
to say" he answered. sThere Ia only
one way In which / can do It,"
He drove the. car down Piccadilly
like . man In q dream, steering az
carefully a. usual through the traffic,
and glancing every now and then with
unseeing eyes at the streams of peo-
pie upon the pavements. Finally he
came to a standstlll before Louise's
liberate care. Then he rang the bell
and was shown into her little draw.
Ing-room, which seemed TO have become
a perfect bower Of pink and white
lilac.
He sat waiting a. If In 4 dream
unable to decide upon his words, un-
able even to sift his thoughts. The
one purpose with which he had come
the one question he designed to ask
was burning In his brain. The min
utes Of her absence seemed tragically
long.
Then at ziast. the. door opened and
Louise entered. She came toward him
with little welcoming smile upon
her lips. Her manner was gay, al.
most affecticnate.
Have you come to take me for O
ride before lunchr she asked. do
you know. think that should really
like 1t! We might lunch at Ranelagh
on our way home"
The words stuck In his throat. From
where she was, she saw now the writ.
ing on his face. She stopped short.
what Is iti" she exclaimed.
Ever since 1 knew you" he said
slowly, there have been odd moments
when / have lived In torture. During
the last fortnight, those moments have
become hours. Last night the end
,ame."
Are you mad. Johnr she demand
ed.
Perhaps" he replied. Listen When
| left you last night. went to the
club In Adelphi Terrace. There was a
well-known critic there, comparing you
and Latrobe. On the whole ne ia.
7ored you. but he, gave Latrobe the
irst place In certain parts. Latrobe
lso said, had had moro experience In
life. She had had 4 dozen levers
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