Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-21

! Hd"c ana Han1 bag. had escorted her To
an upper floor OF I. large hotel in Chi
I ciSo. j am sure | snail he very com
! Portable"
Darius Blake handed the porter tho
tin for which he waited and dismissed
/ him Then he turned 10 tn" slender
girl standing before him.
Child lie said. you know how
glad my wife and would have been
If YOU had been willing TO stay with
! US this last night before you go East
F. Our home is certainly less drcary than
! hotel"
/ Cynthia Long smiled gratefully. ~ ou
are very dear and good. Mr.. Blake.
do not believe that any other lonely
girl ever had her affairs attended TO
, by such Il Kind and uns"lilsh lawyer
as you are fop have made everything
as easy as possible for me And 1 have
let YOU do II. But much as / wanted
TO accept your kind suggestion that
go TO your house Tonight. was sure
1t would be easier for me 20 start to-
f. morrow morning from u hotel rather
than from 1t homc-like house such a.
yours"
But" the man objected, sou are
very young and-e1cusc 'nc.-yery at
tractiNe; and il is hardly the correct
thins for girl like sou to spend a
night unchapcroncd in great hotel"
cynthia glanced down u. her black
. dress My mourning would protect
. me, II ! needed protection, and do
| no, worry. dear Mr. HI,L, Iii ,,'.
,un,il Dime, time. then viii 70 in,o
/ tho dining room and take table near
some very respectable loohtn. middle
aged people. after which | VIII return
|" my rooms. read for Will" and 20
/ 70 bed And early in the morning
start on my eastward journey"
7 Il could perhaps come Tomorrow "a
sec YOU on"-;hc man began
/ Tho 81, i,,o--,a,o,,
dismal Rom =, 70 IN ;, 'n%
/ Won yui 49,. W. '""ee',
! have everything n... In ~,
,I,l.. .,,,,,..,e 'ts 'S'nN
man car Observation-Disclosures, ~
II would ra,bc- Won IL. ~,
for, a, = smile I'M. Ias, MA ,,..
( viii ho nycr,, "''u '"'".
/ 49,.
1 -, "e on 'sh deF ehi!d.
I -, "-t4, 60" nope y0i
'7 ''' W '"'
w" noi she rs .ured h.m y
am hoping INA letter from Nc" Yo7k
| NAY come 70 me TINS evening Whcn
! .ast "ro,e 10 my uncle told han
"ncfH vas /" ." tonight. let since
/ az az '"hS garments have been made and
ds'eeu upon He,"o'n W, he may
scarcely write again
| "GooG-by. dear" Darius Blake SAID.
holding out his hands 10 her
/ she placed both M, hama. in
and smiled bravclv
I "C;ood.t,.,a
/ bc,r.ya" ,t,I, IT,
( yo,ro ",h,. wb.-r ia "es
/ now -oo,J ,,,, ~, ~, u, H"'"s
! no vC,.r - az
Tn. mans c,oe vo., ..,,,5,.t. ,....
cod b,..s vou. ho ,,r~rr,',a5' NJ NJ:
| 10 mo vrer VA, "a r,,.'
am aiway e. van ..,,.i.o
only your rs,hor. r.,.yo
but his friend. ana ,,ii-.
u know ill., INC -, ro,,,-,,t ..ya
have Drovnd ,b,.., ~"
~ the door he p,,.sod ana l,ol.d
back You nave Inc ,.ionhor. -,
her OF my house If yo,, .bonfd -
to ask me anv ouos.tnps ,,i,
lng-ha.en't YOU"
She nodded. Al Tho ro,r.,, et,a
could no, t-us, hc- voice "a rcnIy W.,
when tho door had c,ns.d h,t5,,i 49,,
elderly friend. Cyp,hf. Ion- AZ 49,.
cry Throwing off h.r h., ,,L .
she began TO walk rarldlv I'm ara
down the room rho Inn ,,frro- -.
the wall rejected her c-accf,,i a-urs
but she did not cvc, rI,n,. ini,
Her thoughts were too bus. NOV, fo,
hcr 20 concern herself abn,i. h.
MIR Flake had spok.r ,-r,y v,nc,
hc said she wa .ttr,rriy. uor -
ish figure was .Xce!ic,,, ana No. li..,.
dress fitted her poricc.,y l. ,,eo
cast into strong relief her .ub,irr h.i-
and fair complexion. Her cycs vcrc
OF tho shade Of hazcl-brown that some.
times Accompanies suhu-n NJ.
Until she smiled sho "a ~.
tually PRETTY RJ, Mr. Flake had con
her smile many times. rhcrcfn-c no
though. her uncouro,y, a,.r,.,s
She was not smiling nov 1rr,c,,
tho curved lips we're So, in :, line NJ,
was TOO stern for such -irlish face
cynthia Long vac I'm, ,y.n,v,,
Until her fathers death si> vcol
ago she had bccr net;ad AVID Guard
cd. for she was the oriv chi,d of
lonely widowcr. Now hor fa,bor ,rag
t:as. TO live with her mothers b-o,hnr