Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-10-23

bourne Hall and had collided upon
| the way with hay-cart, whose driv-
| err. as the drivers of hay.carts so fire.
quently will had been taking his sizes,
| Ia during the heat of the day. Thrown
| from the box into the gutter. the
| coachman dislocated his shoulder and
| had many bruises to show; while his
| horse, terrified at the absence of con.
troll. instantly bolted in one of those
blind pancs which may overtake even
! the most docile of animals.
! Such a story Felix Horowitz had
told but more he could not tell. Eve.
lyn's anxious question as to the pur
port of Count Odin's visit remained
unanswered. 1t was possible. the
youth said. that the Count drove out
TO see Lord Melbourne. But | shoml1
not be surprised" he added naive'v
"if there were better reason which
you must not expect me to confess
! She was afraid to press the point.
J nor dare She at present, invite the
| confidence OF one who was so great
| stranger to her. Sooner or later it
would be necessary to abase herself
before this man who had thrust him.
| self unluckily into her life and made
such quick use of his advantages. Eve
| lyn perceived Immediately that she
must go to Count Odin and say, IN;
father does not know that I am Eta
Romney. Please do not tell him." And
| this was far from being the whole pen.
| atty of the accident. A glimmer of
the truth could come to her already a.
spectre which henceforth must
haunt her life. She knew that her
father had spent some years in Ron
| mania, and that nothing would in
duce him to revisit that country
wherein he had married Dora d'Istran.
In the same breath. she told herself
that this man was a Roumanian and
| acquainted with her fathers story.
Had she been entirely honest with
nerself she would have gone on to
ldmit a certain fascination in the
mystery which she could neither ac-
count for nor take arms against.
Count Odn was like no other man she
had known. She had tried to deceive
herself in London with the imagined
belief that she never wished to see
+ him again. Many times, however,
since she had returned to Derbyshire
this very desire would assert itself.
She found herself. against her will
and reason, covertly hoping that she
might hear his story from his own lipA
A psychologist would have held that
there was certain affinity between
the two. and that she had become tn.
victim of it unconsciously. Her fear
was of splendid fascination she had
become aware of and could not re
sist She imagined that she would
obey this man If he commanded her
despite her resolute will and almost
eccentric originality. And this she
feared even more than her own secret
1t is to be imagined how the sus
pense OF Count Odin's illness tried
nerves as high strung as those OF Eve
iyn. and with what expectation she
} awaited the hour when he would re
cover consciousness. Her desire had
become that of knowing the worst as
speedily as might be; and the worst
she certainly would not know unit
consciousness returned and some good
excuse might admit her to the sicf
mans room. Hourly, almost. she ask
ed the news of DR.. Philips and re
ceived the strictly professional an
sWer:
AN ordinary case-no cause FOL
worry at all--d6n't think about it,"
To the Doctors inquiry what shs
new of Count Odin she merely said
lat she had heard of him in Londor
i. nd believed that his father had beer
Ie, E.arl's friend many years ago. This
|, did not in any way disguise her un
est and the Doctor would have beer
II ore than human had he not put hi!
avn construction upon it,
! "iIead over ears in love with him.
: !e tod the Vicar that night; "why
~ she would not deceive blint
nan. She's met this fellow in Lon
Ion and bagged him like wounded
, pheasant. l shouldn't wonder IL I
/ hadn't been all arranged betweeI
: fnem-bolting horse and all. Ther'
re is. in the chaplain's room, ram
!, bling away in a tongue \ Hottento
would be ashamed of. and she's wait
ing for me always on the stairs JUS
ready to hug me for good word
What do you make OF it? You've maj
: ried a few and ought to be an 81
pert"
81 The Vicar shook his head at tn
, compliment and declared that'it woul
never suit the Earl.
l "He hopes that she will never mai
/. "" he said; "he has told me SO hin
/ .alf mora than OnCe = IF she doe
marry. he has great ambitions. Afte
1 II, she may only be naturally anx
! JUS. / dare say she's asking herse'
+ whether her own car did not do som
IT the mischief"
> The Wears wife. on her part d.
n Jared the situation to be exceedin:
;. Y distressing.
a There's no other lady In tn
|. .ouse," she said aghast. II think tn