Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-10-11

| head was pressed against his oulder,
her eyes were closed, her II parted
in the ecstasy of passion.
Eyes" she breathed, so fl " that
| he barely heard the StrOn word
| ever nut into the language nan.
Half an hour later be wa Feeding
! down the avenue in taxi. .S blood
was singing, his heart wa urstin.
| with joy-his head was lig fOr the
! feel of her was still IL his ms, the
! voice of her in his enraptur arS.
lie was hurrying homewa to the
! "diggings" he was soon 70 'rt for
ever. He was To spend d ght at
his sisters apartment. w he is
sued forth from his "dig@n- At half
past seven he was attired yruiug
clothes, and there was moi woman
in all New York, young or l. who
would have? denied him +. second
glance.
Later on in the evening thl OF the
countess friends arrived at Court
ney home to pay their respect % their
fair compatriot and to dis IS the
crown jewels. They came am rought
with them the cOnSOIng in nation
that arrangements were II ideally
completed for the delivery If the
jewels into the custody Of D. French
embassy at WaShingt.a through
whose Intervention they We. to be
allowed to leave the Unit. States
without the formalitieS US ~ oh
served in cases of suspect SNUG
Cling. Upon the arrival in = RIGA of
trusted messengers from Par headed
by no less a parsonage thai ne ann
bassador himself, the imper treas
ure was to pass into hands Una, would
carry it safely to France. a. Iuce Sc
bastian, still in Halifax, nd -.en ap-
prised by telegraph Of the recovery Of
the Jewels and was eXpe@ ED 70 sail
for England by the earliesf steamer
And while the visitors at the Court
ney house were lifting their glasses
to toast the prince they loked and in
turn, the beautiful cousit who had
braYed so much and Jared So luckily.
and the tall wayfarer whb had come
into her life, small mani was stoOp-
ing over a rifled knapsacH in a room
far downtown, glumly Regarding the
result of an unusually hazardous I'M
dertaking, even for one WHO could per-
form such miracles as he. Scratching
his chin, ne grinned-foII he was the
kind who bears disappC ftmeut with
grin-and sat himself Gown at the
big library table in the center of the
room. Carefully selectingk -pen-point
he wrote:
''It will be quite obviousF you that
l called Unexpectedly tonight. The
week was up, you see. take the lib
erty of leaving under q .paperweight
at my elbow q two-f ar bill. 1t
ought to be ample pr lent for the
damage done to your "thful travel
ing companion. Have tee necessary
stitches taken in the gash and you
will find the kit as good as new.
was more or less certaid not to find
what l was after. but as 1 have done
no irreparable injury l fm sure you
will forgive my love of adventure and |
excitement. 1t was really quite diff
cult to get from the Ere escape to
your window. but it was delightful
experience. Try crawLE along that (
ten-inch ledge yoursf s,>Se day and /
see II II Ism | productive ST a ,, Iasanf
thrill shall not forget vonr nron,iea |
to return good for evil sdne dav Cod
knows 1 hope 1 may neve no in n mo-
sition to test your sfncerav We NAV
meet again. ana nope under agree
aoie circumstances idly pay my !
deepest respects to the Conntess Tod /
and believe me to be,
YOURS very RESPECTFULLY,
sPROUSE.
81 saw oI'o"c. today. He
left message for you ala tba count-
ess. Tell them, said he tbet oSt
Gods blessing for them ,oraver nc
is of tomorrow for BrasI Nc ,oo
vel! nuch renewed VIM he heard |
that did not get the jeSels tba e,.s+
time / went after them, a,d ,nronso
- .n'ei ."iiieu ny my JVhi description
Of how went after then tba sonona
By the way, you will be ntarestad 70
learn that he has cut lose from, tho
crowd he was trailing NTH Mos,Iu
nuts, he says. Dynamite mun,t,on
plants in Canada was gand nroIoct
says he, and 1t would hvo con,o 60
something II the id women bod
only left the Id menolono rho
explosives are O'Dowd's."
Ten hours before BarnS fo,ra .h,,
Illuminating message on bts I,hror
table he stood at the 4ndo,, 90 .
lofty Park avenue apartm,t br;,d,na
his arm about the slenar ,,IoId,nn
figure Of the only other r.o.,nan+ %
the room. Pointing out Or The bIock
housetops, he directed h a,+or+,on
to the myriad lights in the ,,nner aooys
of great hosiery to IS, sn,tb ga
west and said:
THAT is where you 60 oo,no 20
live, darling"
1.-THE END.1