Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-10-02

my dear lady," he said, do not
put the displeasure upon meS come
here because my friend, Mr.. lizard,
recommend me when l ask him where
1 shall find lodging. Miss Romney
is at Bedford Square, that's what he
says; go right there and you will find
an apartment in the same street.
Now, isn't 1t wonderful? arrive at
your house by accident and here Is
your landlady who has the dining
room to let. You shall forgive me
for that yhen say that my friend,
Horowitzs-is with me and his sister.
Why, Miss Romney, ,we'll be Just
happy family together; and that's
what Charles lizard was thinking Of
when he sent me here. Tell her
wish IT, he said; she's too much alone
In London, and it doesn't do"
Eta interrupted him with dig
nifty he had not looked for.
Mr.. lizard would not be SO imperti-
nent," she exclaimed hotly. "Your
coming or going really does not in
terest me, Count. l have to be at the
theatre Immediately. Please let me
pass!"
She tried to go by, but he still for.
bade her, smiling the while and SEEM
1ngly quite sure of himself.
my dear lady" he said. you do
not go to the theatre until half-past
seven. This amiable person Of the
house has told me as much. II am
rude, forgive me. wish to ask you
to see my pictures of Roumania, a
country your father once knew very
we'll, Miss Romney, though he has
not been there for many years. Say
that you will come and see them to-
morrow and will ask Mademoiselle
Carlotta to help me to show them to
you. Now, dear lady, will you not
name the hour? shall have much
to show you, much for you to tell your
amiable father about when you see
him again."
Eta shivered as though with cold
Never before had she known such a
curious spell of helplessness as this
man seemed able to cast upon her.
The words which he spoke amazed
her beyond all experience. Roumania!
She understood vaguely that her faith
or had lived dreadful years there SO
long ago that even he almost had for.
gotten them. And this stranger could
speak Of them, youth that he was, as
though he held their secret. Had she
wished to terminate her acquaintance
with him then and there, her woman's
curiosity would have forbidden her.
But, more than this, the man himself
attracted her in way she could not
attracted her, despite her
early aversion from him and her sure
knowledge that there must be danger
In the acquaintance.
do you know my father, Count?"
she asked presently-in voice which
could not conceal her apprehension.
ITO my family he is we'll known, to
me not at ALL" was the frank reply.
II came to England to make my mis-.
fortune good; but now that l come
your father is not here, Miss Romney."
"Then he was not aware of your
f"tended visit?"
:. Quite unaware of It,"
You did not write to him?"
How should ! write when / do not
know the house in which he lives?"
"Then why do you say that he is
not in London?"
He looked at her with the triumph
ant eyes Of a man who puts master
card upon the table.
II say that he is not in England
because you are alone, Miss Romney."
Eta bit her lips, but gave no other
0YproociOn IN hor onntiop
"A compliment to my discretion"
she exclaimed with little laugh:
and then, as though serious, she said,
you will make me late for the the
atre after all. Do please talk Of all
this tomorrow"
He drew aside instantly.
lizard would never forgive me-" he
said; ''let It be tomorrow as you
wish-shall we say at twelve o'clock ?"
"Oh, by all means, at twelve
o'clock tomorrow" she rejoined and
upon that she ran up the stairs and.
entering her own room. locked the
door behind her.
Who was the man? How had he
come thus into her life? She was
utterly unnerved, amazed, and with
out idea. But she knew that she
would go to the theatre no more.
"And what will Mr.. lizard say?" she
asked herself blankly; what will they
all say?"
:; Eta was ready both to laugh and
! to cry at that moment. Conflicting
sentiments found her sitting upon her
bed, a very picture of irresolution and
dismay. The deeper truths of the
night were not as yet understood by
her although the day for understand.
ing could not be far distant.
CHAPTER VII.
u The Nonaucnarlan.