Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Dicks TDice-ToId Fortune
By ELEANOR r. SPERRY


mat in the bazaar, beyond all this high
office ! see n woman bluc-cyed with
sun-gold hair--yes. shs who Is at your
side-sharing your honors. All, thanks
Sahib, a thousand thanks And now Will
the little Sahiba-.?"
But Madeline. flushed and nhviouSlE
| annoyed, had turned away. lntuttVelN
sht knew that Dick Trowbridge hhd
paused in the bazaar to cross the ola
w"man's palm with silver for no other
reason than to see how his companion
would take that which she would SO
surely hear. That was tn" whole trou'
hle-the match was too patiently cut and
dried to make any appeal to the spirit
( OF romance which made shy back
81 ound in Madelincs heart.
Her father. Colonel HamrAeH, and
| Richard TrCwbrdge. 81. e the indian
Civil service. had been lifelong trieEd6'
Their wives, furthermore, wcr" insepa-
rable which considering the tntcnSG. RI.
valry between the womcnfOlk of the Nwo
services. spoke volumes Tor the esti-
| mabic qualities each found IN tne
other. Consequently that TrowbridGes
son should marry Hampdcns daughter
had come to be regarded as ior"s"he
N'llNIuSlOI tllpIlE llltlT lll''NHf
But Madeline, walking quietly back 10
the compound at Dicks side, was telllnS
herself saragely that II the thing was 80
evident even to the bazaar woman: II
was time to call halt. And the easIeSt
way to do that would Re to accept Aunt
Harriet's invitation to visit her in
America. Furthermore, she would start
Immediately and thus avoid any pro-
tests or prcCipitated lovcmaking on
the part Of Dick.
h.,, l,,,,s o.,
TrowbridEe good-by with sweet grav-
ity which he found vaguely disturbing
unconscious though he saw that II indl.
Gated long farewell. 1t was not until
he was back in hts quarters that DICK
bethought himself that he had not mem
toned to Madeline the possibility of
two months leave of absence IN the
near future.
Some weeks later Mrs Vandervere,
her niece at her side, gazed with satis-
faction at the grounds of her santa
Barbara home. alight with myriad IAN
terms for her annual lawn fete.
Everything is perfect" she COM
mented. except for the sudden ndis-
position of that Hindu fortune-teller
who was to be one of my chief enter
| tainers."
Il don't suppose" Madeline h"si-
| tated at the suggestion, then plunged
boldly. See here Aunt Harriet, I'm
simply dreading the thought of meeting
| so many people not one OF "nOm l nave
| even met or will meet again. Let me
| imperSOnatc your fortune teller. I've
| got a whole rig with me that ! copied
| to the last stitch from one worn by an
old woman in the bazaar back home. |
took the part once at some th"airtcais
| at Simla" She waited eXpeCtanly for
| her aunts approval
But Aunt Harriet hesitated. why.
| I don't know what to say. my dear. You
see-wel. the Bnghams have somebody
staying with them who has asked to
| meet you-thiUkS he once knew you in
| Bawnpur but has some quiXottC reason
! for not wanting you to know his name.
It's unusual. but the Binghams vouch
for him--why, Madeline"
For Madeline had suddenly Grasped
her aunt's arm. 1T must be DICK Trow-
bridge - she exclaimed, "although why
he r0llowcd-l mean-oh, Aunt Harriet
now | simply must be that fortune-tel-
Two hours later Dick whose heart
was heavy at his failure TO discover
Madeline among the gay, chatterine
| mcrrymakers. strolled aimlessly into the
weird grotto constructed for the telling
TRY my new Hindu seeress," had
urged his hostess. And for want Of any.
thing better to do. he had followed the
i direction she indicated.
DrOpping upon the rug at the feet OF
rho ,,,uttied figure before him. he crossed
her palm with gold. Madeline gave q
little rasn. then hit her rouged lips as
her client scrutinized her carefully. "Th'
long arm Of roincidcnce' :" she heard hin
mmTmur and. with beating heart, de
rided he lad penetrated her disguise.
"You--you know me, Sahib?" sht
asked
put YOU know me" cried Dick
"NIanv n time stopped in the Bawn
nur bazaar to learn my fate OF you
Ana somebody has brought YOU here
And 10 think how untruthfully yol
forecast my fate so brief time ago :
Madeline regarded him with narrowee(
lidg "Did IN" Sahiha of the, sun-goIC
hair nroye false" she hazarded.
Dick looked surprised. 'Sun-goIt
boiro OH. that one That was Ions
ago. mother Of wisdom. The Shnlnn
mean has hair the color OF hlshI. hu a
eves and--lo am here. But no"
''"S "NSfodcjime ISI' was silent Alice Lakewood
That dcsigning widow Dick must d.
saved from her, at any cost
"Sahb" she began In a very SINAI SINAI
nursue the dav, not day the night. Thou
dark one, art the night Theretors :,
shouldst thou pursue tair woman
whose coloring is as the day. ,,.
"Excellcnt advice said Dick dr%lE
And do YOU advise th@4' mo mo''tori ii,bIes Le
, |
"GG, no.-uo" protested the fortune
,eIIer mo. Dick-Sahib,
Rnt thn sl, gave Dick his chance.
"My Mn dear Madeline" h, laughed "Th
fortune-teller at Rownpur never YER Gale li3,
. me Dick. Nor did her eyes shine lik
like two young stars. Thank heaven
my leave Of ohsrncG, en"nl%4 me t.! to 'o'
+ low you and at last I" ma you ,,nt,
: Madeline wondered why it had take
that sudden Jealous pn,ng to bring nom
suddenly on the languid air. break
: /ing the spell Of silence which boun
. them. float"d the liquid notes of Aun
! Harrict's hired Hawaiian quartet
viii II" sun-gold one marry me?
D asked Dick trudcrly.
- And Madeline. TO whom her own love
: story had suddenly become fraught wit
) romance, held out her hand,
"Ycs, Sahib," she whispered.
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