The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-27


be published aloud. for there are VANS
/ which have ears.
\ Were going 20 the Savoy he
went on. - want 10 take You tneft'
because know n woman staying IN
/ the hotel--a woman old enough To ~
your mother-whoU look after YOU
! 10 please me, till we're married.
/ Afterward you'll be nice to her and
/ that will be doing her a good turn,
/ because she's apt TO be lonesome in
| London she's the widow Of
| Spanish Count, and has lived tn tho
Argentine. but | met her In New
York. She knows all about me-or
enough-and n she'd been in tho
| restaurant at dinner this evening she
/ coulda have dene Tor me what you aid.
! ] had reason 90 think she would be
there when / bolted in TO get out Of
fix. But she was missing Are you
/ sorry? Pc
m she'd been there. YOU would
| have gone 90 her table and sat down,
and we--should never have met"
| Annesley thought aloud. How
strange Just that little thinr--your
l friend being out TO dtnner-and our
/ whole lives are to be changed. on.
| you must be sorry2'
II tell you, meeting YOU and win
/ ming you In this way Ia worth the
/ best ten years Of my life But you
l AANFN AANhNANN ivy AAAfHAANNH
"l'll answer II now" cried the girl.
Meeting YOU 10 worth an the years
/ OF my life! I'm not much OF prin-
\ cess but you are 81 George"
est George" he echoed. a ring Of
| bitterness under his laugh. That's
I the Hrst time I've been called a saint.
and I'm afraid " Will be the last I
/ can't live up 20 that, buff / can
| give you a happy life and a few ~ tho
] Nan.vHNet3f a D.
{ something! Beaides, I'm going 10
worship my princess IA give any,
| thing TO show you how but no. I
[ was good before. when / was tempted
, 20 kiss you. You're az my mercy
now. In a way. an the more because
/ I'm taking sou from your old exist
/ ence 20 one you don't know.
/ II shA' MT ask 70 kiss you--cVcept
maybe your little hand IN You don't
mind-unul the moment you're my
! wife. Meantime. I'm try 10 grow e biz
/ more like what your lover ought 10
J be; and later I shall kiss you enough
/ 70 make Up for lost time
| IT, ave hours ago. any one had told
Annesley Grayls that she would wish
70 have a strange man take her In his
arms and kiss her she would have
I felt insulted Yet so II was, She was
/ sorry that he was so scrupu'ous. She
longed 20 have him hold her against
: his heart.
/ The thought thrilled her like an
! electric shock a thousand times more
/ powerful than the tingiinE which had
flashed up her arm at the first touch
81 his hand. though even that had
4 seemed terrifying then. But she Rat
/ still In her corner OF the taxi and gave
him no answer, lest she should betrRy
D herself
/ Her silence. after the warmth OF his
words, seemed cold Perhaps he felt
/ u 50, for he went on after an in
stant'H pause, as n he had waited for
I something IN vain, and his tone was
/ changed. Annesley thought IT, by
contrast, almost businesslike
You mustn't be afraid" he said.
that 1 mean 10 stay az the Savoy
myself Even n I'd been stopping
there, 1 should move n ] were going,
20 put you IN the hotel. But 1 have
my own lair ia London. I've been over
here a number Of times. Indeed, I'm
partly English born IN Canada,
though I've spent most OF my life in
the United States Nobody az the
Savoy but the Countess de Santiago
knows who I am. and she. under
stand that IL may be convenient for
me 20 change my name, Nelson smith
Is respectabs one, and sheu respect
Y II!
Now, my plan Is 10 ask for her
lshe u be in by this time), have a few
words or eNplana ton on the quiet. NOT
10 embarass you; and the Countess
will do the rest. She IA engage a room
for you next 10 her own suite. or a.
near as possible; then you'll be pro-
yided with a chaperon -"
Annesley put out her hand with a
warm impulse. lie took H. raising u
70 his lips, and both were atarflsd
when the taxi stopped They mad ar
rived az the Savoy: and though An
nesley seemed 20 have lived throllrb q
nIetlhe OF emotion, Just one hour and
marty minutes had passed since ana
ana her companion drove away from
Ohsse bright revolving doors
Ihe Foyer was as brilliant and
crowded as when they left al half-
Pest Ten. PEOPLE were parting after
supper or they were unEerlns, In ~.
restaurant beyond. Nohodv 49, ~
shghtest attention 20 the nevycoT,.-rs
ana Annesley settled down unohtr,,,
ANely In corner, while her -.
panlon went 70 sCribhle a line % -.
Countess de Santiago. '''o 70 1''o
Wnen ne had finished. ma cent -
me leluer' he did not return -
again the grl had few pomsn,s ~
/ 'AAAlhlNE or the Inn...,.
which might not after ali - I,l ~
JUST as she had begun 10 he sr, 80
however she saw him ooo,ing ,e,,,
! wonderful woman coming with
Annesley could have tsr,h.s
lhe h0erlnE how ne had 49,
NouiteAs would mother" bar 1.e
ono less motherly than This " IL Any Any
beauty In flame -colored chen ~, llNo
SOLO tissue II would be- NJ over
me spanish South Americo, g..
- was OF oamelia pa eness ar5
had acknowledged dark sv ,S' end
preodlng lashes under slendsr "llt.nl
mat met In contrast. bsr bot 1--WE
'es and her lips were MI draper
, ~ ilrst glance Anneslev tb,,,.A,
LA me aazzling creature co,,id 80
% more Than thirty; but when ~
, vision had come near enough ~. ~ me
Ter her hand, without walting To- o.
shtronuotion' hardness Rhn,t ga
! hehusome lace, n few lines e.h,nt tno
e{es ana mouth, and a funnSsS ~ ne ne
ohlh showed that she was oits ~
tory perhaps, "'uei'--
SIM, Annesley hoped that her ,,,-..
nnu not asked the lady 20 '.rnotbo,7s
MS fiancee She had NOT ~.