Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-30

range IT. Iii 0oe h SconQuer1ne lazy
on your behalf. Less embarrassing
BnIfy for yo1l ,Wm yon do fty..s
fremont responded eagerly. That's
darned good Of you, SIR Geo1rey. And
1t willetake the gilts on the
Ebread-yictory OF my friend the enemy.
III leave II AL to yons make whatever.
Ibargain 2 can. rive you fun ~.
sKisht-o: TH s. ana talk t. her
FOR my report before you zee Lady
Jane again. Thoughtful may suggest.
There's. many slip: you know. Safe
ty first!'.
I guess you're right Rufus axreed
With evident trepidation. The fu-
ture Countess won't be easy with me
the hairs short. I'll go back with
you, though, to Breeme, and stick
around nntil,you're through s.
Z want to hold a council Of war
with you Sir Geoffrey announced to
Claire, when he arrived. think
THAT delightful rose-arbor is just the
place for 1t; will you come?'
And they wandered down from the
terrace, with the look Of two dfssem-
bling conspirators en- h verge .ofsA
successful enterprise: t. gS
Well" smiledgSi ! Geoffrey, when
they had taken their places, 70 before.
at the little rusti6 table OF the fra
grant council-chambsr,s "the enemy
Countess Of Breeme. He has appoint
ed me his plenipotentiary To- make
terms with. her"
Claire flushed vividly, and her eye
lpleaded with him ~bewitchingly; he
had; presented the matter to her In the
lthorniest possible terms. What words
could she find with which to COM
uous report. She sought refuge ina
question. IA $50 ! ~
"You mean thatRufusF fremont will
give up the Van Dyke?"
Thanks to thestefms dictated by
Lady Jane, yes" he replied.
"But-just what were her terms?"
She will not marry Rufus until the
Van Dyke is again in possession of
Breeme House." y,
Wonderful little Jane: then the
days wont! The soul Of Breeme il re-
stored tt us. Jubilate!"" thrilled
Claire, still avoiding the issue thrust
upon her by Sir Geofrey's teasing.
eyes,;
aTo-us?"She questioned. RUFUS
Fremont rightly said that he gould not
return the picture to Alec, for he Is
not in asposition to buy it back, o
would he accept It al a gift. My
function as intermediary is to dis
pose Of 1t on whatever terms I care
to arrange, to the future Countess Of
Breeme. What would you advse, as
my next move?"
Her blushing cheeks showed him in
what an agony Of embarrassment he
was placing her.
'Well-but, Sir Geoffrey." she hes
7 itated, confusion I'M her voice, docs
Aline know? Is she free to ~
"Well-but Miss Wilton" he echo
ed, with a teasing emile does. Alec
know? Is he free tor. 2"
fYou are an sexasperating plenipo-
Tertiary" she flared up, with flashing
eyes. do you mean to say that you
allowed Rufus to think-continue toS
| believe that--that ]. ..." @$SJJ3s.
That you were the future Countess
of Breerne?" he completed at last,
taking pity on her confusion. t"We1l,
of course! Alec fold me he had pro-
posed to you, you know, and he said,
that you had not said no. What
could I do?H,
She scorned him with a glance of
bewitching temper, that was like a
soundly affectionate, box on the ear.
We'll, then" she rallied herself,
and sat forward as II at last they
! derstood each other satisfactorily, ION
that basis, and since you insist upon
it, what are your terms?"
Continued Tomorrow.