Evening star., 1921-09-25

sleeves now what in wonder
| is that? Oh, my aunt! She
was the demure little typist In that
, play at the Varieties last year. What
| was her name? Alice Ducher! :. .
Oh. Peteri A soubrette from the Va
rietes in a blameless English girls
school. Ye stately homes of England!
! Give me air!"
! He took from his pocket the Hot
/ tentot Venus and contemplated her
severely. Il don't know which Of
you gp Mie ii ~G5ue pucher What ne are say You a
shywsx shSuest she had Saa anything to do With
paJeolithic dolls! What's the connec-
/ ton. darNng:" The hottentot Venus
/ was naturally silent.
/. Reggie sighed and put her away
and began to contemplate the beau
! ties of nature. Tormouth, you know,
| is placed upon an agreeable bay, It's
| sands are white and its headlandS or
J a dark rock which in a flood of sun.
| amid a reddish glow. So Reggie saw
| them as the western sky grew GRIM
son and the flood tide sparkled In a
J thousand golden jewels. 4 deiecta-
BILE scene. 1t was laberious to go on
| thinking. Tormouth IS an anchorage
favored by yachts, and though 1t was
early summer two or three white
craft lay out in the bay. Reggie went
| into his room and came out again to
i the balcony with a binocular. The
! influence of the evening was upon
him, and he felt a need Of futile d.
/ the yachts. There was big schooner
and two steam boats-one small
packet with the white ensign Of the
r. 7. S.. the other a big craft under
/ the Italian flag. He could not make
out the names.
A waiter came to take his tea away.
az want the local paper. And do
you keep Shearn's Yacht List?"
| Both were brought. The yachts In
| Tormouth bay were reported as Sheila
| Lorna and Giulia. He turned them
up in the list and whistled. The
owner of the Giulia was the Prince
of Ragusa.
This is getting relevant" said he.
| The Prince of Ragusa, hereditary
ruler of some ten square miles and
fabuiously wealthy. was known to
| the learned as Jealous archaeologist.
He was one of the half dozen men in
the world whose collection might con-
tain a Hottentot Venus. But, un-
| less his reputation belied him, he was
thing about soubrette from Paris.
And why should he send his Hottentot
Venus to a girls school?
| still several unknown quantities.
Reggie reflected. And yet there was
the Hottentot Venus in the Tormouth
school and there off Tormouth lay the
Prince of Ragusa. Il think wen
make Brer Lomas sit up and take
/ notice. said Reggie, and devoted him
J self to the composition oH Latin prose.
| Thus:
i ''De academia sorois nonnihi1 tfmeo
F., nee quid timean certe scio. Stunt qui
conjurarint ct fortasse in flagitium.
mi fr5,, Al
academiae evenfret principem de Ra-
| gusa ct navem eius capere oporteret."
+! This he wrote on telegraph forms,
and with his own hand presented to
, the lady at the post Office, who was
justly Mortified.
But what language is it?' she pro-
| tested.
There you have me-" Reggie con-
fessed. at would like to be Latin,
but left school when l was young
THE lady shifted. but, looking at
I it again, saw that it was address
ed to Scotland Yard. and said, "Ah
understand"
Il wish I did," Reggie murmured
For the sense Of that mysterious tele-
gram Is: II am anxious about your
sisters school, and don't quite know
what am afraid Of. There is a con-
spiracy on foot which may be GRIM
inal. If anything unforeseen hap
pens to me or the school, catch the
Prince Of Ragusa and his yacht
Yes. Nuts to crack for Lomas." said
Reggie. And he went to dinner.
| It is now necessary to employ the
| narrative Of Miss Somers, B. Sc. On
/! the next day there was q lecture
! given in the. Tormouth assembly
rooms by Mr.. Hofatio Bean. the pho-
] the Arctic regions. 40 such edifyins
! entertainments. Miss Lsofpaa was accus-
| toned to send her girls. Miss Sewers,
B.Sc., was in charge Of the detachment
which marched to this assembly rooms