The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-09

JOIN L Kay NON'Ss-lhA y Il u SN'SNN'''S
lodge uea- C:.ctt. lea"!ng he GauSh-
tor Sylvia at home az upNcr Brook
Street.
After the girl there was dangling
o Peer OF ,hc Realm. twice her axe.
In the person ~ Niscount liend."-
wyCke. a perniless man. whose family
tree ran back To the days 81 Richard
Coe,Ir &c Lion. and who in mis- youth.
had been ds,iuEUished b. his two
appAaranCes in the Divorce Court as
cu-reSro.len,. Mrs Beverley. with
her transat1art., '.cutcness and her
wealth, saw that she could easily
reinstatc "Eoddy." rs ne was known
IN society. providing he made sylvia
Lady Heudlewycke.
such an event would We the crown
ing OF her great social ambitions in
London.
sylvia was compelled 10 tolerate
him in order not openly 10 offend
her mother. bu. she was heartily sick
OK HIM. and was seen "a little ~ pos
sible in his company. With GoshreE
Falconer. the young wireless enthu-
MAST who was secretly engaged 10
her. she Vas perfectly frank. ana
they entirely Understood each other
Therefore, II was not NJ all surpr!S-
Ing that one day. her mother berg
absent, she suggested to tho young
man that he should d:lve he! out for
the day In her mothers bis cream
colored Rolls Royce.
The suggestion was ut o'.tS adopt
ed. and on the Saturday morning the
pair left London Tor days Dating.
The car had scarcely left the ga
racs n the rear Of south AudIcy
Street. where with Others belonging
10 people In the netghborhood, II Was
kept when well-dcessed man oil
about forty entered the yard and ap-
preaching the man IN charge 'N-
claimed:
II sea Mrs. Baveriey's Royce has
lust gone out. Did YOU set 10 Know
what I want
Yes. sir" replied the man. Young
NJ. Falconsr is driving Miss beHer-
lev down TO Hastings. They're
lunchinx at the Queens
You're sure"
"Orita sure sir" was the reply.
vhereupon the stranger placed
Treasury note into the hands OK ms
informant 49,,
Then re-entering taxi in when
he had been seated app"'eh"'
watching Falconer drive OUT Mrs.
Rer.r,ev's car. he sped along TO Il
e.,rare in KniyhtShridge, where an
other large open ear awaited I!"l'
and even before SILVIA and her lover
had eft Upper Brook street The mlS-
tsrious watcher was we'll or hiS way
out OF LONDON.
The day was lo''elv one in early
autumn and the drive through k"ut
vas delightful. Godfrey and sylvia
came along the sea-front at 81
Leonard's just before noon. ana. con-
NuulnS. pulled up at the back en-
trance Of the Queens Hotel. where
they ordered lunch. Then, after 4
wash. they strolled out into the AH-
tDn,n sunshine beside the sea-.
As they left by that door with ITS
wide glass porch which leads o"t
rpon the terrace before the sea, they
PASSED a man seated in one OF t"'
wicker lounge chairs, smoking good
cigar.
lie val the mysterious Individual
who mad been so keen 20 ascertain
the destination OF the pair. But a
thew passed he was gazing thought
fully out upon the sea, taking n"
notice Of them.
Alter they had gone along towards
The Pier. he returned 10 the lounge.
where he scrubbed telegram which
hs took across 70 the post-othce and
dispatched.
Later, when Godfrey and sylvia,
having eaten their luncheon in n"
big upscairs room. had descended %
the little lounge on the terrace to
take their coffee. they found the
same man there. smoking n cigar IN
the same distracted manner.
Coffee was brought to the pa
who were chatter!ng merrtIE. Nne"
the stranger, suddenly rising 20 pass
back into the lounge. struck the lit
tie table accidentally and the coffee
was spilled.
On" he exclaimed. with exquisite
po!iteness. in a well-modu'ated anu
refined voice. DO please forgive
ne. l. was most clumsy OK mo. aud
apologize 10 you both"
Then seeing the waiter in the VI
cirlty. ne ordered two more co:!re>
In the same breath.
Nothing" laughed Ialcou'r 81,
was only an accident. These c1bie'
are all gingerbread things. They
ure always very sEaky."
We'll" said the stranger. M sol"
consolation is that none of i went
on the lady's dress. Coffee stains
badly. you know"
NO. It's quite all right. declare.
Sylvia plea
Ana then they began - chat. n"
stranger told them that he has mo
tored down from London just for
breath % air.
FINK going abroad~io Ch;na-'H
about@a months time. | expect t"
bs away several years. So want TO-
sse all can OF our dear old Bingham"
before I go"
For half an hour they goSS,r@G q.
motors. Of good and Indifferent roads.
nd Of hotels as known by motorists
within n couple OF hundred miles OF
London.
~ halt-pas, three sylvia suggest"
they should start back home; there