The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-02

Perhaps I shall come to London
some day, and then you would be-
friend me a little"
How much I hope you will
soon"
But am dull and stupid still.
have great relapses and sometimes
cannot even endure my uncle's voice.
Then I shut myself up. I chain my
self like a savage thing, for time,
till I am patient again
You should have distractions"
There are plenty-even here.
though you might not guess it.
Giuseppe Doria sings TO me and L
go out in the launch now and then.
1 always travel to and fro that way
when I have to visit Dartmouth for
Uncle Ben and for the household pro-
visions. And I am to have chickens
to rear in the spring.
1.-THE Italian
He is a gentleman, Mr. Brendon
"a great gentleman, you might say.
1 do not understand him very we'll.
But I am safe with him. He would
fded in me when first 1 came He
then had a dream to find a rich wife,
who would love him and enable him
to restore the castle of the Doria in
Italy and build up the family again.
He is full Of romance and has such
energy and queer, magnetic power
that I can quite believe he will
achieve his hopes some day."
Does he still possess this ambi-
tom"
Jenny was silent for a moment
Her eyes looked out Of the window
ever the restless sea.
why not?" she asked. =.
He is, should think, a man that
women might fall in love with"
"Oh, yes-he is amazingly hand
some and there are fine thoughts in
him"
Mark felt disposed to warn her, but
felt that any counsel from him
would be an impertinence. She seemed
to read his mind. however.
'I shall never marry again. she
said
Nobody would dare to ask you to
co somebody knows all that you
have been called to suffer. Not for
many a, long day yet I mean" he
answered awkwardly.
You understand" she replied and
took his hand impulsively. There is
a great gulf I think fixed between US
Anglo-Saxons and the Latins. Their
minds move far more swiftly than
ours. They are more hungry to get
| everything possible out of life Doria
is child in many ways; but a de-
/ lightful, poetical child. I think Eng
| land rather chills him; yet he vows
! there are no rich women in Italy
He longs for Italy all the same.
expect he will go home again present
ly. He will leave Uncle Ben in the
sprirg-so he confides to me. but do
not whisper it, for my uncle thinks
highly Of him and would hate to lose
him. He can do everything and
anticipates our wishes and whims IN
the most magical way"
well. I must not keep you any
longer"
Indeed you are not doing that I
am very, very glad to see you, Mr.
Brendon. You are going to stop for
dinner? We always dine in the
middle of the day"
you must. And tea also. Come
up to Uncle Bendigo now. I'll leave
you with him for an hour. Then din
ner with be ready. Giuseppe always
joins us. You won't mind?"
THE last Of the DoriaI I've prob
ably never shared a meal with such
high company
She led him up the flight of stairs
to the old sailors sanctum.
Mr.. Brendon to see US, Uncle Ben"
she said and Mr.. Redmayne took his
eye from the big telescope.
"A blows coming" he announced.
Winds shifted point to southwark.
Dirty weather already in the Chan
nell"
They shook hands and Jenny dis.
appeared. Bendigo was pleased to see
Brendon, but his interest in his
brother had apparently waned He
avoided the subject of Robert Red
mayne, though he revealed other mat
tiers in his mind which he approached
with a directness that rather aston
ished the detective.
I'm a rough bird" he said. "but
keep my weather pepper open, and
1 didn't find it difficult to see, when
you were here in the summer, that
my fine niece took your fancy. She's
the sort, apparently. that makes men
lose their balance a bit.
'At this minute I'm in sight of a
very vexatious problem; because my
right hand-Giuseppe Doria-has got
his eyes on Jenny. and though he's
priceless as a single man and she's
invaluable as a single woman, If the
beggar gets round her and makes her
fall in love with him presently, then
they'll be married next year and that's
good-by to both of emf
Mark found himself good deal
embarrassed by this confidence.
II rather thought he was out for
money-enough money to re-establish
the vanished glories of his race
so he was and. of course. he
knows he can't do that with Jenny's
twenty thousand; but love casts out
a good many things besides fear It
| bights ambition-for the time being
anyway-and handicaps a man on
every side in the race for life All
Doria wants now is Jenny Pendean,
and he'll get her If I'm a judge. 1
wouldn't mind too much either, If they
could stop along with me and go on