The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-23

! $50 you're making friends with the
woman who looked as though she
wanted to bite your head off at Gibral.
! tar!' he remarked.
81 shouldn't have said So" I re-
! piled cautiously.
| ''She was in your stateroom last
night, wasn't she2" he quemed
/ For a moment or two" 1 admitted.
why not?"
| He watched the smoke from his
cigar thoughtfully-
! 81 guess you've got common senso
| enough to take a word of advice"
nc said. Here it is, Keep out al
/ it."
/ Keep out OF WHAT" l demanded.
He shrugged his shoulders.
/ That's fine shoal of porpoises,"
he observed, looking over the sides Of
the ship. 81 don't know as I've ever
seen finer IN these waters"
I'm other words" / ventureo.
smiling.
Incident closed he declared.
! Maybe I've opened my mouth too
wide as It Is"
/ So. although I knew now for GER
L
/ I said no word of this to Louisa, even
/ though, during the next few hours, L
witnessed an amazing development Of
| their acquaintance They sat together
/ for several hours, and Louisa's beau
| tiful eyes seemed every moment to
| become more eloquent. Without q
| doubt she had made up her mind to
| captivate him. and to all appearance
she was succeeding.
was walking UP and down the
deck with the doctor, and we heard
scraps of their conversation as We
/ passed-an designation for the NOR
row evening at Marseilles. proposed
| boldly enough by Mr.. POpple, and as
! scented to by a timorous but eloquent
/ fash of the eyes by Louisa After
dinner they took their coffee out Ola
deck. Their heads were even closer
together, their voices dropped. PEG
/ pie, as they passed, began to smile,
It was obvious that an affair was in
progress. I was surprised. therefore.
| to hear Mr.. Popple suddenly address
the doctor, who had Joined me again
! for a few minutes.
Just a moment, Doc"
We stopped at once. Mr.. Popple
seemed 10 rise with difficulty to his
feet
Guess I am sick. Doc Just
step around to my stateroom with me
/ for a moment"
Mr.. Popple. suddenly very pale,
swayed on his feet and clutched at
the doctors arm. I expected every
moment to see him collapse. We all
turned to Louisa She shook her
head. apparently as bewildered as
the rest of us.
We had just finished our coffee"
/ she explained, when Mr.. Popple,
who had been talking a great deal.
/ became silent. He spoke of a pain In
/ his head, and I thought he seemed
queer. Then he called out to the
/ doctor. That is all I know about il"
/ BY degrees the others melted
away. I sank into Mr.. POpples va
/ cant chair. AS soon as we were
/ alone, Mrs. Louisa Martin looked at
me covertly. There was a flash of
triumph in her half-closed eyes.
So she murmured. Il do not
think that Mr.. Popple will follow me
about Marseilles."
DO YOU mean that you have poi
soned him." l gasped.
She looked at me with a queer
little smile.
Some" she said, prefer to
shoot. I choose the way of safety"
Then I knew that Michael had told
her everything. In that moment all
that I had ever felt of love for him
| turned to hate.
We entered the harbor at Mar
settles late on the following morning,
and drifted down on our way to the
! dock. We stood leaning owe. the
| side waiting, prepared to land, but
waiting for the gendarmes at the
farther end of the gangway to give
| the word. Suddenly. l felt a thrill
pass through my whole body. Lean
ing with his back to one OF the
wooden pillars was a man with
tanned. almost swarthy skin, lean
faced, with a hungry, wolfnke droop
Of his thin lips. He was shabhifv
dressed even for a labore>. Yet
knew Michael, and although he
never glanced again in my direction.
I knew that he had recognized me.
I made my way to where Louisa was
/ SLdilu4ilSs eilu IOHCLiCU iiCi Oll Iilo
arm.
Look there" I said, directing her
attention cautiously toward the
lounging figure.
She looked at him for a moment
without interest Then suddenly the
change came into her face. She
clutched at my arm.
There is danger" she muttered
He has been obliged to fee Alas,
our week at the Villa exists no
longerw
! A moment afterward. there was
movement toward the gangway.
followed the others Of the ship, and
waited until a agnifcent-looking
functionary. smelling of garlic, had
made mystic signs with a piece Of
chalk upon my modest trunk. The
porter shouldered it and turned to
me for instructions.
"a carriage to the Hotel Spleen
dide," directed.
| 1 was on the point of entering It
when I felt touch upon my arm.
He insists upon seeing you" she
whispered in low tone. Where are
you going?"
"To the Hotel Splendid" I told
her with a sinking heart
Il shall fetch you tonight at 8
O'Clock"
WHY does Michael want to see
me?" I asked reluctantly.
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