The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-12
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that J should no, he sorcly put 20 IL
10 md her should not
have Tar 10 seek
'lt Is fiatlerlnE conviction. Alas
mann, | do not share e." Ito was
sarionic, lilo made Il clear that he
refused 10 take tho matter seriously
that with him Il never could be more
Than a pes for jcstS. lie rose, smll
Ing a little crookedly. Therefore
IN still pin my hopes to his grace OF
Aleemarle. They may be desperate
but, faith. they're none so desperate
as hopes OF wedloclt." Ho took ur
Bis sword as he spoke. passing the
haldrie over his heaa and settling Il
on his shoulder. Then no reached
for h's hat, Mrs. Quinn regarding
him IN while IN mingllnE wistful.
ness and hesitation.
AZ last she reused herself. and
sighed.
We shall see: we shall sec. Maybe
ven talk OF II again"
Not u you lovo me. delectable
matchmaker" no protested. turning
10 depart.
soieitude for hts Immediate com,
fort conquered all other considera-
tons in her.
''youll not 80 forth wl,hou, an.
other drausht 10 10 fortsfy
you"
She possessed herself again OF the
empty taukard. He paused and
smiled. Il may need fortifying." no
confessed. thinking OF all tho disap.
polntment that had waited upon his
every previous attempt 20 see the
Duke. You think OF everything. +"
no praised her. ''You arc no, Mrs.
Quinn OF tho Pauls Head. you arc
benign Fortune pouring gifts from
an inexhaustiblo cornucopla."
la. airr she laughed. as sha bus.
lied out II would be wrong 10 aay
that she did not understand him: for
she perfectly understood that no paid
her some high aid fiowery eompll.
ment, which was what shs most de.
sired OF him as an earnes, OF better
things 70 follow.
CHAPTER II.
Aibemarie's Antechanber
fT'tRU tho noisy hustle OF Paul's
L Yard tho colonel took his way.
lie moved with certain arrogant.
staggering assurance. despite his
shabby flnery.
Below Ludgate. IN that evil valley
watered by the Fleet Ditch. there
were hackney coaches IN plenty. and.
considering the distance which no
must go and tho dcsirablllty OF com.
Ing 20 his destination eleaniy Ahod.
Colonel HOLES was momcniarily
tempted. IIe bc,hought him - and
sighed YEARLY over the reflection
OF the alarming lightness Of his purse
and alarming heavInosa OF his score
At the Paui's Head. where no had 40
culpably lacked the strength OF mind
70 deny himself any Of those luxuries
with which Ia the past month no had
been iavished. and for which. should
Albcmarle fail him In the end. no
knew not how TO pay. There was
that ruby IN his car. a Jewel that. be.
ing converted into gold. should keep
a man In case for the hes, part OF a
twcIvemonth. Tor is years and thru
many a stress OF fortune II had hung
and Eiowed there amid his clustering
goid-brown hair. lie attached 10 that
bright gem a sentimental value that
had become superstition. There
had grown up IN his mind the abso.
lutte conviction that this jewel. the
gift Of an unknown whose life he had
arrested on tho black threshold OF
eternity, was n talisman and some.
thing more-that. as Il had played a
part In the fortunes Of another. 10
should Il yet play n part In the for.
tunes OF himself and OF that other
jointly. There abode with him the
Anoonqu,rabls feeling that this ruby
was a bond between himself and tina,
unknown. lodcstono that should
draw each 20 tho other ultimately
across a whole world Of obstacles and
that the meeting should be mutually
fateful.
There were times when. reviewing
the thing more soberiy. he laughed