The Washington times., 1924-01-03
here, and I should like it to be az
nearly perfect az possible"
A Naughty Plot

nearly perfect as possible"
A Naughty Plot
Cora had the grace to blush
They have been worried, and I'm
afraid they Matched a rather
naughty plot. But they'll be de-
lighted to have their apprehensions
banished-and, of course, they'll
ignore the entire matter. They
won't say word to Clavey, either"
They've not made the slightest
impression on him, SO it really
doesn't matter whether they do OF
not. But-when it dawned on me
what they were up to, and thu
sound reasoning beneath it. I will
confess that 1 had some bad half
hours. OF course, Lee has a right
to his own life. had hoped he
would help me III my own field. but
he could not II he wouldA havs
come to see that plainly. l do not
mean to say that these amiab]e
Vaccinations Of your friends caused
me for moment to consider CIV
ing him up. have survived
worse -" She shuddered as sno
recalled that hideous hour with
Agnes Trevor, but promptly whip.
per the memory back to cover.
But it made me very uncon.
Portable, and I realized there
was nothing to do but comprom.
Use. We must take what we
can get in this world, my dear
Miss Dwight. and be thankful
for a candle when we cannot
have the SUM-"
And Cora. feeling unaccounta-
bly, saddened, summoned the 9th.
ers to her room and told them Of
Madame Zattiany's announcement
and request. Some gasped with
astonishmet and delight, others
were darkly suspicious, but all
gave their word unhesitatingly to
forget it" while they were in
camp. Those that regarded Ma
dame Zattiany as the most fasci-
mating woman they had ever
known, but also as an intrigante
of dark and winding ways, made
a mental reservation to "say a
few things to Clavey" before he
had time to buy his ticket for
the Dolomites.
Mary, having accomplished her
purpose. swept the whole thing
from her mind and looked about
her room with pleasure The
walls were ceiled with a wood
that cleaned like gold in the
candle-lght. and gave out faint
EFT If the forest On the bare
f'2or were two or three small blue
r":'s. there were pretty blue coun-
trnanes on tie beds. and blue
curtains on The small windows.
II loked Ike young girls room
and was indescribably sweet and
fresh Her own room at her
ia hers camp, ON another lake
many miles away. had been not
unlike it. Moreover, it was
pleasantly warm, for the care
taker had made a fire in the
furnace the day before. A win.
dow was open and she could
hear the soft lap of the water
among the lily pads, but there
was no moon and she could see
20 hing but dim black wall on
tire opposite shore And the ST.
lence! 1t might not have been
broken since the glacial era, when
mighty masses of ice ground those
mountains into permanent form,
and the air was filled with the
roaring horrors of desolation. But
they had gone and left infinite
peace behind them. The peace
had endured for many thousands
of years and it was unimaginable
that any but the puny sounds of
man would disturb that vast re-
pose for thousands Of years to
come. The peaks of those old
Adirondacks, their quiet lakes,
their massive forests, looked as
deathless as time itself. '"The
Great North Woods" could not
have been more remote from,
more scornful of the swarming
cities called civilization, If they
had been on another star.
Luxury in camp did. not extend