Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-05-18

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her breast. He forgot the strong perfume,
the paint upon her face, and the vlo-
lence of her dress. She vas a woman.
And he believed her.
Listen, madame" he said. II will
gladly lend you the money for your
journey to Paris. You husband shall
repay me. You shall go tonight, or to-
morrow morning. at your convenience. II
your husband says Paris
"Ah. monsieurl" cried the young
woman Nov. now, that is indeed goodl
She was Immediately vivacious. Il thank
fully accept your offer. Wattl Let me see
how much money 1 have in my purse.
We will discuss this matter. l shall go
tonight"
ut is as WE'LL" m monsieur
the proprietor under his breath, so that
Markham alone heard his words. "Other-
wise there would have been no room for
monsieur, since we are full up"
Markham cared nothing for that. He
would willingly have slept in the street
for the a of this happy encounter.
Above all, before she went. he must
learn Moltry's Paris address. 1t might
be needed.
His first act, after parting with Nine.
Notify, was to SEM Teddy a telegram
announcing the discovery; his second
was to give fuller details by letter. In
reply he received a laconic wire. Useful
fodder. All goes we'll. Expect you dinner
tomorrow. Morning dress" Morning
dress!" laughed Markham.
Whenever he thought Of the next day
his pulse quickened. Meanwhile, the
strain to his nerves, even in the beauti-
full, sophisticated surroundings in which
no found hjmce1f urae almost Dnhear-
able. Such inactivity, when The need for
action was SO great, CALLED him. But 1t
CALLED him less than it would have done
If he had not met Nine. Notify. He was
cooler now, and ready for anything.
The hours slowly passed. BY the end
Of the afternoon, just as the dusk was
s%wooping down upon the coast. and the
bitter chill of the evening was beginning
to make itself felt, Markham was again
in Cannes, but he took care to go no.
where south Of the railway station. 1t
was too dangerous to whatever Teddy's
plan was. Instead he wandered about
behind the town until he felt that he
could safely venture near the sea. He
reached the Allees de la Liberte just be-
fore eight o'clock and walked briskly
along the jetty. There, cleaning very
white IN the darkness a noticeable
beauty, was the Scorpion. The other
ydCHlS, Which, edTllcT udu Dccl1 CICch Ny
jowl with her, were either not there or
they had been shifted. for the Scorpion
stood clear.
Markham stepped aboard. The sailor on
watch saw him come, saluted. o his
valise, and Immediately wen forward to
the bow of the boat. leaving Markham
to make his entry through the little
deckhouse in the ordinary way. Eagerly,
he scrambled dow the steep little flight
Of stairs. At the bottom he heard voices.
checked himself, stood upright, caught
his head q terrible whack against a
beam, and staggered into the brilliant
light OF the Scorpions cabin.
He could hardly believe his eyes.
Three other people were before him.
First Teddy, looking the picture Of
twinkling content. Then Lucy. at whom
Markham dared 10 no more than glance.
And thirdly, a short, stout, grayhaired.
rather severe looking woman Of about
sixty. who was a stranger to Markham.
"Hullo. old boyl" cried Teddy. Hit
your head again? So sorry. You'll get
used to IL in time. Now let me intro
duce my nice dinner party. Aunt Sophia,
this is Mr.. Markham; Markham, my dear
fellow, this is Miss Tetherden ST., who
let's me call her Aunt Sophia because
I get so confused. Miss Tetherden-
Miss Lucy Tetherden-you know al
ready
Markham stammered a word to the
stranger, taking her hand and meeting
two very straight, clear eyes. To Lucy,
who had been very pale at his coming,
and who was now very red. he bowed
further greeting. If she had not frankly
offered her hand.
XT.
They were at dinner. Markham was at
the foot of the table, with Aunt Sophia
upon his left and Lucy upon his right.
There was a great chattering as the
steward laid the dishes upon the table
and crashed the plates down before
Teddy. Markham was astounded by the
unwonted noise. He could not under
stand it at all. Every now and again,
as Teddy chartered volubly, he found
that one or other of the visitors was
glancing at himself, and as neither
showed the smallest unkindness Mark
ham graz ually recovered some of his
composure. But he preferred to listen
to Teddy, hoping las he did this) to
learn something of what had happened
and What was to happen. How did Aunt
Sophia come to be aboard? And what
was Teddy's plan?
Crashl went the stewards dishes, one
against the other. Chatter, chatter the
NSNA1o tii1 Ridbto. odliE IL
rattle. Never had there been SO much
noise aboard the usually silent Scorpion.
Never had the sleek steward given such
signs of boisterous incompetence.
Teddy was talking furiously. He was
talking more loudly than usual.
Speak up, my dear chap" he said
once. Speak up. l can't hear you"
Then he launched into abuse Of Mark
ham. This chap has got plenty Of
money" Teddy told Aunt Sophia. Hes
a rich man, n he lives like a pauper.
It's a curious taste. He's thrifty, you
know. Aren't you thrifty. old man?
Here's Aunt Sophia, come all the way
from England to see the gay life OF the
Riviera. Haven't you, Aunt Sophia2 And
Markham. Speak up, man, speak up"
He winked and frowned until his face
was convulsed with grimaces.
Il can't suppose" cried Markham,
ob~ediently, that you have known Teddy
for any length Of time without learning
that he talks nonsense from morning to
night"
II arrived two or three hours ago"
said Aunt Sophia, severely. II do not
know Mr, Knowles at all, but he seems
to me a very amusing companion. 1t is
true that before I a been in this
cabin a quarter Of an hour MIR. Knowles
had asked If he might call me Aunt
Sophia, and as my friends, the .Hopkin-
sons, spoke very affectionately Of"
All, the dear old Hopsl" cried Teddy
at the other end Of the table. you like
them, don't you, Miss Lucyl What a
worthy pair. D'you know, +"
Il was saying" continued Aunt
Sophia, raising her voice. II was say
ing"