The Washington times., 1937-09-10

SO 1eeDIy as france.
HAPPY ADVENTURE
EFT brought me one happy ad-
venture at any rate" Elisabeth
said with a smile. IT met your
mother there and she asked me
to come and stay with Ann for a
time. That has been altogether
delightful"
"You will find it restful here,
at least. You are young, though,
to need rest.
IF am sometimes fatigued."
she answered, looking upwards
through the stark branches Of
the leafless trees, ut is because ]
spend myself in useless efforts"
"You should avoid that at all
costs" he told her. There may
be great work. to be done before
very long but just now one needs
to be very careful.
ITO help France especially Is
extraordinarily difficult. France
is like a hydra-headed monster. 1t
is so easy to pat the wrong head
and to be utterly destroyed by
such a mistake"
She leaned towards him.
"You are not talking" she said,
like the Earl OF Matresser Of the
great house, chief of the bench
of magistrates and soon to be lord
lieutenant of this county"
IT am not" he admitted, land I
have said more to you than I
would say to any other person
alive. Is there any return you can
make me?"
She waited, but purposely ne
asked no more questions. She
leaned forward and patted her
mares neck, bringing her to a
standstill for a moment. She
pointed down one Of the cross
drives.
"Your woods are so beautiful"
she said, "even now in winter
when TIE trees are bare and one
can see so much of the sky.
"In spring they tell me the
underground is full of bluebells
and primroses. That must be
lovely"
"You will be here to see them, I
hope" ,
"Do you really hope that, Lord
Matresser?" she asked, a faint visit
fulness in her tone.
81 do" he answered. II think
| that you are much better here
than in Paris, for example"
UNSETTLED WORLD
"I am not sure" she murmured.
Gust now the whole world is so
unsettled. England alone remains
calm and composed.
1T rests one to be here. Ger
many terrifies me. My own coun-
try is a country of sad-eyed toilers
with broken ambitions and broken
hearts.
France, still powerful, is like
mighty ant hill of nerves. Oh,
I do not know! I think England IS
the most peaceful country"
II suppose that depends upon
what one seeks in life. You have.
I should imagine" he meditated
as they rounded a corner and came
within sight of the others, "a some
what restless disposition"
do not tell your mother that,
she begged. II think that was her
only fear when she brought me
here.
"Of course it is true. I cannot
help feeling the fever sometimes.
You, too-yes? You are what they
call in your own language some
thing of fraud.
"You do not lead the quiet life
Of the English nobleman who loves
only his country sports and his
home politics. That is not your
entire role in life. although you
would have others believe it,"
COUNTER ATTACK
"a counter attack" he observed
smiling.
I'm your mind you probably add
to yourself an impertinence," she
sighed. you are perhaps right but
I should like you to be fair to
me-"
IT should be miserable if were
anything else" he assured her.
You are not an easy person to
understand" she went on. Even
your mother admits that.
you are silent because there is
a great deal at the back of your
mind th&t you could share with no
one, but should like you to have
| just enough feeling for me
enough faith, shall I say?-to re,
main oblivious to anything which
troubles you?"
He looked down the avenue for
a moment without speech to the
meadow at the opening Of the
woods and the gamekeeper's lodge