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Helen Drops Her Handkerchief
Capital Short Story by Guy Courtenay Chapman, Which
Readers Will Enjoy.
BY GUY COUETENAY CHAPMAN.
THE MOST interesting visitor at the
Holier Spitz Hotel, until Captain
Adamant arrived there was the
Hon. Helen Careening, only child of the
late Lord Traqiiair and his American
wife, MariquiU Vannorden, so that
Helen inherited not only the traditional
Traquair beauty, but bor mother 's fabu
lous millions.
Her rightful throne Iwr native haunt
was the innermost circle of London 's
best society, but she was famous for
her whims, and one of them bad Closed
her to leave Traquntr Honse a.nd the
January hunting and brtake hrself at
two days' notice to St. Sprte which is
not even a first-class winter rpor( re
sort! A place that nobedy who was
auybody had ever patronized before.
' "If you had only rhoHeii Davon or fit.
Moritz, where there might I'.htc been
half a dozen people we knew!" moaned
her thaperone plaintivelr,
Helen flashed a glance at Lady Bcl
liam from under incredibly loitpj, black,
silky Jashes, that gave her blue eyes the
Boftnef.H aud mystery of a dimmer niylit.
"That's the third tiino yoti 'tc said
so today, Cousin J:iu," she replied
softly, soft as purring, "ami it's got to
be the very last if you jiwt dost want
me to ring for Mario and have her park
you in a bandbox and post tok huk to
'England, labelled 'this side up with
care!"'
She laughed, but ,lan Haliifim sat
jip suddenly lilto a startled rabbit. She
was altogether like a rabbit with-her
long, weak upper lip, and scared, brow
less eyes, her gontlo flurried wars, und
the fleecy shawls in which she rtiH
huddled herself from habit, because
had always been cold iu winter till
Helen took her home In TrtHvitair.
People called Miss Careening hrd
sometimes, but most of the happiness
Jane's starved heart had ever known
had come to her in theHe lout three
magical yenrs, aud she yearmrd over
the beautiful wayward girl with a love
that made her almost clever where
Helen was concerned,
And it was "not like" Helen to
speak in that soft, purring tmve "the
voice she scratched with, aa an Irish
man had once called it to poor, de
pendent Jane. So Jane Balham pkk
(d up her ears and folioireit IIlen 's
glance across the winter garden, where
they sat at tea, to the littlo tabl by
the staircase, where a man sat quite
alone.
He had but just arrived and ho was
tall and broad shouldered, with a fac
as still as if it had been cut from
broiiKe, out of which looked the steady
eagle eyes of a racing motorist or an
aviator or an explorer. A'agucly Jane
felt him to be an interesting man; a
man with the glamor of a gret per
sonality about him, and she turned to
Helen to say so, but the words checked
on her lips, for dim as was tho lights
in their corner under tho palms she
saw something new in Helen 's face.
Janco could not read the rra-uing
of that intent look, but it silenced her.
Then, in a moment, Helen turned
with her everyday smile.
"Finished! Let's go upstairs; the
books I wired for came this after
noon." Traversing tho great room under fire
of so many curious eyes was quite aa
ordeal to Lady Balham. She scurried
ncross it, and fairly ran up the first
flight of stairs; then noticed with dis
may that Helen was no longer behind
her. She looked over the balcony jtmt
in time to see the new man stoop to
pick up Helen's handkerchief and
Helen turn on the lowest step to re
ceive it from him. Tall as she was, be
was taller, and their eyes were just on
a level as she stood there above him.
She thanked him carelessly; then sud
den recognition dawned in her eyes.
"Surely it is Captain Adamant t"
she said. "I hoard you lecture at tbe
Boyal Geographical."
Her voice was low and sweet, her
eyes smiled, she looked wonderful as
sho stood there in that roomful of ordi
nary mortals a prineees ont of a fairy
tale the vision of a dream exquisite,
regal, supremely unconscious of the
eyes that foeussed her from every tea
table. . '
And as Rex Adamant looked at her,
though his expression did not alter, his
face grew a little paler. '
"I saw you on the platform with
the duke," he said, ''You are Miss
Careening.".'
.Helen's cheeks dimpled Btiddenly,
mischievously. "I wasn't labelled! "
"But I asked your name," said the
man, quite simply, and then it was
strange, in fact, Jane hardly believed
her eyesight, a faint rone-flush crept
into Helen 's cheeks, her JaehM drooped,
and without another word she turned
away. But Adamant stood. and watch
ed her out of eight, aa careless of the
crowded room as though he had been
alone in one of ths traokless West
African' forests he ruled over.
Jane, scurrying on guiltily to their
private Sitting room, felt unhappy for
bim; her soft heart always bled for
MifT, ('ancn'mg's viotiws, and it
seemed obvious that this man was
destined to join their raaka. Somehow
die felt he was too fine and simple
and splendid a person tfl be played
with sad flirted with to while away a
spoilt, beauty's fortnight, and it was
a tribute to Rex Adamant," had ho
known it she screwed her courage to
the elieking jwint, and, timidly, stam
.crinrly, rniiti as much to Helen.
Pom ths depths of th cushioned
basket cbair in which she lay curled
ttp, both hands under her chin, and her
violet rye narrowod betwuen their
l:ilies llclex' watched her nervousness,
head ber halting Hpeoehoa, and when
at last Jae fame to the cud, half ox-(x-otiag
to be eruehed with a frivolous
eentenee, Helen said quietly:
"Ten waste your pHy this time,
('oiiain Jane. I didn't come hero to
play with Captain Adamant. I eamo
to " aha broke off sftfcrt; Dut nor
eyes plowed, and a little, fonder smile
wept abont the coruers or. her lips, the
smile e-f a woman who knows she has
happiness in her gift and does not in
tend to withhold it.
Jane IWham jumped right out of
her seat; Helen laughed -a tinkling
laugh tbnt broke in the middle.
"Oh, Jane! Don't look at me with
roth rawer eyes!" siia said. "Sit down
npain and tell me how 'pretty I am,
and that yon 're quite Br I shall
bring it off." ' .. , -
Jane sat down again. Sho was in
ured to shocks from Miss Careening.
1'reeeotry she recovered' her powers of
speech.
"The yon knew ho would come
here?" ah accused. Helen nodded,
"Overboard tho Duke tell Major
Darwin they both thought it such an
odd cboiee for a man who spends his
days aroaud about the . equator. ...I'd
made up my mind about bim at once,
you know when he lectured- and this
!Hnied such a very convenient meeting
place because, of course, he must never
guess I came to find mm, cue
laughed again,, very softly mid sweet
ly. "Ho would bo 83 frightfully
shocked, be would think it quite un
womanly, I am sure he is terribly old
fashioned,, men from the wilderness al
ways are! iitie leaned lorwara ana
patted Jauo's hand. "You're such a
coinfo-rt to me. .Tanev. so nico and
silent and safe, such a mother-confessor."
Lady Balham squeezed the, strong
slim fiaflers. "I'm sura I hope you'll
be very happy, dear. I thought ho. had
a good face "
Helen flashed a glance at her. "You
make very suret" she said.
Jane Balham only smiled, Helen stood
up and went to stare critically at her
self in tfce long mirror between the
windows. '
"I am really very beautiful," she
said at laat, as though the face in the
glass were just a picture. "I used to
find it quite a nuisanea so- many
Htimid moths flutterincr around, who
would never takeo for an answer, but
now Ira giaa."
' (To be Concluded Nest Week.)
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