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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION" Helen Drops Her Handkerchief Capital Short Story by Guy Courtenay Chapman, Which Readers Will Enjoy. BY GUY COURTENAY CHAPMAN. THE MOST interesting visitor at the Holier Spitz Hotel, until Captain Adtunaot arrived there was the Hon. Helen Careening, only child of the late Lord Traqwiir and bis American wife, Mariqnitu Vannonlen, so that Helen inherited not only the traditional TriUjiiair besuty, but her mother's fabu Ioihi millions. Her rightful throne lr native huiint wim the innermost circle oi Lyndon's beet society, but she whs famous for her whuuv, and one of then, tad caused her to leave Trajuar Hon: and the January hunting and htuke hrresif at two days' notice to ft. fljtkz which is not even a first, claws wintr rpnrts re sort! A pines that iwrN wLo was nnjbndy had ever patroniil before. "If you had only chottfi Davoa or Pt. Moritx, where there mi;;M liate been half a dozen people wi Knew! ' nioaned her ehaperone plaintively. Helen Hashed a glance at Itfy Hi ham from under iscr-'diWy lima;. Iiln-k, pilliy lashes, that gava her bine f.vr.n the softncfs and mystery of a snniwer Ki'lit. "That's tho third (hue yia 're paid to toJu.v, Cousin June," shf replied poft.lv, foft as purvii "iiitd it V got to be the very lust if yon in dMt want And as Rex Adamant looked at her, though his expression did not alter, his faco grew a little paler. "I saw you on the platform with the duke," he said, "You are Miss Careening. ' ' , Helen's cheeks dimpled suddenly, mischievously. "I wasn't labelled!" "But I asked your name," said the man, quite simply, and then it was utrange, in fact, Jane hardly believed her eyesight, a faint rose f)otb crept into Helen's cheeks, her kwfces drooped, and without another werd she tnrned away. But Adamant stesd and watch ed her out of sight, as etreless ef the crowded room as though he had been alone in one of the trackless West African forests he ruled eer; Jane, scurrying on pniltily to their private sitting room, feH hnhappy for him: -her soft heart always bled for 14 if Careening 's vietrms, and it seemed ebvious that this man was destined to join their ranks. Homehow r;hc feH he was too fine and simple and pplendid a person te be played with p.ad fhrted with to while away a soilt beauty's fortnight, and it was a tribute to Rex Adamant, had he known it !e screwed htr courage to tfc (-tioki-ag point, and, timidly, slam ! Mrriiai .-. nn id as much ttj Helen. mo to rmjj for Marin and have her paekj j,., A(( (1e)tR of tiw fBhiried you in a bandbox and rnwt a beck to Kugland, labelled 'this side ttfi with care ! ' ' Bhe laughed, but Jan Itnlhimi ast up suddenly like a star; led rabbit. ?he was altogether like a rnhsit with Iter lang, weak upper lip, and Besered, brow less eyes, her gentle flumed we, aud the fleecy shawh in which she still huddled herself from habit, hevNiaw rr had always been cold ia winter till Helen took her home In Trr. l'eojdo called Mim (taranafr hard sometimes, but most of tke tierjiiw-s Jane's starved heart had rrer kaowa had come to her in the.- ki thw magical years, and she yened ever the bountiful wayward girl with a love that made her almost clever where Helen was concerned. And it v.ns "not like" lldea to speak i that soft, purring tntie "the voice she scratched with, ax as Irish man had once called it 1 poor, de psmlent. Jane. 8u Jane ltalhM pitk id up her ears and folleied Hein 's glance across the winter gardes, wber they sat at tea, to the little fenMt by the staircase, where a man sat quite alone. lie had but just arrived and ho wa tall and broad shouldered, with a face as (till as if it had been ent from brnnio, out of wliich looked t-he steady eagli' eyes of a racing motorist or an aviaior or an explorer. Vaguely Jane felt him to bo an interesting man; a man with the glamor of a t!rwt per (tonality about him, and she turned to Helen to say so, but t he-words checked on her lips, for dim as wits the light in their corner under the palms she f.ivt something new in Helen's face. Janre could not read the rjwuiiug of that intent look, but it silenced Tier. Then, in a moment, Helen turned with her everyday smile. "finished? Let's go upstairs;, the books I wired for came thin after noon." Traversing the great room ander fire of so many curious eyes waa quite an ordeal to Lady Balaam. She scTirried ucross 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 jnst in time to seo the new nmn stoop to pick up Helen's handkerchief and Helen turn on the lowest step to re ceive it from him. Tnll as she was, he was taller, and their eyes were juet. on a level as she stood there above him. She thanked him carelessly; then sud den racognitiou dawned m her eyes. "Purely it is Captain Adamant!" she said. "I heard you loctnre at the Royal Geographical." Her voice was low and sweet, her eyes smiled, she looked wonderful as she stood there in that roomful of ordi nary morNls a princess out of a fairy tale the vision of a dream exquisite, regal, supremely unconscious of the eyes that focuseed her from every tea table. basket ekiwr in which she lay cufie.1 p, tt.H hends under her thin, and her violet eyes narrowed between their h'uhes, Helen watched her nervousness, seasd ker hailing speechen, and when at ks June came to the end', half ex peotiag to be rruehed with a frivolous senteee, Helei said quietly: "Tew waste your pity this time, ('-tmsin Jane. I didn't eome here to i4t with Captain Adamant. I came hi " e broke off short, but her eree jrlswed, and a little, tender smile rent akirtit the corners oC her lips, the ssuilf f a woman who know she has happiness in her gift and does not in tend to withhold it. Jan Rttlhsm jumped right out of her sewt; Helen laughed a tinkling laogh th-at brokn in the middle. "Oh, Jane! -Don't Ink kt me with an eaweer eyes!" she said. "Sit down afaia and HI me how pretty I am, aM that you're quite Mire 1 shall brin it off." Jane snt down again. She, was in ared to shocks from Miss Careening. Preetly she recovered ker poweis of jeek. "TV you knew he would come here!'' site accused. Helen nodded. "Overheard the Puke tell Major fiorwiw they both thought it such an odd cbxriee for a man who spends his days armud about the equator. I'd atade ap my mind abunt him at once, yort know when he lectured and this spewed such a very couvnitient meeting place because, of course, he must never guess I came to find him." Hhe laughed again, very softly and sweet ly. "Ho would be so frightfully shocked, ho would think it quite un womanly, 1 am sure lie is terribly old fashioned, men from the wilderness al ways are!" Ihe leaned forward and patted Jan's hand. " You 're such a comfort to me, .Taney, so nico and silent and sale, such a mother confes' sor. 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