THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1909.
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(Continued.)
Hd cdiiRht ilillurd by tho ulcovo nnd
fairly rnn him over to tho cafe.
"Nearly two thousand I" murmured
Hlllard. "Well, of all tho luck!"
"It does ncem too good to bo true.
I Eny, what's tho matter -with your
cravat?"
1 nillnrd looked down. at tho flutter
ing end nnd reknottcd It carelessly.
I "I saw Kitty tonight," ho said.
I To Mcrrlhcw It seemed that nil tho
clatter nbout him had died away sud
denly. Ho breathed deoply. "Wbcro Is
she?"
I "I'll explain what has happened."
Mcrrlhcw listened eagerly.
' "And why did you bother about tho
Italian?" ho Interrupted. "Why didn't
you hold on to Kitty?"
"I confess It was stupid of me, but
the gentleman with tho scar was an
unknown quantity. Besides, why
should Kitty run nwny from mo of nil
persons? And why, when I spoko to
them In tho cnslno, did thoy Ignoro
mo completely?"
"It's your confounded prima donna.
Kho's nt tho bottom of nlj this, tako
my. word for It. Something's desper
ately wrong. Persona do not wear
musks mul hide In this maimer Just
for a lark. Why didn't you knock him
down?"
"I wanted to, but It wasn't tho psy
chological moment. You can't knock
n iinin down when ho practically hrt
renders." "You'ro too particular. Hut what's
tho matter with Kitty? I don't undcr
Htantl. To nee you was to know that
I was round somewhere. She ran
nwny from mo as woll as from you.
What shall wo do?"
"Start tho hunt again or glvo It up
entirely. There nro some villages be
tween horo and Nlco. It must ho In
that direction. Thoy wcro about to
bonrd tho cm for Nice. If you hadn't
beou gambling. If you hud been sensi
ble nnd stayed with me"
"Come, now, that won't wnsh. You
know very well that you urged mo to
play."
"You would have played without any
urging."
"And who Is this Italian anyhow?"
nsked Morrlhow. "And why did ho
nm after your prima douna?"
"That Is precisely what I wish to
find out," answered Hlllard.
"I'm afraid thnt Kitty has fullen
among a bad lot. I'll wngor It is
lie ticept tip the yolil liy Vio handful.
Bomo nnnrchlst business, They nro
always plotting tho usdnsslnntlon of (
kings ovor hero, nud this mysterious
woman Is just tho sort to rope In a
coulldlriit klrl llko Kitty. 0' thing, If ,
como across our irioud with the
scar" 1
.J.'XSJL.Kjyil, wJiply. cjojfs to, tho ocno-
MAC GRATH
8
Copyright, 1908, by the Bobbs-
Merrill lo. a
site side of the street. To find out
what this tangle Is It is not necessary
to Jump head first into It."
"A bad lot."
"That may be, but no anarchists, my
boy." '
Hlllard was a bit soro at heart. That
phraso recurred and recurred:, "A
lady? Graco of Mary, that Is droll!"
Tho shadow of disillusion crept Into
his bright dream nnd clouded . It to
build so beautiful a caBtlc and to see
It tumble at n wordl The Itnllun had
spoken with a contempt based on more
than suspicion.
"Kitty doesn't wish to meet us,"
Merrlhow bitterly observed. So we'll
light out for Venice in the morning.
I'm not going to bo mado a fool of for
tho best woman alive."
In tho meantime the lamps In tho
casino had been extinguished. In the
harbor tho yachts stood out whlto and
spectral. Tho tram for Nice shrieked
down tho incline toward tho promon
tory. At tho foot of the road which
winds up to tho palaces tho car was
signaled, and two women boarded.
Both wcro veiled. They maintained a
Blngulur silence. At Villcfrnncho they
got out. The women stopped before
tho gates of n villa and rang tho por
ter's bell. Onco in tho room above,
tho sllcnco between tho two women
came to an end.
"Snfo! I am so tired. What a night!"
the older of tho two women sighed.
"What a night truly! I should llko
to know what It has all been nbout.
To run through dark streets and alleys,
to hide for hours, as if I were a thief
or a fugitive from justice, is neither to
my tnsto nor to my liking."
"Kitty," she began sadly, "in this
world no ono trusts us wholly. We
must know why. Loyalty must have
ronsons; chivalry must havo facts.
You have vowed your lovo and loyalty
a hundred times, nud still when a great
crisis confronts mo you question, you
grow angry, you complain, becnuso
my reasons nro unknown to you. It
was blind terror which made mo run.
I counted uot the consequences. I
shall tell you why I nm lonely, why
tho world, bright to you, la dark. I
am proud, but I shall bend my pride."
V. 1th a quick movement she lifted her
head high, and her eyes burned into
Kitty's very heart. "I am"
"Stop! No, no! I forbid you!" Kit
ty put her hands over her cars. She
might gain the secret, but she knew
that she would loso tho heart of tho
woman it concerned. "I am wrong,
wrong, I havo promised to follow you
loyally, without question, I will keep
that promise, I am only angry be
cnuso you would not lot me speak to
Mr. Hlllard. Ho Is very haudsome,"
Kitty nddKl thoughtfully, "no is
strong too."
"Strong and cruel us a tiger. How
I lmtu him! But thank you, Kitty;
thank you. Sooner or Inter, If wo stay
together, I must tell you. Tho confl
denco will do me good." Kitty ap
proached, nnd La Slguorlna drew her
close. "I havo wrought harm to no
one. But on my sldo thoy will tell you
that I havo been terribly wronged.
And all I wish is to bo left nlone,
alone. It was cruel of mo to forbid
you to speak to Mr, Hlllard. But I
wish hhn to recollect mo pleasantly,
ns u whimsical being who came into
lilt life one night nud vanished out of
it In two hours."
"But supposing tho memory cuts
deeply," ventured Kitty, "Men fall
In love with loss oxeuno than this."
"Nonsonso!" La Slguorlna opened
tho window to air the room. Sho lin
gored, limning. "You are very good to
mo, Kitty."
"I enn't help Uelutf good to you. you
8trtnio,lovly woman, for your Mike
ns well ns for mine. Now I am going
to wrlto n letter."
La Slguorlna still lingered by the
window.
Merrlhow was podkottng currency In
exchange for his gold when Ilillnrd
pasted an oiun letter to hlui:
My Paar Mr. Itttlrtrd-Do not Mk u
It will bo utclon. If Mr. Mrrttiw I
with you, toll Mm that ome (lay I will
oxplaiu away U myalwry. Hut thU
jUxis mk i-lalii to titru-lt tio limtsu
ujkjii starching (or mo lie will only douhi
my untmpplnew-
iuttx: KILLXQMSW.
Merrlhow roborly tucked the letter
away. "I knew It," he raid simply.
"Sho Is in some trouble cr other, some
tangle, nnd fcarn to drag us Into it.
Who loft a letter hrre this morning?"
,he asked of the concierge.
"A small bey from Vlllefrauche."
'Must my luck," said Merrlhow.. "I
said thnt It would bo of no use to
hunt in tho smaller towiw. Well, wo
had better tako tho luggage hack to
tho rooms. I am going to Vllle
francho." t "You will bo wasting time. Aftqr
what happened last night I nm certain
they will bo gone. Let us respect their
plans, hard as it may seem to you."
"But you?"
"Oh, don't bother nbout mo. I have
rolegated my little romance to the gar
ret of no account things, nt least for
llio present," said nillnrd, with an
enigmatical smile. "Make up your
mind we havo only twenty mlnutc3."
"Oh, divine afflatus! And you lay
down tho chase so readily as this?"
Morrihew was scornfully Indlgnnut.
"I would travel the breadth of the
continent wore I sure of meeting this
woman. But she has become n wlll-o'-thc-wlap,
nnd I nm too old and like
comfort too well to pursue impossibil
ities." "But why did sho leavo you that
mask?" demnnded Merrlhow. "She
must have meant something by that."
"True, but for the life of mo I can't
figure out whnt."
"But I don't like tho idea of leaving
Kjtty this way without a final effort
to" rescue her from tho clutches of this
fascinating ndventurcss."
"I admit nothing, my boy, save that
tho keenness of tho chase is gone. As
for Kitty, she's n worldly little woman
and can take good enro of herself.
Her letter should bo eudlclent."
"But it Isn't. A woman's 'don't' of
ten means 'do.' If Kitty really expects
mo to search for her and I do not. she
will never believe In mo again."
'Tcrhnps your knowledge of women
Is more extensive than mine," said
nillard.
But this flattery did not appeal to
Merrlhow. "Bosh! There's something
you haven't told mo nbout thnt makes
you so Indifferent."
This was u shrewd guess, but Hll
lard had his reasons for not letting his
friend sco how cloo ho hd shot. "A
lady? draco cf Mary, t.iat Is droll!"
Ho could not cast tills out of his
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Ulllard espied a beggar leaning over the
parapet.
thought. He floated between this
phrase and Mrs. Sandford's frank de
fense of her girlhood friend.
"Time flies," ho warned. "Which is
it to be?"
"We'll go on to Venice. It would bo
folly for mo to contlnuo tho hunt
alone."
At 7 that evening they stepped
out of tho station in Venice the blue
twilight of Venice thnt curves down
from tho hollow heavens, softening a
bit of ugliness here, accentuating a bit
of lovellnass there. Hero Morrihew
found one of his dreams como true,
and his llrst vision of the Grand canal,
with Its gondolas and barges and queer
little bobtalled skiffs, was never to
leave him. Hlllard hunted for his old
gondolier, but conld not find him. So
ho chose one Achtllo, No, 101. With
their trunks, which they had picked
up at Genoa, and small luggngo in tho
hotel bargo they had tho gondola nil
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Instead of following the Grand canal
Achilla took the short cut through the
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Out Into the Orund canal ngaln. As
thoy swept uuder tho last brldgo'before
coming out Into tho hotel district Ilil
lurd oupied a bemur lennjinr over tho
imrniwt. The moonlight shouo' full In
hU face.
"Stop!" cried Hlllanl to Achlllo.
Tho beggar took to his heels, and
wheu llillurd Mcppwl out tit tho gou
doln the beggar had dlpppaared.
"Who was It?" ailtvd Morrlhow in
dlfforontly. "Giovanni!"
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