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Copyright, 1915, by Cieoiga Br rr McCutcheon.
CONTINUED
r tnec to smile. "How— how cozy j
you are here," I said.
"lou couldn't expect me to live in :
this awful place without some of the
comforts and conveniences of life, Mr.
Smart." she said defiantly.
"Certainly not," I said promptly. "I
am sure that you will excuse me, how
ever, if I gloat. I was afraid we had
lost all these things. You've no idea
how relieved I am to find them alt safe :
and sound in my—in their proper place.
1 was beginning to distrust the
Schmidts. Now I am convinced of
their integrity."
"I suppose yon mean to be sarcas
tic."
"Sarcasm at any price, madame,
would be worse than useless, I am
sure."
Crossing to the fireplace, I selected 1
a lump of coal from the scuttle and
examined it with great care. She
watched me curiously.
"Do yon recognize it?" she asked.
"I do," said I, looking up. "It has,
been in our family for generations.j
My favorite chunk, believe me! Still
I part with it cheerfully." Thereupon
I tossed it into the fire. "Don't be
shocked. I shan't miss tt. We have
coals to burn, madame."
She looked at me soberly for a mo
ment. There was something hurt and
wistful in her dark eyes.
"Of course, Mr. Smart. I shall pay i
you for everything—down to the small
est trifle—when the time comes for me
to leave thia place. I have kept strict
account of"—
She turned away, with a beaten
droop of the proud little head, and'
again I was shamed.
'Madame,'' I said, with considerable
feeling. "I have behaved like a down
right rotter to<lay. Ido not know who
you are nor why you are here, but I :
assure you it is of no real consequence
If you will but condescend to overlook
my Insufferable"—
She turned toward me. The wist
ful. appealing look still lingered in bee
evee. The soft red nether lip seemed
a bit tremulous.
"I am an intruder," she interrupted,
smiling faintly. "Sou have every right
to put me out of your—your home. Sir. i
Smart. I have been very selfish and
cattish and Inconsiderate, Mr. Smart.
■You see, I'm a spoiled child. I've al
ways had my own way in everything.
You must loot upon me as a very hor
rid. sneaking, conspiring person, and
I—l reaiiy think you ought to turn j
me out."
She came a few stepe nearer. Sod-'
denly it was repealed to me that she
was the loveliest woman 1 had ever;
seen in all my life.
I am afraid that I stared.
"Turn you out?" I cried. "Turn you
out of this delightful room after you've
had so much trouble getting it into
6bape? Never!"
"Oh, you don't know how I've im-'
posed upon you!" she cried plaintively. 1
"You don't know how I've robbed you j
and bothered you"—
"Tes, I do,"' said I promptly, "ij
know all about it. You've been steal
ing my coals, my milk, my ice, my po
tatoes, my servants, my sleep and"—
here I gave a comprehensive sweep of
my hand—"everything in sight. And
you've made us walk on tiptoe to keep j
from waking the baby, and"— I stop-!
ped suddenly. "By the way. whose i
baby is it? Not yours. I'm sure." '
To my surprise her eyes filled with
tears.
"Yes; she is my baby, Mr. Smart,"
she said, turning away.
CHAPTER VIII.
"The count —my husband.*
MY face fell.
She couldn't have been a
day over twenty-two. But
she had a baby!
Facing me once more, she said:
"Doubtless you are very much puz
zled by my presence In this gloomy old
castle. You have been Asking yourself a
thousand questions about me. and you
have been shocked by my outrageous
impositions upon your good nature.
1 am here. Mr. Smart, because it is the
last place In the world where my hus
band would be likely to look for me." ;
"Your husband? Look for you?"
"Yes. I shall be quite frank with!
you. My husband and I have separat-i
ed. A provisional divorce was grant-:
ed. however, just seven months ago. j
The final decree cannot be issued for!
one year."
"But why should you hide from
him?"
"The—the court gave him the custody
of our child during the probationary
year. I—l have run away with her.l
They are looking for me everywhere.
That is why I came here. Do you un
derstand?"
I was stunned. "Then. I take it. the
court granted him the divorce and not
you?" 1 said, experiencing a sudden j
chill about the heart. "You were de
prived of the child, I Dear me!" I
"You are mistaken." she said, a flash
In her eyes. 'Tt was an Austrian
eourt. The couut-my husband. I should
say—la an Austrian subject. His In
terests must be protected." She said
this tfith u ss-ter on her pretty Hps.
"You see, my father, knowing him
now for what be really is. has" reused
to pay over io him like a
million dollart. still due for the mar
riage settlement. The count contends
that it is a Vist and legal debt, and
the court supports him to this extent:
The child is to be his until the debt is
cleared up, or something to that ef
fect. I really don't understand the le
gal complications Involved. Perhaps
it were better If I did."
"I see," said I, scornful in spite of
myself. "One of those happy interna
tional marriages where a bride is
thrown in for good measure with a
couple of millions. Won't we ever
learn?"
"That's it precisely." she said, with
the utmost calmness and candor.
"American dollars and an American
girl in exchange for a title, a lot of
debts and a ruined life."
"And they always turn out Just this
way. What a lot of blithering fools
we have in the land of the free and
the home of the knave!"
"My father objected to the whole
arrangemeut from the first, so you
"I am not asking for pity."
must not speak of him as a knave."
she protested. "He doesn't like counts
and such things."
"I don't see that it helps matters. I
can hardly substitute the word 'brave'
for the one 1 used," said 1, trying to
conceal my disgust.
"Please don't misunderstand me, Mr.
Smart," she said haughtily. "I am not
asking for pity. I made my bed, and
I shall lie in it. The only thing 1 ask
of you is—well, kindness."
She seemed to falter again, arid once
more I was at her feet, figuratively
speaking.
"You are in distress, in dread of
something, madame!" I cried. "Consid
er me your friend."
She shook her head ruefully. "You
poor man! You dou't know what yo«i
are in for, I fear. Wait till I have told
you everything. Three weeks ago I
laid myself liable to imprisonment and
heaven knows what else by abducting
my little girl. That is really what it
comes to—abduction. The court has
ordered my arrest, and all sorts of po
lice persons are searching high and
low for me. Now don't you see your
peril? If they find me here you will
be in a dreadful predicament. You
will be charged with criminal com
plicity, or whatever it is called, and—
Oh, It will be frightfully unpleasant
for you. Mr. Smart!"
My expression must have convicted
me. She couldn't help seeing the dis
may in my face. So she went on quite
humbly:
"Of course you have but to act at
once and all may be well for you. I
I will go if you—if you command me
to"—
I struck my knee forcibly. "What
do you take me for. madnme? Hang
the consequences! If you feel that you
are safe here—that Is. comparatively
6afe— stay!"
"It will be terrible if you get into
trouble with the law," she murmured
in distress. "I—l really don't know
what might happen to you. Indeed.
I do not."
Suddenly a horrible thought struck
me with stunning force.
"Don't tell me that your—your hus
band is the man who owned this cas
tle up to a week ago," I cried. "Count
James Ilohendahl?"
She shook her head. "No. He is not
the man." Seeing that I waited for
her to go on, she resumed: "I know
Count James quite well, however. He
is my husband's closest friend."
"Good heaven." said I. in quick
alarm. "That complicates matters,
doesn't It? He may come here at any
time."
"It isn't likely. Mr. Smart. To be
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perfectly honest with you, I waited un
til I heard you had bought the castle
before coming here myself. We were
in hiding at the house of a friend in
Lin/, up to a week ago."
"Way I inquire, madame," said I stiff
ly, "how you came to select my abode
as your hiding place?"
"Oh, I have forgotten to tell you that
we lived here one whole summer just
after we were married. Count Hohen
dahl let us have the castle for our—our
honeymoon. He was here a great deal
of the time. Ail sorts of horrid, nasty,
snobbish people were here to help us
enjoy our honeymoon. 1 shall never
forget that dreadful summer. My only
friends were the Schmicks. You see
fhe.v were in the family ages and ages
before I was born."
"The family? What family?"
"The Kotbboefen family. Haven't
they told you that my great-grand
mother was a IJothboefen? No? Well,
she was. I belong to the third genera
tion of American born descendants.
Doesn't it simplify matters, knowing
this?"
"Immensely," said I, In something
of a daze.
"And so I came here, Mr. Smart,
where hundreds of my ancestors spent
their honeymoons, most of them per
haps as unhappily as I. and where I
knew a fellow countryman was to live
for awhile in order to get a plot for a
new story. You see, I thought I might
be a great help to you in the shape of
suggestion.'
She smiled very warmly, and I
thought it was a very neat way of put
ting it. Naturally it would be quite
impossible to put her out after hearing
that she had already put herself out
to some extent in order to assist me.
"I can supply the villain for your
story if you need one, and I can give
you oceans of ideas about'noblemen.
I am sorry that I can't give you a nice,
sweet heroine. I'eople hate heroines
after they are married and live un
happily. You"
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