Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1926, Page 33

\ | The Adoptedgife By Amelie Rives [Princess Troubetzkoy] SYNOPSIS. 15 Ieft an orphan by the death Wwho hequeaths hey . oneof er on in a faney diving up the Job the day belore ek n the country (Continued from Yest ¥'s Star) INSTALLMENT XX. HILARY IS APPREHENSIVE. T here Hilary came in looking bear, for he had kept on aveling cou Kkled with s* brushings! meet him, but | e held out don’t come too near most devilish you to put on my pet | nd how more than nice to int 1 hope veu missed “DAMN!” HE EXCLAIMED AS T ¢ | rut Paten of the power of any one to hurt you ! | in this —not only those spiteful wen, he and fro. 1 now,” he continued as he walked, “and I must mention | your father to you. I'm s . Celia, {but I ean’t make things ¢ o you | without speaking of him. You'll not o much, will you?' *said Celia father was @ brute, but a brute with @ spark of the divine fire in him, my dear; more th spark. He had senius—a flame of it. You jtrust my judzment in such things. |don’t you?” | “Then 1 tell you. on my honor, that | in the paintings he left you. you hav {a property that will amount to small fortune some day. | ing it for a pleasant | on-—but_now Before | ture | would " hing of what 1 mes vears that very tmost double the price no i He stepped beside her, and touche her bent head “Do you see that the advance I made You wias o mere business ar- rangement, based on my knowledge HE HOT DRINK SPLASHED ON HIS HAND. me half as much as I've missed you. ve missed you very much.” ikins now entered with a glass smoking_Scotch. hat’s all. thank you,” said Hilary, aking the glass of Scotch from the tray. “No—wait a moment.” He turned to Celia. “If yow'll put up with | e, T think Il send word to Haslipp to lay out my smoking things and a thick dressing gown for dinner. I'm ripply with shivers as a flag in the brey Colia smiled even more faintly than usual. [ never noticed what vou have on.” whe | Jenkins went off to take the orde and Hilary laughed, then sneezed vio Damn:” he exelaimed as the hot | Januzhed swer to her inquiring ‘ . T don’t know whe mortified or complimented remark. You see, I notic ¢ what you have on! ic and regret- | ack that Hilary | A of giv- | ike most | eren’t that I'm a 3 is infernal cold T awtully t s you for that. I'm 1 aud of catching it,” said Celia. e shook his head. ' “I may be less civilized than the classic Englishman who dresses cor- rectly for dinuer even in the jungle, but I'm clvilized enough to want my | horrid cold all to myself. Brrr!” He shivered, wrapping his fur coat closer an tender. “Hadn't vou bhetter go to bed at once?” ased Celia, her heart man- wzing to sink even a little lower. Sne | Td thought it would be hard enough to tell him about her strange ventu acts precedent,” under or imstances, but to sit and relate such things t¢ dy shuddering with a bad id-—her heart, having sunk as low as it could, altogether failed her. If he would only 2o to bed now, he might be well by next day. It would putting both feet on the | of the capital you would some day have?” Before she could answer he went on, in what (tho she didn’t look up at hiny she knew as his smiling voice “If you wih to revenge vourself for my negligence in not explaining this to you Sooner, you can repay me what Ive advanced, with interest, when you become an heiress. That would hurt me properly, I confes: “I could never want to hurt you, said_Celia. “Thank you, my dear,” returned Hilary, again touching her hair. “But vou understand clearly now, don't ou? You won't feel any more that our 5000 comes out my pocket, | as that nastv cat put it but I can’t think how to thank ed Hilary then we could speak: “I have more to tell you.” Wonderful Old Prescription For Rheumatism n_Times a pain and quickly muscles and stiff swollen a_hottle from your drug- end "$1.00 for a week's sup- MER END, 9 205 Thi v York.—Advertisement. Te so much easier to tell him when | he was we : refused promptly. Hel \hed for any reason. and orst patient imaginable oon as I'v 30 on while | drunk this" he d tell me 1 finish it. n | what impishnes: vou've been | Up to in my absence. You know 1 tolad you 1 et you of havi huge fund of hidden impishnes: S know,” murmured Celia, flushing. This was so rare a thing with her, that Hilary noticed it at once. " he exclaiimed, teasingly. S hit on the truth. 1| ve been up to some | lef. Have you?' | began to beat with pid, pointed digs. Here dreaded moment. She + chance with the chance xpectedly offered her. N ¢ mischief,” she mur- mured again. i “What has happened, Celia?” he cald in quite another voice, and warmly kind. W that I'm your best friend, and s | share and share alike, v¢ s it some trouble that I can help you | t exactly trouble.” in she | nured in so low a voic t his .avs, already ringing with an heroic dose of quinine, could hardly catch | ihe words. Will you tell me about it. or do vou want me to ask questions?” said Hilary, gently. “No: I will tell you.’ She hed told him first. her hands -lasped hard together in her lap and J:er look fixed on them, about the con- versation she had overheard. She | id not tell him all of it, only the | t about his having advanced her | money che thought she inherited, | or to be a teacher. As soon as she | «..me to tha question of the money, he | miterrupted her. T am dreadfnlly 1o hlame there,” e sa wi b i " " The Best Cor : Is Homel-lr;‘l}t:dseym . Hn-mu.flmwmsz.-dn You've probably heard of this home-made cough syrup. 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