Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1928, Page 16

Miss Brown of X.Y.0. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. Coprricht, 1927, by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Niss Edith Brown, whose life has heid so 1 Foutine of evervday uiet Joorstep 0 get het nds hersell lost in he door opens and & man. servant, confronts her and. © ot her portable typew \hether she will come in and take some dictation. and his manner indicates that the Sob 18 one not without adventure—prabahly ek Fagerly. welcoming A peep into the Jand of romance. for which her whole life Mas teen starving, Miss Brown cteps across the threshold and within finds a man suffer- | fne from & serious wound. Who turns out to ha Col Dessiter renowned explorer He dic: ordinary story to her—but only ner whole fife may be | & down these notes—n | 2] ture. intrigue_and_con- | dracy the nortent of Which. hardiy pene: Trates her consciousness before the last note 14 sel_down en he discloses 10 her gaze The bodv of a dead man lving ‘man Dessiter has £ave him a mort # he will Dot recover 2 ution, on what she shall nd_other | PADETS he intrns isses her in the care of the servant. Mergen. and # #trons hodyguapd mystertously conducts her | i her home. The next morning. when she | arts to "k o place ous doc. Sments i & R instructed stenographer, i e Ere da o he s | riter. case. anks stranger. She safel then successfully re! who comes to worm out information also finds her Il\]\ll‘hflll\l‘ l\'flv“"];‘: ter "Be” mans " myeterious. peon) Ao amed Prankiand & nrominent Co e "neasen Rer T{avOrAIY. mibouTh she 18 inclined to be drawn nto friendshin for a oo n Russian refugee who calls hira- ol simply Paul, and who. with his parents Snd Smer. run ‘restaurant. while he. sdds 80 their meager earmiugs as a vprofessional fe dancer, Trulv her life is bexinning to ke cn strange adventnres, (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) INSTALLMENT VL T had been a wonderful evening. the two girls decided in the taxi- | cad on the way home—a final ex- travagance Brown had insisted. Mr. Frankland toward the end had come just a Mitle too moisy and per: sistent and Frances had suddenly tired of him. Nevertheless ahe leaned back In her corner with an air of eontent as they left the place. “It's becn great fun.” she mur- mured lazily. “I'm glad 1 came up. What were vou and that big Russian talking about for so lonz. Edith? “How did you know that he was a Russian”” “Mr, Frankland told me. He is a You knew that. He told me so when ked me to dance.” i hatever did vou find to talk| all the time?" Frances pe:-| Miss Brown hesitated. “1 found him interesting.” she said. *His father and mother keep a res- taurant and 1 have promised to take you there for lunch.” “Why me?" “Because I think the most personal |2 thing he sayd was that he found you | wvery lovely, and he didn't like to see | you dancing with Mr. Noel Frank-| Jana.” & | Frances laughed eoftly. i “They must hate each other, those | two, for some reason or other. Mr. :‘nnkhnfl wasn't very pol.te about | im. | “I should think politeness, in any | case, was not one of Mr. Frankland's sironz points,” Miss Brown remarked & little dryly. Frances was silent for a moment. I should say he had no manners.” she declared, “a rough, ill-bred. domi- | neering person. I shivered when he! tried to kiss me in the lounge. I have | bated myself ever since because I wasn't sure what sort of a shiver it was” “You zre talking rybbish, Frances,” was her friend's severe -admonition. *“You know perfectly well that you | would never allow a man like that{ to touch you.”. Frances made no reply. She was :fl;:km.;_" out of the window, watching e thin stream of people burryin along Piccadilly. ® * ¢ . Arrived in their little room, Miss Brown, who was developing watchful babits, looked .around searchingly. They had locked everything up when they left, but somehow or other the arrangement of the furniture seemed siightly altered. a vase of flowers upon the small typewriting desk had cer- tainiy been moved. iss Brown h riedly unlocked the drawer in whic she kept her few valuables and where she had left the manuscript which she was transcribing for the young man in Hampstead. 1t was still there, bu: | turned upon its face and doubled up | 8= though by some impatient hand, Underneath it. dragged out from a bidden corner where she had secroted | them, were her cherkhook and. pass. | book. 8he gave a lictie shiver, They | would know now for certain, these | Peopie, whoever they might he. where the treasure lay., She crogsed the r0om 2nd drew the bolt which for. lun:\ :.:.u provided. AtE wrong” Frances asked, Yawninz as she mat on the wd(:'zl the bed and kicked off her shoes, Miss Brown was the last person in the world whom one weuld have assc. Ciated with a life of t or the tell. | Ing of untruths. Nevertheless her | reply war perfectly natural. ! I couldn't rémember for a mo. ment.” whe confided. “where I had left oung Hampetead novelist's many nt half-part 32 on frorning Mirs Brown Enafieriury avenue on keep ber luncheon eng: ) minuer 10 1 whe had found the place— ,”.'3, ?éu.l;m' ,x,.n,v‘ec:’ white i sac cet off Boho, w e biinds. the sign of zn eagle lha:‘mn!.: a '“'l«l(lk‘r""“h a few words ntelligitie langusge. She pushed open the door ,,,,‘f, ::"md l‘1":r # moment looking in, The restaurant convieted of 4 small room with a dozen | tables or oo arovl the walls. one or 10 in the centeWand a space Jarye | enough for at the most three mus. “lans uion » raised dals 5t the further | end. The tsbles were innocent of | liven clotie, but they were shotless!y | clean with a fresh supply of gaper | apkice and brightly peolished s arranged. There were a | flowers in the center of each and 1o wellen by hand. Already balf | n people were iunehin, the w2 the followinz A bloteh; skin is not pimply L 't continue o be eczema — often accompanied by severe jtching, nol is everywhere recommended by leading pbysicisns. Many won- duu"l %!{"I-KINI';S d‘lu ction. Try ¢ orting, hesl Cniment youseeli, Al sl druppiois nolla she| soup. *jcating a table. night before came hurrying through a door carrying a brown pot of steaming Withgut a shadow of em- barrassment he set it down for a moment while he came to greet her. She fancied that She caught a shadow of disappointment in his face as he looked over her shoulder. “1 am o glad that you could come, he said. “but your friend—I do not see her." “She had to go back chickens.” Miss Brown rexretted. was not at all sure whether I should o e alone."” “It was very foolish of you to hesi tate,” he assured her severely, “Will vou please it there,” he added. indi- “1 will come directly to her She Watched Paul Intently {and ask you what you would like to Miss Brown told him. Miss Brown seated herself a little shyly at a corner table. Mr. Paul |caught up the pot of soup again and |respects,” he announced. “He lunches carried it to a table where three men, each with a pale-colored aperitif in front of him, were smoking arettes and waiting. A tall, gray-haired Iady who was seated at the desk descended and crossed the floor. “It i* Miss Brown. T am sure,” she #a1d. smiling graciously. “My son has =poken of you. [ do not speik lish well, but I wish to bid you wel- ‘come.” Miss Brown had risen to her feet. She accepted the hand which was offered to her and resisted an insane desire to effect some sort of reverence. “You will understand,” madame con- tinued, “that we are a little famil party here, just our friends and a few relatives. It is my husband there at the end of the room, talking with the general—General Dovolitz—who lunches here every day And my daughter. when she has finished help- ing in ‘the kirchen. will play the SEE AMERICA FIRST Travel through Adventure Land yourway to on Plan your trip to or from Cali- fornia « « + See from your car win- dow the scenic lands of the Northwest traversed by Lewis and Clark. The club-like com- fort and clean, cinderless flight of the ITED behind giant electric and oil-burninglocomotiveswilladd furthe Direct at Seattle for Hawail and the Orient. Ask about Winter Excursion Fares. GREAT NORTHERN The Glacler National Park Reute Visit our ticket office, EDMUND H. WHITLOC) Prancs Rissanhouss 13756 Ploase send me cost and oth trip via Great Northern, District Passenger A, Grest Northern Railway, 504 Finance llld..”l"lu Will leave on or al THE _EVEN plano. You must dine with us one night. 1t is perhaps gayer. The place seems more warm when the lights are lit, but w &lad always to see our friends.” Madame departed with a_smile, and Miss Brown sat down. Presently Paul appeared with a ‘menu. 1 "“You will understand,” he explained, “that you are today the guest of the house. Aftel rd you can patronize us it you will. You are one of those whom we shall always be glad to wel .| come. For this'morning I recommend a few sardines of a mark which is a specialty of ours, some goulash—that | is really a Hungarian dish, but served |in the Russian fashion—and some fruit. It will do?" “It sounds delightful.” “For wine I shall give yvou a Ittle carafe of vin rose. Wine is where we tussians are at fault. We understand food so well, but in drinking we have Iy the taste for spirits. You will cus: He hurried off to speak to an im. patient customer, cast a watchful eye around the room and presently reap. |peaved with the sardines “Your mother has spoken to me," NG While He Greeted His Guest. “I think she is delightful.” He howed gravely. “Presently my father will pay his !always with an old friend. They are | at the bottom of the room there. And (my sister, 100, you must meet. As| |s00n as rhe Is free from the kitchen | she plays the pano. At night we' | sometimes have much music—-" He hurried off. During the course of her luncheon—a plain hut very ex. | cellen® Mis= Brown watched him exchanging greetings with practically |every one in the room. The clients of the place =eemed all habitues. Most | of them were a. little shabby, most of them hdd a more or less poverty- tricken air. There was very little | wine drunk and fewer liqueurs. Oc. | casionally there was a whispered con | | sultation with madame at the desk {and a note was made of an amount to | be paid some time in the future. On | each of these occasions Paul seemed | to hecome more depressed. Toward 2 o'clock when the place was nearly empty weed with heautiful [——a[c——o[c—=alc—=[o[—=[olc——n[c—=[olc—=l][c——alalc——[s[c——=|q] via the Great Northern NEW ORIENTAL LIM- r to your pleasure . ., . steamship connections mall coupon or phone it fedelphia, Ps. . formation sbout a California bout {hind which was ranged an array of | | bottles. helped himself and returned. | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, light-colored eyes, not very tall, with broad shoulders and hips, and a very graceful presence, came through the side door, looked Into the room and approached Edith, “You are Miss Brown, I am sure,” sha sald. “May F sit down for a moment? 1 am Paul's sister. “'Please " Miss Brown begged with some difidence. “I hoped you { to play.” i rxe Sf'fifimeug.. * the girl replied. Today—forgive me—1 am really too tired. Our kitchen mald could not come. It has been hard work. You are pleased with your luncheon, I hope?"” i “It was quite wonderful! “We serve only simple things. 1f enly every one would pay it would be all right with us, but my mother can resist no one, and my father is hope- less. They are all our friends who come, you see, our people who know about us, and we would like very much to earn a living by serving nd others. My brother has spoken to me of you. Col. Dessiter was a groa".‘ friend. You will be always welcome. “Your brother has been very kind." Miss Brown acknowledged. “I do not altogether know why, 1 am_suve. 1t was only chance which made me ac- quainted with Col. Dessiter. May I know your name, please? My is Naidw," the girl con- Aded. "I have no other. We lost our other names when we lost our country. It ever we regain it shall remem- | ber them again. ® * * |y Paul, temporarily free, came across . to them, bearing a dish of fruit. | to “I remember that you do not! smoke,” he said to Miss Brown. “Per- haps you will try a tangerine. T went to the market to search for them this morning before 5 o'clock. It is very hard to get fruit which is agreeable | and that one can afford to give. { am glad that my sister has found you | as 1 maid. ax time goes on, that we can help each other.” “What 1 must confess that T should like to understand,” practical Miss Brown confided, “is how you knew about me." He smiled. “I can afford to be much more k with you than you can with me,” he declared. I was at Lombert- son Square after you had left it. 1 saw Dessiter for a moment or two before the doctor came. Ile told me— everything." “'So that was why vou were in Shep- herd's Market yesterdny morning! she exclaimed. “I thought I recog- nized you when you spoke to me last night. It was you who knocked down that brute who nearly got the satchel. Why did you hurry off when the policeman came?” “I had done all that was necessary,” he answered. “I did not wish to be recognized there." “If you had not heen mo quick.’ she sald gratefull$, “I think that ma would have wrenched my arm out *“Then T am very glad, because it is A very nfee arm. Now you know why [ recognized you last night. I was watching to see you came out so that 1 should know vou whenever we met It Dessiter had Nved through th night T am certain that he woyld have you word that I was to he ted ax a friend. However, in tin; 1 shall convince you of that” think of you na one already 8 Wown assured him. 1 wa interested in the little you told about vourself. Have you tin on™ “It ix 0 very slmple story.” he safd “To begin hv repeating what 1 told you last night—my family, my sisier my father, my mother and myself and me others of us arg not content to do what so many of ‘our exlled Rus- sians have done. They are living in luxury, many of them, on the Riviera, out, | In Parix, even In New York, living The latter rose to her feet. ' on their titles, on their prestize. upon “I must go and see If mother needs {1 (PE" HH) Htige: help.” she “announced with a kindly | (0 MRS and svmpathy: of - the little nod of farewell o please, Mr. | BV 1ot our countiy, and there s Won't you s . please. M.y ich hlame to be attached to us for Paul? s Brown invited tmidiy. || s wae Rixachalitor s fay “You look so tired.” Jas Eoup couniey: “I am tired.” he ndmitted. “It is a ',.“".»,'.‘;"r.n?f-‘"::i|-“' T NeE terrible confession for one so hig and | AL R 4 strong as I, fsn't it? But then, you | see, 1 danced until 1 o'clock aft-r a | busy day here, and 1 was in the mar. | Shglh sl (4 : ket at dawn to see if I could save a Why not? When. in the world's little in the things we buy. Will you | history, did a rezime. torgive me if I drink a small glass of i government, founded upon mud, built over a cesspool. end Given long orandy?” N Fioane 80" hs begead enough time. that. presen: country He went 1o a narrow counter he.| Which ealls jtself Russia must col- lapse of fts/own accord. It is our wish to hasten that time so that it may come before we are too old to taste the jov of feelinz the soil of our home tand once more heneath our feet. It i for that we ‘work hour after hour. and week after week, work for our livings in the daylight, work for our country in the hours of quiet.” He finished his brandy and stood up. “I have work now in the kitchen,” he announced. “We have not a gres quantity of china or cutiery, and everyihing must be prepared for the service of dinner this evening.” “And afterward you dance?” ked wonderingly. “And afterward I dance.” he as- sented. “Sometimes perhaps my foot- steps are a little heavy, but they do their business all the same. 1 want you to kn Miss Brown. that while vou are mow. and will he until you can be released of your trust. sur. rounded by enemies. vou have alw friends. Listen. 1 will give you proot that I have told vou the truth, that I was at Lombertson Behind the scre “Miss Brown,” he said earnestly, | “} should like vou to understand all about us. I tried to tell you & little tast night, but it was difficult. T am | sure that when you have confidence we can be of service to each other.| You must know.” he went on thouxht. | fully. “more than any other person breathing, more that the English ! home secretary or any of his agents, fat more than Scotland Yard, of this terrible conspiracy. Dessiter bhad picked up the threads—that I know— from China and Australia to Rome. Yours will need to be a charmed life. | Miss Brown." “bam not afrald,” she assured without a tremor in her voice. I do not understand, Mr. Paul what service I could ever be 10 you. Even if 1 knew all that you say, vou | knod quite well that no word. no single word. could I, or would I ever utter.even to you who have been kind even to vou whom I might trust— that wouid make any difference.” He nodded. “That i= just how T would have you fecl.” he approved. “Yet vou may she LANSBURGH & BRO. "‘BASEME it i \i\ J\ hx l\“‘l\' J u v \ Georgette; o Finel, fiered akirt. 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There will be no outcry, nul and a breeze that was almost soft. s back again amid the w of complaint to the poliée, but “Well.” he {inquired abruptly, they know over there at Moscow' that they have lost the best man who ever enlisted under their seeret service, and they know well that Dessiter ekilled him. And over here—a man unknown! Perhaps. But even your police, though dull, , are not ? ven your home department, though | seen how we live—what do you think | 3 | “I think it is very wonderful,” she declared, “and 1 think that you are | \all very brave. | “For one thing.” he admitted so- herly, “I am thankful. We have kept | fettered by conventions, has lenrned | gur spirit. Now. we shall speak no | how to muzzle the press at Umes.| more of polities. 1 would like you ! The mame of that man was known| iq fell me more about your friend.” | in every city of the world. In Bar-| ‘There fsn't much to tell,” Miss! celona, in Moscow Brown confided. “She and 1 have tome and Paris | Bucharest and Shanghal, they wear| bhoth the same dull history. She was | mourning for him. There will be | (he daughter of a small country doc-| | black edge around their paper. but!tor and I was the daughter of a struggling lawyer. Both suffered | his name will never he mentioned. That is how these men slip out of the | through the war. died and left no | worla. A § Frances tried living with | "It doesn’t sound -like real «. but gave it up. Nhe at- Mise Brown muscd tempted a tea shop, hut that became | orCnere is & great deal in life.” Paul | jmpossible, Now the has a told her, “of whici; the multitudes | chicken farm, but 1 think tha | never dream. And ‘now T must 0! very miserable. She is clever to be buried jn the country “And too heautiful,” Paul mur- mured. She saw a momentary wistfulness in his eves and sighed. Poor Mr. Paul. with a father and a mother and a sister to keep—a maitre d'hotel by day and a professional dancer hy night!” She struggled against a wave life, | eat. You are of our circle. You wili be welcome.™ n held out feeling his lips. Afierward she | with her purse in h and 1o the | desk where madame presided, but ! madnme shook her head. | “Today you #ve my son's guest” she said. “I hope vou have enjoyed | your luncheon? Whenever you care 1o come back we shall be glad to see you. At another time you must meet my hushand Today he is a little ex- cited. He talks politics with Gen. | | Dovolitz—and that generally upsets ! im." her hand, a it ralsed (o went timidly | Miss Brown took her leave feeling somehow or other as though she had left the presence of royalty. instead |of having been hidden farewell by a lady with a caxh register from hehind the desk of a small eating house Upon ‘he threshold, to her supprise, he met Paul. A black over- covered his conventional waiter's and he heid a bowler hat in his nd. A friend who has a spare after- | noon,” he confided—"he is a cousin | really, who was in my regiment dur ng the war—has come in 1o wash the dishes. 1 am free therefore. You will permit that 1 accompany vou home” “Wouldn't it do vou more good tn e down?" she suggested. “You look dictionary, had a S like.” he confessed. “to top of a hus with you." She lauched softiy. The enterprise apiealed to her. easily digested Samuel “For an hour. she agreed. “We will g6 to Hammersmith and back.’ They found an omnibus. climbed on to the top and seated themselves | side by side. They were in no respect {an unusvallooking couple. They { seemed indeed very:much a pert of the world which passes daily back- ward and forward from the travaii of the city to the sporadic rest of the ! suburbs. 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