Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1928, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1928.° | The Fortunate Wayfarer By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copsright by E. Phillips Oppenheim S _(Continued from r.) Martin Barnes. DInE to admire a quented sireet. becomes the princi i family drama Feiym Lo s omiy 3 few days to Sanig sne dazed youns man with 80.000 cash. in the presence of his doc awrer and his disinnerited scape ric. Lord on had pledged himself to present | Solomon Graunt chuckled. , best, of course,” Martin declared, "but ou may not get another chance. This | morning, Lord Ardrington happens to be in a very reasonable frame of minc. | He has the strongest aversion to see- ive, pre_ | ing either of you, but he realizes that this waiting oehind locked doors Is ather absurd.” “His lordship eh?" tell that, ‘To realizes tune to the first person whose foot- | you the tryth, Mr. Barnes, it had oc- steps dassed his door. Barnes. “the fortu- prie wavfarer.’ finds himself fed up with is old life and severs all connections & antieman. Mart: srd Ardrin; Dosediv fata S | fascinated. & marriage license r rinston sint his aAventurous PASt as A young man in South America. hares the secr cues 3 is feu: 17 a crooked de: eross him. but L - ir o S ame. =d Porl dance-hall lite n The mot & ut D ften-daushter Porle would carrr o take Laurita back her was Next INSTALLMENT XIX. The Fine Art of Torture. SN'T that rather foolish?” tin protested. “You're wasting time stay Mar- only g opportunity has come, now. You can see Lord Ardrington. pay vour Bill and leave tomorrow, if you want Oh, no." Solomon *We could not do that.” ‘Quite impossible,” Victor Porle mur- mured. Extra! Sale of 1,000 rs of SHOES Choose From a Host of Smart Styles and Wanted Colors at One Low Price Women's Sandals,$9.29 Fashionable Woven Leather Sandals Woven Sandals—a type of shoe that has gained undisputed distinction among even the smartest of Pashion's footwear. These are of excellent quality In tan with blue trimmings, and tan and brown combinations. Sizes 4 to 6, Early selection is best, Model sketched above, leather, well made and durable. down 1t | this wretched little place. Your | | ing little comfort in their beauty. peer- | ing behind every shrub, curred to us some time ago—in fact. we have found it most laughable.” Victor Porle crossed his long legs, produced a morocco case and lit a thin, evil-looking cigar Martin stared at it, In some quaint way it scemed to remind him of the man. 1 shall explain to you why we have made no effort to do so, Mr. Barnes." he said. “We men of perceptions. Mr. Graunt and I. and we know Lord on. You may perhaps be aware hat we spent sevoral--oh, quite a Qreat many years ¢ from hers, with him—Sandy Fos- broke, they used to call him then.” ‘Well, what of it?" We were living under which enabled us to judge one another fairly well. I came to certain conclusions about our friend—conclusions with which Solo- mon Graunt there. who is a very hrewd person, thoroughly agrees. We see him, now that the inevitable has come. now that Solomon Graunt and 1 Victor Porle, sworn enemies of hi: I am afraid I must confess ourseclve arc here at his gates waiting. He knows in his heart that however long our mesting may be postponed it will curely come. So 1 have a little mind picture of him in these last few days— correct me if T am wrong. I imagine him shivering and trembling his wav through tke hours; I imagine him walking restlessly up and down his ter- race or through his flower garden, find- tarting at the falling of a twig. I imagine his ouick. nervous little glances over his shoulder, his resentful glare through that thick and impenetrable wall toward this very comfortable inn which shelters us. 1 imagine him wakeful af night. listen- ing for a sound in the house. In a What a selection! cludes nearly every pogulnr style of the Summer season, toget few Fall models. able—right u from the undeniable value they offer, one can’t but realize their excellence of workmanship and quality of materials. You may choose lustrous satin and soft blue, Clearance! Wash Dresses Regularly $2.95 1 95 Fine Quality Materials in Plain Colors and Prints Former prices quoted here hardly do these fine frocks justice You cannot realize their true value until you have seen them. There are a number of dainty styles from which to choose— mest of them with *e'=:2ing here and there pique and fine volles. clever touciies of Fashioned of Choose from an array of plain colors and gay prints— ineluding some handmade Porto Rican models styie or color ] P [ e [ (e (1 (e [l e [ ) Bizes 16 to 50, but not in every Truly unusual values! | for Martin to realize that this was in- big house, Mr. Barnes, in the dead of night, sounds are easily imagined. He paused for & moment, gazing in- tently at the end of his cigar, smiling faintly as though at some evil memory Watching him closely. it seemed hard deed a human being. He was wearing a black coat and black and white check trousers in which his limbs looked lik= the limbs of a skeleton. There were hollows in his cheeks: his dark eyes seemed almost bead-like, his jet-black hair, slightly disturbed by the breeze, like the plumage ol some bird of prey His very presence in his homely little | garden “with its swee | dling flowers, its air of peace, | like a defilement. n a country a long | red, and the ever-fashionable black. All sizes in the lot. “1 perhaps give away too much to| my imagination,” he continued present- | lv. “Why not? Tt is as least a luxury. | Perhaps my vision is exaggerated— | perhaps not—but with this idea in our head, Mr. Barnes, we think—my friend | and ‘I—that it will be as well to let | Lord Ardrington await our visit just a | little longer. It is almost as amusing | | to us to contemplate his present condi- | | tion as it must have been to him to | think of our vigil on the edge of Thot- | ford Heath. We will call at Ardrington Hall when the fancy takes us." | “But that's fust what vou can't do. Martin expostulated. “With me, tods | the way is open for you. If you refuse | rd Ardrington will probablv | Without assistance | to the house, or a1 interview hir | Solomon Graunt, who had been an | attentive listener, removed his cigar from his lips, apparently for the pur-| posa of smiling. His teeth were not quite all that they should have been |and his lips when parted seemed more | than ever distorted in shape. Victor | | Porle leaned back in his chair and| laughed long and silently. Martin, as | he watched them both. shivered with | passionate dislike. There was some- | s | thing inhuman about their sheer ugli- sinister about their | ness, something | confidence. | “You talk very S | triend.” Victor Porle said at last, | that is because you do not know the | manner of men with whom you talk. | | You can go back to your patron, Lord | | Ardrington, and tell him that we are' very happy and contented here, but; that when the whim seizes us, when | my friend Mr. Solomon Graunt and |1 destre to pay him a little visit, | whether it be in broad daylight or in what you would call the watches of the night. we shall come. Locks will ! not stay us, nor a horde of servants, nor that powerful arm of yours, young man. if vou are fool enough to inter- | fere. We shall come when we choose, | | simply, my young | Quality at a Price! This group in- er with quite a very pair is wear- to cold weather. Aside atent leather, id—in blonde, from Come early! $°).29 Sl lnle——ale——Dalale——=lalc———|a[e——aa[i———|0| —=|o | b | c——= 0| e——= |0l ————|0| 00— 0| 0| but when that will please us to say." Slowly and deliberately he recom- menced to deal the cards. The heads of the two men were bent forward. Victor Porle motioned impatiently to Martin “We play for high stakes,” he sald Your presence annoys." be it does not Martin Vi last sounds which he heard were the soft patter of the cards upon the bare table and the calling of Solomon Graunt through the open window for more drinks. “But why wouldn’t they come?" Lord +| Ardrington demanded passionately as| Martin regretfully confessed the fail- ure of his mission. “What do they hope to gain by waiting around here? I am willing to see them. I will hear all they have to say. The sooner they'll be driven *o realize that Laurita is now out of their reach.” e Mariin shook his head dublously. | He recounted, so far as he could re- | nounced. | member it, the whole of the conversa- | cating chocolates and staring at the | tion between the two men and him- | celling. self. Lord Ardrington listened without change of countenance. “That's like them,” he admitted. T were growing ltke that day by day “when we parted. It's ll)w them, and yet I don't understand™ % one of our best public schools. He was sent away in disgrace and went out to Buenos Alres. . . . Tell me, you saw no strangers in the village? You don't think they're waiting for assistance. “I didn't notice anything unusual,” Martin replied. “Just as I was turning in here a car with two men and a boy in it stopped at the inn, but they looked quite ordinary people. I wai‘d 2 moment and when I looked round | again our two friends were still going |on with their game.” Lord Ardrington suddenly smiled. A gleam of humor shone in his eyes. “After all," he said, “they have lived so long abroad they may have imbibed foreign notions. Perhaps it is my duty as lord of the manor to call upon these wo distinguished strangers. 1 nave |a good mind to do it." |, The luncheon gong | they turned toward | Blanche met them alone. reng out and the terrace | ““Laurita has a headache” she an- | “She is lying on her bed I can't get a word out of her | except that she doesn't want to come | down and doesn't want any lunch.” Lord Ardrington frowned in some perplexity. “In that case he said.” as Mallowes presented himself, “we won't wait for lunch.” but you have a most amazing drive. All that you need is practice.” “Well, we'll play as often as you like," he proposed eagerly. “To tell you the truth, this life is getting on my nerves. When Lord Ardrington asked me, I thought it would be simply wonderful to stay here—-" “Well, isn't it?" Blanche interrupted. “You meet two charming young women and within a few days you've married one of them, and I'm sure you've had a pleasant afternoon’s tennis with the other one." “I've enjoyed the tennis.” Martin ac- quiesced, “and I'm certainly not com- plaining of having been dull. I won- der how Laurita is.” “I'll go and see presently,” Blanche | promised. “Look here, Martin,” she | added, turning a little toward him, “you've got to play the game, you know.” He met the searching gaze of her | rank blue eyes without flinching. | “Of course I shall play the game” e answered, “but what exactly do you | mean?” | “Laurita isn't English, you must re- member.’ She has what they call the | Latin temperament. Where an Eng- lish girl would use her common sense, urita is inclined to give way to her imagination.” | Martin moved uncomfortably in his can't imagine that I should ever dream of taking advantage of it.” Blanche patted the back of his hand for a moment. He felt a sudden little stab of pleasure. | “My dear man, can't you understand | that she may want you to. That may | be your difficulty. To a girl like Lau-| rita there is something tremendously | romantic in standing up with a ;oung man whom she doesn't actually dislike and having that service pronounced over her. There you are, under the same roof, man and wife. An English girl might be able to keep her mind the fact that the whole thing “I'll have to go aw " Martin ex- | claimed. of girls in the country she came from are married with very little more prep- aration than that—married cven before they are her age, too. If you are will- ing to accept the position seriously; if you think you would care enough for Laurita to make her a good husband. why then the thing is easy; but if you don't, then I think you'll have to be careful during the next few days. T ho only smiles at me.” “Couldn’t we get Lord Ardrington to | talk to her?” Martin suggested. | "“we might, but I'm not sure that “Of course,” Blanche went on, “lots | tried to talk sense to Laurita, but | 21 enough; because I don't want to get married at all just yet; and because hat there is not some one else of whom I am much fonder.” “That complicates the situation.” Blanche admitted. “Who is this other perzon? Does she care for you?" “Not a scrap,” Martin answered “She never will. All the same. she | would always be there. She would | probably stop my feeling the right sort of things for Laurita.” | “You're an ingenuous youth,” Blanche | sighed. “You've had your warning ‘lhnuqh, and I think you'll remember Still, I should like to know about the other girl.” | “I don't think you ever will," was the rathet wistful reply. (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) ‘Bunions ifl}‘ Quick relief from pain DzScholls paomon.te Prevent shoe pressure | Zino-pads ™ = | % but | 5 “Neither do 1" Martin agreed. few days ago they offered to buy my | Later in the afternoon Martin and pass from me. Now they boast that|Blanche sat under one of the fine they can walk in when they please.” | cedar trees on the confines of the lawn, “Very possibly they could,” Lord Ard- | indulging in cool drinks after a stren- rington remarked nervously. “Solomon | uous set of tennis. Graunt started life as a burglar, I be-| “At last I am beginning to feel alive | licve. I have heard him say that he again” the latter confessed. “Thrze | could pick any lock in the universe.” “And Victor Porle?" “Victor Porle was a house master at ! tin, place. “Do § U me “1 shouldn't thing to her. | that it's only Mar- | me crazy. You don't play otten, badly, you know. 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