Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1930, Page 22

A Mystery Story The Dagger- " By Mary Dahlberg Copyright, 1970, by Duffield and Company. (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER XXIIL THE DUC IS FASCINATED. E SENAC was quite differens! from what she had expected. At his knock Marie sprang forward to open the door. On the threshold stood & | the buffalo grazed. except for a dozen or so Mexican settiements.” | poDe Senac was as excited as & school- | ““Quel merveilleuse!” he protested “But madame is of Texas! How often | |as a lad I lost myself in the tales of | | her Indian fighters and pistol shoot- ers. Madame must tell me of it. I re-| | roach myself that I have talked so much.” 1f with slender, wiry man, holding himsell With | T3,"Coy the Duc's turn to be fascinated a dominant energy which suggested untapped strength. The horizon-blue uniform revealed a straight carriage, | while Dagger told vividly of life on the ‘Mexicnn border and the exploits of her own ancestors in the winning of the o rrow | broad shoulders. tapering 10 & BeTTOW| west. “The tea hour flew as though on waist. The head was carved like an eagle’s, with the jutting, beaked nose that Dagger liked, dark eyes that| glowed brilliantly and a shock of snow- white hair. At first glance she thought him quite old, but then she saw the| firm pinkness of his skin, the boyish erectness of his build and knew him for middle-aged He bowed low over her hand. touch- ing it with his lips—Dagger’s initial ex- rience with the gesture. His heels| ad clicked together and his body swung gracefully {from the hi “Charmed, madame,” said _in English practically as fluent as her own. “It is delightful of you to permit me this pleasure. “But how can I thank you for your thoughtfulness, Monsieur le Duc?" she| answered. “Your flowers were a beau- tiful welcome to & stranger.” He eased himself rather cautiously into the chair she indicated. | “This abominable leg.” he explained with a smile. “A souvenir of the Chemin des Dames—which might better be called the Road of the Damned. But I owe it one favor, for there I met madame’s husband. Madame will suf- fer me to relate the experience? I shall not_distress her?” | “Oh, no,” she reassured him eagerly. “Please tell me.” | “There is little to tell. I was struck by a shell fragment in the advance and left for dead. Indeed, I should have died from loss of blood but for the fact that Capt. Vaneering made a forced landing in the same field. Walking | from his plane, he came upon me,/| bound up my wound and summoned | stretcher-bearers. 1 owe him my life. And from that began our friendship. He visited me in the hospital and aft- erward spent a leave at my chateau that Tante—my aunt, madame, who| will be happy to make madame's a quaintance—might thank him. For are very dear to one another.” Tears stung Dagger's evelids. | - De Senac made a gesture of depreca- | jon. “I have not annoyed madame?” “No, no! I am glad to hear. My| - - Powders is made for husband was unwilling to speak of his | experiences after the war. He was of | those who felt that they had fought| in vain.” ‘The Frenchman's lean face lighted ‘eompassionately. “ lads! These have been trying years for youth. One must have the tolerance of age to grasp the inward- mness of events. What seems futile on the surface often strikes roots deep into the hearts of men—and whatever truly reaches to men’s hearts has not been in vain.” Dagger was fascinated. He talked on freely, encouraged by her interest, tell- ing of his belief in the responsibility of those born with exceptional ability and integrity to render unusual service to'mankind in return. He spoke proudly of the ancient lineage of his noble fam- ily and its services to France. The talk back to the World War once more. “You must have had many adven- fures in those four years, Monsieur le Duc.” she prompted. “Millions shared them with me,” he Fejoined deprecatingly. “Ah, but not many served through four years and fought so variously as you. Were you at the Marne?” “No, I was in the North—in the great Rolding battle in Lorraine. Our fight was to maintain the hinge upon which the armies pivoted back before the Ger- man rush” “Oh, do tell me,” she begged. “You | weren't & general, then?” | “No, & colone]. I had a regiment of | red-legged devils from my own country, | Normandy. I daresay there were men | under me whose ancestors had followed | my ancestors at Crecy and Agincourt.” “How marvelous,” cried Dagger. “We Bave no such memories in my country. My uncle, who is still alive, fought In- @ians as a young man, A hundred TS ago, when my family emigrated Texas, it was all open range, where The Hartmann “Student Special” .5;9.50 Not only lower pri wings. Dagger's third awakening in Paris | was still happier than her second Marie brought her an armful of flowers | ~-“from Monsieur le Duc, madame.” And with them a crested note from De Senac’s Tante, the Princess Rakovski, | inviting Dagger to tea that afternoon Ignorant as she was of European so- cial customs, she was yet impressed by the fact that A woman of such rank, so much older than herself, should have made the initial advance so promptly. | And she was doubly grateful for the invitation when the telephone rang and | Dick's voice sounded in her ear. | “We want you to come to tea, dear,” he said, after the usual preliminarfes. | “I'm 50 sorry, but I can't, Dick,” she | answered. “The Duc de Pontolse was here yesterday—he was a friend of Jack's—and his aunt as invited me to tea_this afternoon.” Dick whistled so shrilly that she Jumped. | “My word! That means business with a Frenchman.” (Continued tomorrow.) 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