The Place of Honeymoons
sly and humbly, yet expectantly, between the imposing cream-stucco of the Grand H
; and the racket from the hucksters' carts and hotel omnibuses, arriving and departing from the steamboat landing, the shouts of the b
acted like a petulant child. To have shown his hand so openly, simply because the Barone had beaten him in the race for the motor-boat! And Nora would understand that he was weak and without backbone. Harrigan himself must have reasoned out the cause for
it to t
or lose
ng he and that Italian woul
in response to a sudde
eyed, came in. "Why the devil don't you join the Trappist monks, Abbott?
out the patent rocker for his guest. "What's on you
me over and take tea this afternoon. I'm going up presently to see the Harrigans. Thought I'd go around and do the thing informally. Taken a fancy to the old chap. He's a little bit of
nce in t
guineas to see the old fellow in action. But, I say;
es
im bang across the
uttered
was
thi
ike 'dem i
e it
out him i
N
incognito for two weeks before they found him and bundled him back. Of course, every one knows that he is but a crazy lad who's had too much freedom."
declared Ab
of putting her on a train and running away with her. Between you and me, I don't blame him. What's the matter with sicking the Ba
would have liked to talk more in regard to the interloper, but it would have been sheer folly. The colonel, in his blundering way, would have brought up the subject again at tea-time and put everybody on edge. He had, unfortunately for his friends, a reputation other than that of a
sketch that servant of yours. He's got a profi
a first-class fighting man. Didn
it for my own use. How does he
my clothes laid out? Luggage attended to? Guns shipshape? That
life. I don't know which e
than once. Funny thing; you can't show 'em that you're grateful. Lose caste if you do. I rather miss it. Get the East in your bloo
door opened unceremoniously, and Courtlandt came in. He
this globe goes on shrinking
nts and tigers and chittahs and wild boar and quail-running and strange guttural names; weltering nights in the jungles, freezing mornings in the Hil
hed over an oak bench.
is hand. "My apologies; but the colonel and I never expected to see each other
line," said Abbott, in a faultfinding tone,
t. Came up
to stay
y to Zermatt. I've a hankering to h
laimed the colonel.
bout way," was the
some good flights there. Wonderful year! They cross t
fine sporting proposition." The colonel dug into his
landt, rising and going to a w
hink they co
and,
dev
ater,
words, you believe
casionally. It will do you good. You've an idea because you walloped Napoleon that you're the same rac
dem!" gasped
: to him caste is everything. Take the money out of one man's mind and the importance of being well-born
me into an argument like this. A brute of a beast jumped into the middle of it. Courtlandt shot him on the second bound, an
two," grin
f gall. I'll remember that. Bu
n who started the powwow." He looked down into
Abbott hurried
; fact. Thinks he can travel around incognito when there
avel around if he wants to
l nudged t
attraction in Bellaggio,
nel, peering over Courtlandt's shoulder. "He's w
andt. "That will be Nora Harrigan. How
and a
e other
ndo. She's been dodging the fellow for months. In Paris last year she couldn't move without running into him. This year she changed her apartment, and gave orders a
m are annoyed, unless they become suffragists."
, Colonel?" asked C
nerously produ
ut to observe that
ver! You'll like the family. The girl is charming; and the father is a sportsman to the backbone. Some silly fools laugh
rigan." Courtlandt returned hi
ter?" said Abb
sur
lonel stowed away the offending br
er to Menaggio to see about some papers to be signed. If I can make the three o
nd tell me that you have impo
t, is in the vain endeavor to escape important business. Now and
-post. Millions, Abbott, and to be obliged to run away from them! If the deserts hadn't dried
his lean brown hands. "When these begin to shake, I'll do
"You think he's in Singapore, the door opens and in he walks
up to the light, and then screwing it into his eye; "strikes me,
e backed two musical shows in
all waiting to be stars, and solemn Courtlandt wandering among them as the god of amity! Afraid of them! Of
an princess in the newspapers; but I knew there was no truth i
y signs of being
e world. But to shy at m
ods. Perhaps he really has business in Men
ad off, if he
You're in the light-weight class, and Courtland
t, b
in Northern India. Courtlandt put on the gloves
re. He's as full of sur
without truly seeing them at all. A delicate situation, which needed the lightest handling, confronted him. He must wait for an overt act, then he might proceed as he pleased. How really helpless he was! He could not f
without stamp or postmark. He opened it, mildly curious to learn who it was that had discovered his presence in Bellaggio so quickly. The envelope contained nothing more than a neatly folded bank-note for one hundred francs. He e