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He had been very good to her} " • fjhe recalled her awakening In the cot- 1 - ifcage, with Avezzana's eyes upon her, the subsequent scene which had , ^K> filled her with unreasoning panic. ;> • - He had asked for hex guardian's 't\ Iddreas. Now she knew why. . . , • Bow fantastic It all was! . . . He been brave, too, there In the midst •if the fighting. . . . And Italy was a Ibost lovely place--Densley had said It Jraa a paradise for lovers. ... It was itrange how remote her association ^jrith I>ensley seemed; only an Irradijgjable Impression of his sophisticated frlewpolnt remained, and a gentle regret ... It might have been years Ago that' he had died. . . . Life was a ^ueer business. . . . Hew could any •ne want to marry her without knowi -jfeg more of her? . . . .Still, it was nice ' %f him. ... A countess, too. Glamor , itole over her senses, and yet she was •ad; she did not know why. . . . Her 4 guardian's acceptance of the idea of 4 = roller leaving him depressed her. . . . It made her feel homeless and miser- "... *ble. . . . To her amazement, tears . iuddenly brimmed In her eyes. She Welcomed them In a luxury of emotionalism, and flans herself face dowri \ \ %cross her bed. . . . Sobs shook her* powerfully. ' * ^ She was interrupted by a sharp !; f Itaock on her door, and Mrs. Cortland's l|urrled voice Inquiring, "Ann, mho in |he world Is a Count Onldo Mario , Avezzana Inquiring tap me--and for four* / * j Ann stayed her sobs^ and called '3'* tremulously, "Cou*$. Avezzana? Down- ; §talrs?" r "Tea, In the Ubrary. JHIo Is her 1 "He was at Gettysburg, Aunt Km- 5|Nr" ' ' * 7 "Ton must come down at once." 1 1 cant It will take me t long l^me t You go down and see him. Aunt vmlly, do." , ;; "He asked for me, Ann. Naturally, iS shall go down. But /lurfy." Ann found It Impossible to obey th! Command. She* wanted very much to pee Avezzana--she was breathless at jibe thought of him below, waitings #he was all on fire with curiosity as to what he would do next, but at the flame time she wanted to look her bestj When she confronted him, lest he •bould regret his amazing overtures. She ran to the glass and scrutinized ler face; although she had "only just begun to cry, her eyes were undoubt-j •dly rathet- red. **I look even worse ttian I did In the train," she murmured discontentedly, as she poured water ibto her wash basin. The cold was delicious to her flushed face; no one "•rould ever know she had been crying, decided, when she looked In the S-;?' mirror again, after prolonged appllca- . 'Hons. She lingered over her dresses, Enable to decide which one she should on; but she was determined that it jjhould not be black, and finally she selected an apricot green tissue, which •1 *he had worn in the spring before she J ' 7~t'~v ,,J)ut on her mourning. In It she had ^ *r * .young and vernal look that was undoubtedly charming. She bad a heart' .. «ning conviction of 14, herself. ( As she stole down the stairs she Could hear alternately Mrs. Cortlandt't tilgh voice and Avezzana's lower, more temotional tones. "What are they talk- . Ing about?" Ann wondered, pausing " .fnldway on the steps. She thought that Jthey seemed to be getting on very - iwell without her, so when she went --"Idown the long library to greet the young Italian officer she assumed a --little air of Indifference. Avezzana • sprang to his feet at her coming and regarded her with Intent eyes. He •was more beautiful than ever, and his uniform was more splendid than the -one he had worn on the field. Under . his look she was Inclined to be sorae- _jwhat uncomfortable, and when he bent to kiss her hand she flinchted visibly-. It was Impossible for her to accept this salutation casnally, and she felt self-consciously that Mrs. Cortlandt'g massive presence was not the place for an amorous Interlude. $he sent her a lightning glance under her eyelashes, but even before Avezzana's head was .lifted Ann could see that Mrs. Cortiandt had preserved an air of worldly complacence. . | "Well," she thought unbidden, "1*11 have to get used to it, If I am coin* to live In Italy." , After that they conversed. The three of them sat very upright In their chairs and went politely through the < topics of the day. Ann was amazed at herself; she had not dreamed she had such reserves of conventionalities It seemed to her that hours passed before Avezzana rose smartly to his feet bowed, planted a kiss first on the exact diametrical blfck of Mrs. Cort- , landt's hand, and then on hers, and prepared to take his departure. On his way to the door he paused as though struck with a sudden thought rThe ambassador from my country will be in this city on Wednesday. Would it, perhaps, prove amusing to you,vSlgnora, to meet him? if x will arrange a little dinner at the Fifth Avenue hptel, where I am stopping for, it is possible, a fortnight" "A fortnight," thought Ann, with a flashing grin. "He doesn't think It wtli take very long." However, an ambassador ; that was something! She rejoined the conversation to hear Mrs. Gortiandt accepting effusively tor herself, Ann and Fanny. "You t» stoppla« at the hotel?" she contlnqed. "You are, I have no doubt, comfortable there. We are very proud of the .Fifth Avenue, but after all--a hotel !** She shrugged her plump shoulders scornfully. "It would give me great pleasure if you Would take dinner with us on Sunday. I am only sorry that Mr. Cortlandt is not here to make you welcome." Avezzana accepted with every symptom of decorouis delight, and took his departure without more than a glance at Ani*. It was all entirely incomprehensible; had anyone except her guardian been involved, she would have thought the whole thing a gigantic hoax. Mrs. Cortlandt, however, was decidedly impressed. "Whatever he sees In you, Ann, I cannot Imagine,'* she confided to the girl. "He Is a charming young man. Such beautiful manners! Such delightful breeding!" Without going Into It further, Ann understood that Mrs. Cortlandt had been Informed of Avezzana's Intentions. IC. Fanny was greatly escited at the prospect of meeting a genuine Italian count, for, in the 'sixties, titles were a novelty In New York. She asked Ann a great many questions about him, to which that young woman replied, dryly, "Oh, he Is just a man, Fanny, like other men--blacker, perhaps." The Theodore Renneslyers came to the ceremonious mid-Sunday dinner,, miraculously reconciled to Ann. Mrs. Renneslyer had not spoken to her since she had jilted Hendricks, and •his father, on the one or two occasions when the girl had seen him, had been so filled with kindly embarrassment In her compahy, that she had minded It more than his wife's Icy displeasure. She wondered what sort of a meal they would have, all together with Avezzana, and wished nervously that she might be excluded from It, as she had been In the rebellious days of her childhood. To her amazement, when Mrs. Renneslyer came in, just on the heels of the young Italian, she was full of a pleasing. If shallow, affection toward her; a&d her husband had returned gaily to his old lively comradeship. It was as though nothing had happened to discredit her with them. Mra. Renneslyer had bought herself new dresserf on abandoning her mourning, and she seemed, on this bright September afternoon, to have returned miraculously to her youth. She wore a filmy mauve frock, covered with frothy little* ruffles of white Jace, and a purple bonnet with pansies on the wide brim, which poked forward over her vivacious face. Her waist was perhaps a little thicker and her Aeeks a trifle pinker than they had been on the day, so long ago, when Ann had first seen her, and If one were disagreeable enough to look for them, one might possibly find, In the shadow of her hat brim, a network of fine wrinkles about the corners of her pretty eyes, bat her throat and her hands were as white as ever, while thp glossy ringlets that clustered under the wreath of pansies on her hat were extraordinarily veracious. Mrs. Cortlandt had asked no one else to dinner. "Only the family," she said archly to Avezzana, and he had responded with a grave courtesy which Ann thought made Mrs. William seem bourgeois. The talk at the dinner, however, was quite brilliant Mrs. Renneslyer had been to Italy before her marriage. "How can you bear to leave so beautiful a place?" she demanded oratorlcally. "It was In the spring when I was there, and there were roses everywhere--everywhere, I assure you, Ann--and purple flowers, great masses of them, I forget their name---" "Bogumvelia," Avezzana affirmed, smiling, "Yes, that*s It. So sweet! Of course, I was there long before any one tad heard of QaribaldL 1 am quite an*old with her gray ones, bat there was r fighting--no more wars. The young nothing personal, nothing demanding, In his look; th^ man she had known In the little house at Gettysburg had vanished so completely that she thought her memory mast have tricked her in regard to him. As for her guardian's letter--she cotild only believe that Avezzana had, by this time, changed his mind In regard to her, for he had made no effort to arrange for a glimpse of her between the Thursday of his c^jll and Sunday. In the drawing room after dinner, however, he asked her, choosing a momenjt when she was protected by the presence of both the aunts, If It would be a proper thing for him to ask her to ride with ,hlm one afternoon. "Quite, I should think," Ann said* dryly. Mrs, Renneslyer added, smoothly; "In New York, of course, we are not so rigid as you are in Europe; young girls do many things I would prefer a daughter of mine didn't. But you have my permission, Ann, to ride with Count Avezzana." • Ann grinned a little at that; then she recalled her last ride with the Italian, and a slow flush burned up In her cheeks, for the elaborate secrecy with which he surrounded that episode was making her self-conscious. It was arranged that they would go On the afternoon before the count's dinner for the Italian ambassador, but at noon of that day the heat broke In a sharp thunder squall and a flood of rain, so that riding was oat of the question; Ann had an odd sense of relief at postponing the tete-a-tete. In the evening they all wore their best clothes; when Mrs. William, Fanny and Ann drove through the rain In fhe big Cortlandt carriage. It could scarcely accommodate their flamboyant skirts. Ann was In white, Fanny In pink, and Mrs. Cortlandt in plum color. The older woman talked all the way of the charms of their young host; his good looks, his brilliancy and his fine manners. Ann wondered what she would be saying If she knew of the night In the little cottage at Gettysburg. "Nothing against him," she thought, cynically, "bat probably a great deal against me!" The dinner was a most Impressive occasion. Avezzana had engaged a private dining room In his hotel, and had decorated the table lavishly with flowers, after the Italian fashion. He had secured distinguished company to meet his ambassador; a general In the Northern army, whom he had met at Gettysburg, an ex-minister to Italy from Wilmington, Delaware, and an Italian capitalist from > Chicago--a squat, fat, swarthy man, who, whet) he talked at all, talked volubly of the possibilities of the fruit trade In America. The ambassador proved to be delightful. He was a fine-looklpg old man, with a white Imperial, llertfe, white brows over them? which moved up and down frantically when" "he talked. Ann liked him at once; it would have been impossible not to have done so, for he Immediately set about making -himself pleasant, and she was by no means proof against such flattering attention. She sat on his right, for Avezzana had placed the aunts on either side of him, and she found herself devoting most of the evening to a discussion of her host. "A charming boy," the ambassador said, smiling Indulgently across the table at Avezzana. "I knew his father well, and his mother. Ah--une bell a Signora, Slgnorlna, and how she will enjoy you, so fresh, so naive, so American !" His English was extraordinarily fluent. "My young friend has a great life before him. It will not be long, now, when my king will have a Guldo will be free for polities, and he will go far." Ann, lift this Juncture, made a feeble attempt to-divert the conversation Into more abstract channels, but the ambassador would have none of It. "His family jewels!" he exclaimed, apropos of nothing, "such pearls! But pearls are too dull for you. I have seen his grandmother's diamond earrings,, which wait for Avezzana's bride-- there is a tiara, too." Ills glance traveled to the top of Ann's shining head and rested there until Bhe felt uncomfortfibly naked; she had never seen a tiara, to be Sure, but h^r Instinct told her the place for one. "And his houses. Do t|w> country, Slgnorlna?" "Ye-es," sa|d Ann. "Pretty well." She had In mind the little white farm house In Milton Center. "Ah, uhtll you have seen Piedmont you have not seen the country I A beautiful old castle, Slgnorlna, stone everywhere, inside and out; therefore, even In midsummer, you have never the heat like this. Such gardens! Such flowers! Such fruits \ In America you have po Idea of fruits--In spite of "Yetr'Are a Sly Puss» My Dear. It Is No Wonder That My Poor Boy Could Not Carry the Day Against 8uch a Rival." what our friend yonder Is at this moment engaged in saying; .by way of endearlng himself to x°ur so charming aunt, Mrs. Renneslyer. . . . And the moon light on the terrace on ,a May night, Slgnorlna--even your cold American heart could not withstand that I" "What does one do In the country in Italy?" Ann demanded lucidly. "There Is hunting, my dear young lady. You should see the Count Aveazana returning from the chase--" Ann Interrupted him ruthlessly, quite regardless of the fact-that he was an ambassador. "No, I mean what do the women do?" The ambassadorial eyebrows flew up and down with extraordinary rapidity. "Oh," he said, "the ladles! Our ,sunlight, Slgnorlna! To sit In It Is Heaven! TLe ladles have always a parasrfl of some beautiful color; they make pictures, so, which a man remembers. They gather tiie flowers, too, and Instruct the gardeners as to the fruits, and, of course, Slgnorlna, they talk, In more languages, perhaps, than In this, your country, but the context Is the same--for our ladles are no different In that respect from ladles all over the world." He laughed, secure united Italy; there will be no more In the humor, of his little joke, and •h:;a . "Oh, H* Is Just a Other Men; M* Fanny, Like Perhaps." ! I went down to Rome and was presented to the pope. I had to wear a black veil on my bead, Fanny; It was really quite becoming, and the pope was very sweet to me-- very. Oh, yes, I loved florae! I was a great success there, too. I often wonder, Theodore, that I ever came back to New York to marry you. There was such an attractive man I met there! I wonder, Count Avezzana, If by chance you knew him? Of course, by this time, he Is probably a grandfather I" And then began a long cataloguing of possible acquaintances, In which Aveszana engaged himself vivaciously. Ann wondered If the Italian were really amused by it. It was impossible to tell, when watching him from across the table. Now and thai he glanced up, and his black eyes clashed 40KZ*X4>X*X«X*X*X*X*X*X*X+X4X<0>X*X«Z«X*X*X*3:4>X*X*X*X*X* 9 a of Utility Taught Primitive Man to. Fashion His . Weapon, His Tools antf His •>-- >- ... .Coarse- Garment* -v-C <Tlfe weapon, the tool, the *ase,'and, in harsh climates, a coarse garment of skins--such are the first fr--nS, iorelgn to his own substance, that primitive man fashions. He is surrounded by beasts of prey and is assailed constantly by the hostile elements of a still chaotic nature. He sees enemy forces in fire, in storms. In the slightest trembling of foliage or of water. In the seasons, even, and in day and night until the beating of bis arteries and the sound of his steps have given him the sense of rhythm. * Art Is, in the beginning, a thing of Immediate utility, like the first staminerWg oi speech; something to designate the objects which surround mail, for him to imitate or modify In order that he may use them; man goes no farther. Art cannot yet be an instrument of philosophic generalization, since man could not know how to utilize It. But he forges that instrument, for he already abstracts from his surroundings some rudimentary law which applies to his own advantage. The nfen and youths range the forests. Their weapon Is at fiftst the knotty branch torn from the oak or the elm, the stone picked up from the ground. The women, with the old men and the children, remain hidden In the dwelling, an improvised halting place or grotto. From his firsi *i.uml>Hng steps man comes to grips with an Ideal --the fleeing beast which represents the Immediate future of the tribe; the evening meal, devoured to make muscle for the hunters; milk for the mothers. Woman, on the contrary, has before her only the near and present reality--the meal to prepare; the child to nourish; the skin to be dried; later on, the fire that is to be tended. It is she, doubtless, who finds the first tool and the first pot; it Is she who Is the first workman. It Is from her realistic and conservative role that human Industry takes Its beginnings. Perhaps she also assembles teeth and pebbles into necklaces, to draw attention to herself and to please. But her positive destiny closfla the horizon to her, and• the first* veritable artist Is man. it Is man, the explorer of plains ajyl forests, tbe navigator of rivers, who comes forth from the caverns to study the constellations and the clouds ; ft Is man/ through his idealistic and revolutionary function, who Is to take possession of the objects made by Ms companion, to turn them, little by little, into the* instruments that express the world of abstractions which appears to him .confusedly. Thus, from the beginning the two great human forces realise that equilibrium which will never be destroyed; woman, the center of Immediate life, who brings up the child and maintains tht! family in the tradition necessary to social unity; man, the focus of the life of the Imagination, who plunges Into the unexplored mystery to preserve society from death through his directing of It into th') courses of unbroken evolution.--Bile Fanre In Arts and Decoration. s j :• Galled It "Indian 8aIt.* • In the Middle ages sugar warlmtrWn as "Indian salt," and was used only by physicians and by the very rich. It became a staple article of food when tea and wcoffee began to be used. , Heart-Beat Magnified. tfslng wireless amplifiers and • load speaker to magnify the sound at the heart-beats Is surgery's latest development. f . •' added, "And, of course, they have their devotions--their charities." "in the ..cities," Ann continued definitely, do th(?y do.there?" The ambassador leaned baek hi his chair and expanded his white shirtfront genially. "Per Baced!--such delightful lives I Not perhnps so energetic as this of yours, in this so charming country, bat always feminine, yon understand. It is the Custom In the cities of my country to drlvp In the afternoon--In Roma, on the Corso, and. In Flrenze, In the Casslne ; the ladles use the elegftnt open carriage like those In which the Qugen yictorla drives. Also, because our king sanctions It it has recently become the custom for the ladles to ride on the horse In ray country, as they d«» In England-- bqt, you understand, with somewhat l«ss freedom. And there are balls,--soirees--the opera--all those entertainments which one finds ' In capitals--and also, naturally, they have their devotions--their charities." Ann said nothing in response to this. She was wondering If the Italian ladles Uked it, living'cushioned lives llkq that After all, a day had twenty-four hours: the ambassador's sketch . left gaps bel Imagination could not fill. When the ladlee were shawling, Mrs! Rennneslyer murmured to Ann, softly, "You are a s!y puss, my dear, and it Is ho wonder that my poor boy could not carry the day against such a rival." < She swept out before Ann could defend herself, but on second thought the girl decided It was perhaps as well she had not had the ^occasion to explain to Hendrfbks' mother that she had never loved her son. The dinner made a great difference In the attitude of the Cortlandts toward her, thefe was no question about that. Mrs. Renneslyer awarded her a reluctant respect, while Mrs. William deferred to her as thougli she were already one of the magnificent Avezzanas about whom the Italian ambassador had talked. As a result, Ann's life was vastly more comfortable. Fanny regarded her with dazzled eyes; she turnfed suddenly shy, and was much too timid to discuss the possibilities of a great marriage. As for the girl herself, she could not help .enjoying the extraordinary situation In which she found herself, and her wonderment as to what Avezzana's next move would be became a preoccupation. It was evident that Avezzana considered the dinned a' definite step In his coartsfilp, for every dffy, following that event. sent her flowers; they arrived early Ih the morning, fresh and untouched, by the-Septefnber heat. In the evening he came, formal-1 ly, 'to call on her and Mrs. William; It was always a repetition of Jiis flAt visit; the Older woman was invariably present, aiqd the conversation flowed In shallow courses, so that Ann found herself swallowing yawns. Avezzana's form' of courtship was new and exciting, bat she came reluctantly to thjf conclusion that she did not like him*, particularly. It was all very perplexing, but, at the same time, It was a fascinating game. , vr When the proposal finally came'she was, for all her anticipation of It, caught unaware. The Italian came to dinner In Washington square, and found her, alone In the library. It was obvious that the others would be there in a moment, and Ann had no expectation of anything decisive Impending, until, contrary to his habit, Avezzana came dlose to her chair, and stood over her with an air of affectionate proprietorship. "It Is coming!" Ann thought, staggered, and she began to talk rapidly of the extraordinary heat the night. He brushed her simple defenses aside with a romantic gesture of his band. "I have something to ask of you." "No. Please don't ask me anything, Count Avezzana." She knew, as she spoke, that he took her coh|{Hinction tor mere maidenly confusion. He smiled, and surprised her. "Have I you*- permission to'call you Dy your name? To call you Ann?" In her relief^she almost langhed. "Oh--that? Yes, of like." This permission encouraged Avezzana to an extraordinary «xtent. He leaned closer to her, and. the scent of his, pomade enveloped her with an odor entirely different from that used by American men. "Grazia, mlo' Bella. You know, perhaps, why I have remain so long in your city?" "I thought perhaps you liked It," Ann said nervously. "I do." Avezzana shrugged one of his sllyn shoulders. No, I have remain so long In your city because of you, my Ann. You must have--what is It you say?-- guessed, that It was my intentfori to ask you to do me the honor to be my wife. Ever since that night at Gettysburg"-- he broke off, and for a moment his deep look flickered away--"but we will not talk of that--not new. It Is only that since then I have the wish but for one thing." He slipped his hand over Ann's at this Juncture. "Could you care for me?** he asked, smiling brilliantly down upon her; his assurance was contagious. "I am afraid not," Ann said drearily ; at the time It neemed to her unfortunate. "I will teach you," Avessana proclaimed, Joyfully*.- It was exactly as though she had not spoken. "You must marry me, my Ann. You must come with me--to Italia." Ann continued to look at him, halfhypnotized. "I think my uncle would like it," she murmured. "But yes--It is a good alliance. The only question is this. Is it your wish?" Her Wfth? She almost yielded to his power of suggestion. . . . Everything seemed to be pushing her toward this marriage. . . . Nineteen years old. . . . High time. . . . Every one would be pleased. . . . She had only to nod her head. ' She smiled rather miserably at Avessana, and heard a tiny voice somewhere saying, 1 really can't--I'm sorry." She half regretted the Words as soon as she knew them to be hers, and yet she did not recftll them. Avezzana flushed deep*ly, and for an Instant the vivid passion of his nature flashed out, as it had at Gettysburg. MI must have yon!" he said; for the first time he was loud and uncontrolled. "I will net give yon up. How Is it that yon can think to refuse m*, afUr that night near the battler i- "That is all past," Ann said. mm nothing to do with my marrying yoo, or not." . With a violent "effort Aveszana regained his smooth control of himself. "Please," he begged, "give me a little time. Do not yet make up your mind against me, I beg yon." "Very well," Ann conceded grudgingly. "But don't bettoo hopeful." That night, before he left, Aveszapa ^ had a word alone with Mrs. Cortlandt, and the next afternoon Ann came In to find tbe two closeted In the library. She was only too glad to steal past thedoor to the stair, filled with an exhilarating sense of escape. She had been in her room but a few moments when Mrs. Cortlandt rapped portentously at her door* She came In Ann thought like a ship ander full sail. "Well, miss," she flung at the girt, with a complete return to her old man ner, "and so, having disgraced the faro ily which has been your benefactor, you have the Insolence to refuse t« marry the man who. is willing to cleai your gaed namef' "So," Ann said Indignantly, "he hat told you." *And high tlme'he did I What yfrm guardian will think of such behaviorf All night t Aitmej" '< "No." .Ann corrected 'her *ol<£y. "Not alone. With Connt Aveszena." "Have you no Bense of shame?" * "I have nothing to be j»*hamed of I can't see why he had to tell yos •bout It, now everything Is over." "Over? Nonsense! Count JL*ncsan< Is willing to marry you, Ann.** "But I'm not willing to marr^ hfm I don't love him, Aunt Emily." ( Mrs. Cortlandt looked at her, es*# peration written plainly on her fac£ "You have compromised yourself wltl him," she said. "You might just at well love him. You certainly will havt to marry him." /. / ^ "Do you think uncle Would sc**** with you In that?" V1* Mrs. Cortlandt paused; for a moment she was staggered. "I dare pay," she Aald, at length, "that your guardian Is sufficiently infatuated with Qean Child's Bowels witb;- *"• f'tklifomia Fig Synq»'* 1 Hurry Mother! Even constipate^ bilious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies and Children love to take Pennine "Cajpi lfornla Fig Syrup.'1 No other laxative ., regulates the tender , little bowels so i nicely. It sweetens the stomach and ,i starts the liver and bowels without griping. Contains no narcotics or sooth» 4 ing drugs. Say "California" to yo^jp (t druggist and avoid counterfeits. Insist upon genuine "Calffornia Fig Syrujl?.. Which contains directions. - 7" J 4 ... Forced to it 'K"I - "I was only acting the phrt of peae^ -X « makfer7" explained a prisoner. ' • "But you knocked the man sens#,- V less," said the magistrate. 1?% "I .did," was the answer* 'Theft? v was no other way to peace. Pearson's Weekly. . • ' DEMAND "BftYER* Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Croa^ • Has Been Proved 8afe by Millions*'! Warning! Unless yon see the na: "Bayer" on package or cn tablets y< are not getting the genuine Bayer you to excuse even this Impropriety,! Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 yeari. Say "Bayer" when you buy Asplrta.i Imitations may prove danger;GS.--AdrJ but If you have ordinary gratitude for all his kindness^ you will marry Count Avezzana, and save him the embarrassment of explaining your escapade." Ann's eyes widened. She had not thought of that aspect of her sorry case. "I wish you would let me explain ft to you," she said, weakly. Mrs. Cortlandt furled some of her sail, at this concession. S&e seated herself ^majestically, and bent a sorrying look On, the culprit. "Nothing can ever explain It, Ann," she said heavily. "There. Is nothing for^you- to do but marry Count Avezzana, And your guardian approves the match. I have had a letter from liim . stating his wishes In regard to It* ' "Oh, may I see It?" It seemed to Ann like a life line in drowning seas. "Certainly ilot, miss. . . . This young man Is everything you could want titled, head oyer heels In love with you --rich, even. You would be mad to hesitate, even If you had an alternative." She looked.at Ann.shrewdly. "Your xguar(11an's choice I Have yon' no gratitude?" " Suddenly weariness engulfed Ann. This angry woman arguing with her! .She wanted t6 be rid of her at any cost. . , . She could see years of railing stretching out before her, and Innuendo .about If, too; she thought, shivering, that nothing could be worse than that . . . Her guardian wished the match. That, lq Itself,, was enough. . . . She amazed Mrs. Cortlandt by«n swift capitulation. "Very well, I'll marry him. Yon can tell him so.*' She lqpked at the older woman in open aqeerlng scorn as she bounced op "from her jseat; Mps. 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