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Chapte i ‘THE AMOROUS HOSTESS

THE time; were full of trouble: but Martha Quinn was unperturb- ed. Hers was a mind that confined itself to the essentials of life; its sustenance and reproduction. Not for her to plague herself with the complexities of existence, with considerations of the Hereafter or disputations upon the various ‘creeds by which its happiness may be ensured—a matter upon which men have always been ready to send one another upon exploring voyages thither—or yet with the political opinions by which a nation is fiercely divided. Not even

' the preparations for war_with Hoi-

land, which were agitating men so violently, or the plague-scare based upon reports of several cases in the outskirts of the City, could disturb the serenity 0% her direct existence. The vices o the Court, which afforded such delectable a scandal for the Town, touched her more nearly. as did the circumstan- ce that yellow bird's-eye hoods were now all the rage with ladies of fashion, and the fact that London was lost in worship of the beauty and talent. of Sylvia Farquhar-son, who was appearing with Mr. Betterton at the Duke's House in the part of Katherine in Lord Orrery‘s "Henry the Fifth." Even so, to Martha Quinn, who very competently kept the Paul's Head, in Paul's Yard, these things were but the unimportant trifles that garnish the dish of life. It was upon life's main concerns that she concentrated her attention. ln all that regarded meat and drink her learning-as became the hostess of so prosperous a h0use—wss pro bably unrivaled. Upon these talents was her solid prosperity erected. She possessed, further-as b the mother of six sturdy children of assorted paternity~a discerning eye for a fine figure of a man.

it was to this fact—although he was very1far from suspectingtib- that Colonel Holles owed the good fortune of having lodged in luxury for the past month without even a reckoning asked or so much as a question on the subject of his means.

Mrs. Quinn had assigned to his exclusive use a cosy little parlor behind the common room. On the window-seat of this little parlor he now lounged, whilst Mrs. Quinn herse1f—and the day was long past cin which it had been her need or habit with her own plump hands to perform so menial an‘ office-re- moved from the table the remains of his very solid breakfast.

Observing him furtively, with a furtiveness, indeed, that was al- most habitual to her, Mrs. Quinn pursued her task, moving be- tween table and sideboard, and hesitated to break in upon his- abstraction. She was a woman on the short side of middle height, welLhipped and deep of bosom, but not excessively. The phrase" plump as a partridge" might have been

invented to describe her. In age she ‘

cannot have been much short of forty, and whilst ’not without a

certain homely comeliness, in no,

judgment but _her own could she have been accounted beautiful. Very ‘blue of eye and very ruddy of

BUTIBURA HEALS BABY'S BLISTERS

cheek, she looked the embodiment of health; and this rendered her not unplessing. But the discerning would have perceived greed in the full mouth with its long upper lip, and sly cunning—Nature's com- pensaiion to low intelligences--in her vivid eyes.

was endowed with charms enough of person and fortune to Coleman, tbebookseller from the corner of Paul's Yard, and Appleby, themercer from Paternoster Row. She might marry either of them when she pleased. But she did not please. Her regard for essentials rendered the ‘knock-knees of Appleby as repulsive to her as the bow-legs of Coleman. 0f late, it is true. the thought of marriage had been engaging her. She realized that the age of adventure touched its end for her, and that the time had come to take a life companion and settiesoberiy. Fifteen years of good management, prosperity, and thrift at the Paul's Head had made her wealthy. When she pleased she could leave Paul's Yard, acquire a modest demesne in the country, and become one of the ladies of the land, a position for which she felt herself eminently qualified. That which her birth might lack, that in which her birth might have done poor justice to her nature, a husband could supply. Often of late had her cunning blue eyes been narrowed in mental review of this situation. What she required for her purposes was a gentleman born and bred whom fortune had reduced in circumstances and who would, therefore, be modest in the matter of matrimonial ambitions. He must also be be a proper man. Such a man she had found at last in Colonel Hoiies. From the moment when a month ago he strode into her inn followed by an urchin shouldering his valise and packages, and delivered hmiseif upon his immediate needs, she had recognized him for the husband she sought ,and marked him for her own. At a glance she had apprais- ed him; the tall, soldierly figure, broad to the waist, thence spare to the ground; the handsome face, shaven like a Puritan's, yet set he- tween clusters of gold-brown hair

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I _ _ liiE TOOK THE PIPESTEM FROM BETWEEN HIS LIBS.

thick ns a cavaiier‘s periwig, the long pear-shaped ruby-a relic, no doubt. of more prosperous d8yg-_ dangling from his right ear; the long sword upon whose pummel hi; left hand rested with the any grace of long habit; the assured poise, the air of command, the pleasant yet authoritative voice.

lt remains, however, that she,

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vessel from which he had taken his

morning draught. QQ

"ls there aught yet lack for comfort. Colonel?"

He stirred, turned his head. to iaoe her, and took the pipestem from between his lips.

“Nothing, I thank you," he an- swered, with a gravity that had been growing upon him in the last fortnight, to overcloud the earlier 500d humm- of hjsnbeal-‘Ing. ' 03;; rside of the palace with the

whaF-nonnflg? qua §“§‘°,'§,‘ o 156st close upon noon. and t-llﬂl sirens ruddy ‘ace was cm“ e h curial thoroughfare was more than .311 alluring smile. ‘Aloft now amt: ordmaruy thronged‘ the w" Wm‘ hem the talus-Md’ mung h" s l-loiland-—oow an accomplished fact golden head. Not smother draught __bemg Napalm)“, {or the anxious‘ of October before you go 10ml‘ feverish bustle hereabouts. we coaxed mm‘ Opposite the Horse Guards the

As he looked at her now, he smil- Colonel can“; m a monlenmry ha“ ed. And it hasybeen left on record on the skms of a knot o‘ idle,“ by one who knew him well that his standing at gaze u) observe the smile was irresistible, a smile that workmen on the palace mo; who could always win him the man or were engaged m erecting there a woman upon whim he bestowed it. weathermmt A gentleman whom it had a trick of breaking sudden he quegﬂoued informed him that l)’ "W" l‘ ""19 that m‘ Yelmle W“ this was for the convenience of the wistful. like B111111l1l11@ ‘breﬂkllw Lord High Admiral, the Duke of suddenly from a gray sky. '

“l vow you spoil me,” said he. She ‘beamed upon him. ‘ilsn't that the duty of a ‘proper hostess?" She set the tankard on the laden tray and -bore it out with her. When she ibrought it back replen- ished, and placed it on a. coffin- stool ibeside him. he changed his attitude. but not his mood of thoughtfulness. l-ie roused himself to thank her.

She hovered near until he had taken a pull of brown October.

"Do you go forth this morning?"

"Aye," he answered, but wearily. as if red i to hopelessness. "They told me I should ﬁnd his grace returned today. But they have told me the same so often al- ready th-at . " He sighed and broke ‘off, leaving his doubts implied. “l sometimes wonder if they but make game of me." ‘iMake game of you!" Horror stressed her voice. “When the Dukeds your friend!"

“Ah! But that was long ago. And men change amazingly some- _ _ _ time“ The“ 31° m“ °“ u" °P' York. so that his grace might ob- lllellsllm °l l"! Piislilml-illl- "Bill ll serve from his-. windows how the there's to be a war. surely there wind served the plggugy Dutch will be commands in which to em- ﬂee; which w“ Qxpgcted now m ploy a practiced soidier-especlal- leave" the Texel at any hour. , ly one who has experience of the Colonel Holles moved on, glen; enemy. expcriencegained in the cing across at tlie windows of the

PROGRESS ' '

of twenty, a cornet of horse, some sixteen years ago. he had seen the late King step forth into the sun- light of“a crisp January morning to sgiffer the loss ofbhis oead. And .. peraps he remem ered that his “Y? ggoléghrltnehir‘ A m“ must own father, long since dead-and

“but than no reason why h so beyond the reach of any Stuart should go to the wars and likely vengeuncephld been- one o! the die Hasn't there been enough of sifﬁnhtoales A)! the" warrant under that in your life already? At your “H: pglszted ebelii, fritiwixidtliilehksunlight

he uttered aloud his thoughts. She frowned at- this. '

"i marvel now." said she, "that you will be vexing yourself with such matters." -

Ollie!‘ tlllllilih" - gateway, and then. emerging be- "Al m)‘ R88?" 1191811811911 9- lmh- 10nd. he turned to his right, past “I am but thirty-five." the Duke of Monmouth's lodging She betrayed her surprise. "You lnto the courtyard of the’ Cockpit, look more." where the Duke of Albermarlo had

“Perhaps [have lived more, I his residence. gl-{ere his lingering doubt on the score of whether his

have been very busy."

"Trying to get yourself killed. Don't it occur to you that the time has come to be thinking o’ some- thing else?"

He gave her a mildly glance, frowning a little.

“You mean?"

"That's it's tme ye thought o‘ settling. taking a wife and making a home and n family."

"Excellent advice." said he, still laughing on a note of derision that obviously was aimed at himself. “Find me a lady who is well en- dowed and yet so little fastidious in her tastes that she could make

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514° a "will! lllllld 5ll°llld ‘be °ll into the shadow of l-lolbsln‘s noble ed

‘ MARCH j1, 1924

~ ation which could be carried to no ‘ ~ ~

further lengths-she overcame her . 1 hesitation to break in upon his _ thoughts which must be gloomy. indeed, if his countenance were a . proper index. .

As she addressed him now, she _ held in ‘her hand the long pewter _

good ted’

and the choicest of Red Rose Teas is the ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY T‘

‘*JJ grace were yet returned to Town was set at rest by the bustle in which he found himself. But there remained another doubt; which was whether his grace, being how returned, would condescend to re- ceive him. Six times in the course

$0! the past four weeks had he uiiu- -

iy sought admission. On tliroe of those occasions he had been short- ly answered that his grace was tint of Town; on one of them——thc lust |—-more clrcumstantiaily- that his grace was at Portsmouth about the ‘business of the fleet. Twice ii ivzu admitted-and he had abuuiiniit evide ces, as now-that the Duke was home ‘and receiving; but the ' ed the mistrust of the ushers, and they had barred his way to ask him supercillously was he commanded

that he was not, they informed him that the Duke was over-busy io ro- ceive any but those whom he had

gcommanded, and they bade iiiiu

come again some other day. lie had not imagined that‘ George Monk would be so difficult of nc- cess. remembering his homely re- ubiicon disregard of forms in other days. But being twice repulsed from his threshold in this fashion. he had taken the precaution of writing before presenting himself now, begging his grace to give or- ders that he should be’ admitted, unless he no longer held a place in his graces memory.

The present visit, therfore, ivas fateful. A refusal now he must

would be left. to curse the impulse that had brought him back to Eng- land, where it was very iikeiyhe would starve» ‘

. A doorkeeper with ahaibert har- red his progress on the threshold. “Your business, sir?" ,

“ls with His Grace of Alber- marie." The Colonel's tone was sharp and confident. Thanks to this the next ‘question was less chaliengingiyisiivered. _

"You are commanded, sir?"

"l have reason to believe i um awaited. His_ grace is apprised of my coming."

The doorkeeper looked him over again, and then made way.

He was past the outer guard. and his hopes rose. But at the end-of a long gallery a wooden-faded ush- er confrontei hinn, and the ques- tions recommenced. When lloiles announced that he had written to has nn audience-

“Your name, sir?" -the usher ask-

"Randal Hoiies." lie spoke it softly with a certain inward dread. suddenly aware that such a nmu»: could be no password in Whitehall for it lied been his father's name

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