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Frohfare of the

pretty village There were other streets, to be sure, but courtesy and

good nature alone permitted this misapplication of title: they werestairways of stone, up and dohich

noisy wooden sandals clattered all the day long Over the entrances to the

shops the proprietors were dropping the white and bronings for the

day Very few people shopped after luncheon There were pleasanter

pastimes, even for the women, contradictory as this may seem By eleven

o'clock Courtlandt had finished the reading of his mail, and was now ready

to hunt for the little lady of the Taverne Royale It was necessary to

find her The whereabouts of Flora Desimone was of vital importance If

she had not yet arrived, the presence of her friend presaged her ultiible quantity It would have surprised

Courtlandt could he have foreseen the drawing together of the ends of the

circle and the relative concern those ends

The labors of Hercules had never entailed the subjugation of two

temperamental worapher's shop he saw

a dachel wrathfully challenging a cat on the balcony of the adjoining

building The cat knew, and so did the puppy, that it was all buncombe on

the puppy's part: the usual European war-scare, in which one of the

belligerent parties refused to come down because it wouldn't have been

worth while, there being the usual Powers ready to intervene Courtlandt

did not bother about the cat; the puppy clais So he reached down suddenly and put an end to the sharp

challenge The dachel struggled valiantly, for this breed of dog does not

make friends easily