In the middle of May, the Count de Provence was married to the Princess Joséphine Louise of Savoy, and the court went to Fontainebleau to receive the bride.

" "So do I," rejoined Louise with a laugh, "for it removes a rival from my path.

Then, however, Louise in turning a leaf glanced up and saw the head bent over the embroidery.

They had just come from a long visit to Louise at the ranch and after conferring gravely together had decided to hide themselves in Hollywood, where they might spend a quiet and happy winter in wandering over the hills, in boating or bathing in the ocean or motoring over the hundreds of miles of splendid boulevards of this section.

"In fact," said Louise to Beth, in the privacy of the latter's chamber, "I'm getting rather worried over Aunt Jane's evident weakness for our Cousin Patsy.

After luncheon, Patsy, while arranging her galley proofs, inquired of Louise for the local column.

The stopping of the boat aroused Louise from her reflections.

One piece struck Louise on the palm of the hand just below the thumb, knocking off the skin, but not producing a wound deep enough to bleed.

Do you suppose I decided to carry away Louise without fully considering what I was doing, and the immediate consequences of my act?

In a moment I saw Louise before me.

I knew he would shoot me, and was making ready to close with him, when I heard a rustle of silk, and saw Louise between us, her tall form erect, her eyes forceful and commanding.

Soon the others slipped out and joined her, and with Patsy and Beth on the front seat and Louise Inside the canopy they drove slowly away until the sound of the horse's feet on the stones was no longer likely to betray them.

" I helped Louise into the coach with her sister and the Comte de Brovel.

" This brought Louise out of the depths of that sunset, with a flop.

I joked Louise about him this morning, and she began to cry at once, and said her heart was not hers to give.