Anna the Adventuress

"Dear John," she whispered. "We are to begin our married life

to-night--here where I first met you. I shall only pray that I may

reward you for all your goodness to me."

Sir John, frankly oblivious of the possibility of passers-by, took her

into his arms and kissed her. Then he stood up and hailed a _fiacre_.

"Hotel Ritz!"