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FLOTTE RIUNITE LLOYD TRIESTINO-HADITIMA ITALIANA-SITHAR
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As Pope Pius Created a New Saint
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A magnificent spectacle in St. Peter's Cathedral, Vatican City,, during the canonization of Bernadette Soubirous, of France, as a saint. Bernadette was the little peasant girl who saw the vision of the Virgin in the French town of Lourdes, which has become the mecca of pilgrims from all over the world. Pope Plan in shown on the papal throne, while members of the College of Cardinals face the cleared space in center.
The Room on
the Fourth
Floor
"The maid looked at her curious-rooms yourself. Yes, and you said
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ly. Yes, mam'selle, this is indeed how sorry you were that we could "The politest of hotel managers the fourth floor, but what does not have adjoining rooms because No lady accom-the hotel was full." And then-of shrugged his shoulders many times, mam'selle mean?
It flows panled mam'selle to the hotel.course, you remember-we wrote Paris, said he, 'is full. Tuesday, 23rd Jan. at midnight, over with tout le monde. It is be- Mam'selle travelled with herself!" our names in the visitors book."
"The manager retained his pro- Wednesday, 7th Feb. at 10 a.m.yond me to give madame and mam'-| Wednesday, 21st Feb. at 10 a.m. selle two rooms in the closest ad-| John Chester looked at me across fessional politeness. That is the Joinment. But if madame will take the table in much the same way as first necessity in a hotel manager. an apartment on the fourth floor, I imagined the chambermaid had 'I cannot understand mam'selle, he and mam'selle an apartment on the stared at Miss Farringham. It was said quietly. Then he turned to Afth floor of the extreme comfort almost a minute before he spoke the porter. Bring up the visitors'
it will be well. His manner im-again. I had no notion what was book, he ordered.
someThe visitors' book was produced. plied that only madame's beauty coming, but already felt in had made such a favour possible. vague way that I was no longer sit-You can imagine how eagerly Miss Yes, the Farringham examined it "The ladies agreed, and signed ting in the dining-room their names in the visitors' book. House of Commons. I leant for there, four or five names from the One of the hotel porters took charge ward over the table. "Go on, dear bottom of the last page, was her of the trunks, and a chambermaid] man, please!"
own; but it was sandwiched in showed the visitors to their rooms),
"Mam'selle travelled with her-between a vicomte and an English Mrs. Farringham's bedroom
self," he repeated. "Yes, that is baronet. Her mother's not very large, but it looked com- what the chambermaid said, and not there.
"You can picture her dismay, fortable. Her daughter's room was
Misa Farringham stared at her. exactly above it.
**Perhaps mam'selle is tired, and "The porter unstrapped Mrs, Far. You are making a very stupid mis-
take,' she said. "Why, surely it over-wrought after her Journey,' |ringham's trunks, and in the poli- teat possible way hoped that the was you who took in my mother's suggested the polite manager. bag- large green bag. We came English girls,' he knew, were often ladies would enjoy their visit to
peculiar, and Miss Farringham was Paris. Then he received a small together, about half-past eight."'
undoubtedly pretty, "The maid seemed completely be coin and disappeared. The cham
'Shall I ring for the bermaid uttered a similar benti: wildered. ment. and followed his example. porter?" she asked, more Mother and daughter were left mechanically.. alone. You follow so far?"
"Perfectly," said T
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"Mise Farringham nodded. feeling of uneasiness had suddenly
John Chester looked up at the come over her, ceiling. "Very well, then. Here
"The porter came up, and the girl| you have two estimable ladies ar recognised him. She repeated her The porter allowed his riving one evening in Paris hotel queation.
name was
"Bat-my mother! stammered the girl What does it all mean? I'don't understand----
"There is a doctor in the hotel if mam'selle
"She Interrupted him. 'Oh, you think I am ill. But I am nót: We must search the hotel. Perhaps my other has found a friend; or she
me.
of unimpeachable respectability and mouth to open to its widest extent, may be in the drawing-room. I am being given rooms one over the which happened to be his method horribly nervous. You must help otlier. Good.
of expressing the completest `aur- "For a short while Miss Farring-prise. No madame, said he, had He had ham stayed with her mother and arrived with mam'selle. helped her to unpack a few things. certainly taken mam'selle's two! Then, feeling tired, she suggested trunks to a room on the fifth floor that they should both go to bed. but what did the mean?"
** "Immediätely 7*** asked her "And then, I fancy, a tiny pang mother. It is not yet nine o'clock must have touched Miss Farring
Yet, obviously, this ""Very well," said the' girl, 'I will|ham's beart.
she
servants
"The manager shrugged, his apologetic shoulders.
They searched the hotel." John Chester handed me cigarette case. "Yes," he repeated, "they searched the hotel."
Kis
And they found" Everyone but the mother. In
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an hour's time, as you can imagine, He down for half an hour or so fa could only be an absurd mistake. Miss Fairingham had become fran- my own room and then come down In another moment she would be the The manager did everything to help you undresa.'
laughing with her mother. She be could, sa a final recourse he 21st Fab the fifth floor.
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on her bed and fell asleep." When now? Bha,"inked... the questions asked,
she awoke it was ten minutes be quite calmly, but her heart was Miss Farringham recognised |fore midnight" She went down to beating, at a greater rate than was him "-instan
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door of her mothers' Mom" There ed to ber that something was hor-w {was no núźwar!" She went in. The ribly, immeasurably wrong. You
30th Jan, room was dark. Shế turned on the are probably familiar, with that electric fight" "The bad was empty, feeling yourself, and Indeed, the room was obviously un- "The manager's manner" changed tenanted. It was awaiting the ar- ever do lightly. His tones
70 atili saava, but a note of Increduliti rival of some visitor
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