The count is traveling for pleasure, and as he is
entirely unacquainted upon the islands any courtesies which
you may show him will he greatly appreciated.
Cordially,
L. CORTWRITE DIVINE.
The girl smiled as she finished perusing the note.
"Larry is always picking up titles and making dear friends
of them," she laughed. "I wonder where he found this one."
"Or where this one found him," suggested Mr. Harding.
"Well, I suppose that the least we can do is to have him
aboard for dinner. We'll be leaving tomorrow, so there won't
be much entertaining we can do."
"Let's pick him up on our way through town now,"
suggested Barbara Harding, "and take him with us for the
day. That will be settling our debt to friendship, and dinner
tonight can depend upon what sort of person we find the
count to be."
"As you will," replied her father, and so it came about that
two big touring cars drew up before the Count de Cadenet's
hotel half an hour later, and Anthony Harding, Esq., entered
and sent up his card.
The "count" came down in person to greet his caller.
Harding saw at a glance that the man was a gentleman, and
when he had introduced him to the other members of the
party it was evident that they appraised him quite as had their
host.
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