ROMANTIC SEQUEL TO A LOAN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144131, 28 June 1913, Page 5

ROMANTIC SEQUEL TO A LOAN.

Mile. Rosotte Guibentiff, the daughter of a wealthy manufacturer of condensed milk, set out to join her mother in tho South of France. She chartered a taxi-cab, made a few farewell calls, and then ordered tho driver.to proceed to.the station. Just as the cab pulled up at- the station she discovered, that site had left her purse at home. The train was duo to leave in five minutes. Arrangements had been made for : her to bo met at the other cud, and she had nothing to pay either the train or the taxi fares. The driver, noticing her perturbation, asked what was the matter. When he was told he at once took out his pocket-book and begged her to accept-the loan of £5. You will give it back- to me when you return,” he said. Milo. Guibentiff was, of course, very surprised, but she accepted the opportune offer and gave the driver her card, saying that she would telegraph to her father when she arrived to pay him the money. When she'returned home at the end of her visit she learned that nobody had called. A few days after, however, tho mysterious driver appeared. He said he had been awaiting her return. She invited him to enter. When inside he removed his driver's overcoat, and appeared in ■ a smart, well-cut suit—a handsome young man. Ho explained that he was,the son of a wealthy man, and had received a university education. After his father’s death, however, he lived'very extravagantly, until he awoke one morning to find that his fortune was reduced to IO.OOOfr, (£400). With that sum he bought a motor cab andbecame a professional driver. .Two university friends of his had done likewise, and they worked on co-operative lines. He mentioned that ho had driven Mile. Guibentiff on several occasions previously. M. Guibentiff, when told the story, made inquiries, .which verified every detail of it. .The chauffeur was invited to the Guibentiff home, with the result that now ho and Mile. Guibentiff are betrothed, and will shortly be married.