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IN THE WINTER GARDEN
MY TEMPLE BAILEY.
^Copyright, lllO. by Associated
6; Literary Preso. )
St waa a quaint little coffee house
t the heart of the city, and yet wlth
grawn a bit from the noise of traffic
I; tp the width of the yard In front
Ska house next door had a yard, too—■
a yard In which a stone-cutter hail
Mt up certain tall monuments and
. crease* and other funereal articles of
Ms trade.
"It's a case of 'eat drink and be
■ Marry, for to-morrow we die.'" said
Judith Dane as she and Jack Mere
gith took their seals at a little table.
•Why any man should have chosen
do fix up a place like this with an
ontlook that suggests the graveyard
I can’t understand.”
Jack Laughed. "Well, don’t look
Cut of the window, Judith.” he ad
cherry enough Inside ana
needn't be on a search for the
/pSSSOBM.”
Judith took oft her veil and punch
ed the long pin through It vtndlc
ttaely. “You’re be grewsome If you
•re as blue aa I sun."
"I am blue," he said. “I shall al
be blue until you promise to
k,,, me, Judith.”
“Don’t,” Judith plVdested. Tra too
sd to arrue.”
"Thu needn't arrue.” he said.
Judith looked at him reproachfully.
of tomabtones,” she mur*
“you knew that Felicia Forna
deattr- - -
“Ton don't mean It!"
“Tea” Judith's voice was trem
|doua “She took cold when they
blared at one-night stands* Yeu
bov what a tour like that means,
Jktir
“No wonder you are blue," oald
pttlngly.
“She was my best friend," Judith
Jack re
"Not your best friend,"
Coded her softly.
Judith reached out her hand to
Ibl ”1 don’t know what I would
I Without you. Jack,” aha said.
Thera bras silence after that In
Which Jack studied the menu, and
1th's eyes took In the details or
little room. It was a cheery
with an open fire at one end.
seetied to be only «ne waiter
charge. He was a little man with
■> smooth face and a bald head. His
Mggeatfons to aJck showed a nice
(Racrimlnat
lion aud an epicurean taste.
XI was a t-olj day $nd the hot soup
■bought Judith’s spirits up with a
hound.
“An hour ago,” she said, “when I
•set yoa 1 was tlr- 1 and cold and
hangry. but I did not know it. I was
blue to know anything.’
“If you would let me take care of
|Wlt always," he began, but Judith In
terrupted him.
“You always get back to that sub
fact.'* she complained.
"There couldn’t be a better one,”
~lM Insisted. "Why won't you rnarry
tne. Judith?”
.. “Because I don’t believe In tnar
Riage." she said positively.
It wai at this point that the waiter
lane In with the hot oysters bub
bling in the chatlng dish. Judith ex
claimed over their de-llclousnesa.
e “My wife cooked them," the waiter
•■plained, his face beaming; "it Is a
Recipe she brought from down South.”
Then he went away and Ja>k said
to Judith: "Did you see the look in
his eyes as he spoke of his wife?
That is the way J would look if you
Mould marry me.”
"Jack.” Judith said seriously, “can’t
~9VVf get away from that subject ?
*‘I shall never get away from it,”
~Ma said, “until you say *>••«.* ”
"We wdll finish up on crackers,
-ghceae and coffee," Jack said to the
Walter when he came back.
And then he and Judith settled
gown to the long, confidential talk In
Which she told of her troubles on the
yoad. “I found out," she confided,
“that I am not made for an actress.
X might aa well go Into somebody’s
•dice and tap a typewriter or Into
•omebody's kitchen and cook.”
i "Come Into my kitchen and cook,”
■■Id Jack hospitably.
He waa very serious as he learned
•f the troubles, the hardships of her
Winter. "I felt at times,” she said
aadly. "as If there was nothing left to
live fbr."
“You have no business to feel that
Way," Jack said. "You are young
and pretty and life Is before you.
Moreover, you are a woman and you
won't be happy till you have lived
~ <ba life that belongs to every woman.
You need a home, Judith, a place
Where you can be comfortable and
and watch for your husband at
Judith sighed. "Women of my tera
jarami nt " she said, "were not made
M sit at homo
The waiter had come back with
(he coffee and crackers and cheese.
When be placed It before them he
Wont over to the wide window where
(good the little row of cedar trees
and holly bushes that gave the place
the name of "Winter Garden” and
Massage and Cream Will Not
Efface Wrinkles Unless One Rests
("Cosmetics and cleansing creams
•re beneficial." said a woman whose
professional aid hag improved the
looks of many, "but they would not
be •• efficacious if nerve relaxation
' did not accompany them. I>o you
know why a woman cannot give her
, seif a satisfactory facial massage at
borne? It U because sne cannot rest
la her own bouse as she can In a
place where no call# are made upon
bar. It makes no difference what
positive Instructions about not being
- disturbed may have be«n given to
tbo maids, If Important events hap
ri. they go to her tn me nour she
giving to treatment, and tuncon
oetously she knows that she 1» liable
Is demands. Hut when “ho comes to
| gO]r rooms the cook may fall dead and
ggy patron will not know u until Bne
. roaches home. Consequently, when
^Tfbsre she relaxes her nerve* and fol
tawing that relief of tension, muscu
pSISr relaxation comes earlly.
v'ji "Do you know almost every woman
Orho comes for face or neck massage,
Ipfbo. In other words. Is trying to look
''Jbwb and young, finds the first part
df the treatment the most dlfficuu-r
| mean the muscular relaxation, and
■gtQleea the muscles are free from
and softened the rubbing is
For cord* must he lo'tsened
the flesh that they may be
ed and manipulated. Thus i
to say over and over again, ‘Re
Wlth a new patient the greater
of the first treatment is em
tn reminding her that ' she
rest if she expects to derive
from tbs massaga.
spoke to some one behind the ecreen
of Breen.
X’resently there stole throush the
room the sound of music. "It Is the
'Spring Sonic,' ” said Judlah. "Why.
Jack, that is the touch of an artist.
I wonder who is playing?"
The little waiter beamed down on
them. brushlnB crumbs unnecessarily
from the polished surface of the table.
"'It's my wife.” he said with a deep
note of pride In his voice. "Beforo
she married me she was a great musi
cian."
Then he went away and Judith
stared at Jack. "Oh! What an aw
ful thing,” she said, "to think of that
woman and her talent burled herel
Think of a woman who can play
oooklnK oysters and drumming out
music for every customer that comes
Into this place."
"It Is a strange thing," Jack
agreed.
"X want to see her,” Judith said.
"X want to see if she Is young and
pretty, or If she is old and ugly—
he Is such a commonplace little man
—she must be old and ugly."
But the woman behind the screen
was not old and ugly, for as Judith
rose and crossed the room, there was
a gUmpse of white and a little fig
ure stepped out. a little figure In a
snowy apron that covered her from
neck to hem.
In another moment she would have
been gone had not Judith stopped
twr. *1 heard you play” said Jrfith,
Impulsively, "and I want to hear you
again."
The little woman smiled radiantly.
"There are things to do In the kitch
en." she said, "but," and again she
smiled, "1 love to play." This time
she played the "lntermeizo" and the
haunting strains crept through the
room.
"And yet she married a waiter,”
Judith murmured. "Jack. I am going
to ask hor why she left her music for
marriage."
The coffee grew cold, and the wait
er (worried while the two women
talked, and when Judith came back
her face was very white, but there
was a look in her eyes that Jack had
not seen before.
"O Jack," she said breathlessly, as
she sat down, "O Jack."
But when the waller had brought
hot coffee sho told him the little
story. "She used to play In Europe.
She Is a German and had wonderful
taolent. But she Is .not very strong
and she grew so tired of the travel,
she grew so tired of the people who
admired her for her music, but who
never seemed to see the woman un
derneath. and this man, this waiter,
sang In tho same concerts In which
she played. They loved each other,
but she feared marriage. And then
one day he lost his voice. She beg
ged him to marry her, saying that her
money w-ould support them both, will
ing to saerlce herself now that he
was In trouble. But he yvould have
none of It. He would not let a woman
support him. He came to .America to
find work, and after a whfl* she came
to play. She was never strong, the
climate • not agree with her and
she found health failing, but.still she
played. And onu night after the con
cert she went with a gay party to a
fashionable restaurant and there she
found her former lover waiting on the
table.
"Well, that was the beginning. She
gave him her address and made him
come to her. Then she told him
that she was miserable, that there
was no happiness In the life she was
living, that she wanted to be with
him and let him take care of her.
Khe wanted to be free from the de
mands of the public, if she played,
she wanted to play because she loved
her art. And at last ho yielded, and
with the money that she had saved
they came hero and set up this little
place. And she cooks and plays and
she Is happy.”
It was such a simple little story,
and yet somehow It seemed to clutch
at their hearts.
"It la something to have a home,
Jack,” she said.
He caught at the slight hope In that
change In her eyes and volte.
"Judith," he said, "1 cannot give
you the variety that your life offers
| now, and a law yer with a good prac
tice is a busy man, but 1 want to take
! rare, of you.”
! , She had been deeply moved by the
1 story of the other woman. 'When she
1 was telling me 1 seemed to see myself
moving from place to place, never
satisfied, always wanting something,
always wanting you, Jack.”
It was the supreme moment, but as
Jack laid his hand on hers the waiter
entered with a slip of paper, which
he handed to Jack. "It's the recipe
for the oysters, sir." he said. "I
thought your wife might like to cook
them."
Jack gasped. "Will you oook
them, Judlah?" ho asked suddenly.
I "Will my wife irook them. Judith?"
I And Judith, still with that wonder
iful light In her eyes, took tho paper
from him.
"Must women, especially Ameri
cans, are high strung, and the more
tired they are the lighter the ner
vous tension. 1 frequently treat wo
men whose arms and necks are so
hard under the soft flesh that they
might l>e splints Instead of human
cords, and this Is the result of nerves.
“With some or my patients 1 nnd
it necessary for them to drink a
soothing liquid before relaxation be
gins, so taut are the muscles. Sev
eral women who come here X re
fuse to massage until they have taken
a cup of hot milk. The warmth
draws the blood from the.head and
soothes and the liquid is nourishing.
One of these women used..to insist
she could not take the milk, and 1
was obliged to tell her that, under
those circumstances, 1 could not give
her treatment, for h would only be
wasted, as she would look no better
and 1 would have gained nothing
professionally.
"Occasionally a woman comes who
Is so tired physically and nervously
that I give her a cup of tea and a
biscuit. These act as a tonic, and
with the refreshment that comes from
massaging and the application ot
properly selected creams and lotions
she departs, looking ten years
younger.
• Hut I know from Ion* experience
that the best masseuse and the most
potent unguents will be useless un
' less a woman is in condition to re
relvo treatment. That Is. she must
relax mentally and physically, and
when In this state massage and
creams become renewers of youth."
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THE CULTURE OF FLOWERS
BY FRKDKHICK 4. HASKI.Y
J A California woman, who was call
; cd upon to support herself, chose
i flower raising as a moans of liveU
| hood, and she has made a great suc
| cess of her petunia farm. This little
| (lower was well known to our grand
I mothers and comes from a plain fam
ily. being connected with the tobacco
plant. Yet this woman has succeed
ed In bringing the blossoms up to a
perfection which has created a de
| mand for them. Thousands upon
j thousands of blooms, comprising
i every variety and color known, till
j her garden. With a tiny camel’s hair
j brush the pollen of certain dowers
i Is transferred to others, and by this
i means choice strains are obtained.
! Choice hybridized petunia seeds are
1 worth more than a hundred dollars
an ounce at wholesale. The work of
gathering and preparing them Is a
tedious one. The seeds have to be
selected with the greatest care, and
carefully sifted through a series of
dne garden sieves.
Luther Burbank has fully demon
strated the perfection to which a
flower can be brought If only suffi
cient effort is spent upon It. No one
of his experiments shows this more
clearly, than his work with the daisy.
This Tittle flower, which Is the har
binger of spring In many StAtes, was
not very well loved when Luther Bur
bank was a boy. But he cared for
It and determined that some time he
would make it a flower which would
demand admiration. When he grew
to manhood he did not forget this de
termination. When he started his
experiment he first sought out suit
able flowers with which to cross his
little daisy. First, he found a Jap
anese blossom of an unusual lustrous
whiteness. After securing specimens
of this plant, he found another one
In England—a flower less graceful
than the American daisy, hut larger.
This completed his stock of material
and he set to work.
He first crossed the ^English daisy
with the American flower by trans
ferring some of the pollen from the
former to the latter. The seeds which
resulted were carefully watched,
saved and then planted. When this
p’lant was In bloom the pollen of the
Japanese daisy was transferred to the
one which was already a combination
of the American and English flow
ers This finished Mr. Burbank's la
bors so far us crossing the plants
was concerned, but still left consid
erable to be accomplished. As a re
sult of his work, he planted many
needs and made his final selections
by deciding between about 100,000
blooms. Ills present daisy Is snow
white, with a long, graceful »t«m,
petals of rare shape and a glowing
yellow center. The creating of this
variety took eight years.
Asa result of flower cultivation
and the demand made by the public
for perfect blooms, a new beauty doc
tor has been created. This Is the
flower doctor. Like his professional
relative, the doctor of medicine, he
requires a case of Instruments, In
cluding a pair of dissecting scissors,
fereep* of all shapos. cutting pliers
and a host of brushes. He also re
quires a spray and bottles containing
gums and numberless perfumes.
Flowers that have petals disarranged
by wind or careless handling must
have them set aright, and those hav
ing 111-shaped ones must have them
removed. Often an order demands
that the flowers be buds which will
not open In the heated room In which
they are to be placed, and this means
| that they must all be wired tnvtstbly.
i Flowers like chrysanthemums often
i require the removal of withered pet
als, and sometimes the petals have to
! be curled. In th# growing of white
flowers any colored part has to be re
moved. Any plants supposed to be
soented, but which for some reason
or other are received scentless by the
florist, are soon made to smell as
sweetly as tf freshly picked from out
of-doors. Potted azaleas, having so
, many blooms on a single plant, are in
| dined to wither quickly, and for this
| reason each flower Is cleverly gummed
, to its stem, thus, making It last eon
! slderably longer.
The making of perfume always has
been closely related to the raising of
flowers. Grasse, France, is one of the
most important centers of this Indus
try. There every variety of perfume
giving flowers Is to La found. It
takes 20,000 pounds of rose petals to
I make a single pound of attar of roses,
| valued at $200. For a pound of ne
! roll, the basis of eau de cologne, a
| thousand pounds of the petals of the
bitter orange are needed. The per
fume Is made by saturating lard with
the oil of the flower, and In some cases
the blossoms have to be changed as
many as eighty times before the mix
ture is sufficiently strong. The flowers
most used are violets, jaasamine,
orange blossoms, jonquils, roses, lav
ender, tuberoses and heliotrope,
j Ambergris Is used as a basis for
nearly all standard perfumery. This
article was first found floating on the
surface of the sea or lodged upon the
shore. Just how It became connected
with the manufacture of perfumery
Is unknown, but It has been employed
In that Industry for centuries. Only
recently has Its origin become known.
It Is nothing more than the morbid se
cretion of the liver of a sick sperma
ceti whale. It Is described as being a
waxy substance, disagreeable to sight
and touch, but even in Its crude state
giving oft a pleasant odor. It Is sub
jected to chemical action to extract
the part called amberlne. The largest
price on record as having been paid
lor ambergris was 12,600 for a mass
weighing 130 pounds, which was
found on the Windward Islands.
Iu New York city the Plant, Flower
and Fruit Guild is doing much to
ward cultivating a love of nature
among the poor and sick. This or
ganization has been working for a
number of years, and with little or.no
capital has been accomplishing splen
did results. One reason for this Is
because outside people have aided the
cause. The first purpose was to sys
tematize the distribution of the flow
ers among the sick and poor, but this
has grown Into the larger Held of en
deavoring to awaken a love of nature
and of civic Improvement among the
people. The flowers come from many
voluntary sources, the wild blossoms
gathered In the country being aide by
side with those used at the social
functions of the four hundred.
Another help has come from the
express companies, who have Issued
labels allowing free transportation
within a radius of one hundred miles
for all boxes of flowers or plants not
weighing over twenty pounds. Over
a thousand window boxes have been
distributed among the tenement
dwellers and out of this number only
two or three died for want of care.
The number of bouquets received
dally by the Guild runs as high as
two thousand, and the number of tn
Fads for Women.
There seems a desire to create rev
er-llke effects upon every occasion,
both on gowns and suits. Coats have
seams sleashed at lower odge and are
turned back to display a facing In
some contrasting color or ft)aterlal.
Sleeves of dresses and wraps show
the same feature at the waists. The
fronts of gowns aro arranged la a
similar way.
Ruslan blouses turn thetr front
edges back from the waist Mas down
ward to lower edge and of course there
le the long narrow rever-Ilke effect, at
the neck of coats, whether atrletiy
tailored or In blouse etyle.
The long tunica of chiffon and mar
quisette are an attractive addition to
a frock. I eaw a modal on thte order
recently. The dress was an ordinary
one of small brown and white taffeta,
but when It was veiled with a tunle
of wood brown chiffon it became beau
tiful. the top flnlehed with n llttlo
embroidery in brown silks and l ilt
stltutions which receive these floral
offerings are about a hundred and tit
ty. Not only has joy and happiness
entered into the life of the poor, but
many children have been taught the
lesson of helpfulness. In many small
towns there are gardens being tend
ed by children for the exclusive use
of the guild.
Many queer things are to be en
countered in Nature. Gas can be
weighed, but the wisest scientist has
not yet been able to weigh scent.
A grain of musk has been kept ex
posed In a room to which the air has
had fret> access for ten years, and dur
ing all of this time the air, though
constantly changed, was thoroughly
Impregnated with the odor. The most
rumarkable point in connection with
this experiment was that at the end
of that time the particle of musk
had not sensibly diminished in weight.
Perfumes are claimed to be both in
jurious and beneficial. In several
cases singers and public speakers
have been troubled with throat af
fections which they discovered were
caused by violet perfume. It Is claim
ed that as long as a flower has any
odor whatever It is injurious, and the
the violet Is the greatest offender. On
the other hand, a Datin writer has put
on record a hundred perfume reme
dies for various diseases, and the vio
let figures most prominent In his list.
Lavender is said to be soothing, and
it Is claimed that the lavender scent
ed sheets of our grandmothers were
splendid sleep producers. Jassmine
Is said to be good as a general tonic.
Another Instance in which Nature
has demonstrated her cleverness Is
that of the Spanish bayonet, which Is
so abundant on the mountain slopes
and foothills of California. The stalk
grows to a height of about fifteen feet,
and acquires a diameter of from six
to eight inches. On a single one of
these stalks as maqy as 6,000 blossoms
may be seen. These flowers are so
constructed as to make self fertilisa
tion seem Impossible, and scientists
believe that this service is performed
for the plants by a small white moth
which makes nocturnal visits. This
little insect goes to one flower and
accumulates the pollen by rolling It
Into a little ball with Its feet. Thus
laden, the moth flies away to another
bloom and deposits Its load.
The Department of Agriculture has
made several successful experiments
with the poppy as a source of opium.
These were tried in Vermont, Cali
fornia and Texas, the best results be
ing obtained In the first named State.
It was found that morphine eould be
directly obtained from the poppy. This
plant can readily be grown in the up
land regions skirting the Appalachian
range and those adjoining the Rocky
Mountains. The value of such an in
dustry in this country can be readily
realised when it is understood that
the annual cost of the Importation of
Opium into this country is over a mil
lion dollars.
TO-MORROW:
Perpetual Motion.
tie gold thread, the belt carried out
In the same tones.
Black over vivid blue or dark red
looks smart and makes the color wear
able when It is found unbecoming 11
alone or undraped.
A New One on George Washington.
During a Friday afternoon lecture
on history in • Baltimore educational
institution the inetruotor had given
a lengthy disquisition on the charac
ter of Oeerge Washington, incident
ally touching upon his work as the
organiser of the Revolution.
"Now." asked ,the instructor, 'if
Oeorge Washington were alive to-day
what practical part do you think h«
would play in present-day poiltl-*
Judging from the past?"
A prolonged silence on the part of
the pupils followed this. Finally,
however, one lad saw a way out.
"Sir." he queried, "wouldn't be he
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(Continued from Yesterday.)
Mim Elizabeth aat beneath the arbor
at the other end of the courtyard, and
beside her stood the trim and glossy
bay saddle horse that she had ridden
from Quesnay, his head outstretched
above his mistress to paddle at the
vine leaves with a tremulous upper lip.
An expression in the lady's attitude
and air which I instinctively con
strued aa histrionic seemed intended
to convey that sbe bad been kept wait
ing. yet had waited without reproach,
and. although she must have heard me
coming, she did not look toward me
untll l waa aulte near and spoke her
MUa Elizabeth eat beneath tKc arbor and
betide her etood the toddle horS
name. At that she sprang up quickly
! enough and stretched out her hand to
j me.
j "Run to earth;” she cried, advancing
a step to meet tne.
' ‘‘A pretty poor trophy of the chase,”
said I, "but proud that you are lt>
, killer.”
To my surprise and mystification her
cheeks and brow flushed rosily. She
i was obviously conscious of It and
laughed.
‘‘Don't be embarrassed," she said.
"Yes, you. poor man! I suppose I
couldn’t have more thoroughly com
' promised you. Mme. Bros sard will
| nwer believe tn your respectability
i again.”
“Oh, yee, she will,” said I.
“What! A lodger who has ladles
calling upon him at 5 o’clock In the
' morning! But your bundle’s on your
i shoulder.” she rattled on. laughing,
j "though there’a many could be bolder,
| and perhaps you’d let me walk a bit
J of tbe way with you If you're for the
road."
“Perhaps I will,” said I. 8he caught
up her riding skirt, fastening It by a
clasp at her aide, and we passed out
through the archway and went alowty
along the road bordering tbe forest.
| ber horse following obediently at half
i rein's length.
"When did you hear that I was at
Mme. Brosaard’sT” 1 asked.
“Ten minutes after I returned to
Quesnay late yesterday afternoon.”
“Who told your
“Louise.”
I repeated the name questlonlngly.
"You mean Mrs. Larrabee Harman?”
"Louise Harman,” she corrected.
“Didn't yon know she was staying at
Quesnay r
"I guessed it though Amedee got the
name confused.”
•Tea; she's been kind enough to look
after the place for us -while we were
away. George won't be back for an
other ten days, and I’ve been over
seeing an exhibition for him In Lon
don. Afterward I did a round of visits—
tiresome enough, but among people It's
well to keep in touch with on George’s
account.”
“1 see,” I said, with a grlnmese whlcb
probably escaped her. "But bow did
Mrs. Harman know that I was nt Lea
Trots Pigeons r
“She met yon once In the forest"—
“Twice,“ I Interrupted.
-"She mentioned only once. Of course
she’d often heard both George and me
speak of you.”
“But how did she know It was 1 and
where 1 was staylug?”
“Ob. that!” Her smile changed to a
laugh. “Your maltre d'hotel told Par
rot. a gardener at Qnaanay, that yon
were at the Inn.**
“He did!”
“Oh. bat yon mustn’t he angry with
him. H# made It qolta nil right.”
“How did ha do thatr I asked, try
ing to speak calmly, though there was
that in my mind which might have
blaoched the parchment cheek of a
grand Inqnlsltor.
“Ha told Parrot that yon ware very
anxious not to have It known— You
think Louise very lovely to look at,
don’t your oho aakad.
“Exquisite.” 1 answered.
“Every ode does.”
“I suppose ebe told yon”—and now
1 felt mraelf mtwiae red—“that 1 be
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haved like a drunken acrobat whan
aba came upon me In tba path 7*
“No. Did you 7’ crlad Mias Elisa
beth. with a ready credulity which I '
thought by no means pretty. "Louisa
said that sbe wished she could hare
had a better look at what you ware
painting.”
"Heaven bless her!” 1 exclaimed.
“Her reticence was angelic."
“Yes, she has reticence.” said my
companion, with enough of the same
quality to make me look at bar quick
ly. A tbln line had been drawn across
her forehead.
“You mean she’s still reticent with
George?” 1 Ventured.
”Y«," shi answered sadly: "Poof
George always hopes, of course. In the
silent way of bis kind when they suf
fer from such unfortunate passions,
and he waits.”
”1 suppose that former husband of
hers recovered."
“I believe he's stilt alive somewhere.
Locked up, I hope!” sbe finished
crisply.
“Sbe retained his name.” I observed.
"Harman? Yes: she retained It. At
alt events she’s rtd of him.”
“It’s bard.” I reflected aloud—“hard
to understand her making that mis
take. young as she was. Even in the
glimpse of her I've had It was easy
to see something of what she's like—a
fine. rare, high type.”
“But you didn't know him. did you?"
Miss Elizabeth asked, with some dry
ness.
“No.” I answered. "I saw him twice
—once at the time of bis accident—that
was only a nightmare, his face cover
ed with”— I shivered. “But I had
caught a glimpse of him on the boule
vard. and of all the dreadful’’—
"Oh. but be wasn't slwsys dreadful,"
she Interposed quickly. "He was a
fascinating sort of person, quite charm
ing and good looking, when aba ran
sway with blm. though he was horri
bly dissipated even tbeu. He always
bnd been tbst. Of course sbe ^bought
«' I lie able to straighten tym out,
hi: She tried for three years—
t . <• years it hurts one to think of!
You see. It must have been something
[ very like a 'grand passion’ to hold her
| through a pain three yean long.”
"Or tremendous pride,” said I. "Wo
men make an odd world of It for the
| rest of ns. There was good old Georgs,
i as true and straight a man as arse
. lived”-_____
“And she took the other! Yes."
| George's sister laughed sorrowfully.
“But George and she have both amp
l vlved the mistake." I went on, with
confidence, “Her tragedy most have
j taught her some Important differences.
: Haven't you a notion she'll be tremen
dously glad to see him when ha comas
back from America ?”
"Ah. I do hope so!" she cried. "You
see, I'm fearing that be hopes so, toe ■
to the degree of counting on it."
“You don't count on It younelfT*
Bhe shook her bead. “With any otV
er woman 1 should.”
“Why Dot with Mrs. HarmanT
"Cousin Louise has her ways," said
Mias Elizabeth elowly. end. whether
sbe cou'g not further explain bar
i doubts or whether sbe would not. that
was all I got out of her on tba subject
at the time. I asked one or two more
questions, but my companion merely
shook her bead again, alluding vaguely
to ber cousin's “ways." Thao aha
brightened suddenly and Inquired
when 1 wonld have my things sent up
to the chateau from the Inn.
At the risk of a misunderstanding
which 1 felt I could ill afford I resist
ed ber kind hospitality, and tba out
come of It was that there should ha a
kind of armistice, to begin. with my
dining at the chateau that evening.
“Did anybody ever tall you,” was bar
surprising Inquiry, "that you are the
queerest man of these times 7*
"No," I answered. "Don't you think
you're a queerer woman?"
"Footle!" she cried scornfully. "Be
off to your woods and your woodscap
Ing!"
Her bay horse departed at a
gait.
My work was aceoagtltabed after a
fashion more or leee desultory that
day. I had many absent moments,
was restless and walked more than I
painted and returned to the Inn aarllar
than usual.
While dressing I sent word to Pro
fessor Keredec that I should jiot ha
able to Join him at dinner that evening.
Miss Elisabeth bad the courage to
take me under ber wings when I ar
rived la acceptance of ber Invitation,
placing me upon bar left at dinner, but
aprlghtller calls than mine detpandsd
and occupied bar attention. At my oth
er side aat a magnificently upholstered
Igdy who offered a due shoulder and
the rear wall of a cellar of pearls Sat
vof observation throughout the evening
aa aha laaaad forward tel king eagerly
with a mala parsonage acroaa the ta
ble This was a prince ending la "skL"
He permitted himself tba alight vagary
of wearing a gold' bracelet and per
haps this flavor of romance draw the
lady.
( To be Continued.)
That Anas Gould accumulated debts
la not surprising, it la expensive to
buy husbands of that sort to
nothing of
VSgo flaws.
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