| Show t THE HTMOTt OF IT r She was dressing very carefully and exquisitely for the Haver < tons dance and yet with a certain nervous abstraction ab-straction Now and then she would stand still lost in imasrinungs then = ghe would eeL her teeth and dress frenziedly frenzied-ly for a spell Clearly It was not easy Ito rehearse a eceno of reproach and scorn and to put in Judicious hairpins I simultaneously But she realized that I a perfect confidence in her own appearance t appear-ance might naterially Influence her courage when the moment for the scene came and that the moment would come Uxnrfght nt the Havertons dance sire was fully and desperately determined i I Surely if ever a man deserved punishment pun-ishment at the hands of woman that snan was Ashby Eldon He had behaved f be-haved unf < zigiveably She had met him for the first tame at I Nice in the early rart of this winter i I She was there with sn > enervated aunt I He was there on unerS pleasure and had given her to understand that he t Ihad fled from a hothouse atmosphere r of tiresome adulation in London to Ibaitee hIs soul dn pure une < hine He had talked culture and pErsonalitSes In perfect I per-fect proportion He had been charming charm-ing had won striped linen a pointed I beard and a smile of faselnatJttg fatigue fa-tigue he had deluged her with expensive expen-sive flowers At first these flowers had come with a mere card A little latter i the card was often enclosed fin < a sealed e envelope and covered with some sug I peetive little qutrtationi from the French L or German poets Still later the flowers had come without a word bearing their f own message and when he noted a spray or two to her dress he would per K Raps steady his eyes on hers for a moment mo-ment hold her band the fraction of a ciseoond too long for mere convention oh tell her in a thousand wordless I nays Jthat die was a charoningr woman tvis eyes am1 that h knew she kn wit w-It And siexer a hint or sign of his 1U eagemtenit to that Miss Trevors It Vas IncomprehensSble unspeakable If he 11ld not mentioned by chance c > i rj < That liy Baiserton was his auntif brrher return I 1 she had i taken enqnnoTi jtit > ube ito cultivate IAJdy HaYCI1e abd eftIonT tb A EtlQn 11it 8V > w dl d in bk fool s p rrt the de 9f his Wedding Wed-ding ap n i ti fr1 wefl t of 1ULn Sl Pt lJ gS > uw thsk n = r i1enresdi g a > itrlk lag ertlcja on thiS tb Ineii1S mig fizl X1Yl stt f f w mS 1 o4Onth 1 9pi Y ih W8ShIs eqiziIiiqal MId t qnhtehawouh P1CTii It Sh lp i1I speak ermf d honestiendi thou t1 ic1fng fdeawery Plr hxiter vEtW J5woU b standing 111 th d09 Y f S tr PIJ1YJi E at rivf1 S1eoU4t iJ aes him py J3e oJ1ld speakde Jj 8ndshe would raise her yebWinI rpri re Ring R-ing rn ky J erns J f lie should rvn his naiaker p y t me ndVh 11 his danCe clmiesarQtindifihe woukt ask lo s1 fJt ou S aentlyrfslie would lead the way fua1eJnptY1OPtnothe little boudor a r kt2 Itf F5 n1ifgy Andthen ij t > How e rtguldar him with ller > weapOns of so6rh saad disgusf She woulS rnkhim1eltke il curr eJiwttSt r tn insufHcient punIstmei1t when iie thought what sufferlng he migntf5iav caused he rt I It was tne < merest chance that she had not 4os fce f jheart rio liun the 1i erftst ohan e 1iyUdtlief ce In the glass twitch as she said ihat < She would say it again ana feayjit put loud ilt was the urestCpiace luck thatsb hadpot tahoe lb hovew1th Aslb y Et d HEa d htb t 9 bT11t re 1cwa s She cHan care He was How hideous w red eyelids + could make onejookt ThVy took a11 the poetryout of white clieekff IYhy had she been the fopl = to J iclioose hf r pink sljkffpr tonight ftnd wl fai jvjbujd il m tter1it she wore enlTalze rHatefGl jvorldl It was packeS at jthe Havert 1i s Eleven ocloc dhe wifs not there She danedagrat deal 5 Half past oierenj liad he was riOt 43iere She satoutagieatdear Halfpasttwelve and1 he was not there j k < She was getting1 too tired to smfle She must go Ihome now Good night tLadx Harerion ode lightf evening Yes she was feel ingr a little tired1 Good night once more andouton the staircase Merciful powers There he came slowly posseeseaiy inr the old way QuickC whait > as she going to say nlt the veryflrsh whalt 11 Miss FeaTdonl an unexpceted pleasure pleas-ure A wave seemed to wash oer her brain She look his preferred hand and her eyes fell for one second Then she Iptoked up With ai brilliant sosiety sm41e Her old resolutions lay about her in ruins A completely different set of E einotdons had taken possession of uneonscRyusly unquestiontagly 4iAh you are back In the vortex Mr Eldon tiie dear old vortex HFesJ A faint suspicion of awkwardness awk-wardness spoiled his usually perfect manner Yes I 1 ani just de retour How kind ofpeople So give these Iftile soirees at this time of the year when there iS1 positively either way of getting get-ting warm 4iAnd I am ungrateful enough to ha running away now There 5s so much going on deces jours isnt there C But you v 111 give ma a few words before you go Come down stairs and let us drink to the memory of dear old Nice And and I have news Your engagement and I > was forgetting forget-ting my Congratulations He took breath How unpardonable of me but really sot many of my friends have taken tfne fatal step lately Im getting quite confused Is your fiancee here uNo unfortunatelyl l liih my misfortune I ami sure Well it eaves me something to look forward to Good night Mr Eldon and Wen i des chores for your future happiness I Theres my chaperone must fly She < waved a frivolous hand There I was a look of surprised disappointment on JhSs charming face And yet he gave another deep sigh of relief as be turned into the ballroom Wonderful luck But somehow I thought shed take it differently said he to himself And She drove home Only when shc1 I got to her own room and remembered just what she had meant to say and just what She had said did she see the humor of it and thereupon she cried A N S Black and White |
