Show t rJ W L I t A hi A Intern tion l Rom Romance ce r I 13 HALLIE ERMINIE I Emy RIVES A u b oi of Ja Sa rn n Sand derjon He r r anderson Wo Etc a t- t CHAPTER A Man Named Ware storied bree storied front of the Cherry Cherry- teahouse when Daunts Daunt's Chery party ar ar- was glowing glowin with tiers of large l of o oiled ed paper bearin bearing a moon and cherry bios blot t At the the door sat rows of little tIned tinned lined sandals Here shO shoes s were td ded d and servants drew oz on the s loose slippers of cotton I soft and yielding yielding One other w s awaiting the par party y at the tho enis en en- This is was Captain viscount Sa Sa- If F the general staff stat spruce fine dand an in in immaculate European D He had bad a clear olive olve exion ion and save for the narrow eye might havo bave een been a Span Span- square square tables of black lacquer alon along three sides of the one ile for each guest They were jur ft inches hl high h and on the tHc floor foor each lay a thin flat fat or nT ref brocade The bowing geisha derf l rainbow kimono howing who them might have stepped from st stage e at These to the tables with inviting e D shee ee down they said in uni uni- meal neal began merrily Barbara sat eat satS sat'S in s 's left lef with one of the at- at next her Baroness was ants ant's ts t's other hand band Barbara red re- re ired d it afterward as a weal of a of of of warm pungent tl liquor ike k liquor in blue porcelain bot bot- I food of strange e look and cloy cloy- ite te te highly colored and seasoned I Indred dred tiny red and black lacquer hat carried her back to hers her's her s 's with ith covers patterned in in gold old by b geisha whose kiere kiere ki- ki eie ere woven with violet gons and marvelous exotic I k he soft shoo shop shoo of spotless I f feet et the flitting fitting of bright hued I the gay badinage that flew few bhe low tables Daunt felt fel her thrill him from head to foot arment of mst mist and fire fire- fre As she Ilber Ibe her hand t to the tho cus cushion ion it 1 cn h ci d nis hIS and anu and for zor an au instant raises ses bad had seemed to throb into fhe lacquered cup she took bl bled a in her fingers when the young army of of- young arest earest res her ber said sad Speaking of rive ive me a steam seam yacht like the tho t pt yesterday y at be b Delon belongs s to a man named Ware Waren Wareen en n Ware Ware-a Warea a New Yorker I un un- Ia d Perhaps you know him Miss Missive r. r r ive ve met him bim she answered young ug army ary officer looked up he be was an enthusiastic yachts yachts- HA L A beautiful vessel vessel t he said gid iced her today but she was loo oo make out her name I arbara said ly jy- jy 1 exclaimed Patricia Patrcia j She bit her tongue g in Barbara Barbara's s 's face I she ended My My My- 9 1 W 1 Wf i ra ia had felt feI her flush fush fading to 8 She he felt fel a quick relief that ere r save Patricia and Daunt r name In the tho diversion I r Patricia's helpless efforts topi to pi b stole a glance at Daunt tow ow had fallen tallen falen on his nis face race ot ook at her but in his brain it name was ringing like a b knew Phil's Phils Phi's Phil 0 brother Aus Aus- is e yacht had arrived in iu Yoko Yoko- the Ithe same dy as her ber ship And Andt t d a the Barbara Yet tonight streamed what reamed i what med what had he been thoughts mixed them- them with wib the gaiety and non nou- forced himself to render affelt fel this with himself an aching sense ment What Wat was he thinking I lAna Ana na why way should she care caro bUho so bU soo ho o courses coursed passed but the tho theand and thid blitheness of the scene chilled The Tho decorative decoratiVe tir tJ tir cups and per per pink tinted fingers that I warm drink the kimono the tho alI i bt-al bt all palled paled F glad when the tho baroness de de- ainner Dinner over by repeating t r e o of p painful ful unfold unfold- Biting ailing g lor or ner wraps alU CHAPTER I XI XIt e B Shrine of the Fox God reet ee into nto which they trooped opera sway sway- jn people ing-people in I loose l light ht colmo col col- mo some carrying crested pa pa- r to the ends of short o and l lights hs and hues flash flash- fash yin But for two of the coors colors had lost their warmth its fascination is 1 cant can't coop up yet in a pleaded Patricia as they le r discarded discarded shoes Why 1 The proposal m met t lOTUS orus of approval approval They set l and presently Barbara Babara beside her tier Her resent resent- n not tr cool a as she laughed and b acutely aware that I in monosyllables orin or irin in the mi st of a densely owa where a native theatre its audience audin into the street i fallen allen Ien behind the rest and C about Dout them only ony kimono anc d dowered blue black head head- f ade a way for her hor rug rug- u a paling where there ther was 1 ace Above it was hung a anese Japanese nese actress ts IS the famous Sada Gozen r She She has bas just returned ison son in in i Paris and New York wild wid about her poke oke numbers thrust him hin r. r rand nd the touch brought in in- in- in mm that moment in the ar gard gar gar- b d held her in his arms r o the tho h arbor ledge The Tho I ber that evening in the tho evening paon pa- pa tamped on his bis heart the InDi n lighted profile tho curling r tj faint faint Perfume of her with the wistaria It wistara I there here in the ana I it swift sadness sad He w i uld be er r always with him t hastening to their rort a against them and he he tried tred to turn it to as a's ii a i its ts t.'s s 's for or a ac foreign foreign- intimate c contact with se se he said You You d that have 1 illusion lusion- lusion One is 1 that he has NIU Rout d. d been rais mis mis- mis ts Her quivering grasped rasped at a fancied innuendo lt It doesn't take tak long long then if you thi think kf ner rier tone held a dangerous ft It lure Ure but o e did not perceive per per- na Not Not N where you vou OU ar are arA concerned apparently apparently ap ap- parenty he answered lightly l She turned tired her head sWIft toward w swiftly him mm and her eyes flashed Where I am concerned I she repeated fiercely S and 2 in in his astonishment he almost wrecked the paling Oh I hate doable meaning Why not Dot say Bay it iB Do you ou sup suppose ose J I dont don't know W What you aro thinking What What I 1 I am he ho thinking said in bewilderment You i mean you have found y you a are mistaken in m me You have bave no right right right- no earthly ri right ht to to- draw aw conclusions right t Ah An AI r Y he said wih with fl daw 1 etim b. b 1 h. h 1 f f fW W 1 J F kj IsO au U I I I had a no such meaning weaning You cant can't im ima ine- ine I j imagine imagine- Dont say y you you u didn't t she sho inter inter- j That only makes it worse fc She he scarcely understood her own resent ment and a hot bot consciousness that her behavior was quite childish and unreasonable le mixed itself with her anger What What have I said he exclaimed in in contrition and distress I wouldn't hurt you for a million milon worlds What What- over ever it Jt was I ought to do kiri hari for it ltv 1 I I-I TV will wi perform the tho operation whenever you say A ridiculous desire to cry had bad seized her why her why she could not have bave told told and and she se would rather have died than have ha e him lm see her hr do so so- If I y you u will H go wi ahead ahead she said tremulously sly and make maAe a path for me me I think we can get through now I He turned instantly and his broad shoulders parted the crowd in in a haste that was thoroughly un But she did not follow him Instead she drew back backi and thinking only to h hide ide momentarily y her hurt and her pride slipped through a narrow gateway She Rho found herself in a crowded cor- cor I ot or the emptying playhouse The L mass mas of Japanese faces confused her hex A door opened at another angle and she S passed through it hastily hasty into the open air The street she was was now in in was wa narrow and she followed it i expecting it f to I turn into the in larger lare-er rp It I did so presently and at its its- is cornet come coret she paused aused till ti the burning had loft left lef her eyes eyes eves and her breath came evenly Then she walked back toward the theatre feeling an impatient irritation at her he behavior Presently however she stopped The theatre was not there The street too had not the character of the theone theone theone one in in which she had left eft Daunt She must have havo taken talen the wrong turn She walked rapidly in the opposite direction until another street crossed at right angles This she sho tried with wih no better result resul In the maze of lantern lighted vistas she was completely lost Just before her at the tie side of the way ray stood a small smal temple templo with a rec m. m bent stone fox at its is entrance It I made her think suddenly of the riding crop riding she sho had seen Daunt carrying with its Damascene Damasceno fox head handle In the doorway burned a rack of little candles and a chest barred across the top sat ready to receive the thc offerings s of wor wor- ship rs Above this was suspended the mirror which is the tho invariable badge of ofa a Shinto shrine It I was tilted at an angle and tossed back the glimmer of the thA candle flame fame With Wih a whimsical smile she silo took a copper coin coin from ironi her ier purse and leaned to toss it into the chest But her fn fingers ers closed on it and she drew back hastily with wih a quick memory of one of the tales Ham Hani Har had told her She knew suddenly that she stood be he- before fore foro a temple of Inari man the fox god od patron deity of her whose whoso conquests brought shame to households and dishonor dishonor dis dis- dishonor dis- dis honor to wives She remembered a song the Japanese girl irl had sung to the tinkle of her samisen My weapons are arc a smile smie and a little lite fan fan fan- Sayonara I II It I was the son song of th the Fox Pox Wo Woo man She slipped ed the purse hastily hasiy back into her pocket The Tle fox woman As she walked on for the tle first time the phrase came to toI Barbara Barbar 4 with a i. i sudden shar sham sense sense of I actuality There wore were were fox rox women women oi of I every race and clime women who came I with painted smile smie between true byers lovers lov by- ov ers erst What if she herself what what if i here herein in this land that that what baleful wisdom were I to strike home to her herT Like a keen blade the thought pierced through her I and something shy and sweet newborn in her breast shrank startled started and fearful fear fear- ful Lul from it To be continued |