Show 1 t SLENDER vJ i f i kJ t r A An Ce i I I JR ERMINE U RY RIVES J R r Author of S on n I L c. c c i Etc Eec CHAPTER Behind tho 4 Ie guide ido cam to the tho end ent of hi his rate irate conversation lie lb turned from ron P oId ld dh z servant leaning on his prim prim- k knife ife and spoke to the tho man nian who itin outside tho the wistaria gate io street estreet of tho the mist misty valley Mr Philip phiiP Ware here hr Jg stay here i but house is 15 ownerships f hYa Dr Daunt of America em- em He EHe r regret gret sadly that no ono one are arc O t f ro Daunt Daunts s 's 5 house He uc Helli Het Ij t th embassy compound compound so so they id at dinner last Jast night nigh I. I Why Vh hc maintain his native o house in b br r quarter of ToWo Tokio There Thero came am a that at phra phrase c the the theom t om om of f the country country 1 the foreigners foreigner's ouS' ouS justification of th the tho modern rd dame me Butterfly ButterBy In this e ih with its labyrinthine mazes I eo ld tell what hat this or that gray ray rayh rid h nii bt t shelt shelter Was this a i. i nook pretty Japanese romances be rose roso Ho had loaned it to toy y were friends friends- struck his stick hard bard against edge idge He scarcely knew what entered his mind 9 so was as it so indefinable If he ho had to use this discovery discover he ie knew y if it was Daunts Daunt's c covert vert here in possession f im if Af be he las has any idea where m Phim gudo do translated The servant ant was t F as yet with the an's ans illustrious habits Ho He ar- ar j I kith kith- l pr presumed ed to suggest ge t J that t he r 4 fau oe tie in any ono unu ot UL of esI esa es- es I pots It a moment frowningly ly I am am Ware San Sans San's 8 brother 11 Mitten 4 en and that I have just ar- ar l n. n Tokio I i shall wait in the Mill he be comes omes i towed bowed profoundly profound Iv at the iti ie t tf of the relationship lIe Ire spoke ii l to the guide The latter d df t Ware Waro questioningly ly but hesi hesi- t r WeIlt asked the other ether tartly better please you wait to If lI Ii er It open tl tul e gate with a T tion II You You can go now guide and disdaining the Lt along alonA the tho gravel path to i nce ld man looked after him with tie Japanese nese smile It was not the the foreigners the tho kappa J ate aie beasts ana aD were tt tia-tt He Ho tucked up his bia ki- ki 1 his gardening tools neatI neat- neat I th hedge and betook himself 5 for a smoke and a game the neighbors neighbor's s 's betto t trailing vine Ware Waro id lS k hoi and iDd iid e entered te e q Jr to 1 n at the interior hi hIS I t a He Ee hated bated the tho cheapness and fity 1 t chIch Phil turned with inand in- in and ho he had bad long a ago agoto o to despise his younger ri n to relish tho whip hand with its guardianship The Tho place 8 fitted Phil fromI from if I l' l etL f odor to the tho loud photo photo- I dragon frame framo and the partI part- part I I. I alI I closet with its si significant t I It expressed his idea time i J ropen a It showed a i r unused littered Jittered with usty sy table with models of cu- cu ai propellers a small dee alee amo amo and a steel lathe He mother and stood looking at atI I i mf it disclosed u with th a faint fain w 1 Clean ana in In contrast to tho the outer I tr had bad an atmosphere of d deli deli- li- li ement On jho wall hung a J of Kw ou Kwan-ou ou n-ou and below iff improvised helf belf an incense r. with a clean pungent pung-ent 1 one side was suspended a ip bar of dark green gauze and i low w stool wa was wa laid a a. kimono Iver r on a mauve mau He picked thi fhi thia up nd nd iid looked I Iv lO Sy half ball conscious of a u faint th that t clung to it 1 ut hi teeth teeth- Tho The camellia had Barbara Barbarat B favorite flower nilo o the tho girl thus incongruous- incongruous i thought bad had felt a gray Tay shad shad- s her sunshine Sho She found her rea really Iy perplexed and troubled IbI r found on n the chapel door door- ad been lieen bron brought ht to him that that- He e 0 had bad ent at once to the f rayer to the gods and the fer had bad returned with news of ot m. m n jO UIt au LUat ouo Iut clothing a-clothing with her plowed ht wa a deliberate one ned ced him to f think what the reb rebook re- re L. 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J In bj bi bis lon long residence ce in in I bad ban grown accustomed r Ic Q denouements io to flashing f of subtle deeps in iu oriental I tUt save sa for one ouo instance of ago ago 30 b tho the sight ht of t al always a recall realI to him him him-he he een more mort r than by bv byI I W hat hat be he told h her heran r hara bara W Jtb an uneasy 1 K be c dro droe e p away away- pondering I s blurred the the afternoon j ro rte rne e to Tier to-Tier feet in in She had bad fW sen n a a a. girl girla a a- small mall temple a ari rI turn f Drive fast Taka Taha I kly The Th street to to tle obe w ed v 9 1111 but li J a a. a soba C hed IlA fl vl L shining ng Copper opper cart of r j I and momentarily tt rin LUf i t nin t figure was farther I bey y rounded i tho the turnIng timing I rI her ber hands together f. f ft I It t j t was Haru I am sute i ed I I lipped through a 8 gateway tew v As Barbara round she wa was hurrying arden But But the tho fb flying in jug t figure uro 4 did d I n j-n h hear ar the cat call I ran quickly after her along ath use Auten Ware standing c mono no iu his big band hand had beard heard o carriage wheels He had Ii r tr hoji open and through h Ir S be e saw tho slim form d tie the doorway An u ex cx rok f troll ron his lips lipe Behind rtin the gate ate was wag Bar Bar- Jh irn 10 stared A cool CooJ r Q fl e bred of his bis an anger er 1 th that t shamed his bis man- man gh bim binl Barbara I it another rendezvous I Li Lithen CJ then 1 Tho fierce self dishonoring doubt merged into the lU wad md d jealousy that already al al- al F ready burned him like 0 a brand He Ho dropped tho the kimono drev back bach the pf f the apartment and stepped stopped inside I Swiftly and noiselessly the light par ar F slipped into place behind him To be e continued |