Show THE SWORDS t J- J 61 V J 7 r r i L' L 1 Ii Au An l Romance I II I I HALLIE RIVES Author A of t n Sanderson Sn t H u Etc EEc W no CHAPTER I L Eady Lady dy of the Many Colored Fires Fires- spacious residence residence of the minis minis- marine that night was a mazeI maze i I Ail Mi social Tokio would be bein in bono of the adm admiral 1 1 of the tho visiting squadron fw was late when Daunt turned his hJ l thither through the fragrant ng The deciphering of a a vo- vo r ous t telegram ie had bad kept him lini at ut jh till n ii 11 at t Say had ho ho had worked with witha a aS S ous us exhilaration rioting hi in in his He had bad not seen Barbara but chad seemed always s before him passionate as he had bad seen B n S 'S Cave clave- hazed with daring 5 s ns as it t turned to his on the tho t- t of the railway carriage There n moments some SOUle aroma of riD air made him bim catch his bis of the crisp sweet of r her ber hair or the maddening fra of her ber lips pAd iAd seen many such affairs blending bending of colors andi and andiS ithe iS i the sc shifting of nh bad d been b but t a maze Tonight's ter was wound round in in a glory All AU ti e people this scented r- r f l laughter and music existed form a kaleidoscopic setting kaleidoscopic settin setting rone oJe e woman He went to search his handsome head bead erect ii square and a color colof in his 1 d through h several rooms rooms ree re re- one e oriental picture aft after r an an- filled with Ione These icse rooms were c world word of the capital a gay ay urbanity set off against of all aU the the- blossoms of spring t last t room the host stood with r admiral and several emHe em- em s He Ife was a perfect ct type of f Japanese of affairs a d diplo- diplo p o Us t oll as a seasoned admiral n at Annapolis in 75 and andS anda S a graduate of Wellesley OM oe 40 of the Strongest of the theal thet t. t t al 1 coterie which was shaping theL tho the L f ew Jap Japan n. n Daunt gree greeted ed W to cb chat t a while with and Mrs Dandridge fostered a veranda eranda where people J tables table eating ic ices s frozen hape of o Fuji Full under fairy auy lamps bamboo and paper shades I 1 IK flie tely painted tainted with swords sword swords swords-of of iI 4 summing carp From one onee ft th the e Baroness waved a ab ato to- to b hi bin but Barbara was not Daunt turne balk back threaded I festered entered the ballroom Ie- h the rough shifting crowd ing uniforms and diamonded n lIe saw av her beT In the clear raL ra- ra r L Barbara stood almost sur- sur Her IEt white satin atin gown shimin shim shim- irl i in ibe light ht which caught like liker r Wre re ip the gold PIl r It tt was embroidered A o f her beauty poured o- o over oer er d when Patricia's Patricia s fan fanI I 11 i r i fri late sh she said S 'S the German charge iI li i away Father will wilI willa g a a wigging if you don dont don't t looka look him a few moments ago r red d d. d It He Ue H didn't seem v very verv ry sic ie bad had drifted into a waltz roup about Barbara was dip dif I rouP A L d dark rk face was bending bendin near iut his arm about her and ed d d' d into the thron throng Ware g Leavy vy men danced perfectly pai i teemed Deemed to skim kim the mirror- mirror l I as easily as swallows her redo red- red o Mir lir ir caught under a web of l Je glowing like a net of fire fire- iad ad turned back over white e esan on fl the edges edge of the rf- rf whispered a as they passed a as the shim shim- w gown dr drew w near passing so soI j at t. t Daunt aunt could h have ive ve touched I lovely white face over her Jt p f houlder met Daunts Daunt s For h of a a second Barbaras Barbara's eyes tto his then the then swept by as if ten n r empty air au It was as if a Ii had struck him across ss Patricia felt a sudden gudden ji her ber er e eyelids She slipped her hereu eu this h- h hl his arm and saying sayin some- some out ut the he het t it was delicious- delicious t drew him down the corridor 9 a o on airily fi fighting a der do- do r l- l But when they came tonice to 1 nice e of the cherry cherTY blooms he a word other mother still in the spook spook- ilie be said laid I tI must go o back to I. I please dont don't come with me mel u much for bringing me inc so sot som m w. w if it t t him lim with s a nod and a anile f I nj nile that he did not cot see He p painful in quicksand of beil The cherry g garden w was s gland alpy gl- gl l- l py and fountain tinkled turned ted quiet He sa sat t down on iu its it farthest corner What ean e u Why it had b been en like direct From Prom her herl ad d not seen him He ha had tak ren He Ue would go zo o to her i He sprang up 4 came i lP the garden arden He of tIUS ministers minister's establish- establish yM V fl ad seen een him in the I crr rr a a. tray Uh a let let- x leU le Ie u u. 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