| Show I 1 The Tangle i tETTER LETTER x FROM FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT PRES PRE COTT TO THE LITTLE MAR MAR- QUISE QUISE CONTINUED I hope you haven't got tired of my long long letter Little Marquise for I have much more to say to you be because because because be- be cause I am now recording one of the most interesting things that has ever happened to me When Melville Sai toris said with his mouth close to my ear Almost Alm st thou me I thought What a queer remark to make For a moment I almost lost the rhythm of the tango e were dancIng ing Mr Sartoris pulled me up sharply Tired he asked Shall we stop dancing No o Vm lm n not t tire tired tire I answered T Im Just trying to translate or In interpret interpret in- in your last Jast remark It needs no interpretation lad lady fair It stands stark and clear in inus its us simple declaration Almost thou me you of what or to what I t asked almost impatiently for I had alwa always s thought I was a n clever woman and I could not understand understand un un- un- un this riddle He said nothing however vever and we w danced on in silence until the music stopped Come Mrs Prescott will you OU come out nut on the balcony for a little while Perhaps then I can Interpret my last remark I glanced over to the table tabla where Syd and Jack were Jack was talkIng talking talking talk- talk Ing earnestly He had not missed me Syd seemed restless but I could not tell whether It was because he was not much Interested in what Jack was saying or because the tango had finished and I had not re returned returned returned re- re turned to the table Yes I will go with you I saidI said I dont don't think Ill I'll be missed for 15 minutes or so Melville Sartoris led me to a a shel she sheltered place out on the wide balcony three stories above the street thaL that had been fitted up for after the dance confidences Whoever had hac furnished it had arranged it in such sucha a Va way that although there I lave have ava been twenty couples there all ali of them would have a certain privacy privacy privacy acy o of their own After settling me on a long steamer steam steam- er chair he drew drew- up a gaily chintz upholstered one and seated himself on the arm of It Leslie he said gravely I 1 want yOU ou to know me But I do know you Mr Sartoris I asserted No I do n not t think you do In fact I sometimes think I do not know myself Tonight I am going tl to try and explain myself to you and then although we may never meet again for again for I am sailing tomorrow for an indefinite stay abroad abroad I I willbe wIllbe will willbe be able when out there In night on a tropical sea to conjure up your wistfully beautiful face and hear the echo that will always be In my heart of your exquisite voice Copyright 1925 NEA Service Inc Tomorrow Tomorrow Letter Letter from Leslie Prescott to the Little Marquise EVEN DISTRIBUTION It is much better to sprinkle your our clothes clothe with a sprinkling can or a n abath abath bath spray than to do it by hand CLEANING CLOTH CLOTHES ES All cleaning cl clothes should be washed rinsed and dried diled after be beIng being being be- be ing used FOR COFFEE STAINS Remove coffee stains from linen by pouring boiling bolling water through them |
