Show no 0 J P behind the green 1 curtain S by KATE EDMONDS g 1 SEC tl loper i kh t II 11 I 1 IN ta S a fashionable bazaar at the I 1 country dolue of tile forbes foully fan lly who were keen about charitable affairs all the world of society ra ars there among them lloyd boyd mercer one ft tf the tile richest young men in the country and one ot of the basti berbo lj liked him anil and many scheming mothers thought of him as a husband fur for youn young da dauch ugh ler lerr MI R or possibly daughters not a young youn I 1 loyd had kind met a thousand garis and it one hd had raised than a thrill of I 1 la 0 his tony stony heart boyd was mas here ore today at the forte fort es charity bazaar and aa usual he wandering an dering brousil finding friends and slid a wel ome at eiery every turn film lie ile bought flowers and distributed them to older women he fought tweet sweets which ho he aleo also distributed lie took all eort sorts of chances cli anies an annl had phenomenal luck and then suddenly bored he be wan dered on off by himself admiring the tie oft if biting of the different city a tents in oe e tent he lie found the smell ct fresh lets abid was not laed in to dincov a great crystal bowl filed plied with the purple flower flowers within tilt tent a pule pale hreen curtain separated tho tile crystal eazer gazer from her client clients ho waited in ft tie 0 outer part of tho the hat until they were summoned behind tie tile curtain where the so boince ince took place 14 ld ad stood there la in the outer tent gazin down dovin at the bowl of violets on pearlus the lound sound of f a dentle volie nearby suddenly SadiJe uly he was a award that it must be the voice of the castal gazer and tie lie listened eagerly lely for he wn wai fa fit by ile tt sweetness of the tone with ith its it ocas krial lift then the vole ceased itce he lie heard beard a girl 11 a soft laughter laut liter nod and a merry eod good by then utter silene sll cne at last a slim niu mulatto latto eirl girl in of eastern draperies gilded elided toward him and imel then ai ei she straightened herself ate el e swept one arm la in a graceful gesture inviting coyd boyd to enter behind bellied the sec oud green curtain rud tuned found himself la lo atae tie of a woman a straight slim figare clad in to a ions long nied medieval leval cown gown of jule jide green with tl if e lower part of the fice abidin haill n in a swathing of white tie bomin lifted such wonderful ond erful eye eyes to t foyd that for the crt little in ills his coffree ie le mt agitation in tie region of ills heart III it I 1 he lie lom told him self el savagely itaf tin rest of her face to I 1 I anost likel hideous I 1 es are do dr diving bim wes aw are the f t f ire litif caroe come the nhe of ilkiv ali in green as wor mink sunk into a high backed ill th ir that ws was a bittina throne for or her egure her iler voice had bail followed so 0 o swiftly opi till mental that it was just as if it she I 1 id read his hi linand As tile he f toward her on the treen green covered tat tull lot a 0 bait ball alto ih looked up and unit caught his intense gaze bolth lah the snare of her unusual eyes eyel then then she he dropped them swiftly and murmured now I 1 will guze into the heart of tot the future and ad read fortune fortunes gifts for you vell done boyd wm was thinking ery nell el done I 1 should like to know that tirl girl deep in the well of silence lie tha hit treat secret secrets think not eo biln 0 on nothing the future will be revealed came the itce bolce of the crys tat gazer boyd lost himself in thoughts of what she was doing doln gazi paling ns dep dei deep into the crystal cry atala a heart lie ile s nt sit it tensely trying to think about noth ing a difficult task for or nn an ant then came the voice 1 asnin again st stran runie faraway as if her mind win wait la in the tilt future and her voice was in orm TP pathy sith it you hae have the wealth of the world could nn not airee you aher ri her if yon you viere en nut not the poorest man in the world I 1 you hae have not the love of any woman who Is net not related to couyou haie have looked la to cui eyes eye and looked asay binnis you will be alone surrounded by friends who are fond food of you your face Is here ta in the crystal bat but you are always ainne alone fame FAMO you may hate tor for you are tire talented co forth and seek lie tile lne loie of a woman tor for no fortune teller can tell the fate ot of a man who noiselessly boyd crossed the rug and stood on the other side ot of the table he ile too leaned over the cry crys tal tat great ball and their faces face danzl aare ere refluxed together in to the dark surface it ln sly hut that I 1 cannot loe love oh giter of f tell me ate lio ho ou are in fit rel red life here you lime been at ur dna dai hit thit I 1 hue hite ni you beloni I 1 at tile sound of the denst henslin in in his a abduel I 1 voice the crystal fazer gazer sched deeply then murmured light ty ily 1 I 1 have albasi lived thed in lull furnia my people took a trip around he the world they left me with your cousin mrs 1111 halton ton who was my cod god mother I 1 I 1 am ant grace alien allen your in to berlew ten lew Is over sir air A silver dollar for sm set char charity itys s sakel and then the barour maid mald was bowing him out perhaps bolth subdued lau caulter Lter in her eyes of tours boa boyd mercer soult and found his couin cou in myra 1111 allton ton ani ant heard beard about her friend the crystal i gazer and inter litter when graice rare an uhn came from her tent I 1 radiant III I 1 lovely she me hild atod a old id heart la bi the hollow of her little warin arin lin huinh n and she never gave it buk bilk lo 10 him blot I 1 |