Show we me 6 e laa alabaster Js a ter hand liand 11 and it W was t the he c cam caus u of a very VM ludicrous dic us mistake N dy by y cla clarissa ii mackie H catly copyright gh t by american abc press x A anso association 1911 it was nas a street awl it stretched away anny from the glittering chorot gafare like a dimly lighted tun nel net the long bocks blocks were ere compo composed red of rather old fashioned il led brick dwellings th tit more faced with brov brownstone arit 1 1 1 brila lucan 1 1 0 ch hint hail achsen blank its the shortest t tut cut to his apart mel ta in the tile camle hotel which held itself 4 apart from the me nie 1 nika mire trains roared above anti 1 colw flit ground and atilt electric cars carm on oil tile the surface between the two on thi night flight lurlen lucien trill tra wd the lie strict with nith fd ed husti haste do ruin ml fill with slanting am rhe drop anim drum mcd ini il 1111 if his umbrella find unit pattered against flit smooth surf ice of hla innela intili inti li once or twice lie poked lila tits head 4 out it from front under flit lit to talce it curve of his surroundings on I 1 tin I 1 e second ocen slon lie 41 raw w it I 1 and 1 ad d short in his to atari up tip nt at it parlor window windom lulen luelen hail heart of beau ticul hards 4 lie hall read in lit novels of bros br ind alii aster hands am and nd all q I 1 lint ti t in I 1 I 1 t the e course of his pros t t e b he lind hall neer come across these marem of feminine lovell t ness ic 44 lie II 11 hail acin n pretty hands some nero white tind othera were ann lit 41 with lilt sun summer inter stin shine but bitt hill he lit aeeti if woman a hand that might lie be likened to the tile alit bixter onci ones of liln film noiel noel rending lays now nou he lie saw it it white ns as snow snair or marble or the alabaster of his tits novels perfect in shape with small lingers cra tapering to a point I or in nit instant he saw the whole nh 0 ie hant linn 1 flinn UK n the woman e other hand ains lifted and the shade was draw drav n to the rill of the window for the first time since he had paus ed befort the tile window braddock raddock Il be came aware flint be he was violating all the rules of never aver before had bo he staled into a window la in this man mannii titi and now he turned bassily and resumed his way through the pelt lag ing rain with mingled shame and cu mostly till of the white had he lit bud d acen impressed blai him rely it had looked so atad white so ll 11 felas felsa so rigid as compared wired to the careless tract grace of the woman womans other firm as she machad up to pull down the shade III mind pictured a ilon don thit that account for the peculiar hil cutiss of the hand the one which found favor with him was that the beautiful ile dutiful land wail was paralyzed and quite bloodless aheu he lie arrived lit tit bis his hotel he lie dis mis missed aed the subject nub jet froni from his mind and went bout about his tits een evelinn lur with ahli 1 cu customary statuary vigorous ig 1 a orous Inter interest everi flight nis he passed through gh blank street him 1 eyes turned toward lie tile block where stood the house fht bit entert Intern tid 00 him it was some time before lie could locate the tile particular house beckus it as merely br by the nn nit lighting of tin flit ro room 1 I filid or tin of flit ll 11 wonny who had stood there that he iloilo to rec the tile place plate onci onet inart 1 tilt it cattle i ening ii ho ii he ile a ring hon nd it it it i ph aliis its ant it 11 of tb flit excel ent eat dinner flint would tin a it home then there on tits flew the 1 pic lie turf ture bhat it ina had men ome otie before on tit tint thit rainy lilt woman stood there holling hoi bith the flit rose 01 a ol orel ore I curtain 4 lilt thit and white hite band hand once more lucien Brado braddock ock and stared up at the ictus this timi flint be he gazed at the woman ion s head in lit its it mist of dark hair her iler face WBK was in lit slin blindow dow but he lie fancied that she must be kauti beautiful ful anti as she lid did not stir from her position nor make nuy any attempt to pull down the shade itans suddenly smitten with a seo sea e of his tits a own if ru rudeness denesi and with nu au involuntary removal of hi hia bat hat he P pissed jn if tinn it was vas that it low lot amused laugh broke the of the treet street lucien stopped and loomell around lie could hare have sworn that flint the laugh came front roin ohp hi of the house the tile front door wa was 4 ajar and th nuli the file kalns panel a red 1 light shot down upon the with a shrug of the should irs Lm and nn nil un comfortable feeling he went on he ile resolind res resol olied sed that he lie would not let curlest ty again 1 h nept him down town tho the length of blink street lie would walk one raon mort block and traverse another street weela vel pissed and anti braddock had hall quite forgotten the incident of the wo nian ninn with the alabaster hand li ind 11 u 1 des of quil importance oc coupled his attention to he the exclusion n of ami Kini nta nn tin I 1 he lie found life ill ed to th flit brim with w nation tion IN hen the tile strain ax was removed on oil the verila veri lm of the file very tny eity on which aich he had hail won oil the case h was as to make him famous among laN he be rode home on the electric car and from force of habit dropped os off at the cor ner of blank street ile had sone gone half its length when he was conscious of some disturbance in per pap ef f the staid red brick dwelling ii A bright light against the window windows and a maidservant stood on the porch creaming hysterically hysteric all r lucien took in the tile situation tion at R glance and leaped up the steam and into the bouse house of the tile woman noman with tin the ala aln buster bend hand auxt noa no iio A tie lie hild caught t i a glamp it of her tier in lit hr customary cu tomary at of ra elul no negligence leaning forward one baud hand holding buck back silken walk hill ina the white laco curtale above abote her head were blazing fl acely 11 the afrant at a bound gained the ball hall und and turned into the door hat flint ltd into the th front larlor parlor l arlor of tin house ka he lie did fit so he was conscious 4 that it woman hail como come swiftly doun the stair and anti was following closely b hind him film the room ma was 4 unoccupied saw save for haf that strangely ancon unconscious clous form in the N nilow I 1 nei er forgot the quiet chgan eig anu e of the room with its rich nig and wall ite its air of homelike comfort it took but an art to tear down datra the lace draperies aej to trample them andr foot th lie was freo free to take the flit form of alo 10 lo lady indy of the alabaster hind hand in 11 tits arms and tin carry tir to it 0 r lace face of safety good he IN areng midia he biath ed in lit her hor nr us as lie attempted vodraw to draw her awny away from flit th window hut but she was ua strongly rigid in his hn arms n and nd he f tilt fit it a little thrill of horror in lit tho the covery that flint sto st o was tins quito quite cold in 11 tin little white blind that fell coldly upon lili 1114 was tva like tile the letness of alabaster or its it sister marble V low lot d dili clous trill of laughter I ote oce lit his momentary hesitation it did dill not como conic from the lady in his arms but from front the tile girl who had find fol loi 11 it him hirn into the room lie tumid and lo looked oled at her she tins small anti slight with a palo pale face rowl lil with ith bronze brown hair but hr face wa was 4 lowly lov ly anti her tier cys the safest qt brown irown she wore ore the most mot charming gown gon of brown velvet thit matched her tier yes exactly she wits dimpling with lilt laughter infighter u when lien lie he turn urn cd ell mid ulie she arid to stiffen glicr features into int solemnity as their eyes met 1 I hope will nill pardon mei am so morra she faltered inu nu have teen so nery ery kind and bravo to put out the tile tire fire lut but if you had not sit said ill ma madain madr darn tm it would not seem seeni so funny oh oil denart again she rippled into langl tt ter Iti lucan citti looked down clown lit tit tile form he was lilling ti tiding so stiffly in lit lih tits arms tiring III ebis widened with amazement it and a grin overspread h hia is face the lad ind t if f the alabaster alaster al liand hand stared nc at him from beautiful eyes fringed with long lashes her arranged dark hair waa wits drawn away from a i axen brora aps a waxen face of pink and perfection fec tion th the ring fabric of ber brind some gown fell limply away from roin her tier and the lacea faces of her sleeve ekpo expo exposed aed a waxen arm and the perfect alabaster hand gently lucien bradlock stood the wai wax figure upright the lovely alabaster white hands were held stiffly before her she was nai very beautiful but ohe she was made of baxt wax 1 I am so sorra repeated the girl as I 1 eclen faced about I 1 im not he wild said after a quick glance at tit lier her face its one on me though LI 11 L I 1 fondek if you would mind telling me N why by she rho V was As standing there in the tt window I 1 mu at explain said sali the girl with pretty dignity boil ou ste I 1 live with my cousin beaune goulard she mar tied 1 M I goulard coulard of parla paris and after died lied she site found she was quito quite poor po fo she slip came baak bat k to fow new I 1 ork with the lacas about clothes and open id dressmaking dress iiii kine parlors in this bouse house thit ii Is all loti ou hae mistaken the 1 in one of the from windows for a na a I 1 ferwn erbon lne e are tire cry sery grateful to you for our brave deed tonight sir fir lou ou may smile but tho tile waxen model 14 1 era lalin niu able ble und anti the gown conti alsi also iiii iii lii i hughel li cartil at his own onn 11 comil ture ind and the tile girl joined him with that flint to low contralto laugh which bk bt had heard once before I 1 wider if it you would mind telling me he vs hat Is 14 it if D do you recollect standing la in th thy vestibule of your house sacral set oral weeks ago and secina a man taking off bis his hit to your model asked lucien les cs indeed pardon me but it waa was no 40 funny I 1 this time lucien joined her in the laugh aud and the sound of their mirth brought goulard below stairs fair tin the whole hole matter ard been explained to her atme mme goulard introduced her an tty cousin na miss etbel ethel iid fl and lucien recounted a classmate at nt tollage whose name had bun bitti mck nick and il and of course he nn 1 brother lucien was lu in alte l ti to line dine with them ani arl line mme foulard ard lighted that his tits Is a via vii might ix be the lovely model with the filae alneter vater I 1 land and vaen lucitta told bis his tora null related how lie had li id lookin from front under hl ilk tint that rainy night to dis coer flit alabaster hand holding back the curtain oh ob tint thit wan a libels artl itic pos log ing 1 fmc male goulard goul ird she ad ailred the handa of thit that model quite n dillich 84 n aou ou did sir I 1 suppose it was bor her anu arm that reached up and I 1 down the shade I 1 ainars bite hiie the 1 feeling for the wix nax lady said sold lucien i earnestly ear netly as lie clitu thiro good night months afterward when certain mat tern of import ince hid to be settled bettien I 1 the anti himself he protest ed it that flint her tier own bind with vit h I 1 its tj I 1 shell pink palm and the diamond glis i toning on th third finger was the fairest wrest thing in the world kb b but if it had not been for the lady with the alabaster ba band nd aou oa would never have met roe me she re preached him true he agreed let lete is have bare the tb ady to fo your bridesmaid |