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Show I (UAGE 1 HANDKERCHIEF Aflir r nn dim at n i plungt i Into Fiimiiii r the glorious blue glow lng mmini. r of fh. aubtroplciil Atlaii-tlc Atlaii-tlc Tiny white wave lapped tin Ides or the big ship all day, and now that evening wna come, and the aw-i Inn rolled back for the Bake of thl air. pink, purple, orange and golc phoaphoroarence thlmtnered all about in Tho evening writ loo rnlr lo pen beneath the glare or the Icctrlc lampi In the amoklng inrnii. o I remalne on deck the deck wa empty and tho light! lowered ever) where aave In the amok lng room, which gloworml like a hugl Jewel through the Iranaparcnt night The band had teased playing muted Idly and alerted, with eye tha say nothing on the gleaming wavei of opal lire lhal leaped In the waki of tho ahlp Very gently I moved forward. Thl whole altrn of the ahlp waa bathed It he whiteness of the moon and looker1 ns though snow had fallen on th dack and touched the tarTrall will long linns nf silver, llchlnd the hl the fiery teas lien veil and plunged, un( against all stood one figure I caught m breath aa I first saw her tall, avelte, exn,ull'oly molded Into n high, tight fitting Ixellce of I black llk dres. Her face wa lo ward the moon and the tea, hut tin lovely lines of her shoulder, thai tapered to the waist mid then spread ngalti to the rounded hips, told mc thnt I was looking upon no woman ol the northern country The woman ralaed a hand and threw aside the wltp of game that JibiI veiled her head and In the white light her hair gleamed like the gold of the aun and I knew that I looked on a Creole girl. I furred all my will Into m ardent eyes, hoping In make her turn, but only an elusive perfume floated about uie and now and then the blue smoke lit a cl tun tte hung about her like a inlet cloud I mutt rind out who thl gracluua being was this young thing that stood In tho moonlight, with every supple n-itcln throbbing responslvo lo tbe movement of the ship I moved out of the shadow Into the light; an absurdly small handkorchlel lay on tbo deck. My llpa parted to apeak, but ahe waa keener of sense than I. for aha hoard mo and turned sharply around. 'Oh! My handkerchief, handker-chief, thank you ao much." She put wit a hand aa white and qlnk, aa dim pled and soft as a roseloaf, and I ao connived that, a tbe took Ihn hand keroblef our linger met through the (limy bice. "What a divine night," I nurtnurad, foolishly, while my eye cV'oured tho oval uf her face, the tangle of her golden hair, tho rl red neaa of her parted mouth. Hhe drew n clgantte from n gold cate that swung at her side ' l.et mo give ou n light." I cried and then bad the esctasy tor one mo tiieiit of teeing the smooth grain ol her skin and the long curling lashes that veiled eyes which I guotsed mutt be violet by daylight, hut that now looked velvet blnikueis Hhe spoke hut little while we ttood there, but 1 was content to catch the Illy ierfitmt from her hair mid note the slendei Hues of the round throat "To mor row," 1 ventured to say, ns the tossed the burnt-out cigarette Into the wave "I'erhnpt," the nnawcred, and with II bow she loft me Tor four days and night of Imrnlus tropical (plcndor I watched for liet coming a the ship plowed on Into I In heart of the sun and Ihu glow of the heat We were Hearing the equator, the staterooms and cablnt were un bearable Pull of the dork was arranged ar-ranged so that passenger roulil sleep lu the open, hut I never pained the night there or In (he ton-part of I he vessel, while others sat for hour tc catch the faint breeio made by tin ahlp I alwava walled on the spol where we had first met, and one nlghl I found her Dure After that night of blue and. silver our evening on dock wero man), nm the cvuilngs grew tn night, and found us standing or sitting In the shadow and looking at the round red moon (hat shone In the blue enameled k like a golden guinea Wo talked It wklxpers, and weie too earuett ovei lo laugh, and told each other much oi ninny thlngt In the past and more ol one thing In the future TIiim uiiinv aunscu putted to dawn wlun we kitted aud parted many turn und Hole iiuliitly away to om i alilu liven thu was our last nlghl ,m hoard, except that she did not sing hut wept bitterly aa 1 kitted bar foi the last II mo, and said tho future might be an awakening The next da) I stood at the head ol the gangway to see her land The rngllth went off lint, atlll too thin and still laughing, the massive south i rn women followed, roll lug their vast bodies and flashing their fine eet un ilei absurd huis I had hoieil that the in) lady of the moon and of the phot phorescont seas, would have soiiii message for me as sho left the ship Hut the never passed and all that I learned of her was from n note found In her cabin Inclualng this tiny bll of lace and lawn, still wet with hei tear and tajlng that If sho landed the would be claimed by a man she could never love, and there would come an end of our delight The lace and lawn are a Utile )el!uw. (he teart are dry, the perfume has pasted, 1ml one corner kiopt the embroidered name 'Carttn |