Evening star., 1896-12-19

sweep of the river blasts could enfoId and
grind and rattle it about to the hearts con-
tent. AS the new owner saw and felt it
from the inside. this very fact of it's being
the plaything of blasts lent stimulating
ar OF adventurous isolation to the place
The engirdling wind, which shook il at the
shutters, and tried the door; which whis-
tied across the skylights up above and
dragged the flames upward from the hearth
with the believing suction of a simeon
created for him kind of island on which
to live secure from observation and in
trusion. He slipped at his glass; and smiled
affectionately upon the blazing logs. and
stretched out his slippered feet toward
them
Presently he thought he would dress
and drive to the club for dinner. The be-
draggled file of incapable four wheelers
which usually vegetated on the incline lead
ing to the bridge outside had evidently
been scattered by The tempest, but
Charles would call a cab. Or no: upon re-
Election Charles had taken holiday to
view the lord mayors show and would
be seen no more till morning However
sufficient unto the hour was the hanson
thereof. Just now he would have thought
he me and being In it.
Around three sides of the tall central
space ran gallery, TO be reached nv a
flight CT stairs at the rear. and up there
partitions had been put in by Molc-or
some unknown predecess of his-to form
a bed room and dressing chamber. All
this upper part was wrapped now in dark
ness. but during the day Pa5sy had hung
from the gallery rail soma old rugs and
breadths of embroidered altar vestments
and the reflected freight upon these was
delightful to the eye. The contents of the
cases he had brought home in his modest
way as collector were all in evidence
cuirasses. fans, swords, jars, -eliouariss
and the rest-upon the wallis or in annro
pirate corners. Mole, in his hurried do
parture. had left easels and an jnfinitv of
r1 M arf, Il
vases. portfolio, drawing books and hlocks
old frames, rejected beginnings Of pictures
and SO on into the flat rubbish of a studio,s
utter. Beyond pushing it as far into the
paIhsr rouno as possible, and here and there
picking out bit for the walls, Passy had
not dealt with this embarrassing legacy a q
yet On the morrow he would 20 throrph h
IL more attentively. and make a definite
ciearance OF what was not wanted
The lines upon which mis- wants would
De hkeiy 10 proceed were hardly clearer
tnan they had been yesterday but the Taot
nc longer possessed any urgency. What
was OF much more value than mis- studio
furniture and waste, Mole had Iaft oLaa
Iul ana comprehensive impulse towarj on
tlmtsm. which continued to warm ana
brighten the place. Oddly enough. Mole
mentioned incidentally that he was Ieavtno O
England because he was broken1h 1hen,.ais .ns
or something like that; but III this ,,er.
true. then he had a marvellous toIan. e.
keeping his emotions in separate bulkbead 4
81 " speak, Tor PagSv hod n
got nothing but high spirits and pav cnr ~u
ndence from contact with him. A casuaI
suggestion from their talk had taken q
certain root In passy's mind 1t had to do
with the possibility of lectures on the arts
! In general illustrated by lantern-siide yiaws .
OF objects, places, ateliers. and tho Hr.
Perhaps there was something in tho idae
and passy had gone so far as to get out
some hundreds of negative films, and assort
| them, and think of making nrints S.o,,.
them II there was ever any real davlieht
In London. But If that project came 70
naught. then some other would fructifv
1t was all right He smiled again and
| rolled another cigarette '-N
A noise which had seemed to be a mart of
the winds general racket repeated ifself at
the door, and caught his ear. Sometfine
like hurricane was blowing outside and
there were streaming splashes of rain uDOn
the glass now as we'll. The sound came
again 1t was hard to make sure whether
1t belonged to the storms hubbub or not.
but after a moment Passy's zeal as a new
proprietor triumphed, end he went to the
door.