The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-14

thought. my or. hops. Is sOr ny eou.-
try"
81. was 40 beautiful. SO fr-rr. ~~soraa
~ sns stood there. SIN. hafs Ieanirr
vita . certain iangsor O. attitude. hEt
WIKI ssch glow ia hsr eve On her
sznie, tnat Harry Benfinck fafs q szs-
Der, strange dislike Of other eyes ssrnn
der lyon shah tell re about II. he sssd
Eere. n q Ballroom sic reuitad
Eayiy. ~Ah. you wlu forgive re sazt
STOKE % anything so sad ard sersosss
when ne should do pothing but aanc&
Ana taen ire music began again, and
NJ. bentirek. who had not darr@a Tor
years, hardly knew bow r. was sAst na
was whiriinE down tire room. vita an
arm about that supple waist. with tat
fragrant hair almost touching his
shoulder and wiah bis senses zfesnea
n the subtle spell o. the zarrnth. tae
delieAousnsss OF the moment. tns music
aasek~ning tnto = mad movement ard
sweeping them az its will
stop" sire said irnp@rattyely ~ the
dance surged on ''Sfopi II IS rot the
way ! Ike 70 dance. VIII not be taken
out o. myself SC" And the color flashed
oyer her face. but lest Il as instantly
IN lis creamy psilor. az they paused where
the wind blew IN and recovered fhegr
breath under the bouxh % great palm.
She waved her fan slowly. shedding its
violet wood odor about h@r Then she
looked up and smiled her slow. eelsght-
ful smile. Dancing S. ike Nfe - II
notg" she said. Now vou must faka
r1e away 70 my aunt" And as they went
along she added. ''You reverse very well :"
II was with difficulty that they
threaded the crowd. detained az every
turn BY salutations and now aud then
sccostef By men who bowed their sleek
a8rS heads and marmured some French
or Spanish sentence a. they passed.
They paused az length before sleepy
woman OF massive proportions. who sat
In row OF stately danes as weary as
herself.
Ma tante." she said. "this Is Mr.. Ben
timex I have introduced myself 20 hlm
I have danced with him I have COM
mtfted every improperly Tot Mr..
Bsntinek1-whic a duenua should pre-
vent and OF which a caaperons should
dtsspoFove. and I want you 70 eondona
them all" stili spes king rapidly IN
French, by Inviting Mr. Rentinck-Afr.
Bentluck. Nine. D'Arco-to call upon you
az the Arlington. Won't you?
The duenna would have been more than
human 20 resist that coaxinE accent and
she muTr1ured something. and Mr. Fen
ttnck acknowledging the Introduction and
the invitation. murmured something else.
"You speak French 20 the madame"
be said I'm some surprise.
Instead OF SPANISH Never Spanish
whsn any other language. even that OF
dumb signs. can Dc used. That tongue
81 thu penlnsuiaresi I would have ali.
all my countTymeR forswear the Span
lsh and some day speak only the Ameri-
can" And then a dancer had claimed
the Cuban. and Mr. Bentlnck saw her
gliding away In the arms % another man
with a distinct feeling OF outrage. But,
although he staid BY Nine D'AFco.
furnishing up his beSt French for her
~ aree.s ct
10 him that night lie had not even that
OF putting her into her carriage. and 81
the music. ali the flowers. al the iewele6
dancers. al The beautiful women were
no more than phantouls moving 10 noise
less measures
10 Was OF little use FOR Mr. Bentinck
20 attempt his congressional duties the
next day. The clerk seemed 20 be dron-
tag Spanish. the calling of ths roll vas
only Iteration Of the syiiahies o. Gloria
CampeaGor's name. and between the
leaves OF the folio he pretended 20 con-
suit swan IN that beautiful pale face. and
he kept saying 20 himself,
''Shs walks IN beauty Ike the night
or cloudless oilmes and starry skies.
And all that's best az dark and bright
Meet In her aspect and her eyes"
He WAS. after all. an innocent young
fellow. with a talent for telling speeches.
and he had been pushed along b the
people AZ home more for his promise than
his performances and partly because youth
Is plastic and sometimes easily moulded
10 the purposes OF others
tie had been born % ore G. the big
fortunes. he had bean occupied with books
and debates and business. hs had once
gone down into Mexico about some land
titles and causht up little Spanish, and
he had been more than once abroad IN
various ways. bat he had never had time
% fan IN love nefcre. When az length
he vas called into cloakfocn for CEN
sultatien with one o. his colleagues about
a certain bounty be agreed 70 everything
the other said without having heard a
word. and he escaped az last. as Il from