The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-31
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slaught, flung scoopful after sooopful at
Uhe intrepid woman, and several of those
sltting at the tables around at once joined
IN repeiling the fair masker's attack.
ieg, nothing daunted. although smooth
ereo IN confetti from doZen different
hands, she continued the conflict with
Gne pair she had at first attacked, until
Llahe. IN her eagerness to ami hilate this
woman VINO had SO suddenly opened such
persistent and vigorous fire upon them,
turned suddenly with her tin scoop filled
to oyerf1owing. With loud laugh she
flung it, but by accident the SCOOP itself
Slipped from her fingers and struck the
masker sharply upon the the shoulder
In an instant LiaDe, with q cry of re-
greet, rose from her seat and rashed out
into the roadway to apologize, but the
unknown woman with stiff bow, her
dark eyes flashing angrily throug h the
holes in her mask, turned away and
walked quickly along the Rue Massena.
Lame stopped, snatched up her scoop,
and returned to where Zertho sat heartily
Laughing, those sitting around joining in
a chorus of hilarity at the incident
tShe got a bigger dose than she bar
gained for,' he exclaimed.
81 am sorry" she ssaid. sit was quite
an accident. But did you see her eyes9
She glared as if she could kill me-"
Eyes he replied. "She looked pretty
mad. However she'll never be able to
recognize you again."
Lians was silent. The light OF joy and
happiness had suddenly died out of her
fair countenance. She seemed to possess
some vague recollection of a similar pair
of dark, flashing eyes. Alpaca strange
ghost of the past-came for an instant
before her eyes; a thought flashed through
her mind and held her appalled,. She
shuddered, pale as death behind her mask
of gauZe. Next instant, however, she
laughed aloud at her fear. No, she as
sured herself, it could not be. 1t was
only some faint resem blance rendered
the more vivid because it had come be-
fore hor amid that reckless gaiety.
Then she smiled at Zertho again happily
as before, and they ordered fresh WINE,
and waited until the cannon Numbered
from the heights above end the streets
grew orderly ere they started ito walk
home along the Promenade.
They had, however, been too far off the
woman to overhear the strange ominous
words she uttered when. with an evil
CLINT in her eyes, she turned from them
abruptly with fierce simprecation upon
her lips, her cheeks beneath the velvet
mask blanched with SUPPRESSED anger.
"No, am not mistaken" she had
muttered in Frauch with dry laugh be-
tween her set teeth. "When I met you
dancing In the Place de la Prefecture I
thought recognised you Liane BROKER.
followed, and threw at you in order to
obtain good view of your pretty face
in which innocence Is SO we'll portrayed.
Strange that we should meet again purely
by accident; strange, too, that you should
cover me with dust and fling your scoop
into my face as though in defiance.
Little do you dream how near l am to
you, or Of the CHASTITY nature Of the reye-
1ation which / shall ere long disclose.
Then the smiles which enchant your ad-
mirers will turn to tears, your merry
laughter to blank despair, and your we'll
feigned innocence to ignominy and
shame.."
ITO be continued ]