The times., 1898-01-16

Der, but now l shall go with my eye OUT
for landmarks some church, some hotel VIII
appear, the right train of a associat tions Will
be started, and before l know it. quite rs
a matter of course, | shall be ringing the
bell at my ;,unt's house.
That's scientifi isn't it," said Anita.
Its physiological ana psychological
/ replied, enthusiastically.
Heaven help US, then" said Anita,
1T VIII take long tine 10 work. Now
III go into this druggists and walt. Don't
try it for more than an hour, and be sure to
come back TO me-
She disappeared from my side, and /
went off alone to perform my experiment.
This is not physiological or psycholu-
gical treatise, otherwise / should have much
pleasure in explaining how my expert
nent might have turned out successfully
had ii not been for an unforesee accident.
Ast was walking slowlyUp one OF thestreets
/ was attracted to n face at one of the
basement windows OF house / was pass
ing Ii was a wrinkled face crowned with
iron-gray hair, and after second glance
/ recognized it as the face of Bridget my
aunt's house III aid. She 1T was Who
twelve years before used to grasp firmly
one of those glass knobs in that mahogany
rnonstrosity, and with Inc, a stout, de-
terinined boy, hanging like grim death to
the other knob, would say:
Now, tlien, divil fly away with tile
ovid beaury, wan, two, three. Mistuer
Rutgers, give it a uwisther av a jerk, and
wen have it out betwixt us
True friend and tried, j had not for
gotten the service rendered me in my 10y
hood, and 1 smiled broadly at her through
the iron graf ing and the glass that divided
US.
But Bridget had forgotten me. She be-
haved "a a respectable woman does when
sinl I'd atby an unknown man. She frowned
and then turned her back, indica ting by
movement Of her elbows both Indignation
ana contempt. BY no means detected at
thistreat,lent, / mounted the steps and rang.
Bridget opened the door cautiously.
Does Miss Van Brunt live here?" /
asked.
''She do, sor,'' Bridget replied, through q
crack of the door.
THANK you," / said, and copying the
house number, 90. on a card, without TAX
ing time for explanation, l sped away to
the drug store to tell Anita the good news.
and i soon saw it's shining front and
glistening coloTed bottles. / looked care
fully through each OF the two large
windows, but no a nita sat on any one of
the Vienna chairs nearthe soda water foun-
tain. 1 examined the surroundings with
minute attention. This was certainly the
drug store at which three-quarters of an
hour ago l had left Anita. l went into
the druggist s,sthnking that possibly she
might be sitting somewhere inside where
I i from the outside could not see her. While
was purchasing a wholly unnecessary
cake of soap l looked carefully about the
/ store, but there was no Anita visible
went out feeling very much mystified.
/ Anita had left the drug store, contrary
! to our agreement.
/ can calculate TO a second the rea ppear-
! ance OF any given comet. but the eccentric
! orbit described by Anita conforms to no
| rule known to man. a nd it would be use
4 less to wait there for her, in the shadow
OF uncertainty. Then again, it was just
possible that ] had made a mistake in the