Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08

she started violently, and her face turned
white as Count Sagan stood before them.
do you feel inclined for a hand at whist,
Counsellor" he said, abruptly with a
wrathful. questioning glance at his wife.
Has my wife been boring you with her
chatter?'
''On the contrary. Major Counsellor has
promised to join at the castle next
week. exclaimed his wife.
Sagan'S bloodshot eyes darkened. He
had the guile OF pletter, but lacked some
thing of the self-control. Counsellor, who
appeared to be watching the dancers, turn
ed upon this and added:
And / have been thanking Nine. de
Sagan for the invitation
'Ah. knew you wouldn't come! Wen,
you will lose nothing. We shall have a
hcuseful of FOOLS" interrupted the count
roughly.
Il have already accepted. and will. with
your permission. count. be one of the
fools" replied Counsellor, geniaiiy.
The countess understood she had in some
way put her foot in it, but the men
walked away together she nodded com
placently to herself, with the words, Il
know what l know"
The tide of dancers stil swept backward
and forward as Nine. de Sagan idly OBJ
served them, until her glance CHANGED to
fall upon the opposite couple at the further
end of the saloon. Something in Valerie s
air fixed her wandering attention at once
with a little shock. What was Hollywood
saying to her? And where was Anthony
Unfair? The Countess Isolde had TO the
full the all-devouring vanity of her type,
but now for once in her life, she felt de-
sirous of forwarding a love affair that was
not her own. ~
You are going to Sagan, of course?
Valerie had said to her partner, as they
stood together
Il think not" Hollywood replied
II thought you would be sure TO be IN
attendance"-she glanced carelessly toward
the dais where the countess was at that
,,ornen, laving her fan on Counsellor )
knee-'as usual
mo. Unziar is the lucky man. Rally
| wood answered, without significance IN MS
! tone.
NONSENSE Anthony is her cousin! salu
| the girl impatiently.
Rallywood's gray eyes were on ner lace.
.EWhose cousin? What do you mean!
| he asked Innocenuy-
| iishman. OF all her asquaintances he
! alone, in his laundering way, was able te
! put her, somehow. at disadvantages.
When the duke goes TO Sagan' she
| said, without noticing his question, the
| count has the privilege, as colonel-ln-chlel
| of the guard of inviting any two offcers
| he pleases to act with the escort. SO We
| shall see
| pause where you get your impressions
1 mademoiselle?'
| Il see-like other people. We all form oul
judgments what We see and-know!
| What do you know, for instance!
| Il heard of you when you were at kofr
i Ford, near the castle of Sagan,' she an
4 swered.
4 RallywoOd was only human. and. how
| ever moderately he may have returned Mm'
| Sagan.s preference, he was fully aware o
| its existence. In those days on the frontie
| ne bad rather from fastidiousness thar
| principle, perhaps. avoided her and her in
| yitations whenever possible. But that wa.
one thing. 1t was another to hear the mat
ter cooliy alluded to by the girl beside him
| Involuntarfiy he drew a little away from
| her His notions were founded less on &C
tual knowledge and experience Of women
for Of that he had lit1e-than gathers
| from that idealized version of the sex witt
which the right-minded male animal /
, usually furnished by llis own mental an,
4 emotional processes So far his intercours
! with Isolde Of Sagan had been limited L
1 certain sentimental passages: the initiatiy
| lay with the lady, but Hollywood had one
| or twice been distinctly wrought upon b.
| the appeals to his sympathy and pity. Now
! however. looked at from fresh stand
| point. the one. in fact, from which Valeri
| viewed II. the subject became suddenly re
l peilent, and he slid away from the discus
| sion with another question.
What has Unfair been saying Of me