El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-12
my part I was willing to forego sucr

svmpathy. Let u.s. went on in
glow of inspiration, Imagine that we
have been introduced at dance. One
never knows the names in such cases.
ssHe was certainly to blame.
ssCertainly. If a man willingly walks
out of Paradise. he H1ust be either
fool Or
s.He will come back.
eIn that case''-I began, rising and
taking up my hat from the chair.
Really she answered, ga man
who willingly walks out off,
s.But 1 DON'T I objected. ri go
with the greatest reluctance.
cit is very hot in the sun. mon
sieur''
MADAME, 1 greatly fear sunstroke
It is a disease which has had remarka-
BILE fatality for my family.
replaced my hat upon the chair on |
which 1 had previously seated myself, |
and seated myself upon the chair on |
which 1 had previously placed my hat.
That chair was nearer to madame py
over a foot.
Monsieur is prudent, she said and
smiled 1 should have been perfectly
happy if her gaze did not so often wan
der through the window frame and seek
the sunshine OuISluo
HNav. / fear" murmured, looking
at her ardently, ''impudent-
ssThat is hardly in the nature OF a
compliment.
Because" went on boldly, Gin
| the Joy of moment, minute, an hour.
I peril my future peace.
She beat another solo upon the floor
| and again looked into the sunshine. My
ewes followed the direction of hers, and
| I thought I saw a hat. The hat was Sc
yere-nay, rigid; it was a masculine
| hat.
| els the peril so great7" che asked.
She spoke go softly that 1 pushed my
| chair a little nearer to her and leaned
| forward.
..The answer is entirely in your
bands, madame, 1 said.
| 'sThere may be no peril, she pout-
ed, 'sfor who knows what tree OF love
may spring from this mere grain OF
barely ten minutesf"
She glanced at me sideways
''Have you noticed the roses at the
Window
.sNo,' answered. "They are there,
no doubt-roses are often at windows
but have eyes for you only"
''There is one-almost bud. Icovet
it. I must have it.
She rose and passed swiftly to the
window Again I thought 1 saw the
hat. 1 rose. I followed her. 1 stood be-
hind her as she raised her ungloved
hand-a dainty, slender, white hand; a
hand that any man might not tire Of
kissing easily. She caught the bud.
broke its stem and gave faint cry.
"You have hurt yourself, L said.
ga thorn" she answered hurriedly !;
sit has pricked met is still In. 1
fear.
L took her hand in mine. 1 have had
some experience of thorns in connec-
ton with little hands, and did not look
for any deep wound, yet 1 must confess
to some considerable surprise when l
found none at all, and even after min
ute search no visible impression upon
the satin of her skin.
Madame I said falteringly. 81
, can see nothing"
Stupid she cried pettishly. yet
not loudly. "Look again. tell you
Z have hurt my hand badly You cannot
7 see well. Hold it to the light.
1 held it to the light. 1 looked at ii
very carefulIy-the hand was really
g worth looking at bent lower over it,
: lower still. Then suddenly I glanced
IS upward. She was smiling. 1 saw q
challenge in her eyes. I kissed her hand.
"Clotilde,'' said a voice over my
head. It was a strange voice, and Il
}, seemed out in the garden, little above
L me- I looked up and recognized thu
= rigid, severe hat. Under the hat was {
10 man. He looked bad tempered when h
regarded me; he looked penitent whel
he gazed upon madame
"Henri," she cried, 81 have a thor1
in my finger. This gentleman is clums.
Il he cannot discover it.
She glanced at me scornfully ant
u stretched out her perfectly health.
B. hand to the owner Of the rigid hat, VIII
"a took it. Then, in that hand, innocen
of a scratch or mark, he found thorn
plucked it out and kissed the plac
'e where it had been. l think. though
p the wound was, after all, not in he
hand, and if did not find it was 40
III useless in the healing.
Then suddenly 1 remembered that
had not summoned the landlord an
rectifed my forgetfulness in violen
ID manner When mine host entered, b
d was in time to see the rigid hat bend
ing under a parasol somewhere dow
the road
"Ah, they have made it up again I
he cried, with evident satisfaction. 90
ch am glad of that. for the wedding is
be in the early part of next week. an
! l am to supply the wine for the cert
mony."
10 Every one seemed satisfied but my
self 1 continued my walk to Pourvill'
n having remembered my sister who Wa
WAITING -RIack and White.