El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-12
To What Base Uses.
By Walter E Crogan.

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Beyond Dieppe is fair country skirt
ing blue sea, and the poppies grow
red and tall in the rustling wheat Inc
hedges are starred with blossoms and
powdered with dust, for the highways
are the roads of many. |
Half way down the steep hill IS lit
tie hostel, a roadside inn. 1t has face
of flowers and is pleasant; it smiles
with the welcome of courteous native
to the casual stranger; it invites in
spec.ion, it suggests refreshment and 1t
DISCUSSES the materialistic form of its
refreshment with the glamour of roses
and rustic porch.
The day was hot, and 1 hesitated at
the porch The room inside looked COOL
it had a stone floor and lattlced Win
dow, which was thrust open. Then
saw the f1utter of a pink gown and a
silvery laugh came to me. had mar
ried sister waiting for me at Pourvllle,
and 1 was already late. but then,
argued, I always had married sister.
and she was generally waiting for me
somewhere, for l am invariably late.
and a pink gown, in conjunction with
SO si1very a laugh, was alluring went
in The sunlight outside was very
bright, the half light in the room was
dim, and I stepped upon dog-a pug
dog, 1 afterward discovered-which re-
sented my familiarity with his teeth.
That destroyed the effect of my en-
trance. It produced hurried exclama-
ton and a half laugh, translated into
q cough. The exclamation came from
me- 1 apologized profusely to the lady
who had been indeterminate as to laugh
or cough She was, I saw. divinely
small, a cool, sweet, innocent face,
with mischief, however, lurking In the
eyes: figure slight, willowly; an air
of command and dress Uncomfortable
to an insular understandings mere
dream of light frills, soft silks and color
She drew herself up with some hau-
teur to the full extent of her feet
inches, from which L deducted two
inches in consequence of glance at
her shoes. In the labor of buttoning
long glove, she spoke.
Monsieur, 1. too, must apologize. 1t
was i'll of Fido. 1t is pardonable that,
in the heat of such surprise, man
should say-should say what you said.
Yet to me it is grief, protested
81" she went on, buttoning her
glove, with her eyes fixed on me under
the curtain of their long lashes, 81
thought you were some one else.
hate to be taken for anybody else
but myself. 1 like to keep the fatter-
ing hope that I am unique. L was
piqued.
MADAME, 1 answered, 81 am sorry
that was not the other person.
She looked at me for quite awhile
which made me feel uncomfortable. Al
such moments I have always misgiv
ing that my tie has wriggled. Then sh'
smiled. The emile began in her eyes
spread to her lips and finally took ref
uee in her teeth. I smiled, too-fron
sympathy partly, and partly to SHOW
her that 1 bore her no i'll will for he
mistake
ssDoes monsieur generally enter al
inn to tread upon little dogs" I be
came aware that had not summoned
the landlord. I was also aware that
did not wish to summon the landlord.
81 heard you laugh" I said. TIL
fact seemed all eloquent to me; it ap
peared SO to her.
81 was expecting some one We ha
quarreled, she made reply.
He was to blameT'
II have not said that it was a man.
1T was unnecessary You were goo
enough not to think me devoid of com
mon sense.
HE departed in anger.
"a most i'll tempered man."
eff 1 were in the wrong
(which is a supposition very muc
strained.
81 should be miserable, but as it is
laugh"
land when you laugh the worl
stops at your window.
Monsieur is pleased to regard hin
self in very fattering light"
'.And /, as the only tangible obje'
of the world, entered
"Ahp'
She played a short solo upon the stor
floor with the tap of her shoot W;
crescendo. Her brow-it was as marb
for whiteness and as soft as rose leav'
-wrinkled in thought, her lips
hardly knew whether to bless the go'
for permitting me a sight. or cur
them for the hot puckere'
She was evidently bordering.
.sIt isl she said at length, IAN II
ceremonious entrance"
cit is an unceremonious introdu
tion,'' corrected. 1.-The entrance w
not unceremonious"
"Unless to Fido." She laughed
little, and l began to find her laut
rather irritating-at times "But tt
worst of it is there has been no lntr
duction."
''Does that matter2' 1 asked F