Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-22
CHAPTER XVI
A uouAycE CAME no RuoDA.

Force or hdDlL is one Oh ll' - ,"'
9hings in the world. This fact is im-
pressed upon me by the view from my
ofBce window. where each and every
dav fin the year the same crowd gathers
An front of an auction house to pur-
chase chattels for which. apparently
thew have no use whatever Another
instance of force of habit is found IN
sbe fact that. evening following even
ing after our ride. Mr.. Pleasanton and
vours truly seek a coy nook on the
Capitol terrace.
II woman is a creature Of moods,
man possesses that characteristic In a
rnilder degree. One night he would be
confidential. the next the reverse.
During one of the former conditions ne
impaired the information thaJ Inc
Fashion would add another to IT'S many
departments and put In a line OF
cloaks. Thinks I, here is a chance 10
repay Dennie for his many little IA,
vors: the many chickens he had
fhrown over my back fence. SO l halJ-
ed him one morning with.
oDepnie. the Fashion is to put i'm
line of cloaks. 1t doesn't make amy ar
ference how I came I'm possession or
the information. You go around there
see the head of the house, and catch
him for a write-up or advertisement
FOR your agency
He promised TO do so, and dismiss
ed the matter from my mind. mad
occasion. one evening. when we mad
sought our usual resting place In the
course of our conversation, to quote
from the Arab love song:
Till the stars grow old,
And the sun grows cold,
And the leaves of the Judgment book
unfold,
When he responded: "That calls to my
mind a bit of sentiment If you don't
mind. TN try and repeat it?'
"Most assuredly Proceed was my
reply .,..,, a.,
1T might help me to remember 1t II
YOU would let me hold your hanu'
was his response.
Now. that was very neatly put. WhaJ
woman could refuse a request present
ed I'm this manner So one OF my
hands was passed over and he began:
III think of you in the sunlight;
I'll dream night and day of you;
When all the world is silent
And the stars come out in the blue
And whether the hours be golden,
Or whether the day be drear
NV love will be with you alway-
IN never forget you, dear.
I see your eyes in the stars, love;
hear your voice in the sea;
The smell of your tender presence
Goes Ger the world with me.
And distance can never divide us,
But whether far or near
In my heart Of hearts youl dwell
love;
I'll never forget you. dear
The stars may forget their places,
The day may forget to break
The fight Of the hours may alter
Or the rose forget to wake
But love that is true lives forever
Net a month, nor day, nor a year
And so. 10 the end Of the world, love
IN never forget YOU dear.
I didn't need my notes for that one
So simple was it's rythm, meter and
Language that ! could repeat II when
he had finished I did not withdraw
my hand. Thinks ], recalling his story
of Bella the Magnificent, told I'm the
last chapter, here comes another TO
nance i'm which he participated. But
was mistaken disappointed too II
not a romance iu history why not q
romance in reality with Rhoda as the
central figure? ] am sure I had inter
posed no objection. II ever male de
sired opportunity for popping the ques
tion. certainly here the environment
was ideal His thoughts, I knew wer,
far away, Rhoda, certainly, was not {
part and parcel thereof. A momen
FIVE-Globe Inside
later he said: IT'S getting late. Sup
pose we get up town.
That proposal disappeared in thil
air
Next afternoon Dennie came rush
ing up the flight Of stairs three step
at a time, and, without knocking, dash
ed into the room with:
you played h-l!'
whats the matter now2' asked Id
and in chorus.
"Why. Pleasanton and that cloaI
story OF yours" he replied. as h
sought a chair and m ade an effort &
recover his breath His nibs rs IN
it, the main guy OF the Fashion
waltes mp there, you know FINAL
finds him. back In his private Office
when ] says, you are going 10 put 81
a line OF cloaks, and I have ueye
finished the sentence. He got up on
of his chair and held up one hauC
TO my buyers. my manager, TO NO
a soul about the place, have ] mer
toned cloaks. There is only one pei
s,a under the blue canopy to whom
have communicated such an intention