The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30

we're IKE LuOSe
Of a pantheress-minus the spots, |
suppose
The eyes, large, lustrous, wistful,
half tear-brimmed-the eyes of a WON.
an-seemed to follow me at every turn.
81 can't look at them, | said to my
self They are too much like human,
so l told my escort was in imminent
danger of suffocation; that we must
seek the open air.
We found a bench a few feet from
the main roadway.
My face, | realized, was flushed to
fever heat
"A pretty place, said | instructive,
too. But, I'm sorry | came"
Just because | am married. said
he, divining my thoughts
And this must be the first and the
last time we are seen together. From
your viewpoint it may be all right,
but you are doing me an injustice"
Il fail to see it in that light. We
can not go two blocks without a half
dozen people tipping tneil lots. As
long as you are with me you vii, be
treated with tb greatest consideration
and respect"
Which l have no reason to doubt"
l replied.
He was evidently armed with argu-
ment in this direction. By way Of
parrying fol time, / changed the sub
ject Of conversation by saying:
You forget to ask me about Davis.
He says you must be a detective"
"Oh, yes. That had escaped me for
the moment How did you make out?"
l outlined the interview.
II did not leave my desk" he said.
That merely shows what a little world
this is. In my immemdiate vicinity
were a dozen people from the Illinois
Missouri section, One old gentleman
had known Davis for over thirty years;
ever since they were boys. He was
only too glad to comply with my re-
quest, and stepped to the telephone and
asked Davis, as a favor to him, to
put you to work. | made a few inquir-
les among st. Louis people at lunch
hour, and all of them were willing to
serve me i'm the same direction. sus-
pect, come to think Of it, | did have
nearly every period of his life COW
cred He was originally from Egypt"
"A name for southern Illinois?"
Yes. Every one of those people
knew Davis. Well" he added, laugh.
ing that's one | owe you. So he
wasn't used to the Washington way,
eh?"
l returned to the attack, my brain
by this time having cleared.
when / was at the New Grand Of
ten overheard bits Of conversation in
the office. One afternoon a st. Louis
drummer said to his associate: Don't
Kill territory When | am going with
you | am killing territory"
II don't exactly see the application" :"
"We are congenials. You are a good
conversationalist; | try to be. We
could take possibly, one meal each day
together attend places of amusement,
and be thrown in each others society
just enough to make life enjoyable"
True"
But wait a minute. over 5000 peo-
| pie will see us here on this bench this
afternoon. They will take me 10 be
your wife; and, so thinking, an eligible
parti viii not be seen in my company.
| | am young woman yet With you,
1 repeat, am killing territory"
II never looked on the proposition
in that Aght before"
No, / suppose not. Now, without
being presuming, let me suggest that
you make another honest, earnest ef-
fort to overcome your wife's aversion
| TO beng seen i'm public"
~ realize it's an uphill task. How.
| ever, If you will do one thing | will
bring her out here next Sunday"
Then I will not be able to see you
together. Take her down TO the dining
room for dinner after you come back,
say 6 o'clock But what do you want
me to do?"
Grant me one evening of your so
ciety before the separation"
you are not going to try to argue
me from my determination?
"No; I will play fair Just one even
ing, and you will see what good boy
! can be- he added, with a smile.
"l'il agree thereto, and some time
/ over in the future I will meet your
wife, and we will be the best of friends
| You will thank me then for the course
| / am taking And, just here let me
| eXplicate a bit. Every woman, whether
serf or high born lady, is susceptible to
attention and don't think, while | can
not accept them, fail to appreciate
| yours Perhaps | am not a queen
nor should I call so gallant a courtier
| as yourself a sentry. only for the pur
pose OF comparison, You know the
! royal lament Of Browning
lie have been moments. If the sen
tinel
Lowering his halbert to salute the
queen,
Had flung il brutally and clasped ny
knees,
I. would have stopped and kissed hin
with my soul"
Confident [ was pursuing the prope
course. / can say the latter portion o
the afternoon proved more enjoyable
at least to me, than the first half
Monday morning Mrs, Edenwortl
asked me to go down TO the jeweler'
w.h her. She wanted to have he
spectacles repaired.
"If you go down on the Avenue,
said Olga, look I'm the window and Sc
that handsome silver service GolC
smith donates 10 the individual secul
ing the greatest number Of members {
the National Union"
! Contestants limited TO members o
the order?' said l.
D II suppose so she responded,
D Then that's as near as win eve
+ come TO having a silver service.
I will always be over in the next couI
]. ty."
e We went to a fashionable jewelr