Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-05
A MYSTERY SOLVED
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tfttEiz+tt lllI1+ ii i1gG tl04 bespoke some
great sorrow. She KEPT Aer eyes turn
Ell upon tae std-e but he noticed thai
it WAS where tAerl' was acting rather
than music. a.. those in the box with
hce were chatting during the opera,
while She, resting her cheek on her
hand and acr arm on the rail. her fig-
ure partly covered by Il curtain. seem
ed 10 be absorbed by her own dreams
The opera Was Faust. During the
scene where Mepuistopheles and the
nurse are walking in the garden and
Faust and Marguerite are singing their
love She turned her eyes away, and
they fell on Whittemore in the parquet
his head turned toward her his eyes
fixed intensely on hers. She blushed
slightly and looked again at the figures
on The stage.
When the opera was ended and all
rose to 20. WhIttemore was watching
her box. An elderly man put a wrap
around her shoulders. and the others
Of the party were also getting ready to
leave. Whittemore watched to see some
of them speak to her; but. though they
were chatting with each other no one
said a word TO her Then they all went
out, and it seemed as if the electric
lights had been turned off
Winter passed into summer and
WhittemOre went to the seaShore. The
morning after his arrival at bathing
time he strolled down to the beach
There. sitting under sun umbrella,
was the girl he had seen 1T the opera
She was peering far out where the wa
ter and the sky met. and here and
there CLINT Of sunshine on the hori-
zon bespoke a sail. She was alone
Whittemore would have given worlds
for some one to take him TO her and in
troduee him. but he knew no one there
He had come to be alone and for rest
He waited, expecting that some OF her
friends would join her. but they did
not. and after the bathing she arose
and went away. AS she passed him she
started. Evidently she remembered
him.
The next morning he was at the
beach early. watching for her. Wher
she came, it was with a party of girls
and an elderly man, all in bathing
suits. What symmetry. Her hair in
stead of being coiled under one Of
those unbecoming bathing caps, was
streaming down her back. as it Is
sometimes Worn by very young girls
while bathing. All the party save her
We're talking and laughing. She alone
was quiet. Surely she must have some
sorrow.
The beach was shelving and few
dared venture beyond the breakers.
The man Of the party took the fair one
by the hand and led her beyond their
depth. Suddenly Whittemore saw him
struggling IN rae water. The fair one
had gone under. With all his clothes
on Whittenore plunged in and brought
her our.
They stood on the beach. Whittenore
presenting poor appearance in his
dripping clothes. The fair one looked
at him with an expression 50 distressed
tnat he thought she regretted that he
had saved her. Then without a word
OF thanks she turned and ran away to
the bathing house The man who had
taken her beyond her depth had been
dragged out Of the water and Whittp-
more saw him coming toward him
Nhlttemore, indignant. turned his
back upon him and walked away. The
next evening he saw the fair one bein.
driven toward the railroad station. AS
she passed him she regarded him with
the same panied glance.
" inter came again. and WhittemOre.
who had detested society for its hol-
lowness, plunged into the gay world.
hoping that he might meet the girl who
had absorbed his whole being. He ap-
peared at teas, receptions. balls; he
Went to the opera, to concerts, every
where where music was to be heard.
AT last, at musical entertainment at
the tome of one Of bis most intimate
friends, he saw her. but where? Sit
ting alone IN recess, so immersed be-
hind curtains as almost to be inui,-
Although he was look
in@ Tor her, when he found her he VAS
taken completed Y aback. He stood still
and trembled
Pardon me- he said 4 am per
mitted to speak to you here under our
mutual friends roof, but l will not
avail myself of the privilege Remain
here Tor few minutes, and I will
bring him t0 Introduce NE"
Without Waiting Tor her consent he
hurfied AWAY, found the host and
broH@!# Aim ta the recess.
irWss enAHsF.
In y2a IL ifa~@ed the nan through
the raata~ oolin4 tar her. She was
nov II a.'E af the rooms beIoW. Thev