Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

show that you really had my interests at
heart If you had cared about me. you GER
| talnly wouldn't have acted So"
WHY, Evelyn, | wouldn't hurt you for
anything in the world; if / had under
stood
But that's the trouble" she Interrupted.
still very patiently. She saw that she had
struck the right chord in appealing TO his
| chivalry, and in conceding as much as she
| had by the reference TO their old conrad de-
| ship She had never liked him better than
she did now; but she certainly did not love
| him.
She had directed the talk safely into
| tranquil channels, and he was growing hap
| pier, and if he had known it, relieved he
| sides. He wanted to be nearer 10 her than
any one else. and he was touched by her
| declaration that she had needed him. and
1 that he had failed her.
But sometirnes-you will not forget"
'Oh, sometime! we arr not going to
| bother about that now. Jus at present it $
| getting too cool for the open air and We
must go inside
But is it all right? You viii pardon my
offenses, won't you? And you wont let any
| one else
ION, YOU must be carefu, and very good"
| she answered lightly, and gathered uo her
skirts In her hand 1--WE must go in, and
she looked down at him, laughing there
| must be smile on the face of the tiger
| A fire of pinon logs. brought from the
| Colorado hills. blazed in the wide fireplace
at the end of the hall and Evelyn and
w
Has the moon gone DOWN." asked Cap
| tain Wheelock as a place was made for
them.
mot necessarily" said Raridan coolly
Anybody but you would know that the
moon isn't due yet"
ut was getting cool outside" said Eve
lyn finding a seat in the ingle nook.
"Ohr' exclaimed the captain significantly,
and looking hard at Raridan. Poor M.
Raridan! The weather bureau has hardly
reported a single frost thus far, and ye.-
and YETI The others laughed, and Evelyn
, looked at him reproachfully.
'You might try the weather conditions
yourself" said Raridan easily. wishing to
draw the fire to himself. But at your
age a man must be careful OF the night
air.
He and WheeIock abused each other until
the others begged Them to desis; then some
, one attacked the piano and a few couples
began to dance. Mabel was anxious to
stimulate the interest of the young man
from Keokuk, who had not thus far mani
tested sufficient courage to lead her OH for
a tet-a-tete. He had proved little slow,
and she sought to treat him cruelty by
seeming very much interested in Raridan.
who sat down to talk to her. Wary was
certainly much more distinguished than any
ether young man in ClafkSon--a conclusion
which was, In her mind, based on the fact
that Wary lived without labor. The pill
grim from Keokuk was the vice president
of an elevator company, and 1t seemed to
her much nobler to live on the income of
property that had been acquired by ones
ancestors than to be Immediately concerned
in earning a livelihood. She and Wary
took several turns about the hall to the
waltz which Belle Marshall was playing, and
when the music ceased suddenly they were
in far corner of the room. The chain on
which her heart-pendant hung caught on a
button of Raridan's coat as they stopped,
and he took off his glasses to find and
loosen the tangle, while she stood in a kind
of triumphant embarrassment knowing
that Evelyn could see them from her corner
by the fire. After the chain had been freed
she led the way to the window seat and
sat down with great show of fatigue from
her dance.
"A girl that wears her heart on a chain
i- ikely to have DAVIS pecking at 1t, isn't
2? suggested Raridsn, wiping his
. asses, and looking at her with the vague
= SIS of near-sighted eyes. This was. he
anew, somewhat flirtatious; but he could no