The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-21
MILE. PARCHESI
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to like me, but Tn pretty sure you
really do or you wouldn't take SO
much trouble to come down here with
me. ~. Perhaps it's only the
novelty OF the thing, tho. = <
I'm sure wouldn't get tired of you,
tho for a long time. ~ : F sup
but you don't. You oughtn't to wear
red. You ought to wear blue. - s
You've got such a funny nouth-but
it's a good, generous one.
I wonder If you blackened your eye
brows this morning? - 90 Es5
Mademoiselle Parchesi schooled her.
self; assiduously; when he. talked she
paid close attention. and always
lauged as if. she was sure he was say.
ing something amusing. In fact, it
seemed to Justin that she laughed
more at his remarks, seriously as they
were. spoken, than at her own, which,
by the token of her expression, must
have been decidedly witty She. at
tempted "a, little English occasionally.
mounting the words very prettily, with.
a. French accent but sometimes she
would also speak her mind, and de-
liver a few rapid incomprehensibl
sentences quite deliberately, looking
1 d. It'll d1Q
smiling as she turned away. Her eyes
Wrinkled pleasantly as gshes d this;
and hersn dout tn was apt. to become lIn-
manageable. while her, eyebrows went
Eup ard d what Madenoiselle
| ParchesiS was thinking Of, Justin would
Ehaye given a good deal to know.
The tender meeting the OLDHAM was
Ito leave the 5jetty ats o'clock Satur-
/ day evening; that afternoon, therefore,
was the last time that the two could
meet. and the three hours. OH the beach
below the boulevard were we'll filled
/ With their sports and nonsense. 1t
seemed rather cruel to Justin that such
an experience as this new friendship
should come to an end without some
trace OF regret on the part Of his new
made friend, but nothing he could do
succeeded in drawing from .Mademo-
iselle Parchesi any expression of con-
/ Germ at the approaching separation,
in this direction. This hurt him a
good deal. It was inconsistent with
the estimate he had formed Of her
character to be so unfeeling, for she
| had always been frank and SYM
pathetic before ALI their meetings.
they walked up the beach more
1 quietly than usual, and by 5 O'clock
reached the place where they had first
4 met. The shore was deserted. and
I they sat down together, with q little
embarra ssn1ent. the tension Of their
approaching farewell asserting itself
! in spite Of Mademoise11e Parchesi's
4 nervous attempts at raillery These
she gave UP after a while, and sat
quietly gazing at the sea.
Justin looked at the girl narrowly
4 and wondered what was behind her
/ silence. 1t was some time. before he
Icould pull himself together enough to
say good-b and then the old difficulty
fiy,osE y, IoH.
1 guage,. never SO exasperating. never SO
/ 1nsurmountable as now, alone with her
i In the gathering dusk Of sky and sea
/ for the last time. Again the tempta-
4 ton to free his mind was too great
Ito be resisted. = 81 81
Il can't stand it! won't stand it!,,
he said. The fdeasof being here Will,
a girl like you, whom I shall probably
never see again In my life, and not
able to talk to you'll, BY Jove, I viii
talk to you, whether you understand
or not! You're my kind; we are Of
q the same caste. know it by every
s gesture you make. There ought to Be
q universal language for people like
s us. ought to be able to understand
what YOU say IL you spoke Arabic. or
Z day fkesthis! And could make nv.
self worth your while, IN sure of tI1a1
: IL feel remarkably interesting, an6
I'm not afraid to tell the truth about
either myself or you. But9what,s Thu
use You're mummy 8
ghost-you,re deaf and dumb! Grrrri,
Il He. growled the last CALCULATIONS Of dis.
sattisfa ton thru clenched teeth.
4 Mademoiselle Parchesi Certainly die
q not look like either a ghost, a mum
i my, or deaf-nute, for she sat III
straight t, clapped her hands and cried
s Encore. encore!' laughing neryously
! It seemed foolish to Justin to go OF
} so, talking to himself in this ridicu
lous way. but there was something Il
the girls attention that encouraged
him, he hardly knew why. More thai
s. this, q finer sense Of the humorou
: possibilities Of the case awakened ii
1 him. He went on with his nnonologue
= speaking more to himself than to her
. I'd like to know who you are!
! don mean your name and residence
J but who you really arewllo you ar
) to me and what it means, my meet
Ing you like this!,' Ri. 4.
j Mademoisel1e Parchesi did not at
tempt to reply, but sat back, watch
! Ing his profile outlined against tn
8 sky. She seemed more serious thai
& | she had ever seemed before, more Sc
Is rious even than the occasion dem and
81 ed. She no longer said, Wat ees Get (?
8 In broken English. Her hands wer
tightly clasped together, and hersteetl
$ were set On her. lower In. JUST
+ gazed at her as IL she were a portrait
You've got%such assfunny face h
s continued. ~ You're not a bit pretty
but. you've got what not one wona
Iintten has. and that g. personality NJ
! one would ever forget you'll There
Isone thing in behind your face tina