Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-14
All, you've no eyes, Ted! I'd have
known every tiniest thing about her in an

All, you've no eyes, Ted! I'd have
known every tiniest thing about her in an
instant!''
He rose and went over to the window
that gives upon the garden. 1t was open
wide for the sweet spring air to enter, and
he stood by it staring out into his lost para
disc for long time.
III walk in the garden for a while.' said
he at last mo one will be there to see
me or interrupt 1 want to sniff the per-
fume once more, and-sit on the stone
bench" He threw foot over the window
ledge and vaulted down to the turf below.
l took up pipe and a book to pass the
time, but Denis walked up the old gravel
path between the straight prim rows of
chestnut trees; and the heavy fragrance Of
the blossoms above hung over him like the
scent of burial flowers.
He walked, head down, eyes fixed upon
the ground before him, hands clasped be-
hind his back, SO that he came slowly into
the little circle of shrubbery that surrounds
the fountain, and where stands the cracked
old stone bench, without glancing ahead.
Then he raised his eyes and fell step
backward.
"I-beg your-pardon!" said he, very low,
and In queer, breathless voice. II didn't
know there was any one-here. Thought
/ should be alone"
And l." said the Princess Eleanor from
the old stone bench. ELSE I should not
have come"
I'm go away at once" said Mallory, not
looking at her. Il won't intrude upon you"
Just moment. pleaser' begged the
Princess Eleanor She rose to her feet to
confront him. frowning a little, eyes half
closed, her lips with the slightest additional
curl as II he were something offensive un-
pleasant to see.
Il do not know, sir" she began coldly,
what has been told you relative toto
what occurred on the day before yesterday,
or to my sentiments toward you at present
and for all time In the future?"
She spoke as II in question, and paused
moment.
Il think have-heard it ALL" said Denis
quietly, "or at least quite enough to UNDER
stand. quite. OF course, I'm not surprised"
he wey-on, "at your feeling about it ALL
expected to be-despised, and-all that, for
you can't know, probably never will know,
how desperately necessary it was to take
some immediate action, ana how we were
forced to lie to you, to impose upon you for
your own sake. All, I'm not crying for your
mercy! I'm not even trying to apologize
for what we did. However, we hated the
task, we knew 1t was the only thing, and
we'd do 1t again, think IL thu same prob
lem were offered u.s.
II can understand, SIR" said atl1e princess,
how Sir Gavin Mackenzie and these other
gentlemen-even my Cousin Jaesica, might
use deception to save my-health. There
Is nothing terrible in that Hut that you
should carry the thing on, day after day.
seeing, as you must have seen. whatit was
coming to-seeing that must grow 10 care
for you, letting me care more and more,
aye, making me cares all ypu had me.
heart and soul, In your hands,. All, there's
where the awfulness of the thing lies! To
think that man could be so base, $50 con-
temptible, so infamous e
ITO thing that could have laved such
such thing! Ah-h, 4 could tear the
heart from me and stamp upon It, when
think OF these past weeks! It's Mnclean.
vlie!-1 had not supposed that any human