The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-12-31

IUuL Iuls grew pbuNS Hs'~'
to such n small person, and that she
should live in 1t alone"
Don't you think it would be rather
nice" she cried abruptly, as she
stopped before n portrait OF George
IFS reign. "if women wore powder
nowadays"
every generation has its own meth
dds of Disgusting Nature" 1 suggested.
Elsa raised a pair Of merry eyes:
"Do you intend to intimate that
mine"
81 have known it far too long to feel
the slightest doubt" l answered, with
q glance at her yellow head.
"Men," she cried, Cooked more gal
liant in those days" .
Anyhow they were more inclined to
gallantry," admitted.
"stin," said Elsa, with a sigh, II
believe that life had more OF ro-
nance"
"What do you mean by romance" .
81 could tell you better who is I'M
romantic" she answered.
"Well," l suggested, your own ex-
perlence has been romantic enough"
81 thought must be dreaming" she
said, "when 1 heard that Uncle Rich
ard had left everything to me-"
"A verltable fairy tale" e.
"But still"
"only requiring the Prince to COM
plete the fable" I answered.
81 feel certain" she exclaimed with
SUSPICIOUS embarrassment, that there
was more romance in those days.
Everybody says that chiyalry is dead
How long" she added, leading the
way along the gallery, lis it since you
went abroadT
''Four years." I said.
"Oh, dearr cried Elsa, with a sigh.
show quickly the time passes!
"Has it seemed very short"
at has simply flown" she answered.
"But," she said a moment later, as
she stopped to inspect small Dutch
interior, Il never quite understood
why you left England"
} "Didn't you"
Elsa turned her back to the picture
and stared up into my face, solemnly
shaking her head,
mo suspicion entered your mind"
asked.
81 am not OF a suspicious nature"
r "But still"
''"How could it--when you didn't tell
me-" she demanded.
isn't good deal Of woman's
knowledge supposed to be intuitive"
suggested,
II suppose I was scarcely a woman"
she murmured.
GLOW old are you now"
z "Twenty-one."
"Yet 1 fancied that you had some
idea"
Elsa shook her head again, perhaps
with a little less determination.
"Why did you go?"
ITO seek the root of all evil"
ooh, then I ought to hope you didn't
find itr' she exclaimed.
WELL" I said, 81 didn't"
: $50 your voyage was wasted"
81 seem to be a complete failure"
I confessed.
ooh, but how can you possibly tell?'
she asked, with serious expression,
/ daresay I laughed a little grlmly,
"You can't possibly tell whether you
have won or lost until the game is fin
ished" said Elsa,
Anyhow" I retorted, "the first hand
Is played ont"
N"How horribly mercenary you must
BIZ she exclaimed a few moments
lafE.
N}ercenary-
"YSu must be very fond OF money to
spendNour years looking for It," cried
Elsa; and she began to take off her
gloves-they were white this summer
afternoon.
ut wasn't exactly the money"
"Then," she demanded, what was
itT'
II happened to be fond of some one
else"
"Oh," she cried, with laugh, NOW
I am beginning to understand. Don't
you think that is n sweet faceY she
added, rather impetuously, the next
instant, rs she held out her right hand,
with the white gloves hanging from 1t,
toward Greuze a few yards away.
IT imagined you understood four
years ago" answered.
Ibid you have IA very hard time?"
asked Elsa.
"Ob well, it was pretty rough now
and then"
IL suppose you found Il rather
rather lonely right away from every.
body" she suggested.
"of course" / explained, there was
Howard"
"Howard--"