The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-24

and had hurt her eyes by continued star
ing at the glittering sea she grew very
impatient and restless, and remembered
the watch. 1t was close upon -four
o'clock, and a: hasty calculation told her
that She must have been kept waiting
more than half AN hour. ~ r.. s..
Perhaps she tried to console herself by
arguing Lola was the kind of woman
who took ages to dress herself, and never
was ready for: anything at the right time.
Perhaps. It. would be considered a ter
rible thing in this country if she and
Dick met without a chaperone. Lola
letter had made some suggestion about
chaperoning her. Probably this horrid
delay would turn out to be omething
idiotic sof: that sort; but really it was too;
too bad tt had seemed SO providential
that this chance Of a glorious, long aft
ernoon: with Dick had suddenly offered
| itself, when she had hoped at most to
, steal an hour away, with a. frightful fuss
| to-: pay for it afterwards. And Lola -
could not possibly know that she had
several hours to spare. It was most in
considerate. 49,. g. =: : 1 "-. =.
Poor little Ewes cheeks: grew pinker
and pinker with :vexation, and nobody
who had seen her Tuning at the barred
window would have dreamt OF the pretty
dimples which. hid themselves for hap
pier hours. She poked the cushions with
her sunshade, and even pushed them
viciously with the pointed toe of a small
white shoe She: changed her place from
right to left, she sighed, and frowned re.
proachfully at a softly tinted rug which
hung like curtain over the door. Final
ly,s when it was ten minutes. past four
she could stand the suspense no longer
but sprang up, and as no bell was visible
determined to go bravely In search Of 6
servant, and demand that madame SHOULD
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pulled aside 3the rug which hid the door.
, way, preparing to run down the othe1
side, when: to her surprise she was con:
fronted by a. closed door. s:s.Tt = INK.
It must have. been shut with precau
ton to make no noise, for she had no
heard a. sound, and had supposed tha
the door, behind the curtain remained
wide open. She tried 1t impatiently, bu
it would not yield; and for the first tinnt
a chill suspicion that something was
wrong-very 'wrong-crept shiveringl!
through her veins. - .<.5&t 4$ $::
l Suddenly Eve was afraid, though ever
now she scarcely knew of what There
was some mistake; yes, Of course, it coult
only be a mistake. It could not be pos
sible that she had been deliberately locked
! into the room. ~ She tried the door severa
j times then beat upon 1t loudly and more
) loudly until her little white suede glove!
: protested against her violence by splitting
across the back. - Z 5s; .,.%
i Still nobody. came. nobody answered
There was not a sound In the house. IS 5,
!, Ewes heart was beating heavily. sh,
could hear the pounding Of the blood ii
her ears. and the throbbing of the Vein
in her temples made her head ache. Wa
Lola a treacherous friend to Dick. ate
all?s Did she love him herself, and hal
she hidden. fierce jealousy Under pretende,
kindness, like the tigress- W6men OF WHOM
one sometimes read Ia books? Had = h
: set a trap for the girl whom Dick loved
:. and was she with him at this very mo
ment telling him that the girl would no
come? I'M Z s;f.S +s.I | E
Z Eve began to be horribly frightened
:. Everything seemed so much more secre
: and mysteriousti n the east than I'M Til
newer eol1ntri that she knew ytl,inl
j might happen lit a place like this. ssh
! pressed her trembling body against tn
;. door and called, Is Diek---Dick help!" a
! the top o. her gfrlish voice.
II No answer cane. save "a hollow echo o
! her own Il voice wand ering like "a sad littl
. ghost through npty rooms. q.