The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-18
(Continued.)
Copyright. 1901. by Charlie. W. HoOke

of the vehicles had been reserved for
me, but | had received no proper warn
ing about it.
You'll have a nice girl to talk to-
Cushing had said, but he had been
even less lucid in describing her than
my father in describing SibyI.
If my friend had shown me a rea-
sonably good portrait of Anna La
moine think / should have found the
strength to decline the invitation. 1t
was not the proper time for me to run
any risks.
At the first glance the young lady
affected me most singularly. She had
remarkable eyes, rather long and under
level, finely marked brows, the iris be-
ing of a warm brown, darkening very
slightly toward the pupil, and thus CIV
ing an effect of intensity. When she
looked at me, it seemed as if those
eyes meant more than ordinary, but
what they meant / could not guess
They embarrassed and at the same
time enticed me-.
She had unusual color in the lips,
which were delicately nodded, yet
rather full Upon the whole, the lower
part az the face was the more encour-
aging to the physiognomist, promising
such qualities as are priced in women.
The brow looked dangerously intelli-
gent, and the eyes were an unfathom-
able puzzle.
l speak of these matters with par
ticularity because her face impressed
me thus in detail rather than in gen
eral. For this reason l did not think
of her as a beautiful woman; one does
not pick beauty to pieces. Miss La
MONIES countenance was interesting
and notable; she would surely be a
girl to twist the necks of people as she
walked along the street. AS a rule,
l am not attracted by a startling
woman; | prefer the perfection of a
| type, the beauty that may pass unno-
| ticed except by the discerning. How
ever, upon this occasion l was not in
a mood to be eXacting.
| The fact is that | was happy, jolly,
out for good time. The previous day
had left its mark on me, and the
shadows of the night were gone. l was
glad through and through that l had
| found my father so hale and strong,
so prosperous and CHEEKY. My affec-
ton for him frightened the world, it
made the thought of my own fortunate
| condition an unmiXed delight, for be-
| tween us there could be no question
of burdensome obligation. Moreover,
/ | had my own ideas of useful and
I agreeable work in the future, and the
/ present was a holiday.
4 Mr.. and Mrs Gushing, who rode with
US, We're in high spirits l had never
met the lady before, but we were
friends in three minutes. That couple
| were the sort of people who laugh, not
vacantly, but from the sense of humor.
| They seemed to find jest in every
/ thing, and as Il rule it was a good one.
Miss Lamone entered into the spirit
| of the occasion, yet with a different
| manner She seemed to have her own
| view of matters, even the most trivial,
and she gave this impression in a way
| that is wholly indefinable.
| She was not in the slightest degree
reticent as that word is ordinarily un-
| derstood, and yet often, when she had
finished speaking, 1 caught myself
waiting for her to proceed and after
ward vaguely wondering what she
would have said had she not chosen to
withhold a part. Yet her manner was
!
nature of her thought constituted a sin
1 gu1ar fascination. She produced upon
me the effect of one who by virtue of
! some unique experience or natural gift
! beholds in all things more than is seen
/ by the general.
1t is possible that l exaggerated her
powers. 1t may be that | thought her
a seeress because she could see through
me-no very great feat as | view it
now One will meet in this life now
and then a person who, without en-
/ croachment or the fainteSt suggestion
of an oyerprompt familiarity, will dis
| play at the first meeting that compre-
hension which one expects only from q
| friend. When that person is a pretty
| girl, the effect is most deliciOusly fiat
tering to man whose nature is not
too gross for the perception of such
matters. He longs to respond, and If
he fails not bIunderingly, but by Sc
ries of too small successes, why, the
| chances are that the poor fellow will
not know when to stop trying. l didn't
The day at the golf links developed
no important incident. l had a re-
markabIy good time = enjoyed every
thing met strangers with an affability
quite foreign to my nature took a deep
interest in golf, though it was a wholly
new game TO me, and in Irritation
which was not new game, yet differ
ent this time.
Two days later L awoke with a start
not from slumber of course, nor from
any form of coma, simply from fol
ly. 1t was letter from my father that
woke me. Naturally there was not q
word in it that remotely referred to
Miss Lamoine, of whose existence
had no reason to SUPPOSE that he had