The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-05

eSCly done 1nftle interests OF MS cOun-
try. A Russ understands honor in the
standings which make the word honor the
highest Of all words in the vocabularies
, of the Gau1 and the Saxon. And while
do not uphold him in what he did, 1 :
cannot place much blame at the counts
door. Doubtless, in his place, and given
his cast of mind, I might have done
exactly as he did. Russia never asks
done. All, these Aspasias, these Circes,
these Calypsos, these Cleopatras, with
their blue, their gray, their amber eyes!
I have my doubts concerning Jonah,
but, being a man, am fully convinced
as to the history of Eve. And yet, the
woman in this case was absolutely inno-
cent Of any guile, unless pair OF eyes
as heavenly blue as a rajah's sapphire
may be called guile.
Pardon me this long parerthesis. By
this time, no doubt, Mr.: Robert has en-
tered the restaurant. We shall follow
him rather than this aimless train Of
thought.
Mr.. Roberts appetite, for healthy
young man, was strangely incurious; He
and then from bottom to top; nothing
| excited his palate. Whenever persons
| entered, he would glance up eagerly,
only to feel his heart sink lower and
lower. I-don't know how many times
he was. disappointed The waiter
to have an excuse to remain, at length
hit upon a partridge and pint Of
Chablis.
Nine O'Clock. Was it possible that
the colonel and his daughter were din
ing in their rooms? Perish the posi-
count. A quarter past nine. Mr.. Rob-
ert's anxiety was becoming almost un-
endurable. Nine-thirty. He was about
to surrender in despair. His partridge
lay smoking on his plate, and he was on
the point Of demoliisshing it, when, be-.
hold! they came. The colonel entered
Observation-Disclosures Warbur-
| ton never fully described to me his feel
| ings at that moment; but, knowing him
as I do, can put together a very re-.
spectacle picture of the chagrin and
CONSERVATION that sat on his counte-
| nance.
"To think of being nearly six days
aboard,' Mr.. Robert once bawled at
me, wrathfully, "and not to know that
almost incredible that such thing
should happen.
The three sat down at a table seven
times removed from Warburton g. He
could see only an adorable profile and the
| colonel's handsome but care-worn face.
| The count sat wi it'll his back turned. In
that black evening gown she was SIM
ply beyond the power of adjectives.
What shoulders, what an iincomparable
| the bouquet from his glass tainted and
| died away. How her face lighted when
she laughed, and she laughed frequent
ly! What delicious curve ran from
her lips to her young bosom! But never
once did she look in his direction. Who
| tod {l1 r
cannot say There were mirrors in the
room, but, Mr.. Robert did not realize it.
He has since confessed to me that he
hadn't the slightest idea how much his
bird and bottle cost: OF such is loves
young az dream9 lDo I worry you with
At 10 o'clock Miss Annesley rose,
and the count escorted her to the ele-
| vator, returning almost Immediately.
/ He and the colonel drew their heads
! together. From time to time the count
| shrugged, or the colonel shook his head.
| Again and again the Russian dipped
| cup, which he frequently replenished.
But, for Mr.. Robert the gold had
turned to gilt, the gorgeous to the
j gaudy. She was gone. The magma
ton moves as swiftly as light, leaping
from one castle in the air to another,
dHu SGiH announcer. Mf. ROBERT was the
| architect of some fine ones, ] may safe
| ~ assure you. And he didn't mind
in the least that they tumbled down as
rapidly as they bui1ded; only, the in
centive was gone. What the colonel
had to say to the count, or the count
to the colonel, was of no interest to
him; so he made an orderly retreat.
I am not SO old as not to appreciate
his sleeplessness that night. Some beds
are hard, even when made of the soft
est down.
In the morning he telephoned to the
Holland house. The Annesleys, he was
i informed, had departed for parts UNI
known. The count had left directions
/ to forward any possible mail to the
Russian embassy, Washington. Signs
in the doloross; the morning papers
and numerous cigars; whisky and
soda; game Of Indifferent billiards
with an affable stranger; another whis-
8 ky and soda, and a gradual reclama-
ton of Mr.. Robert 3 interest in world.
~ affairs. She was gone.
Continued next Saturday,
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