Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14

rangement of golden fluffiness ripping into
gold-brown shadow. +
II was invited to dine here at - she said.
Your man tells me the cook is gone. Did
you, by any chance, save the chaperon?"
Ormsbys attention gliding giddily
over the ripples but he tried to pull himself
into conference.
II suppose the other people got their tele-
grams. Nobody's here. l don't understand.
Dick has gone to- suppose-he didn't
tell" He was stammering joyously and
inwardly cursing himself for a laundering
fool. This was Dicks break. There was
no reason why he should be embarrassed.
Il think you must be Mr.. Ormsby," said
the Vision. MY name is Nancy Rey
Eolds.'
A great light broke upon Ormsbys brain,
and an unholy joy took possession of his
soul.
So this was Rollins little game. Verify,
the gods were good.
1T is awfully unfortunate" he said feel
ingly. There has been some mistake about
the. telegram. He will be dreadfully cut
up"
He didn't mention that Rollins was, at
that moment on his way to take the young
woman to dinner and to the theater Why
go into details?
I've sent away my cab. Really you
know, 1t Is all rather provoking"
The Vision was evidently irritated. AS
with her wrath Moreover, If gray eyes are
to be believed, she did not consider it neces-
sary to visit her anger upon the innocent
| friend of the guilty Rollins
Ormsby looked at the eyes, and threw his
chum overheard without shadow of COM
Function. After ALL Rollins hadn't played
fair.
Il will telephone for a cab, but you
mustn't stand here in the hall. Won't you
come in and waltz"
She hesitated then followed him down
the narrow hall to the drawing room.
Perhaps the imposing person who open
ed the door for me can chaperon u.s., she
said, with touch of embarrassment. I'm
afraid 1t Is all distinctly unconventional.
Bachelor apartments and a strange young
man and no chaperon within seventy blocks.
VIII you please tell the cabman to hurry?
Ormsby obeyed orders. 1t comforted his
soul to realize that New York cabmen are
impervious to such orders.
After telephoning he sat down across the
rccm from Nancy and gave himself up to
the joy of it. For the first time he realized
just why he and Rollins had put silvery
green paper on the wall. 1t was in order
that slender figure in rosy pink and
crown of red gold hair might glow and
flame against a green background. Incl
dentally, he reflected that he had been al
together wrong when he guyed Rollins
about buying that impossible old oak chair.
O: course 1t did look more or less like
stage throne but when there is chance
of entertaining queen Only he wished
she wouldn't stroke that carved griffin on
the chair arm, and that that other grinning
beast wouldn't lay his head against her
soft white shoulder. Some way or other it
seemed so ID impertinent and familiar.
There is the making of first-rate Turk
in Ormsby He didn't mention his feeling
about the griffins. On the contrary, he
talked of ''shoes and ships and sealing wax
with laudable gravity. Ormsby is gentle
man, If his tendencies are. Turkish. Still,
in his heart, he was glad that he had had
the forethought to telephone to 63d street
for a cab, instead of ordering one around
the corner. young woman couldn't be
expected to know anything about the te]e-
phone numbers of cab stables, even whom
she heard them called. Occasionally a men,
tai picture of equity old gentleman In a
hotel room arose and smote the old gentle
mans son with horror. but the awesome