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ure to go parking along the bride
paths OF Central Park. For myself,
want a hill country and something
like forty miles, straight away; that's
riding
The fact that / knew no one but
Teddy added zest to the inspiration
which had seized me. For l deter
mined to attend that dance, happen
what might. II would be vastly more
entertaining than q possibly dull tho
atricsl performance. Ut wash
called for a messenger and dis
patched him to the nearest drug store
for pack OF playing cards; and
while I waited for his return / casu-
ally glanced at the other diners. At
my table-one OF those long marble
topped affairs by the wall-there was
an old man reading q paper, and the
handsomest girl had set eyes upon
In a month Of moons. Sometimes the
word handsome seems an inferior ad-
jective. She was beautiful, and her
halfhidden eyes told me that she was
anywhere but at Mouquin's. What a
head of hair! Fine ~ . spiders web,
and the dazzling yellow OF a wheat
field In q sun shower! The irregu.
larity Of her features made them all
the more interesting. / was an artist
In an amateur way, and mentally
painted In that head against a Rubens
background. The return Of the mes
senger brought me back to earth; for
confess that my imagination had
already leaped far into the future, and
this girl across the way was nebulous
~ connected with It.
took the pack of cards, ripped of
the covering, tossed aside the joker
Though, really, | ought to have re
tanned itD and began shufling the
shiny pasteboards. l dare say that
those around me sat up and took NO.
tice. 1t was by no means a comma
sight to see a man gravely shutting u
pack of cards in a public restaurant.
Nobody interfered, doubtless because
nobody knew exactly what to do In
the face of such an act, for which no
adequate laws had been provided. A
waiter stood solemnly at the end Of
the table, scratching his chin thought
fully, wondering whether he should
report this popularity of constitution
and susceptibility occasioning certain
peculiarities of effect from impress
of extraneous influences wide Web
ster), synonymous with idiocrasy and
known as idiosyncrasy. 1t was quite
possible that / was the first man to
establish such precedent in Monsieur
Mouquin's restaurant. Thus, l aroused
only passive curiosity.
From the corner of my eye | OBJ
served the old gentleman opposite
He was peering over the top of his
paper. and | could see by the glitter in
his eye that he was confirmed player
Of solitaire" Tho gi"l. however. still
appeared TO be in a dreaming state.
have no doubt every one who saw
me thought that anarchy was abroad
again or that Sherlock Holmes had
entered into his third incarnation.
Finally ! squared the pack, took a
long breath, and cut. | turned up the
card It was the ten-spot of hearts
considered this most propitious
hearts being my long suit in every
thing but loye.-love having not yet
crossed my path. put the card in
my wallet. and was about to toss the
rest of the pack under the table, when
d woman's voice stayed my hand.
Don't throw them away Tell my
fortune first"
looked mp, not little surprised
II was the beautiful young girl who
had spoken, She was leaning on heI