Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05
By E. W. HoRNUNG

thSse tltdi tNtS pterliig at me under the station lamps, and when I met their glance Rallies shook bis head.
 You don't look Well on it, Bunny" said he. "I never did believe in this Thames valley. You want change of air
 l wished l might get it.
 'What you really want is a sea voy. age
 And winter at St Moritz. or do you recommend Cannes or Cairo: It's all very we'll \. J.. lut you forget what told you about my funds.
 T forge, nothing. l merely don't want so hurt your feelings lat loal, here~;t sea voyage yuu ,l;i,I have. We'll spend July ill the Mediterra- ncaN'
 But you're playing cr.el.et@--
 Hang tlle cricket,
 'WcI., thought yon meant it.'--
 Of course meant it. Mil yoa comc:'
 Like q Shot--if you go
 And SAoak his Land and waved mine in farewell, with the perfectly good nungred conviction Chat l should hear no more of the matter It was u pasSia@ thought. no more nJ less. soon wished il Were more That week found me wishing myself oil of Eng land for g2ol and all. I E.;s.5 making nota:.t-, i rJnid hut subSiSt oa the difference G1W Ween tha rent l paid for AlA flat &I.d tEe rent at which l lad suhlet it. furnished. for the season. and the se@ III was near it's end. and creditors awaited me a town. We, it possible to be entirely honest: had run ao bills when had money in lily pocket. afi the more downright dis Eon2sty =,.ze=z.s4=i t9 iae the l"ss ignoble
 Bat t:oH itaa!ies ot course heard n9t!-5.a: 7!.e. \ week went ny. and half i55.1lL.e.. week Then late on the ..=eoi.d We5ees 4y night found a telegram from hm tt BY lodgings after seeking h.n vainly ill town and dining with dp,1erdtion at the solitary club to which 1 still belonged.
 Arrange to leave Waterloo by North German Lloyd special. be wired. ,s95..:1 |. III. Monday next; will meet you Southampton aboard Ihlan With tick cts, am writing.
 Aud write he did, a light hearted letter enough. but full of serious solici- tude for me and for my health and prospects-a letter almost touching in the light of our past relations, in the twilight of their complete rupture. He said that he had booked two berths to Naples; that we Were bound for Capri. which was clearly the island of the lotus eaters; that We would bask there together and for awhile forget" It was q charming letter. I had never seen Italy; the privilege of initiation should be his. No mistake was great CT than to deem it an impossible coun- try for the summer The bay of Naples was never so divine and he wrote of fairy lands forlorn," as though the poetry sprang unbidden to his pen. To come back to earth and prose. I might think if unpatriotic of him to choose German boat. but on no other line did you receive such attention and accom- ' a hint of better reasons. Rallies wrote. as he had autographed. from Bremen. and l gathered that the personal use of some little influence with the au- thorities there had resulted in ma terial reduction in our fares.
 Imagine my excitement and delight, l managed to pay what owed at I, At ,l.1I tor for a very small check and my tailors for one more flannel suit. I that I broke my last sov- ercign to get d box of Sullivan's cig- arettes for Rallies to smoke on the voyage. But my heart was as light as my purse on the Monday morning. the fairest morning of an unfair summer, when the special whirled me through the sunshine to the sea-
 A tender awaited us at Southampton. Rallies was not on board. nor did 1 really look for him till we reached vain. His face was not among the many that fringed the rail; his hand was not of the few that waved to friends. climbed aboard in sudden heavineSS I had no ticket or the mon- ey to pay for one. I did not even know the number of my room. My heart was in my mouth as l waylaid a steward and asked if Mir. Rallies was on board. Thank heaven-he was: But where? The man did not know was plainly on some other errand. and a-hunting l must go. But there was no sign of him on the promenade deck and none below in the saloon. The smoking room was empty but for a little German with red mustache twisted into his eyes. Nor was Rallies In his own cabin. whither I inquired my way in desperation. but the sight of his own name on the baggage was certainly further reinsurance. Why he himself kept in the back ground. however, could not conceive, and only sinister reasons would sug- gest themselves ill explanation.
 "So there you are! I've been looking Tor you all over the ship!''
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