The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21
CHAPTER u.-Continued.

Harley could talk WELL all the better
because he talked so rarely Of himself.
and even now il was of himself only by in
direction, because he spoke chiefly Of men
whom he had known and deeds that he
lad witnessed Watching the girl close
IS with the side-look. he did not see the
twinkle reappear I'm her eye; instead she
sat demure and silent and he judged
that he had taken her beyond her depth.
vt last he stopped. and she said. in a
suhdued tone.
Did ] not tell you. Uncle James, that
imagination was the great quality the
correspondents necd%
Harley flushed. but he could not keep
from joining Ar Grayson in his laugh.
The candidate. besides laughing. glanc-
ID affeetionately at the girl. L was evil
dent that his niece was d fayOriJe with
Jimmy Grayson.
Il shall ask Miss Morgan to tell me
about Idaho. said Harley.
IT'S quite wild. You know she said.
gravely; and all the people need tanning
But it would be a great task
When they went back t. the drawing
room Harley and the girl were behind
the others, and he fingered a moment
beside her.
Miss Morgan" lie said 81 want to
ask your pardon again. You know IL was
IN the dark, and mine was an honest mis-
take.
4 viii If you viii tell me one thing"
What is it,
Have you really got camera with
you?"
If had I should take "A picture Of
You and not Of Mr.. GTayson."
Harley remained "a while longer ana
Niss Mcrsar's treatment remained faniil-
lar and somewhat GiscOnCeTung, rather
Ike the manner Of an elder sister 10 her
vouaS brother than Of girl 10 a man
waori she had known only two or three
hours. When he rose 20 leave, she again
offered him her hand with perfect cool
hess. Harley. i'm a porfunctory manner,
expressed lis regret that he was not
liF~ly 10 see ler agcIn. as he was 80
lcIVc The next day with Mr. GraysOn.
The provoking twinkle appeared again
IL tEe corner OF hcr eyes
I don't intend that YOU shall forget
Up NT. Harley she said, because you
an" to sec NE again. When YOU come 10
Washington IN search of news. I shall
lc there IS the second lady Of the land
Aunt Anna viii be first"
Or. Of course. 7 forgot that" said
Iiarlev. but he was not sure that she
lad washington in mind. remembering
Mrs Gr.Jyson's assertion that she did not
sJlDavs mean what she said nor say
what she mSart
Tho night was quite dark and when he
had gone few yards Harley stopped
and booked mack ut ttc house. He felt ii
distinct Sense of relief. because he was
gone from jbc presence OF the mountain
Eiri v-hJ was not az his kind, and whom
Ec did net know how 20 take: being
man. Pee could not retOIt u1On her i'm her
own fashion. and she was able 10 ma:4e
him feel cheap.
The drawiue-room WAS still lighted.
and be saw the Idaho girl pass in front
Of one Of the low windows, her figure
completely outlined by The luminous veil
II seemed to him 10 express a singular.
flexible gracc-perhaps the result Of
mountain life-but ne WAS loath to adj
nit il, as she troubled him Harley. al
though Young. had been in many lands
and among many people. lie had seen
TnanV women who were beautiful. and
some who were brilliant but il had
been easy to forget every one Of them;
they hardly made q ripple in the stream
Of his work, and often it was an effort
10 recall them. He had expected 10 dis
miss this Idaho girl in the same man
uer but she would not SO. and he was
intensely annoyed with himself
VIC went 10 the telegraph Office. wrote
and filed his dispatch. and then, lighting
cigar. strollcd slowly through the
streets Tt was not IL o'clock, but it
seemed that everybody except himself
WAS i'm bed and asleep. The lights in all
the houses were out and there was no
sound whatever save that of the wind
as il came in from the prairie and stir
red the new foliage of the trees. And
this is our wicked America, for which
rIy foreign friends used to offer me sin
cere condolences" muTmUTed Harley.
But he returned quickly 10 his own
mental disturbance. He felt as he used
10 ceel on the eve of a battle that all
knew was coming of. there on the other
side of the world. He was then with an
army which he was not at all sure was
in the right: but when ne sat on a Mill
Top in the night, looking at the Pickering
lights Of the enemy ahead, and knowing
that the combat would he Joined at