The Washington times., 1906-08-05

Dy eAcetFsat eFltlcst as you may learn
from the catalogue"
But you are going 10 an ampler
ether, a diviner afr. You have attain
ed the beaiific state and al once take
flight II they snnfof perfection like
an academic degree at ST Agathaa.
then
had never fe's so stupidity helpless
in my life There were a thousand
things | wished 10 say 20 her; there
we're countless questions I wished 20
ask; but her calmness and poise were
dsconcerting. She had not, apparent
ly. the slightest curiosity about me-
and there was no reason why she
should haye-I knew that well enough.
Her eyes met mine easily: their azure
depths puzzled me. She was almost.
but nor quite. some one had seen be-
fore. and II was not my woodland
olivia. Her eyes. the soft curve OF
her check. the light IN her hair-but
the memory OF another time. another
place. another girl, lured only 20
battle me.
She iaughed-a little marmuring
laugh.
"Tn never tell II you won't" she
saiI
but don't see how that helps me
with you?'
"it certainly does not That IS
much more serious matter. Dir Glen
arm
And the worst Of II IS that
haven't a single thing 70 say for my
SELF. II wasn't the not knowing that
was 80 utterly stupid"
Certainly not. II was talking that
ridiculous twaddle. II was trying 10
Hirt with a silly schoolgirl What
viii do for fifteen Is somewhat vaeu-
Gus for"
She paused abruptly. oolored, and
laughed
= am tWenty-sevcn
And I am just the usual age. she
said
Ages don't count. but time IS TN
pcrtant. There are many things I
wish you'd tell me-you who hold the
key of the gate of mystery"
Then you'll have 20 pick the lock-"
She laughed lightly. The somber
sisters patr0llug the platform with
their charges needed us little.
Il had no idea you knew Arthur
in the sm-o'-skan.sr."
Maybe you thfak he wouldn't have
cared for my aC. laintance-as Olivia
ir the tam-o' '-shanter. Men are very
queer
But Arthur Pickering is an old
friend Of mine
50 he told me"
we were rcighbors IN our youth"
4 believe ] have heard him mon-
ton IT,"
And we did our prep school to-
gciher and tnen parted.
You tel exactly the same story,
50 it must be trlse He went 10 col
lege and YOU went to Tech"
And vau knew him 7 began.
my curiosity thoroughly aroused
Not at college. any more than
knew you at Tech"
The trains coming" I said earnest
". and I wish you would tell me
when ] shall see you again."
Before We part forever" There
was misehievous hint 81 the Olivia
ia short skirts in her tone.
Please dont suggest IL. Our times
have beeu strange ard few. There
was that FIRST night, when you called
Go ne from the lake"
How impertinent, How dare you
remember thBt?'
And there was that other encoun-
ter at the chapel porch. Neither YOU
nor I had the slightest business there.
I admit nay own culpability."
She Colored again.
"But YOU spoke as though Won un-
deTstood what YOU must have heard
there it Is important for ne 20 know
have a right 90 know Just what you
meant by that warning
Real distress showed In her face for
an Instant. The agent and his help
ers rushed the last baggage down the
platform, and the rails hummed their
warning Of the approaching train.
T was eavesdropping on my own
account" she SAID hurTiedIy and
with a note of fnality Il was there
by intention and'-there was another
hint Of the tam-O' -shauGer !u the
mirth that seemed TO bubble for a mo-
ment IA her throat-'-it's too bad you
dnt see me, for I had on my pret-
TEST gown. and the fog wasn't good
for IL. But YOU know as much OF
what was said there as ] do You
are a man. and 1 have heard that
YOU have had some experience IN TAX
ing care Of yourself. Mr. Clenarm 90
ITO be sure but there are times
Yes. there are times when the odds
seem rather heavy. ! have noticed
that myself"
She smiled. but for an instant the
sad look came into her eyes-a look
that vaguely but insistently suggested
another time and place.
Il want YOU 90 come back I said
boldly, for the train was very near.
and I felt that the eyes Of the sisters
were upon US. You can not go away
where ! shan not find yOu.'
I did not know VIZ this girl was.
her home. or her relation 20 the school
but ] knew that her life and mine had
touched strangely; that her eyes were
blue. and that her voice had called 70
me twice through the dark, in mockery
once and In warning another time, and
that the sense Of having known her
before. of having looked into her eyes
haunted me. The youth IN her was So
hiring. she WAS at once 50 frank and
so Cuarded-breeding and the taste
and training Of an amDler world than
that Of Aunaudale were So evidenced
in rbe witcbcry Of her voice. in the
grace and ease that marked her every
motion. in tie soft gray tone OF hat.