Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-28

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 Ere:' hc snid, "I 1ore yo,t.' l traffic of piccadilv he bent down again uatil her sofl h1ir brushed his face. and the warm personal contact, the slight,
 fresh smell of violets so suggestive of her presence, stirred him afresh
 Eve" lle said vehemently, do you
 understand? Do you know that l have loved you always-from the very 6rStt" AS he said it he bent still
 ncarer, kissing her lips, her forehead, her hair At the same moment the horses 1 slackened speed and then stopped. ar
 rested by one of the temporary blocks tbat SD often occur in the traffic of Pie cadilly circus.
 I.oder, preoccupied by his own feel ings, scarcely noticed the halt, but Eve drew away from him, laughing.
 "YoU mustn't she said softly.
 "Look"'
 The carriage had stopped beside one of the small islands that intersect the place. 4 group of pedestrians were crowded upon it. under tue light of the electric lamp-wayfarers who. like themselves, were awaiting a passage,
 I.oder took curSory glance at them. then turned back to Eye.
 What are they. after all. but men and wOnlen:' he said. They'd under stand every one of thenl." He laugh ed in his turn Nevertheless he with drew his arm. Her feminine thought for conventionalitieS appealed to him. It was an acknowledgment of depend ency.
 For awhile they sat silent, the light of the street lamp tiickerinx through the glass of the window. the hum of voices and traffic coming to them in contnueus rise and fall of sound. At first tue position was interesting, but as the seconds followed each other it became irkseme. Loder. watching the varying expressions of Ewes face. grew impatient of the delay. grew sud denly eager to be alone again in the fra grant darkness.
 Inpelled by the desire. he leaned forward and opened the window. Lets find the meaning of this.' he said. "Is there nobody to regulate the tra ftic:'' AS he spoke he half rose and leaned out of the window. There was a touch of imperious annoyance i'll his tho liza fiGn of power, there was something irk- some in this commonplace check to his desires.
 'Isn't it possible to get out of this:'' Eve heard him call to the coachman Then she heard no more. He had leaned out of the carriage with the intention of looking onWard toward the cause of the delay. In stead by that magnetic attraction that undoubtedly exists. he looked directly In front of him at the group of people waiting on the little island-at one man who leaned against the lamp post in an attitude of apathy-a man with a pallid, unshaven face and lusteriess eyes. who wore cap drawn low over
 
 his forehead.
 He looked at this man, and the man saw and returned his glance. For a snace that seemed interminable they held each others eyes; then very slow ly Loder drew back into the carriage.
 As he dropped into his seat Eve
 glanced at him anXiously. "John," she said, "has anything nap pened? You look ill, He turned to her and tried to smile
 "It's nothing he said. Nothing tt worry about" He spoke quickly, bu1 his voice had suddenly become flat
 All the command, all the domination had dropped away from it. Eve bent close to him, her face light ing up with anxious tenderness. I'll
 was the excitement" she said, "the strain of tonight"
 He looked at her, but he made n' attempt to press the fingers that clasp ed his own.
 "Yes," he said slowly. "Yes. It was the excitement of tonight and the re action"
 (To Be Continuea.)