The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-29

| drew nearer. He felt with instructive
| certainty that the supper room was its
! destination, but he remained motion
less, held by a species of fatalism. He
watched her draw near with an un-
moved face, but in the brief space that
passed while she traversed the corridor
| he gagged to the full the hold that the
new atmosphere, the new existence,
had gained over his mind. With an un-
looked for rush of feeling he realized
how dearly he would part with it.
AS Lillian came closer the meaning
of her manner became clearer to him.
She talked necessarily, laughing now
and then, but her eyes were never
quiet. These skinned the length of the
corridor, then glanced over the heads
crowded in the doorway.
"fll have something quite sweet,
Godfrey" she was saying to the man
beside her as she came within hearing.
You know what 1 Ikea sort Of snow
fake wrapped up in sugar" AS she
said the words her glance wandered.
Loder saw it rest uninterestedly on a
boy a yard or two in front of him, then
move to the man over whose head he
gazed, then lift itself inevitably to his
face
The glance was quick and direct. He
saw the look OF recognition spring
across it; he saw her move forward
suddenly as the crowd in the corridor
parted to let her pass. Then he saw
what seemed to him a miracle
Her whole expression altered. her lips
parted, and she colored with annoy
11l oh
who, seeing a bonbon box, opens it
to find it empty.
AS the press about the doorway
melted to give her passage the red
haired man in front Of Loder was the
first to take advantage of the space.
glove, Lillian" he said, moving for
ward, you look as II you expected
Chilcote to be somebody else, and are
disappointed to find he's only himself"
He laughed deIightedly at his own
joke.
The words were exactly the tonic
Lillian needed. She smiled her usual
undisturbed smile as she turned her
eyes upon him.
My dear Leonard, you're using your
eyeglass. When that happens you're
never responsible for what you see."
Her words came more slowly and with
touch Of languid amusement. Her
composure was suddenly restored.
Then for the first time Loder chang
ed his position. Moved by an impulse
he made no effort TO dissect, he stepped
back toFEve's side and slipped his arm
through hers-successfully concealing
his left hand
The warmth OF her skin through her
long glove thrilled him unexpectedly
His impulse had been one Of self de-
Tense, but the result was of q differ
ent character. At the quick contact
the wish to fight for-to hold and de-
fend-the position that had grown so
dear woke in renewed force. With
ward Lillian.
Il caught the same impression
without an eyeglass," he said. "Why
did you look like that?" He asked the
question steadily and with apparent
carelessness, though through it all his.
reason stood aghast = his common
sense cried aloud that it was impossi-
bic for the eyes that had seen his face
In admiration, in love. in contempt, to
fail now in recognition. The air seem
ed breathless while he spoke and
waited. His Impression of Lillian
was mere shimmering OF gold dress
and gold hair; all that he was really
conscious of was the pressure OF his
hand on Ewes arm and the warmth