Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-29

.nollgli. callll" lOtln Eve question
 .nd his own reply as natural sc
 cueuce, vet in the pause that followed
 if each was conscious of jar, each
 wss aware that ill some subtle way the
 thread of sympathy had been dropped.
 though to one the cause was incX
 nlicablc and 10 the other only too plain,
 I,oder watched the ghost of his mes
 sage grow whiter and thinner, then
 dissolve into airy fragments and futter
 rn the chimney As the last morsel
 waycred out of sight he turned and
 looked at his companion.
 You almost made me commit my
 sef.r he said. In the desire to hide his feelings his tone was short.
 Eve returned his glance With a quiet
 regard. but he scarcely saw it. He had
 st,lpefied sense of disaster. q feeling
 of bitter self comniseration that for
 the moment outweighed all other con-
 alterations Almost at the moment of
 Justification the good of life had crum-
 bled in his fingers. the soil given be-
 meath his feet. and with all absence of
 logic. lack of justice unusual in him,
 te let resentment against ChilcOte
 sweep suddenly over his mind.
 Eve. still watching him, saw the dark
 eping of his expression and with Il ouiet movement rose from her chair Lady sarah has a theater party to- night. aud ann dining with her, she said. Tt iS ;yu carly dinner. so must think a''ealt dreS>.5l:s. I'm sorry you tlHll t.eN to draw N"a into any thj,a" l H5iSt hsite #eN.els ilte. iaysch haelv." Sh" I5tu -heti |; liltle to coycr . tllr sH4at ,s,5,e.'.4..s:IlFY 'a5 flrr tone totrIxea apI a> s5le= H;'L,1ri she 1.5g, #ef,se Jat i.7 ,i=, =sE5'd the Go2r.
 l.o.ler en"ro<.e5l in inc c}teez L. hi- oWH ,he He= ie.ef9szl ft#s=sz.= =f"56 ncss ai e'hilcata'.= =re,.ztli =al5.t ~f5,=ta5,.e { incersed 1 Ii~ o&sli#!e.tA .a f.el# Ifi<#51i-s
 anticipated l. was a.,.}i#sss f9r the moment of bo5h her 5aps43uenl ansi Der words. Then quite abruptly they obtrllded themselves upon iiiii. break # ing through his cgotiSm With some A thing of the sharpness ol pain follow x ing |; blow Turning quickly from the q fireplace. he faced the shadowy room # across which she had passed. but si N multancously with his turning she # gained the door.
 $ The knowledge that she Was gone struck him with a sense of double loss # Wait he cahed. suddenly moving < forward. But almost at once he paus < cd, chilled by the solitude of the room. Eve" he said. using her name un @ consciously for the first time.
 q But the corridor as well as the room. 8 was empty; he was too late. He stood N fTrcsolutc: then he laughed shortly. # turned and passed back toward the # kcplace.
 The blow had fallen, the inevitable
 come to pass. and nothing remained
 but to take the fact with as good a grace as possible. Chilcote's telegram # bad summoned him to Clifford's inn x st : o'clock, and it was now we'll on M toward $. He pulled out his watch Chlcote's watch. he realized with # te1ch of grim humor as he stopped to examine the dial by the light of the 2 tre-then. as if the humor had verged # 10 another feeling he stood straight # again and felt for the electric button @ IT the wall. His fingers touched it. # and simultaneously the room was ss lighted.
 M The abrupt alteration from shadow M 10 light came almost as a shock The % Feminine arrangement of the tea table # seemed incongruous beside the sober s books and the desk laden with papers S& '-1nconSruouS as his own presence in N Inc place The thought was unpleaS- # ant, and he turned aside as if to avoid # II, but at the movement his eyes fell # on ChllcoteS cigarette box with it's % gieamn% monogram. and the whim- # klcal suggestion of his first morning
 Tse again. The idea that the mani
 pate objects in the room knew him x 4ot what he was, recognized the inter. # ioPcr where human eyes saw the right M lui poSScSSor. returned to his mind S trough all his disgust and chagrin q a1 smile forced itself to his lips, and, @ crossing the room for the second time. gM he passed into Chlcote'S bedroom M here the massive furniture and 8 somher atmosphere fitted better with S HIS mood than the energy and action
 Mlarh the study always suggested
 "ttA1g directly to the great bed, he
 sa' ot its si.i" and for several minutes
 s'9fe3 ~t'a.@it in front of hin, appal'
 eNty Seeu@ lf.thin@; then at last the
 'pa'hH passed from him. as his p"a s# louS aA%er against Chilcote had pass X.l, He >t'od I'D slowly drawing Iii;
 'oAs iimAS to@cthor, and rocrossed the
 loom pa~Sing along the corridor and g3 .afoQgh tho door communicating with
 ,ne Test of tho house. Five minutes
 ''er he Was in the open air and walk 8.ns steadily oastHaI'd, his hat drawn l i0lWafl and his arereoat buttoned up @ As no traverSed the streets he allow
 VI hiiASelf no thought. Once, aS Inc
 "ited in Trafalgar square to find q
 "2a1Se between the vehicles, the re
 ]cuDrancp of C'bilcota'c Ioica cap,firt,