Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-08

Overcoat slunE over hiS arm, walked from Fleet street to Grosyenor square He walked steadily, neither slowly nor yet fast. The elation of his last jour ney over the same ground was temper. ed hy feelings he could not satisfac- torily bracket even to himself. There !; was less of vehement elation and more of matUred determination in his gait ! and bearing than there had been on that night, though the incidents of which they were the outcome were very complex.
 i On reaching Chilcotes house he /, passed upstairs. but, still following the routine of his previous return, he did ! not halt at Chilcote's door. but moved onward toward Eyes sitting room and ! there paused.
 In that pause his numberless irreg- ular thoughts fused into one
 He had the same undefined sense of standing upon sacred ground thnt had touched him on the previous occasion, but the outcome of the sensation was different. This time he raised hls hand almost immediately and tapped on the door.
 He waited but no voice responded to his knock. With sense of disap- pointment he knocked again; then, pressing his Determination still fur ther, he turned the handle and entered the room.
 No private room is without mean ing. whether trivial or the reverse. In a room perhaps more even than in speech. in look or ia work does the impress of the individual make itself felt. There on the wax of outer things the inner self imprilts it's seal. en- forces its lcetia:, claim to separate in dividuality. This thought, with it's arresting interest. made Loder walk slowly, almost seriously. halfway across the room and then pause to study his surroundings.
 The room was of medium size-not too large for comfort and not too small for ample space. At first impression it struck him as unlike any anticlpa- ton of a woman's sanctum. The walls panelad in dark wood. the richly bound books, the beautifully designed bronze ornaments. even the flowers, deep crimson and violet blue in tone. had an air of sombcr harmony that was scarcely feminine. With strangely pleasant impression he realized this. and. following his habitual impulse. moved slowly forward toward the fire place and there paused, his elbow rest ing on the mantelpiece.
 He had scarcely settled comfortably into his position, scarcely entered on his second and more comprehensive study of the place. than the arrange ment of his mind was altered by the turning of the handle and the opening of the door.
 The newcomer was Eve herself. She was dressed in outdoor clothes and walked into the room quickly; then, as Loder had done, she. too. paused.
 The gesture. so natural ard sponta- neous, had peculiar attraction. As she glanced Up at him. her face alight with inquiry. she seemed extraordi- narily much the owner and designer of her surroundings. She was framed by them as naturally and effectively as her eyes and her face were framed by her black hair. For one moment he forgot that his presence demanded explanation: the next she had made explanation needless. She had been looking at him intently: now she came forward slowly.
 John" she said. half in appeal, half in question.
 He took a step toward her. Look at me" hc said quietly and inyolun- ta.ily. In the sharp desire to estab- fish himself in her regard he forgot that her eycs hal ncve. left his face.
 Ru tho incongruity of the words did not strike her. -Oh," she exclaimed, TT believe I knew directly I saw you here" The quiA ring Of life vi brsting in her tone surprised him. But he had other thoughts more urgent than surprise
 Tn the five days of balishmcnt just lived through the need for a readjust- IEent of his position with regard to her had come fo him forcibly. The memory of the night when weakness and Le had been at pcrilously close quarters Lad r>.arrcd n him persist cntly md r.scomfo-tably. spelling the remembrance of his triumph. It had been well enough 10 smother the thought of that night in days of work. Rut had the ignoring of it plotted ont the weaknsss. Had 1t not rather thrown lt into holder relief: A man strong in his own strength does not turn his back upon temptation. He faces and qleIls #. In the solitary days in Clirord's inn. ia the solitary night hours spent in tranping the city streets. this had been the conviction that had recurTed sgnIn and again. this the problem to which. after much con sIdersfion. he had found solution. sat isfacto=y st least to himself. When nexf Chllcote called him It was no.s ble that he had used the word -uhea ard not '-if- When Ecx, Chilrots called him he uouii make new departure He would n longer avoid Eve. He would successsuily prove to himself that one In.-r--s -I,si sse .sl--- Gi'ed rEs m.ns- the pu-nnce If CkiicoseIs political career so does nsn satisfactorily cor vince binlsris against hsnseif Ire had this intention falIy in mind ss he c.r1e forward nsu.