Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-10-31

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onN sometimes feels IN watching = mag
nificent tigress pacing back md forth
in her cage. such. / believe. was the
feeling she inspired ii. most IAcn. even
in Treimaine himself.
she smiled at ne again as she swept
past me to a u In one corner and
sank upon II.
Sit. missile" she said. and motioned
me 10 a chair close at hand. II was
very lonesome; | was weary OF talking
u my OWL body"
| cannot reproduce the soft dialect
h spoke. any effort to do so makes 1t
appear grotesque. so l shall not try.
At FIRST it puzzled me occasionally, but
| soon came TO understand her per-
fectly.
SO was t. | said. smiling at the
quaint expression. Il WAS growing
very sick of. my own body. Have you
been in New York long"
Less than y month. missile: and l
do not like it--it is too cold-too grey"
All, You have come In Il bad time"
| said. wondering at her almost child
ish expression of misery. wait until
lunc-then you will see"
June. All. we snail not remain so
lonE-I. at least, | have promised to
stay one month longer. but more than
that-imposs!ble."
she reached Il and TOOK up u cigaret
from a pile which lay on a tabouret be-
side The couch.
she laughed. and. afte. a vhiff or two.
hung the still h~iazins taper over her
shoulder. "fouf,-and they Were all in
tame. \ before was long
ing FOR excftemen'-any excitement
whatever-out that sudden burst of fire
frightened me- rushed ~out-cried sor
help-ani.' she finished with a charm
ing little gesture. spoiled your smoke.
Try one of these
There was no resisting her--it was
k playing With fire. | took a cisaret
and lighted it..
Fond-corre there was much to
DO, she continued with a little sigh.
Here there il nothing but to smoke.
smoke,'
"Fond-Corrc'" | queried.
u beyond -. Pierre" she ex-
planned. closing her eyes with deligh.
At the memory. There was our home
! can Sc ii again. in its grove OF
cocoa trees running down to the grey
with the waves tapping gently
over it. Tambou. how sigh for it,"
ana n stretched her arms above her
head with a gesture of infinite long
ing.
Looking at her. 1 began to believe
mat was dreaming all this. that
mad fallen asleep in my chair and been
transported 10 the land of H~aroun-ei-
!taschid. ] had never seen a woman
IKE her-so full of colour. OF passion.
of
A key ratified In the lock. the door
opened n a man came in. 1t was
quite IN keeping with the dream-the
enraged husband with naked cimeter--
even here in New York it was hardly
me proper thing TO be discovered thus.
thouyH not till that instant had 7
thought or it.
An. now I said to myself. '.stilettos
ana pistols. you're in a ticklish place.
friend"
But before I could rise. Cecily had
from the couch and thrown no,
about his neck.
On on We. doudoux?" she
in a voice like-well. have never
heard anything to compare with 1t.
Tout douce. CHE ct ou?" he an
and kissed her: ti.en he per
"eived me. seemingly for the first time,
trough his somehow doubted. Good
SIR" he said. standing with
his arms still about his wife and xaz-
at me with a look so sharp that I
found myself for an instant unable to
meet II. as though I had really been
guilty of some fault.
His wife uttered In his ear a sentence
go ra"td that ] was utterly unable to
eaten the words. but i suppose 1t ex-
planned the reason OF my presence. for
he turned TO me instantly with out
hand.
'Cecfly tells me hat your presence
OF min prevented a general conflagra-
ton. Mir
Lester" I said. II am your neigh
bour across the hall"
MY name is Tremaine. and I'm ex-
caedingly glad to meet you" ne CON
with a courtesy which charmed
from the first moment. We must
pour - ton to honour the escape."
Cecily. who had been hanging on his
lips. flew TO the next room and was
back In a moment with Il decanter and
g~lasses-three OF them-and she Joined
us with an tm~perturable matter-of-
course air which somewhat surprised
me. Only I noticed she left a little wine
in her glass. and with 1t she approached
n square cage OF fine gilt mesh hang
ing over the radiator in the war,rest
corner of the room.
happened to ooh at Tremaine and
was astonished AT the intensity of the
slance he sent after her. So absorbed
was he that for the first time / had the
opportunity to examine him closely. II
was impossible to tell his age. there
was about him such an air of exha ust-
less youth-he might have been any
where from thirty to forty-fve. He
was n handsome man. with a dark.
fascinating face which somehow
matched his wife's. The power Of his
eye I had already experienced. and the
square aw and clear-c,rt lips bespoke
an extraordinary power of will to
match. He perhaps felt my scrutiny.
for he turned to me. shaking of with
an effort the spell that held him.
Shes a most extraordinary woman"
ne said with a smile that seemed a lii
Tie forced. =" She's about to do what no
other woman In the world would
rare do, and she thinks nothing Of It.
Come and see"
Cecily had already reached the cage
and was bending. over 1t. lumminr n
weird little refrain that rose and faIi
turned upon itself. reminding me
faintly OF the negro spiritualS had
once heard at a campmeetinK in the
Jersey woods. After a moment. I saw.