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ner at Sherry's we were not modest:
~ maintain, a forbiidins p-ir. We
II may drag myself into the matter
are both a trife under tho averags
height, sinewy, nervous. and, just then
trained fine. Our lean. clea1.shayen
faces we're well-browned-mine wear.
Ing fresh coat from my days on the
steamers deck. e,
| Larry had never been In America be.
fore. and the scene had for. both OF us
the charm Of a gay and novel spec.
tacle. | have always maintained in
talking to Larry Of people and races
that the Americans are the hand.
soonest ard bost put up people IN the
world. and ] believe he was persuaded
OF 1t that night as we gazed with ey.s
long unaccuetomed to sp'endor upon
the great company assembled In the
restaurant. The lights. the music. the
variety and richness OF the costumes
OF the women. the many Enthusiastically
foreign faces that gave a cosnoroli.
tan accent to the whole. wrought a
welcome spell upon senses Injured to
hardship In earth's waste and dreary
places.
Now tell me the story" I said.
Have you done murder! Is the Of.
tense treasonable?"
1T was tenants row in Galway.
and smashed constable. smashed |
HIM pretty hard. l dare say. from the
row they kicked up in the newspapers.
| lay low for couple of weeks, caught
boat at Queenstown, and here | am,
waiting for a chance to get back to |
The Sod without going in irons"
You were certainly born to be |
hanged. Larry. You'd better stay In
America. There's more room here
than anywhere else, and it's not easy
to hdnap a man in America and carry
him off,"
Possibly not; and yet the situation
Isn't wholly Tranquil" he said, trans
fixing a bit Of pompano with his fork. |
kindly note the florid gentleman at
your right-at the table with four
mes next the LAZY in pink. 1t may in
tereSt you to know that he's The RIFT |
ish consul"
interesting, but not important. You
don't for a moment suppose"
That he's locking Tor me? Not at
al. But re un5oubtedly his my name
on his tablets. The detective that's |
here following me around is pretty
dull. He lost me this mcr7ing while |
l was talking to you in the bank. |
Later on had the Pleasure of trailing
him for an hour or so until he finally |
brought up at the BrItisl consu,'s Of |
fec. Thanks; no more of the fish. Lee |
us Danish care. I wasn't bern to BE-
hanged: ard as ! I'm a political of. |
fcn'er, | Doubt whother I en- be de.
ptrtel if they lay la S on me-"
Ee watched the bubbles in his glass
d-eGmily hol1iHg it up in his slim,
wc!lkcpt fingers:
"T'ell ne something of your own
inrediate present and future" he
said.
l made the story of my grandfather
Uanarm's legacy as brief as possible,
fcr b7eTity was a definite law of our
intercourse.
"A year, you say, with nothing to do
but fo,d your ta"ds a-d wat. II
doesn't sound awfdlly attractive to me.
Id rather 60 without the mon~y."
But I inte7d to do some work.
owe it to my gr2ndfathor's memory
to make good. if there's any COOL in
me-"
The sentiment is worthy Of you,
Glenarm," he said, mocklngly. what
do you sea ghost?"
l must have started slightly at SUD.
denly esrying Arthur Pick ring not 20
feet away. A party of half dozen or
more had risen, AM Pickering and a
girl were detached from the others for
o moment.
She was ycung,-cu'te the youngest
In the group about Picksring's table.
A certain girlishness Of height and
outline may have been emphasized by
her juxtaposition to Pickering's heavy
figure. She was In black, with white
showing at throat and wrists SON.
Der contrast to the o,her women of
the party, who were arrayed with de-
gree OF splendor. She had dropped
her fan and Pickering stopped to pick
II up. l. the second that she waited
she turned carelessly toward me, and
our eyes met for an instant. Very
likely she was Pi;kering's sister, aud
tried to reconstruct his family,
which l had known In my youth; but
] could not place her, As she walked
out before him my eyes followed her,
the erect figure, free and graceful,
but with a charming dignity and poise,
and the gold of her fair hair glinting
under her back toque.
Her eyes, as she turned them fui
upon me, were the saddest, sweetest
eyes had ever seen, and even in that
brilliant, crowded room ! felt their
spell. They were fxed In my memory
indelibly-mournful. dreamy and wist.
full. a my absorption | forgot Larry.
You're taking Unfair advantage"
ne observed quietly. "Friends Of
yours!"