The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-10

door of the shop. After second
'huecision .Chilcote foIlowedfer.
Inc waiting car had thred seats, on
IN front for the chauffehr, two vis-
Wis at the back, Offering pleasant pos.
oiilties of a tete-a-tete. 81
"a ihe park-and drive slowly" Lillh
ordered rs she stepped inside, mStii-
ing Chilcote to the seat oppo>ita.
They moved up Bond street sm0fh}N
and rapidly. Lillian was absorts "a
the passing traffic until the arble
arch was reached; then. as .theykided
through the Ibie gates, she boked
across at her companion, n had
turned up the collar OF his. coat hough
the wind was scarcely perceptie, and
buried himself In II to the ears
1T Is extraordinary she eddImed
suddenly as her eyes rested q This
face. 1t was seldom that sh felt
drawn to exciamation. She was lsual
1y too indolent to show SURPRISE but
now the feeling Was called forh be-
fore she was aware. -, s&f
I% Chiicote looked up. "whats extfmr.
dinary he said sensitively. AZ
She 1eaned forward for an tnstnt
md touched his hand. NAE
Bearp she said teasingly. gnH 1
rub s1pr, pr,thA----..ts4. NAV M hem.
seeing hk expression. she tai Illy
Echan& &xt2s} m tone .I.n expIal{ Il
~ ~ the samet thing that struck nktbe
blight of Bidnche's party-whenl YOU
+ h1Dob6d NJ meTover Leonard Kane.s
head. You rememberT She giliced
away from him across the park 10
where the grass was already showing
greener.
Chilcote felt i'll at ease Again he
put his hand to his coat collar.
"Oh. yes" he said hastily. yes" He
wished now that he had questioned Lo.
der more closely on the proceedings of
that party. 1t seemed to him on look
Ing back that LOder had mentioned
nothing on the day of their last ex-
change but the political complications
that absorbed his mind.
Il couldn't explain then" Lillian
went on. II couldn't explain before a
crowd of people that 1t wasn't your
dark head showing over Leonard's red
one that surprised me, but ths~<pst
wonderful. the most extraordinary
likeness She paused.
The car was moving slower. Nere
was delight In the easy moton
through the fresh. early air. But Gil
cote's uneaslness had been arousd.
He no longer felt soothed.
What llkeness" he asked sharpl.
She turned to him easily. "Oh, a
likeness l have noticed before" Sc
said. "a likeness that always seenid
strange. but that suddenly becameh-
credible at Blanche's party" u.
He moved quickly. "LikenesSes re
an Illusion" he said. "a mereyimagi-
nation of the brainr' His mapaer was
short; his annoyance seemingt out OF
all proportion to the cause: Lillian
'~a!is yet not so very ion1Aso' yourselt;
she began.
way. denied like slesses. Such things
don,t rea,,v exlI Likeness seeing Is
nurelv an ipdufdual matter-a preeon-
ceptIon." ~ spoke fast. He was
uneasy undE the cool scrutiny OF her
green eyes, And with a sharp attempt
at self cshtrol and reinsurance he al
tered hiJvoice. AFTER all. we're oe'ng
verv sfupidw he exclaimed. Were
Worrying over something that doesn't
exist"
Lillian was still lazily interested. To
her own belief she had seen Chilcote
last ON the night Of her sisters reep-
t,on Then she had been too preo>cu-
pied to notice either his manner or MS
---.,-.. -th,-ss superfcially 1t hadshn.
gered In her nina tnat ne had seeped
unusually reliant, unusually we'll on
that night. A remembrance Of the i'm
preston came to her now as she
studied his face. upon which impercep
tibly and yet relentlessly his vice was
setting its mark, In the dull restless
ness Of eye. the unhealthy sallownes!
Of skin.
Some shred of her thought, some sug
gestion Of the comparison runninl
through her mind. must have shown II
her face, for Chilcote altered his posi-
ton with a touch Of uneasiness. H
glanced away across the long sweep} Q
tan covered drive stretchings betwfe
the trees. Then he glanced furtiviel
back.
"By the way" he said quickly, "%o
wanted me for something" The meir
ory of her earlier suggestion came nsS
Sudden boon. 3Ssa III
81 She .lsetsd-ffsF hur,Asain and sm
ed her roses thoughtfully. ron. ft
knothing, really" she said. You
/ castle people give very shrewd sugsE
/ tlons sometimes. and I've been ratnt
| wanting.a a suggestion on an--an advsl
ture that I've had" She looked doNl
at her flowers with a charminsly atte]
tive air. y
But Chflcote's restlessness had 4
creased. Looking up, she suddel1
caught the expression, and her oY