The Red Cloud chief., 1907-01-18

Seeing thcuI, she ~disengaged herself
from her party and came quickly for
ward. lie saw her cheeks flush ami
her eyes brighten pleasantly as they
rested on his companion. but he noticed
also that after her first cursory glance
she avoided his own direction.
AS she came toward them Fraide
drew away his hand in readiness to
greet her.
Here comes my godchild!" he said.
IL often wish, Chilcote. that l could
do away with the prefix" lie added
the last words in an undcrtone as he
reached them, then he responded
warmly TO her smile.
what" he said. Turning the ter
race into the garden of Eden in Jan
uary! We cannot allow this"
Eve laughed. BLAINE Lady Sarah!'
she said. I'VE met at lunch, and she
carried me Off. Needless to say |
hadn't to ask where"
They both laughed, and Loder joined,
a little uncertainty. lie had yet to
learn that The devotion of Fraide and
his wife was n long standing jest III
their particular set.
At the sound of his tardy laugh Eve
turned to him. 81 hope | didn't rob you
Of all sleep last night" she said. II
caught him in his den," she explained,
turning to Fraide, land invaded it most
courageously. l believe we talked
till 3"
Again Loder noticed how quickly she
looked from him to Fraide. The knowl-
edge reused his self assertion.
~ had an excellent night" he said.
"Do | look rs If / hadn't sleptT
Somewhat slowly and reluctantly
Eve looked back. NO." she said truth
fully and with a faint surprise that to
Loder seemed the first genuine emotion
she had shown regarding him. mo, |
don't think | ever saw you look so
we'll" She was quite unconscious and
very charming as she made the admis-
sion. 1t struck Lu or that her co,orinS
of hair and eyes < :.Hcl hy oari.gAt-
were brlchte- -."' iv r.
thai. -.J,n. SO ,.., Inn g.
a declaration oi .1. ,.d,A. he WoH'l
not be believed. Truman nature PIE.
fers its own cycsi,ht to the testimony
of any man.
But in face of this astonishing sue.
cess he stored Il steady course. In the
first eXhilaration of Fraide's favor. in
the first cgotistical wish to break down
Ewes skcpticism, he might possibly
have plunged into a vortex of action,
let il be in what direction it might;
but, fortunately for himself, for Chill
cote and for their scheme, he was liable
to strenuous second tho~ughts-those
wise and necessary curbs that go fur
ther to the steadying Of the universe
than the universe guesses. Sitting in
the quiet of the house on the same day
that he had spoken with Eve on the
terrace he had weighed possibilities
slowly and cautiously. Impressed to
the full by the atmosphere Of the place
that in his eyes could never lack char
acter. however dull its monetary busi-
ness. however proSy the voice that NIL
cd it, he had sifted impulse from eX-
+, pedience rs only n man who has lived
, within himself can sift and distinguish,
and Mt the close of that first day his
programme had been formed. There
: must be no rush. no headlong plunge,
, he had decided. Things must work
4. around. 1t was his first expedition
= into the new country, and it lay will
! fate to say whether it would be his
' last.
He had been leaning back in his seat
I his eyes on the ministers opposite, his
u arms folded IN imitation of Chilcote's
> most natural attitude, when this tina
l speculation had come to him, and as
{ came his lips had tightcned for a mo
' ment and his face become hard an(
) cold. 1t Is an unpleasant thing whel
a man first uuconsciOusly rcckons OF
$ the weakness of another, and the TOOL
1t that expresses the idea is not good Il
u see. He had stirred uneasily, then hi
lips had closed again. lie was tena
lie clous by nature, and by nature intoI
Grant Of weakness. At the first su9
n gestion of reckoning upon Chilcote'
ar lapseS his mind had drawn back i
20 DISGUST, but as the thought came agai
ly the disgust had lessened.
fro BE Continued