Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23

wi not men who worthy the name. Yet
went out of the Alcazar garden having had my
answer Love cannot die in an hour, and l loved
Monica still, though l said that she not the girl
had let follow her only to say at last, Il never
Duke of Carnona After all, she had proved her
self docile daughter She had seen what the house
of grandee of Spain can be like. She had seen the
Blanca Laguna pearl Poor child of eighteen years,
brought up to know poverty and to loathe it! Was
l to let my love turn to hate because she was not
angel, but woman like others!
A despairing pity and sense of hopeless loss
weighed upon my spirit with such heaviness as |
loved, but there such girl; she dream,
and 1 had walked up That was ALL but it seemed
the end of everything. My errand in Spain was
me any more. The sooner took myself out of her
life and let her forget what must now seem childish
folly the better | might have known-she was so
young; and she had warned me of disaster when
She said, Don't leave alone"
1 went to Olivero's fiat and changed my clothes;
then to the hotel where Ropes and the car were
waiting. For the first time since had come into
Spain, l drove, like a Demon" Ropes surprised
face said, though his tongue discreet; and
lips
At the Cortijo de Santa Rufna they were all sitting
in the patio in floods of moonlight the great awning
which gave shade by day fully rolled back.
You see,' exclaimed Pillar, I'VE all sat up for
you. Well, how did it 60 Off"
heard myself laughing. 1t did not feel pleas.
~
like any other. oh it went off exactly as l might
have expected" said, knowing that it was useless
to hide my humiliation, though 1 might hide my
misery. And consequently my and l will
also go off tomorrow. AS for Dick he must do
as he peases; but l advise him. he's here, to
stay for the Seurdnd Santa"
'What do you mean?" asked Pillar, almost letting
fall the guitar on which she had been playing.
'Has-has Lady Monica promised to 60 with you
Tomorrow?
Not at all" said l. "But what she has prom
ised to another makes it better that l should
go. She is engaged to Carmona.'
Il don't believe i'll" cried Pillar.
Il shouldn't, if anyone but herself had told
me-
"She said t?
"In exactly those words. She said too that she
didn't want to again"
"Oh-oh!' breathed Pillar THANK Heaven for
thatl You frightened me horribly-just for
moment
l stared "And now"
Now 1 know there's some mistake-dreadful,
but not too dreadful to clear up
| laughed again, as bitterly as l felt this time.
EXTRAORDINARY idea! Because she says she doesn't
want to see me, there is mistake"
"Of course Surely you aren SO cold hearted,
disloyal, $3.50 stupid to believe her? But
tell me instantly all about it-everything; every
word; every look"
Easily done" l said eff it won't bore you all
There very few of either; but what there were
left nothing to the Imagination.
Inauguration, indeed!', exclaimed Pillar But
go on"
So 1 went on, and she listened to the end without
interruption, did the two Others who only
men, and therefore had no comments to make upon
such matters.
As told the wretched story in as few and as bald
words possible, Pillar sat grave eyed, tense Tipped
Portia in the court of justice before her to
plead. When l finished she silent for
ment-I thought because after ALL she found her
self with nothing to say. But, when her father in
his compassion would have begun some murnur of
consolation, she broke out quickly, Il suppose
that she is engaged to the Duke, or she wouldn't
have said So
Not much doubt of that" 1 assented.
Nor any doubt of her real feelings. Poor little
girl! know she is wishing she could die tonight.
ThnSe de1rlSI VEG I zriu oil be