Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-04

N N the evening or CndC same Qay f Kinross, sitting on the grassy \ terrace by the front gate con O templating the dusty high way, was still puzzling over the prob lem of Eunice.
 Were she the Sleeping Beauty in the enchanted castle she couldn't be more inaccessible" was the conclusion to which he had come as, after seeing the whole family, including Eunice, go upstairs for the night, he had neces- sarily postponed his quest to the nor row.
 Ut looks as though should be driv- en to communicate with her through correspondence even while here under the same roof with herr'
 He was fairly wearied out with his speculations about her. For the first time he now found his disguise irk- some, so much would he have liked freely to discuss the case with Miss Ellery. Surely that philosophical young woman was not so abnormally. self en- crossed as not to be curious also about Eunice. Perhaps if he gave her and Daisy an opportunity they would question him about the girl, thinking, of course, that he had known her long and intimately. It would be a relief, even under the hampering condition of his assumed character, to talk her over with some one. How had her extraordinary talk of the night before struck Miss Ellery anyway?
 He had reached this point in his meditatiOns when he was reused by the sound of a step behind him. All the family had gone to bed, so it must be the young ladies. They were con- ing to join him on the terrace.
 "A mere farmland is, after all, man. he shrugged.
 But this evening he felt an unusual readiness to welcome their society.
 If cant investigate Eunice my self, at least I can now get at the impression she has made on others"
 He tossed away the cigar he was smoking. It was of the brand smok- cd by Miss Ellery's father and quite too choice to be found in the possession of farmland. He hoped she wouldn't notice the aroma.
 He turned around and looked up.
 There before him, slim and pale in the starlight, stood Eunice, in the un- expectedness of her appearing sug- gesting to his startled fancy a vision of Fra Angelica angel
 His astOnishment left no room even for passing regret for the excellent cigar so unnecessarily sacrificed.
 There was q mingled timidity and dignity in her manner that brought him to his feet with an instinctive chivalry.
 "Will you sit down with meT' he asked in a tone of uncertainty, for he could not guess just why she had come She had always appeared to shun and even to be afraid of him. There was just now a pained sensitiveness in her fine face that revealed the struggle she was having with herself in ap- preaching him like this.
 But you would rather not be in- truded upon-even by me?' she asked wistfully. her voice low and trembling. q mean" she hastily explained. 'I don't count. of course. but perhaps you would rather he entirely aIOneT'
 She had spoken 50 unhesitatingly last night to Miss Ellery. Why should she falter like this. in such agony of embarrassment. when speaking to him7 True. she had talked to Georgiana un- der stress Of a sudden strong impulse she had been caught unavares. as 1t were-that had been manifest enough. Still. in spite of his own lifelong bat tie with shyneSs. he couldn't quite understand why any girl under the sun should be b1shful with him Certain ly his experience with bashful girls had been limitel-or. rather, nil
 Ever since last night" he said ts her. ~I have been looking for an sp- pOrtunfty to talk with y0u-
 He saw the color food her cheeks and her bosom rise and fall in a long deep breath
 -Y0a have wanted to talk with uey xhe h-ezrh4d