The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-08-27

Copyright 1908, by Robert w. Chambers.
rage. Do you wish me to believe that
you noticed me and
"And followed you? Yes, did fol-
low you"
She looked at him, then past him to-
ward corner of the wide hall where
a maid In cap and apron sat pretend
ing to be sewing Careful" she mo-
toned with smiling lips. Servants
gossip. Good night again"
Couldn't we have moment
mo"
zone minute
'IIush! l must open my door"-lin-
gering. II might come out again II
you have anything particularly I'M
portant to communicate to me-"
n have. There's big bay window
at the end OF the other corridor. VIII
you comeW
But she opt ned the door, with light
laugh, sayiI I Good night.' again.
and closed 1t noiselessly behind her.
He walked on, turning into his cor
ridor but kept straight ahead, passing
his own door, on to the window at the
end of the hall, then north along a
wide passageway which terminated in
a bay window overlooking the roof Of
the indoor swimming tank.
1t appeared that he had cigarettes
and, leaving his chair, curled up " the
cushioned and piliowed window seat,
gathering his knees together under his
arm
The cigarette he had lighted went
out. He had bitten into 1t and twisted
1t so roughly that 1t presently crum-
| bled, and he threw the rags of 1t into
metal bowl, locking his jaws in ST.
| lence, for the night threatened to be a
| bad one for him. A heavy fragrance
from his neighbours wineglass at din
ner had stirred up what had for time
lain dormant, and by accident some
thing-some sweetmeat he had tasted
was saturated In brandy.
Now his restlessness at the pros
pect of blank night had quickened to
uneasiness, with hint of fever tinting
his skin, but as yet the dullnche In his
body was scarcely more than a pre-
monition.
He had his own devices for tiding
him over such Notwithstanding, tobac.
co and the long, blind, logged tramps
he took In town, but here tonight In
the rain one stood every chance OF
walking off the cliffs, and he was sick
of reading himself sightless over the
sort of books sent wholesale to Shot
over, and he was already too III al
durable
After awhile he began to walk mo
notonously to and fro the length OF The
corridor, like a man timing his step:
to the heavy ache of body or mind
Once he went as far as his own door
entered and, stepping to the wash basin
let the ley water run over hands ant
wrists. This sometimes helped tt
stimulate and soothe him. 1t did nov
for awhile-long enough to change thu
current Of his thoughts to the girl h
had hoped might have the imprudenc'
. to return for tryst, innocent enough
In itself, yet unconventional and un
to them both.
Probably she wouldn't come. Sh
had kept her fluffy skirts clear Of hin
since cup day, which simply corrobo
rated his vague estimate of her. Ha
she done the contrary his estimat
would have been the same, for uncon
sciously, but naturally. he had pre-
judged her. A girl who could captur
Quarter at full noontide and in tn
face Of all Manhattan was girl equiv
ped for anything she dared, though sh
was probably too clever to dare to
much; girl to be interested In,
amuse and be amused by;sa girl to b
reckoned with. His restlessness an
his fever subdued by the icy water, b
stood drying his hands, thinking coo
ly how close he had come to bein
seriously In love with this young cir
whose attitude was always curiou
temptation, whose smile was charm
ing provocation, whose youth an
/ beauty were to him perpetual cha
|
that he had never seen a woman b
cared as much for; that for the brit
moment Of his declaration he ha
known an utterly new emotion, whic
inevitably must have become the lo1
he had SO quietly declared 1t to b
! He had never before felt as he fe
then, cared as he cared then. An,
thing had been possible for him at thu
time-any degree Of love, any devotio
any generous remuneration. Gle,
sighted, master Of himself, he saw 10y
before him and knew 1t when he So
it-recognized 1t, was ready for 1t, o
fered it, emboldened by her soft hant
80 eloquent in his.
And In his arms he held 1t for an 1
slant, he thought. spite Of the sudde
inertia, spite of the according Of co
lips and hands still colder, relaxed, /
/ or% hold ~ until no IOuhfod