Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-11

and hall, Slward Strolling beside her.
The dog followed them as they turn
ed toward the door and passed out |
across the terraced veranda to the |
driveway, where tandem cart was
drawn up, faultlessly appointed. Quar-
rier's mania was tandem. She thought
it rather nice of her to remember this
She Inspected the ensemble without
visible interest for a few moments.
The wind freshened from the sea, flut-
tering her veil, and she turned toward
the east to face it. In the golden
splendor of declining day the white
sails of yachts crowded landward on
abe last leg before beating westward
Into Blue harbor. A small white
cruiser steaming south left mile long
stratum of rose tinted smoke hanging
parallel to the horizons plane. The
westering sun struck sparks from her
bright work
They had turned their backs to the
| tandem The grooms looked after
them, standing motionless at the
| horses heads
"Mr. Siward, this is too fine to MISS"
she said. Il will walk as far as the
headland with you. Please smoke If
you care to-
| The breeze blown conversation be-
came fragmentary. veering as capri
ciously as the purple wind flaws that
| spread across the shoals. But always
| to her question or comment she found
In his response the charm of freshness,
of quick intelligence or OF humorous
and idle perverslty which stimulates
without demanding.
Once, glancing back at the house
where the I cart and horses stood, she
said that she had better return, or per-
haps she only thought she said it, for
he made no response that time, and a
few moments later they reached the
headland, and the Atlantic lay below,
flowing azure from horizon to horizon
under universe of depthless blue.
And for a long while neither spoke.
With her the spell endured until con-
science began to stir. Then she awoke,
uneasy, as always, under the shadow Of
restraint or pressure until her eyes
fell on him and fingered
A subtle change had come into his
face. Its leanness struck her for the
first time-that and an utter detach-
ment from his surroundings, somber
oblivion to everything and to her.
How curiously had his face altered!
How shadowy 1t had grown, effacing
the charm of youth in 1t!
The slight amusement with which
she had become conscious of her own
personal exclusion grew to an interest
tinged with curiosity.
The interest continued, but when his
silence became irksome to her she said
/ SO very frankly. His absent eyes, still
clouded, met hers unsmiling.
Il was thinking of men l knew-foI
example, man who through genera
, tons has inherited every impulse and
, desire that he should not harbor; q
man with intellect enough to be aware
, of 1t, with decency enough to desire
decency. What chance has he with
the storms which have been brewing
for him even before he opened his eyei
on earthf Is that square deal?"
: The troubled concentration Of heI
. face was reflected now in his own
, The wind came whipping and Ticking
: at them from league wide tossing
wastes. The steady thunder OF tht
sea accented the silence.
Turning to the sea, he had become
engrossed In his own thoughts again
and again she was first curious, theI
y impatient, at the ease with which b,
= excluded her. She remembered, toe
: that the cart was waiting; that sh,
had scarcely time now to make tn,
train.
She stood irresolute, inert, disIn
clined to bestir herself. An inborl
aptitude for drifting, which threatenet
to become a talent for lndecision, hal
= always alternated in her with suddel
y lmpulsive conclusions and when he
pride was involved in decisions whicl
L sometimes scarcely withstood the ana
= ysis of reason.
Physically healthy, mentally una
Weakened, sentimentally incredulous
q totally ignorant of any master passio
l. and conventionally drilled, her beaut
U and sweet temper had carried her eas
lily on the frothy crest of her first set
son over the eligible and ineligibl
| Hike, ICSiNlllS iAei at A1SAiOA q iabIS
tired and breathless girl in love wit
pleasure and the world which treate
II her so well
q The death of her mother abroad ha
. made little Impression upon her, he
: uncle, Major Belwether. having care
: for her since her fathers death, whe
X she was ten years old. SO, althouS
the scandal of her mothers self exil
had been in measure condoned by
tnrdy marriage to the man for whol
she had left everything, her daughtt
> had grown up ignorant Of any parti
u ular feeling for mother she coul
y scarcely remember.
1t However, she wore black and WEI
nowhere for the second winter, durin
which time she learned q great de.