Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

% ~ mutual r"as 10 friends Ts
NO doubt ne answered with a 10"
how and he followed the ladies to the'f
special sheltered nook. and assisted 'heH'
TO arrange their rugs and CUSHIONS WIFI
q dexterity that betokened long practice.
After some desultory talk about Biar-
ritz golf and various entertainments
Mrs. Shavne proceeded. in delicate ahd
subtle fashion. to question her r. &C
auaintance with respect to his plans
She touched on money investments. trusts
and matrimony; but Paul adroitly parted
all inquiries and the -witted
American widow found that she could
make not hing Of the gallant but elusive
Spaniard. He remained an agreeahie
mystery: nevertheless-or perhaps on ac-
count of this fact--he became exceedingly
popular with his new friends. He was
cultivated. charming and attractive; so
were they The ladies lured him into the
library TO play bridge-23 cents a nun
dred-introduced him to various pretty
girls promenaded the deck In his COM
pany, took him into their set and under
their wing-in short petted him TO his
leart's content. This. needless to say,
was no new experience for Paul de
Sara1in.
But. alas, when within three days OF
New York. that capricious termagant the
Atlantic flew into sudden fury; she rose
and scattered the clever ladies VINO
played bridge, emptied the steamer chairs
separated Paul from his charming friends
and left him to pace the deck In menl-
fative solitude. The weather was pad'
and Paul had the promenade more or less
to himself: many of the men were play
ing cards in the smokeroom-or PROSTATE
elsewhere
AS Paul paced the long expanse with
his hands in his pockets and the newt
able cigarette in his mouth. he had ample
leisure for reflection. Here there was
nothing to distract his attention, beyond
the angry storm clouds and the tumbl1n8
expanse of heaving, gray seas. He was
alone in mid-ocean. entirely cut OF from
the world-his own world; and mere ne
could ponder without interruption on his
future and on his past. His was not
retrospective mind: hitherto life had been
too full and too crowded: one event had
ever come treading on the heels OF an
other. and compelled him to forget GER
tain affairs and overlook certain people:
But no mad elbowing or thrusting had
ever succeeded in driving La Rubia en-
tirely from his thoughts: 1t had not
needed Mrs. Shayne's probing questions
respecting the handsome red-haired Eng
WINGED inwardly as he realized that his
conduct had been indefensible, no rea-
soning could dispense this conviction. She
had solemnly warned him of her parttcu-
lar failing-jealousy-and she had not ex-
aggerated her weakness. 1t was true
that she had. by her own act, released
him because he had openly set her aside
in favor of his cousin Dolores; subse-
quently La Rubia had ignored his exist
ence and cast him out of her life for
ever. Nevertheless. he had sure In
tuition that she loved him. This girl
from the north was proud and sensitive.
there was something reserved and even
stern In her nature; but man OF Paul
enormous experience could see beneath
the surface La Rubia adored him, al
though she held him !nhexibly at arm
length. She would walk with him. sym
patfize with him. open her heart to him
and even wesp to him: but he had never
once kissed her. How few pretty women
Of his aeduaintance could make this
boast!
Hers was the deeply set love Of natur-
ally cold nature. and Paul. despite the
deadly breach and the distance which
yawned between them. was confident that
her heart belonged to him. Yet. such
was her disposition and her pride, the
upon her face again. His experience Of
other women had misled him. Hitherto
he had believed that he had but to raise
his hand and beckon them back; but for
once he had found himself tragically mis-
taken.
The melancholy reflections OF the Mar
uuis de Sarazin were brusqueiy disturbed
by the cheerful strains OF the adjacent
dinner bugle and. to the envy OF many.
he hurried below in order to prepare for
the meal
The notorious banks were skirted with
out fog or incident, and 1t was the last
day on board. The weather was better.
% were many invalids. who once more
faU ~ "a
ladies In brand-new frocks. worn to
qualify for the customs. Cards were
freely exchanged. bridge accounts were
settled and cabin boxes studded the long
passages
Paul de Sarazin's chief friends. re-
stored to society. gave him a warm in
vitation to visit them at St. Louis. and.
after the ship had passed Nantucket
lighthouse. did the honors OF their country
with pride. They indicated various in.
teresting scenes-the forts. Coney Island.
the Statue of Lberty-last. but not least,
the skyscrapers.
II was altogether q busy. lively out
look: ocean steamers passed them. and
ferrvboats shaped like Noahs arks,
darted across under the very bows of the
liner At last the Baltic arrived along
side her berth. where a great crowd had
assembled to welcome the travellers. The
unparalleled hustle of the customs. the
celebrated draughts in the windy shed.
the conscientious manner In which the
luggage was examined-none of these
facts had been exaggerated Here Paul
took leave of his pleasant smokingroom
acouaint ances and his two lady friends.
These parted from him with palpable re-
luctance. urging him, in a hospitable
duet. not to fail to visit them At St.
Louis. He placed them In big carriage,
carefully handed In their small effects
and Jewel cases, then, hat in hand, saw
them depart. Paul liked them both. espe-
cfaiiy Mrs. Shayne. Was this because she
had assured him that she adored Grenada
as much as her countryman Washington
Irving? Or was II because she declared
that she admired the red-haired girl-to
DEATH
The Marquis de Sarazin and his valet
lad q long and weary wait under the let
ter s. but at last they were free to
drive to the Hotel Waldorf. where rooms
had been secured: and although cram
med with people. the hotel seemed a quiet
haven Of repose and refuge after the din
OF Broadway with it's electric cars and
ponderous street traffic.
TN Palscs" murmured Pedro to him
self. as they surveyed the great marble
staircase. pillars. floors and statues, the
palm trees and the pictures.
When his master entered the parior TO
scribbie a letter for the outgoing mail he
was astonished to notice on a four-faced
clock the actual time not only in New
York. but i'm Madrid. his native city.
What busting. lively place il was!--the
Eayiy dressed chattering throng. stream
ing along the corridors en- route to the
restaurants: the hurrying pages. porters
messengers: the rattle of the elevators
while above the hum and buzz Of the