New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

! VINO was announced ana uSIit1tti 70 t4t t1OOI
| by Justine in 4 grand French manner.
| After few cornmonplaces, however, real1z-
| ing that Margaret should be lett alone with the
lion as much as possible. the excellent woman
| remembered that she had something 70 do and
| left them.
y had a little talk with Kra1insky before he
! left " said Van Torp. when she was gone " He
! saws he II meet US IN Venice any time IN the
| next few days. He's just going to run over TO
| Vienna in his sudden death cart tor twenty
| four hours: then he'll 90 south, he says He
ran me UP to the hotel and dropped me. l
dare say YOU heard the tootS- thought saw
Lady Maud looking out OF the window OF your
| room as | got out.
YES Margaret SAID; " but how DO You
know that IS my window,
In the first place I've counted the windows
| felt a sort OF interest in knowing winch was
yours And then. l often see Your maid open
ing the shutters in the morning
oh" Margaret smiled. Did You notice
ANYTHING unusual about Lady Maud when YOU
saw her she asked, for She knew that he mad
good eyes.
Since YOU mention it I thought she looked
as if she didn't feel quite up to the mars
pale thought she was.
Yes" Margaret said. She felt i'll tor a
moment and thought she was going to FAINT
But it passed almost directly. and she insisted
on going for a walk.
Oh mused Van IOrp, IS that so: Wen
| dare say it was the best thing she could do.
| was telling YOU about kralinSky. He's not
Levi Longlegs after all, and don't believe he
was ever in the West.
4 thought it sounded unlikely" Margaret
said
Il asked him. in a friendly way. and he made
an effort to recollect, and then he seemed quite
pleased to remember that Id been Fanny
Cook (my old nickname YOU know and ne q
been Levi Longlegs, and that he used 10 whlStle
things out OF Parsifal by the hre OF an even
ing ,,
stopped with nquiring look.
= lust so" continued Van TOrp, nOdd1ng
" Did YOU ever attend trial and hear a witness
being cross examined by 4 lawyer who wants
him to remember something, and ne wants 10
remember it himself, but cant, because he
never heard of it before IN his life, The lawyer
makes steps for him and puts his feet INTO them
SO that he gets along nicely, unless the Judge
happens to wake up and kick. and then the
little game stops right there. and somebody
laughs. Well my talk with kralnSNy was like
that only there was no Judge 50 ne went away
happy: and were old friends now, and punched
COWS on the same ranch and he's coming on
my yacht. | only wonder why he was so
anxious to remember all that. and why ne
thought it would be kind of friendly II | called
him Levi Longlegs again, and he called me
Fanny Cook | wonder He says he St1II
very fond of oarsifal, and came on purpose
to hear it; but that he has completely forgotten
how to whistle. That's funny too | Just
thought Id tell YOU, because II You come on
nv Yacht, and he comes too, You Tc dpt 10 see
quite a good deal of each other.
Did YOU tell him that Mrs. Rushmore and
| would come" Margaret asked. And Lady
Maud: ~
why. no. You've not promised yet. any
more than you did last night when he was there
and we talked about it; so how could |, for
got to mention Lady Maud to him. or else |
thought | wouldn't forget which 1t
doesn't matter.
No" Margaret smiled Not a little bit ''
You seem amused" observed Van TorP-
BY Your way of putting 1t. and your pre-
tending to forget such a thing.
1T wasn't quite true that forgot: but
wanted 10, So didn't say anything about her.
That's why put II in that way. don I choose
to leave YOU any doubt about what | say. or
mean even in the smallest things The mo-
ment YOU feel the least doubt about the perfect
accuracy of any thing tell YOU, even II 1t
not at all i downright lie or anything resern-
bling one. You won't trust me at all IN any
thing. Because II you trust me YOU II end by
liking me, and If YOU don trust me YOU II %
back to thinking that I'm the Beast out of
Revelation something. YOU used To.
Margaret smiled again, though she was con-
tinuallv conscious of her own Sullcnly smoldcr-
ing anger against Logotheti. Van Torp WAS
gaining influence over her in his own uncouth