New-York tribune., 1908-03-29


and they brought han. - ms jpr-- Ih4t =
the whole story. mi here p -rr ruby.
bought IT tpr vow because y',. Ike those
thtngS Will You take -
He held out what looked .Is- .t-t.e' bal. ~
WHITE tissue paprr. our Ntrg,-e- turned her
face from him.
You tre,, I'll. Ike a ,h:li'' she ~ai.
IT, her own great surprise AMI Indignation.
her voice vi, unsteady. and She relt some
thing burning III her eye> She was almost
frightened 1T the thought that she might De
gong - cry. out - sheer mprtJrIcttIpn.
Logotheti sand nothing for a moment. He
began to unroll the paper from the precious
stone but changed his mind wrapped u up
AGAIN and put u back into his watch pocket
before he spoke ' dti n, mean :, - vot,
think he Sait softly
She turned her eyes without moving her
head till sh,. could Just that ne leaning
forward resting his wrists IN his knees bending
his head and apparently looking down tt his
lposeiv hanging hands HI> tttI.lIit. expressed
detection and disappointment She glad
II II He had right u thIuE that hs. coul,i
make her A. angry a. she still wt~. angry even
- tears and then brIbe her u ,mIc tgain when
he was tired ot teasing herf Her ewes turned
away AGAIN. AMI She dad not answer hIm-
Il make mistakes sometimes. ne SAID
speaking still lower. know I d. When
am with YOU cannot be always thinking Of
what say. 1t ton much :, ask when q man
= a, far gone - | am
'' should like. - bcIicv- that" Margaret
sad without looking At hIn.
'' |, IT 81 hLr,l - believe ne asked gently
that She only iu,t heard the WORT,
You don make II easy YOU know She
Slii with = lrttc defiance Tor -hr tclt that she.
going - Weld before long
" don't quite know how t. Nn-J - not II,
the least CdpriCinu,. and vet
You're mistaken Margaret answered.
turning 70 hum suddenly. IN the most
ON an
wrote a long letter u ,rIcui ami then / sud-
denly tore II up-thcrc were never 81 many
pages dare say thar II | h.i written Just
the same letter thls morning | should have
sent II. II that - not ctprl,e what l. II
II may have been vision . tear II up
L1GothetI suggested
I'm not sure. never ,,si, rJvsclf questions
about what do | hate people who are al
wavS measuring their wretchci Iittl,. souls and
then ttnkerIug their Conscience u make them
hit don't believe | wish u Ito anything really
wrong. and :" do exactly what like. always 90
Possibly She hdi tbrgptten that she had
called herself wicked woman only Yesterday
but that had been before the conversation at
the telephone
" II YOU Viii only Z, N doing what YOU Ike -
LogothetI answered. - viii give me the great
eSt pleasure IN the world - help YOU. | ask
only one kindness"
- YOU have NJ right = asi, me ANYTHING
to-day You yc been q:,ite the most iisagreea-
ble person tins ,,fyernnhr that l ever met IN
my life
-' know have" Logotheti answered with
admirable contrItIon- IN wax (. G..v or two
before ask anything: perhaps YOU VIII have
forgiven me bv that time.
I'm not sure. What was the thing YOU
were gong u ask
He was silent. now that She wished to know
his thought.
Have YOU forgotten ,.ircaivs" she in
oured, with :. little laugh that w,.s e1lcour-
aging rather than cpntemptuous for her
curiosity was rouSei
THEY looked AZ each other AZ List. ana all az
once She feit the deeply disturbing sense
ot his near presence which she had missed for
three DAYS though She waS secretly q little