The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-12-14

Skout it."
When the sun went down that sYen-
ing the yacht had passed Otranto aad
the cape, and her course had been
changed to head her for Cape Sparti-
vento and the Straits of Messina,
having done in "a hours as much as
the little Italian mail steamers do In
4S, and nearly half as much again as
the Erinna could have done at her
highest speed AS Mr. Van Torp had
predicted, his engines had warmed
up" and were beating their own
record. The gale made by the vessels
way was stronger than a woman could
stand in with any regard to her ap-
pearance, but as the weather contin-
ued to be calm it was from dead
ahead and there was plenty of shell
ter on the promenade deck abaft the
wheelhouse, on condition of not going
too near the rail
After dinner KralinsEy and Mrs
Rusamore walked a little, as on the
previous evening, and Lady Maud sat
with Margaret and Van Torp. But
before the two walkers went off to sit
down in the quiet corner they had
found yesterday, Lady Maud rose,
went half way aft, and deliberately
placed herself where they we're obliged
to pass close to her at each turn,
staRdiag and leaning against the
bright white side of the engine sky
light, which was as high as the wheel
house itself, and broke in aft, where
the big Ventilating fans were situated,
making q square corner inward.
She stood there, and as it was not
very dark in the clear starlight, Kra-
linsky saw in passing that she fol
lowed his face with her eyes, turning
her head to look at him when he was
coming towards her, and turning it
very slowly back again as he came
near and went by. 1t was impossible
to convey more clearly an invitation
to get rid of his companion and join
her, and he was the last man in the
world to misunderstood it.
But Mrs Rushmore saw It too, and
as she considered him a lion, and
therefore entitled to have his own
way, she made 1t easy for him.
My dear count" she said blandly,
after passing Lady Maud twice, Il
have really had enough now, and II
you will promise to finish your walk
alone, think I will go and sit with
the others
He left her with Margaret and Van
Torp and went back to Lady Maud.
who moved as he came up to her,
made two steps beside him, and then
suddenly slipped into the recess
where the farmhouse joined the engine
skyIight She stood still. and he in
stantly ranged himself beside her.
They were quite out of sight OF the
others, and OF the bridge, and even IL
it had been daylight they could not
have been seen except by some one
coming from aft
Il want to speak to you" she said,
in low, steady voice. Please listen
quite quietly, for some of them may
begin to walk again"
kralinsky bent his head twice. and
then inclined 1t towards her. to hear
better what she was going to say
1T has pleased you to keep up this
comedy for "a hours" she began.
He made a slight movement, whicE
was natural under the circumstances.
81 do not understand" he said, in
his oily voice What comedy? real.
ly have no"
Don't go on" she answered. inter
rupting him sharply Listen to what
1 am going to tell you. and then de.
eide what you will do. l don't think
your decision will make very much
difference to me, but it will make a
difference to the world and to your
self I saw you from a window when
you brought Mr. Van Torp to the
hotel in Bayreuth, and l recognized
you at once Since this afternoon ]
have no doubt left"
81 never saw you till last night,
said Kralinsky. with some little sur
prise in his tone, and with perfect as,
surance.
do you really think you can de.
ceive me any longer?" she asked. 81
told you this afternoon that if you
could come back from the dead, and
know the truth, we should probably
forgive each other, though we had
many differences. Shall WEI" She
paused a moment, and by his quick
change of position she saw that he
was much moved. II don't mean that
we should ever go back to the old life,
for we were not suited to each
other from the first, you and l.
You wanted to marry me because
was pretty and smart, and married
you because I wanted to be married,
and you were better looking than
most men. and seemed to have what
/ thought was ecessary-fOrtune and
a decent position. No, don't interrupt
me. We soon found out that we did
not care for each other. You went
your way, and I went mine. l don't
mean to reproach you. for when
say you were beginning to be tired of
me did nothing to keep you. l my