Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

thing too?"
A quick flash of surprise which instantly vanished
shone from GriscOms eyes OF course If you Will
do me the honor, he answered quietly. Pardon
me for not suggesting It. There is not much to offer
you, and myself =" n anced down at his dust
covered person, TAO i in condition to Join you.
II insist" said the T. Il am nearly furnished
and did not like the look of the restaurant"
Then" said Grscom, here is table that has
not been used for eighteen hundred years and
here is block that will do as chair, and here he
looked into the basket are sandwiches and chicken
and eggs and cheese and flask of Chianti and bot
tie of NOcera water. Pray be seated.
HE busted the surface of stone with his cap, and
IL the girl, with word of thanks and very high
color, seated herself. For moment their eyes met,
his with the expression of recognition she had seen
before and hers with sudden startled look, both of
which fused into regard of perfect mutual compre-
henson. But neither of the two remarked upon it
DO you know" said the girl as she took the sand
witch Griscom offered her, II am very glad that
chance has brought us together again.
You make me very happy" Grscom took the
only glass and, mixing little of the red wine and
mineral water. offered it to his guest
Because said the girl after we parted and l
had time to think to the conclusion that
perhaps l had done you great wrong
"Indeed?"
If you speak in that dry tone shall not say
another word"
Excuse me. Please go on
"At first l was far too confused in my mind and
that could not be reasonable. l could not seem to
remember anything that had happened-except,'
she colored richly that one thing.
She nodded Il could not understand it. |
could adjust it to any of my ideas, my instincts
in regard you 1t seemed to me SO utterly opposed
to what felt your nature to be- Aside from myself
/ could find no excuse for you.
There was the moon and the solitude and the
scent of the orange blossoms" GriscOm's voice was
dry the ruins of the dead city that surrounde
them.
Hush, pleasel You are trying to spite your self
or me. All of that is what made it SO much the
of birth
and l asked myself in what respect had acted any
differently from housemad taking walk in the
garden on a moonlight night with young man."
If you thought that of yourself" said GriscOm
81 do not blame you for what you thought of me-"
Not nearly SO i'll, when l came to think. l re-
membered that you man
oh GOMEZ Not so bad that!''
Il remembered that you young man, and
a-'pretty girl >" her lip curled, and that we had
met first in most romantic circumstances, and then
met again and walked in the gardens of Tiberus by
the light of the Italian moon, and talked of having
been associated in former incarnation, and then
got lost and head first into a bank of orange
blossoms, and and" she paused and looked at
him with puzzled eyes.
And them" said Griscom gently.
After that don't seem to remember exactly
what happened until" she dropped her eyes,
Until you found yourself in my arms?"
She nodded. then looked up at him questioningly.
What happened in the meantime! How did we
Griscom looked at her thoughtfully. You walked
there while was looking for the path; then fol-
loved you.
II walked there of my own accord? But don't
understand, even then what-what-"
What led up to it allf"
"Precisely
I'm afraid l can't tell YOU"
A shadow crossed her face. Does that mean
that you won't?'
TO some extent Let us say that it was swift
times between men and women. Under certain
dtions surrounding influences take the bits in their