Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-12-31

sicove window and hooked down into
the gisstening str~es The venetian
rcd Of her hair trapped the reflected
sunlight from the opposite windows
aud two little points Of silver danCca
IN her blue eyes An ba, her eyes
were t.Rgs hire sc spriag water n the
mernlax. blue ~ he summer sSy SrSu
threa 81 cleft "a The moGalaiNS. tlsae
rs tarES taEnit With the same aeers -
gold ARD rsErs fvasure ana taufear
Of the face harsaenised With the mar
velauS hair ard the wonderful eyes. a
beautiful fave. warm slsvamy. engass
tne. uaeif. II Was nat the race 81
worldly wesnans neither VAS II the
face ~ gsgl II WAS too eastioeai
fer the sceond ard there was NOT
enough censral for the tlrst
Rut the prophecy Of laughter did not
come TO pass. The little wrinkles faded
the mouth grew sad. and the silver
points No longer danced In Der eyes
The pain In her heart was always
shadawing. She had seen her fsirext
dream beaten and crumpled upon the
reef Of disiitusson.
Yet again the smile renewed itself
She was creature of varying moods.
She twisted and untwisf~si the news
papcs Should shef Ought shef Had
she not always regretted these sings-
lar impulscsi And yet weat harm TO
read this letter and return Il 10 the
senderf She was - lonely here. II
was like being among Z strange people.
% long ago was N that her foot had
touched this soil. Was 4 possible that
she was tweuty.ovef IVES there not
some miscount. and was II not fifteen
ineteads Would not this war Of wis
dom and folly be decided ere iongf
She opened the paper and smooth~i
out the folds. Mime. Angot- Therc
IL letter for you 10 the mali depart
meat OF this office. Ii was so drotl
II was unlike anything she had ever
heard of--a personal inquiry column.
where Cupids and fsyehes billed aud
eooed TIE merest chance had thrown
the original inquiry under her notice,
Her answer was an impulse to which
she had given 90 second thought TIL
too late. She ought 10 have Ignored
II. But she was lonely the people she
knew were ant of town. ard the Jest
might amnse her
This man was In all probability a
gentleman sfnre he was member OF
a gentiemen's club Rut second thought
convinced her that this proved nothing
Men are often called gentlemen out OF
compliment 10 their ancestors. Still.
II this man only saw the affair from
her angle Of vision, the gretesque hu.
NOR of II and not the common vulgar
intrigue. She hesitated. ~ we'll she
might. Surprising that eventually he
found ont who she wasy That would
never. never do No one must knew
that she was In America, about to step
into the widest OF Wild adventures
No: she must not be found out The
king. who had been kind to her and
the court must never know. From
their viewpoint they would have Dc
clared that she was about TO tarntsh
q distinguished name. 10 outrage the
Otit&t att~t'H-tuRN " tfhtotsss sss'
court OF Italy. Bur she had her own
opinion: what she proposed to do was
In Itself harmless and innocent Rni
this gentleman who leaned out Of the
Window She had seen the match
nare In the young mans face. Was
II the face she Ind seen In that Hash
Of light that interested her sufficiently
|. To risk the notey Against the dark ii
the night II had appeared Tor an In
stunt. clean, crisp, ruddy NJ cameo
The face warranted confidence.
She had sung because she had beer
happy. happy With thar transient hap
piness which A. times war her portion
Could she ever judge anotber stnan by
his looks? She believed not. How
she had run. The man. bareheadcd
giving chase and the burly policeman
across the street!