Evening star., 1909-04-11
By BRAN STOKEF
Copyright, 1905 by Bran Stokel
IT Sfafi ALL

forth to mind till each understands with
common force. When soul meets soul
some finer means of expression comes into
play. Something SO fine and of condition
SO rare that other senses raTs neither real-
ize nor conceive.
But in the love all the voices speak. and
speak simultaneously the soul and the
mind and the body. all call, each to its
nie-found mate. What we cau heart
gives the note for that wonderful song of
love: that song of songs whose music Is
as necessary in living world as light or
air. and which is more potent in the end
than the forces of winds or seas.
To Athfyne this new world had dawned.
In the light which made 1t visible to him
other things looked small; some of them
base. And this. though the consciousness
of love was still wanting; it had only
spoken instinctively. The completeness
procity which need not be spoken In
words Athlyne had been very close to it.
The yearning of his own nature had
spoken In that call out Of the depths Of
his heart: Joy. look at me-" And if
there had been tinae for the girls new
wakened love to surge up through the
deep waters of her virgin timidity his
happiness might have been by now COM
piete. AS yet he only believed that there
might yet be happiness for him; he did
not know. Had he seen in Joys beauti-
full eyes the answering look which he
hoped for. he would have been justified
an a change of his plans. He would then
have spoken TO her father at the earliest
possible opportunity. have told him the
entire story of his visit to America under
an assumed name and trusted TO his good
feeling to understand and absolve him.
As il was. he had to accept existing cir
cumstances: and go he prepared himself
for the future First he would get rid
Of his alias. and then he would try to see
Joy again and form some idea of his fate.
After that he would make his confession
to Col Ogilvie: and If the latter still re-
manned friendly he would press his suit.
II some impartial reasoner, like Judy. for
instance had been summing up the mat
ter for him the same would have said:
What are you troubling yourself about
You are as good as he is; you are a
suitable match for the girl in every way
You have a title a large estate, a fine
social position personally. You have a
more than good record as a soldier You
are young, handsome. strong. popular.
| You saved the girls life at the risk OF
your own. Then why. in the name OF
common sense. are you worrying? The
| old man is not an ass: he Will under
| stand at once that you had good reason
for assuming another name. He Will see
| that the circumstances of your meeting
were such that you had no time to unde-
ceive him. He owes you already the deep
/, est debt of gratitude that father can
owe. The girl owes you also her life.
What in the world better chance do you
want? You love the girl Yourself"
| Aye. there it was. He loved the girl
That hampered him.
| During the whole time of the voyage he
Kept to himself. He made no new friends.
not even acquaintances: he had begun to
| Zee! that SO long as he remained under
the shadow of that accursed alias each
momentarily pleasant episode of his life
was only the beginning CT new series OF
social embarrassments. When the ship
arrived at Havre he got off and went al
L tn h0 q a
! few DAYS in the lodgings which he had
taken In the name of Hardy. He set
himself gravely to work to wipe out from
| his belongings every trace OF the false
name. IT was carefully cut or scraped
| from the new luggage. obliterated from
| The new linen and underclothes by the
| smple process OF scissors. The cards and
| stationery were burned. II was with a
/ Sigh of relief that. having discharged AL
| his obligations. he drove to his chambers
| In the Albany and resumed his own name
and his old life. He was however. some
] what restless. He tried to satisfy himself