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| the impulse to kiss it. lie was not
quite sure Of himself just then. He
! sat down opposite her and, smiling
whimsically inquired:
Now. where did we leave off?'
/ At first she did not understand.
He enlightened her. Il refer to that
Arabian Nights entertainment in New
York. Where did we leave off that in
teresting discussion"
She smiled brightly. We shall take
up the thread OF that discourse with
the coffee"
why not countermand the order
for dinner? ! am not hungry"
But | am" she replied She was
wholly herself now. The tact with
which he began his address dis-em-
barrassed her. For two days. since
she dispatched the telegram, she had
lived in a kind Of ecstatic terror; she
had even regretted the message. once
it way beyond recall. Il am human
enough to he hungry, sometimes"
She summoned the waiter
The dinner was excellent. but Hill
lard scarcely knew what this or that
plate was. All his hunger lay in his
eyes Besides he did not want to
discuss generalities during the inter
mittent invasions of the waiter. who
never knew how many times he stood
in danger of being hurled over into
the Towering beds of lavender which
banked the path of the second terrace.
And when he brought the coffee and
fingered for further orders. it was
Hillard who dismissed him, rather
CURLY.
looking up at the great leafy arms
you have ever SEEM" she remarked,
above her head.
The most beautiful in all the
world" but he was not looking at the
oak
Think of it, It's many centuries
old. Empires and kingdoms have risen
and vanished. 1t was here when
Michelangelo and Raphael and Titan
were ragamuffins in the pOpuloUs
streets; it was leafing when Petrarch
indited pages to his Laura; when
Dante gazed Mechanically upon his
Beatrice-Oh, what a little time We
have"
Then let us make the most of it,"
he best never to meet again, that to
keep the memory of that night fresh
in our minds. souvenir for old age,
il were wisest to part then. Well, we
can keep the memory of it for our
old age: it win be a little secret be
tween us. and we shall talk it over
on just such nights as this
Isn't this oak the most beautiful
smile. lighted a match. blew it out.
and drew a line across the center of
the table
He laughed. What. again."
observe
why. there is break in it 9"
eagerly and joyousy.
She leaned over. so there is;
but there was no surprise IN her
voice
Now, Let me see" he said mus
ent notice of his movement, she drew
he said
He reached for her hand. which lay
She faced him with an enigmatical
upon the cover: but. without appar-
Il have waited patiently for weeks"
back her hand.
rs it possible for me to come
through
There is one way
Put the caskets before me. Portia;
shall not he less wise than Bassa-
MO
She touched her lips with the
knuckle of a finger in a mood re-
Elective. "A camel and the needles
eye"
That referred to the rich man. All
the world loves a lover, even the
solemn old prophets"
Are you sure" a return of the old
malice.
As a rejOinder he smoothed out the
telegram she had sent to him. why
did you send this to me?"
Her lips had no answer ready; and
who can read a wOman's heart?
There can he but one reason" he
pursued.
Friendship"
There was swish of petticoats,
and she was standing at the side of
her chair. The beginning of the night
was cool, but the fire of the worlds
desire burned in her cheeks. and she
was afraid. She stepped to the rail-
ing. faced the purpling mountains,
lifted her chin. and sang Die Zauber-
flote And Hillard dared not touch
her till the last note was gone. She
felt his nearness. however. as surely
as if he had in fact touched her She