Arizona republican., 1909-06-13

the face of this adventures, as you call her, Kitty Killigrew will pass with all the other lasses."
 'I?" indignantly Rot! She won't hold a candle to Kitty"
 No, not a candle but the most powerful light known to the human unconsciously
 Merrihew. You tack that sigh to everything you say; and that's what I've been complaining about" Hillard was human; he might be deeply in love, but this had not de- stroyed his healthy sense of humor | So he laughed at himself
 Then they unused silently for a while. On either side, from their window balcony, the lights of Lung arno spread out in a brilliant half | circle, repeating themselves, after the fashion of women, in the mirror of the Arno. On the hill across the river the statue of David was visible above the Piazza Michelangelo.
 You never told me what she was | like,'' said Merrihew finally.
 Haven't I? Perhaps you never asked. We went through the Pitt Palace today. I couldn't drag you away from Raphaers Madonna of the Chair. She is as beautiful as that"
 Imagination is wonderful thing" was Merrihews solitary comment. Mine has not been unduly worked in this instanse." Hillard declared with emphasis. Beauty in women has always been to me something in | the abstract, but it is no longer There is one thing which I wish to | impress upon you, Dan. She is not an adventures. She has made no ef- fort to trap me. On the contrary, she has done all she could to keep out of my way"
 Its a curious business; the din ner the mask, the veil, the mystery tell you frankly Jack, something's wrong, and we shall both live to find it out"
 But what? Heaven, on earth, what? Haven't I tried to figure it out till my brain aches? I haven't gone forward a single inch. On the steps of the Formosa I told her that ! loved her. There, you have it. I was in doubt till I looked at her face, and then l knew that I had met the one woman. and that there was a barrier between us that was not self-imposed. Not even friend ship, Dan; not even an ordinary thing like that l have spoken to this woman on only two occasions. and only once have l seen her face. I am not a disciple of the theory of a I hn An educated, rational man must have something besides physical beauty; there must be wit, intellect, accom- plishments. Usually We recognize the beauty first, and then the other at tributes, one by one, as the ac- quaintance ripens. With me the things have been switched round. The accomplishments came first; I became fascinated by a voice and a mind But when I saw her face Oh, well, Mrs. Sandford warned me against her; the woman herself has warned me; the primal instinct of self preservation has warned me: yet, here l am, I had not intended to bother you. Dan"
 Tt doesn't bother me, it worries me If I have hurt you with any of my careless jests, forgive me" Mer rihew now realized that his friend was in a bad way. Still, there was a hidden gladness in his heart, that Hillard, always railing at his tMer- rihew's) affairs, was in the same boat now, and rudderless at that.
 You haven't hurt me, Dan. As a matter of fact, Jour gibes have been a tonic. They have made me face the fact that I was on the nigh road to imbecility."
 What shall you dO?"
 Nothing. When we have seen Florence we'll drop down to Perugia and Rome, then up to the Italian lakes; after that, rome, if you say. The bass season will be on then, and we've had some good sport on Lake Ontario"
 '1lass!H Merrihew vent through the pleasant foolery of casting a line, of. drawing the bait, of lifting the hook and of reeling in -Four pounds, Jack He fit hard. as old Joe used to say. Remember"
 And so naturally they fell to re- counting the splendid catches of the gsmiest fish in water. When the interest in this waned, Hillard looked at his watch.
 "Only nine" he said. Lets go over to Gambrinus' and heac tGe music.'
 And brink a boot Of beer. Batter than moling here" ]
 The Hotel Italie was but q few blocks form the Piazza Vittorio 1 Emanuele They found the Halle crowded, noisy and interesting. The music was good, as it always is in Italy, and the beer had the true Ger man flavor Muenchener Handsome | uniforms frightened the scene and | there was flirting and laughter, in | which Merirhew found opportunity 1 to join.
 If Kitty should see youi"
 Well. what if she did? When I'm | married to her it will be mutually | understood that so long as l do not speak to them I may look at | pretty women"
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