New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

with his own mood. but his set face gave no
token of the storm within He only SAID quietly.
" How good 1t must be 10 have YOU as frlend-
"I have no reason to feel other than friendly
TO Mr. Bower she protested hutly % Il was
the rarcst good fortune for me that he came 20
NaloEgil ! met hIm once IN London, and a
second time, 10y accident, during my Journey
to Switzerland Yet widely known as he Is IN
society, he was sufficiently large minded % dis
regard the succrs and Inuucudoes ut some oi
those horrid women IN the hotel He has gone
out OF his way 10 show me every kindness Why
should | not repay It by speaking we'll OF him:
" / shall lay my head on the nearest tree
stump, and YOU can Smtre me with your AK
good and hard, said Speuser
She laughed angrilv ' / don't know what
evil influence -s possessing u.s. she cr1ed
" Everything Is awry. Even the sun refuses 70
shine. Here am ! storning at one 10 whom
"Nol" he broke IN decisiveIy Don't put 1t
that way. because the whole credit OF the re1et
expedition IS due 20 StImpa say Miss Nyn-
ton, may | square my small services by asking
a favoT,'
"Oh. yes. indeed
We'll, then If 1t lies IN your power. keep
Starupa and Bower apart In any event. don
intervene IN their quarrel
d" So YOU are quite serious III Your btuef that
there Is "a quarrel"
The American saw again IN his minds eve
the scene in the Crcvassc when Bower had raised
his TO strike. Quite serious he replied
and the gravity III his voice was 50 marked that
Helen placed = contrItc hand on ms arm for an
instant
Please. am sorry If was rude to YOU just
uowi" she said have had long day, and
my nerves are worn 10 fine edge ! used 10
latter myself that ! hadn't any nerves. but
they have come to the surface here. Il must be
the thin air
Then 1t IS q bad place for an American
A II that reminds me Of something | had for
I
TO remain IN MaloggId- Is that too 1nqUSl-
tive on my part2 | can account for the pres
euce OF the other Americans IN the hotel They
belong TO the Paris colony. and are interested
in tennis and golf | have not seen You playing
either game In fact YOU moon about in soil
tarv grandeur Ike myself And-uh, dear
what a string of questions lis II true that YOU
wanted to play baccarat with Mr. Bower :or
thousand pounds
1t IS true that | agreed to share a bank with
Mr Dunston and the figure YOU mention was
suggested but backed out OF the proposition
"Whv?"
Because your friend Mr.. Hare thought he
was responsible IN a sense, having introduced
me to Dunston. So | let up on the idea,-JuSt
to stop HIM from feeling bad about 1t.
You really meant to play IN the first in
stance?"
Yes"
well, it was very wicked OF YOU Only the
other day you were telling ME how hard you
:
sand pounds"
From that point of view my conduct was
idiotiC But | would like TO carry the story a
little further, Miss Wynton l was IN mood
that night to oppose Mr. Bower for a much
more valuable stake if the chance offered
1t is rather shocking said Helen.
al suppose 50. OF course, there are prizes
IN life that cannot be measured by monetary
standards
He was not looking at the Oregna now, and
the girl by his side well knew it. The great rev
elation that flooded her soul with light while
crossing the Forno came back with renewed
power. She did not pretend to herself that the
words were devoid of hidden meaning and her
heart tluttered with subtle ecstasy. But she
was proud and self reliant,-So proud that she
crushed the tumult in her breast, self reliant
that she was able to give him a tiulid smile.
That deals with the second head of the IN
dictment, then" she said lightly Now for
the first. Why did you select the Engadine for
your holiday?"
If | could tell YOU that. | should know some
thing of the occult impulses that govern mems
lives One minute | was in London, meaning
to 90 north. The next | was hurrying to buy a
ticket for st. Mortz."
But She meant TO continue, You ar
rived here the same day as / did" Somehow
that did not sound the right thing to say. Her
tongue tripped, but she forced herself to frame
a sentence 1t IS odd that you, like myself, |
should have hit upon an out Of the way place
like Maloggia The difference is that was sent
here whereas YOU came OF your own free will -
- guess YOU are right, said he, laughing as |
though she had uttered exquisite joke. |
Yes that Is Just II. | can imagine two Young |
English swallows. meeting IN Algeria IN the |
winter, twittering explanations of the same |
sort.