Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-09

| ansformed Into It's pristine bril- liance under the delft attentions of the eervitors.
 Down an aisle. past the table at | whlch the girl was sitting. came two, making toward the lobby. the man. a slight and meager young personality. in the lead. Their party had attracted 1 Kirkwoed's notice as they entered why. he did not remember. but 1t was in his mind that then they had been three lnstinctively he looked at the table they had left. one placed nt some diStnnce from the girl and hidden from her by an angle In the wall. Ii np- peared that the third member had chosen to daily few moments over his tobacco and a liqueur brandy. Kirkwocd coud zee him plainly lOung- ing in his chair and fumbling the stem of d glass. heavy man of somber habit. his black and sullen brows low eriug and thoughtful above face boldly handsome.
 The woman of the trio was werthy of closer attention. Some paces in the wake of her lackluster esquire she was making leisurely progress. trail- ing the skirts of n gown magnificent beyond dispute. half concealed though ii was by the opera cloak whose soft folds draped her shoulders Slowly. carrying her head high. she approach ed. insolent eyes reviewing the room from beneath their heavy lids. metal lir and mature type of dark beauty supremely self confident and self pos stssed.
 Men turned involuntarily to look aft CT her. not altogether in undiluted ad- miration.
 In the act of passing behind the pu- tative Calendar she paused mOmenta- rily. bending as if to gather up her train. Presumably the action disturb ed her balance. She swayed a little md in the effort to recover rested the tips of her gloved fingers upon the edge of the table. Simultaneously (Ilirk wood could have sworn, T sin gle word left her lips. word evident iy pitched for the ear of the hypothet- icai Calendar alone. Then she swept on. imperturbable. assured.
 To the perplexed observer 1t was ip- dubitnbly evident that some commu- nication had passed from the woman to the man. Kirkwood saw the fat shoulders of the girls companion stiff en suddenly as the woman's hand rest ed at his elbow. As she moved away little rippling shiver was plainly wis ibe in the muscles of bis back beneath his coat, mute token of relaxing ten sion. An instant later one plump and mottled hand was carelessly placed where the wonan's had been and was ut once removed with fingers closed.
 To the girl. watching her face cov- erily. Kirkwood turned for a clew to the incident He made no doubt that she had observed the passage. Proof of that one found in her sudden star tling pallor tof indignation?, and In her eyes. briefly alight with some inscruta. ble emotion. though quickly yelled by lowered lashes. Slowly enough she regained color and composure. while her v,s-a-vis sat motionless. head in- ciined. as if in thought
 Abruptly the man turned in his chair to summon waiter and exposed his profile. KirkwoOd was in nowise amazed to recognize Calendar-a bad iy frightened Calendar now. however. and hardly to be identified with the sleek. glib fellow who had interviewed Kirkwood In the afternoon His fab hv cheeks were ashen and trembling. and upon the back of his chair the fat white fingers were drumming inces- sanity an innudible tattoo of shattered nerves.
 Scared sillyr' commented Kirk. wood. "Whyr'
 Having. spoken to his waiter. Calen- dar for some seconds raked the room with quick glances. as If seeking an acquaintance. Presumably disappoint- ed. he swung back to face the girl. bending forward to reach her ears with accents low pitched and conf dential She on her part fell at once attentive. grave and responsive Per -