The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-03

the fine form of his long, plain face,
and the sensitive line of his long thin
lips made Harry's beauty look-well.
how did it look? Hardly callous.
This mixed impression the two men
gave her was disconcerting. She was
all the more ready to be wary of the
stranger. She had begun with him in
the way she did with every one-in-
stinctively throwing out a breastwork
of conversation from behind which she
could observe the enemy. But though
he had blinked at it, he had not taken
her up, nor helped her out; but had
merely stood with his head a little
canted forward, as IL he watched her
through her defenses.
But a Francisco must seem SO
limited after London" she had wound
up; and the way he had considered il,
a little humorously, down his long nos,
made her doubt the interest of cities to
be reckoned in round numbers.
It's all extraordinary he said.
You're quite as extraordinary in your
way as we in ours"
Oh she wondered, still vexed with
his inventory, II had aways supposed
us awfully commonplace. What is our
way, please?"
An he said, measuring his long
step to hers as they sauntered a little,
Tor one thing, you're SO awfully good
to a fellow. In London'-and he
nodded back, as If London were merely
across the room-"they're awfully rood
to the somebodies. It's the way you
take In the nobodies over here that is
SO astonishing-the stray leaves that
blow in with your trade and cant
show any credentials but a letter or
two, and their faces; and those'-his
diablerie danced out again-'sometimes
such deucedly damaged ones
1t was almost indecent, this parade
of his nonentity! She wanted to saw,
Oh. hush! Those are the things one
only enjoys-never taIks about" But
instead, somewhere up at the top of her
voice, she said: "Oh, we always lock
up u silverl'
But even then" he quizzed her, IT
wonder how you dare to dc it?"
Perhaps we have to, because we our
selves are all ('without anv Gre
dentials but those you mention"o she
mad been about to say-but there she
caught herself on the very edge of Civ
ing herself and all the rest of them
away to him; AL so awfully bored"
she mischievously ended with the daint
lest. faintest possible yawn behind her
spread fan.
He looked as If she had taken him by
surprise; then laughed out. "Oh, that
Is the way they do here he provoked
her. You mustn't, when I'm not ex-
pecting it,"
Then what are you expecting?" she
inquired a little scoolly.
Well" he federated, not expect
ing o to get me ready for a sweet,
and then pop in a pickle; and present.
~ expecting, hoping. anxiously antici-
pating. what you really care to say
He was expecting. she looked malic-
iously, more han he was likely to get;
but the fact that he did see through
her to that extent was at once delight
full and alarming. She swayed back
into the shadow beyond the dazzling
line of light. She wanted to escape his
scrutiny, to be able to look him over
from a safe vantage-ground. But he
wouldn't have it An instant he stood
under the torrent of White radiance.
challenging her to see what she ould-
then followed her into her retreat.
Shall we sit here?' he said, and she
found herself hopelessly cut off and
isolated with the enemy.
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