The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-20

Iiy now a few OF lhe GUESTS. theater
bound for the most part. weu' leaving.
Here aud there q table stood vacant
that had been Glled. cloth furnished.
chairs dleaFranged. On another moment
% 30 transformed into Iis pristine bril-
lianre under che 6efi attentions OF the
servHors..
Ilowu an aisle. past the table eel
Whlrh the Rirl was sitting. came two.
making toward the lobby the man. q
slight and meageE young personality,
In the lead Their parry had attracted
Kirkwo0d's notice az they entered
why. be- did not remember. but Il was
IN his mind that then they bad been
three Instinctively BE- looked AZ the
Iuble they bed left. one placed at some
Distance from the girl aud hidden from
her by an angle IN the wall u APP
rpared. that the third member had
chosen 10 daily q few moments over
his tobacco aud q llQueur brandy.
Klrkwood could see him plainly loung-
lng IN his chair and fumhllng the stem
os glass. q heavy man Of somber
habit. bis black and sullen brOws low
erlng and thoughtful above a face
boldly handsome.
The woman Of the trio was worthy
Of closer attention. Some PAGES In the
wake Of her IackluEter esquire she
wis making a leisuroly progress, trall-
lng the skirts OF a 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 ihsolent eyes reviewing the room
from beneath their heavy lids, a metal.
d. and mature type Of dark beauty
suprpmely self confident and self pos
sesspd
Men turned Involuntary TO look aft
or her. not altogether IN unf nuted adj
mlrntlOn
IN the act OF passlns bruIuu the pu-
tatlye Calendar she paused momenta-
rliy. bending as II to Eathrr up her
train Presumably the action disturb
ed her balance She swuyed n little
and IN the effort 90 recover rested the
tips Of her gloved fingers upon the
edge Of the table simultaneously
tIIlrkwoOd could have sworn sin
gle word left her lips a word evident.
~ pitched for the ear IT the hypothet-
teal Calendar alone Then she swept
90. lmperturbable, assured.
To the perplexed observer II was In
dubitubly evident that some commu-
nicatioD had passed from the woman
60 the man. KlrkwOod saw the fat
shoulders OF the girls companion stiff
en- suddenly as rhc womnn's hand rest
cd az his elbow AS she moved away
little ripping SILVER was plainly Wis
lble IN the muscles. Of his back beneath
bis coat. mute token Of relaxing ten
sion An instant later one plump and
notified hand WIS curelessly placed
where the wOmnu's bad been and
WIS az once removed with hngers
rlOsed
To the girl. watching her face COW
ertly. KIrkwOOd turned Tor clew 20
the incident Hp. mrdr uo doubt that
she hid observed the passage Proof
ut that one found In her sudden star
Hing pnllur cot lndlgnatlOnyl and IN her
eyes. briefly ullght With some inscruta.
BILE emotion though quickly yelled By
iuwrrpd lnshes Slowly enough she
rpgnIned color and compOsure. while
her vis.n.yis sat m0tioulrss head in-
rllned. NJ a. In thought
Abruptly the man turned IN bis
chair to summon waiter ana exposed
his pronleS Kirk wood was IN nOwise
anmzd TO recognize Cnlendar-a bad
~ frightened Calendar now however.
aud hardly 10 be- Identified with the
sleek. Glib fellow WIN Ind Interviewed
KlFkwOOd IN the afternoon fills dab
BY cheeks were asher IND trembling
and upon the back OF bis chair the fst
white angers were drumming inceg-
sanity an inandible tattoo OF shattered
nerves
Scared sillyr commented Kirk
who'd "WhyT'
Having spoken to hls waiter, Calen-
dsr for some seconds raked the room
With quick glances. ~ II seeking an
acquaintance. Presumably dlSappoint.
ed. he swung back TO face the girh
berding forward 90 reach Der ears
with accents low pitched and conf
DENTAL She on bier part fell "a once
attentive. grave and responsive. Per-
hnps dozen sentences passed DO
tween them. Al the outset Der brOwn
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