New-York tribune., 1909-11-07

com, wi-will you not take bite, if-if eat some
thing toO?'
\ quick flash of surprise which instantly vanished
shone from Griscoms eyes. "Of course, if you viii
do me the honor" he answered quietly. Pardon
me for not suggesting It. There is not much TO o'er
YOU, and myself 80, n lnCed down at his dust
covered person, TIA u in condition to JOIN YOU
Il insist" said the J. am nearly tamiShed-
and did not like the look of the restaurant
Then" said GriscOm, here IS a table that has
not been used for some eighteen hundred years, and
here is block that will do as chair, and here he
looked into the basket, are sandwiches and chicken
and eggs and cheese and flask OF Chlantl and bot
tie OF NOcera water. Pray be seated
lie busted the surface of a stone with his cap and
II the girl with word of thanks and very high
color seated herself. For moment their eyes met,
his with the expression of recognition she had seen
before and hers with sudden startled look both OF
which fused into a regard of perfect mutual cOmpre-
hension. But neither of the two remarked upon IT.
DO YOU know" said the girl as she took the sand
wich GriscOm offered her, Il am very glad that
chance has brought together again.
You make me very happy" Griscom took the
only glass and mixing little of the red wine and
mineral water, offered IT to his guest
Because" said the girl, after parted and |
had time TO think | came to the conclusion that
perhaps | had done you great wrong
IF you speak in that dry tone, shall not say
another word"
Excuse me. Please go on"
AT first | was far too confused in my mind and
so overwhelmed with shame and anger and remOrse
that | could not be reasonable. | could not seem TO
remember anything that had hapPened-except,
she colored richly that thing"
MY kissing you?'
She nodded Il could not understand it.
couldnot adjust it to any of my ideas my instincts
in regard TO YOU 1t seemed to utterly opposed
10 what felt your nature TO be. Aside from myself,
/ could find no excuse for YOU"
There the moon and the solitude and the
scent of the orange blossoms GriscOm's voice
dry the ruins of the dead city that surrounde
them.
Hush, pleasel You are trying to spite yourself
me If hat Vh al made The
have pride of birth Professor GriScOm,
and | asked myself in what respect had acted any
differently from a hOusemad taking a walk in the
garden on a moonlight night with new young man.
If YOU thought that of yourself, said GriSCOn
II do not blame YOU for what you thought of -
Not nearly so i'll, when came TO think | re-
membered that YOU a man
oh comel Not so bad as thati'
Il remembered that YOU a young man. and
a-'pretty girl, her lip curled, and that had
met first i'll most romantic cirCun stances and then
met again and walked in the gardens of TiberuS by
the light of the Italian moon, and talked of having
been associated in former incarnation, and then
got lost and head first into bank of orange
blossoms, and-and-" she paused and looked at
him with puzzled eyes.
And them said Griscom gently.
"After that | don't seem to remember exactly
what happened. until" she dropped her eyes,
bluShing furiOusly.
Until YOU found yourself in my arms3"
She nodded then looked up at him questionngly
&" " hat happened in the meantime? How did we
get down in that place.
Grscom looked at her thOughtfully. You walked
there while | was looking for the path; then | fol-
lowed you"
Il walked there of my own accord? But don
understand, even then what-what-"
What led up to 1t all
Precisely"
I'm afraid | can't tell YOU"
shadow crossed her face. Does that mean
that YOU WON'T"
To some extent. Let us say that it was swift
and irresistible impulse. Such things happen some
times between men and women. Under certain con-