Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

mercilessly the already sufficiently disfgured head
of the bacchante.
Griscom smiled "Was it Shakespeare who said
Who ever loved who loved not at first sight? I'm
not sure of the quotation; but quite agree with the
sentiment
But can one be sure?"
Don't try. Leave the absolute for the scientist"
1T all rather breathless and l not
schoolgirl, Professor Griscom shall be twenty-five
my next birthday. Baltimore called the next day
and do you know what we talked of"
The slackness of the Zoo authorities?''
mo; talked about YOU"
g am f1attered-or at least hope am"
Your must have burned. He could not say
enough in your praise.
That was nice of him; but untruthful."
He said that any fool with neither nerves nor
imagination could blunder in and shoe off over
grown torncat but that it took brave man to walk
forward when half dead with fear and"
e. "Bosh! But it took the fool to do the trick
He also said that it took even Drawer man
calmly to state the true facts of the afterward
when he might have said nothing and passed it off
as a mistake in his methods.
That's the British of it. Next to courage, your
countrymen esteem modesty.
Il agreed with him.
We have talked great deal about you. He came
to see almost every day, and took Aunty and me
to birmingham to watch the polo and to the play,
and then one day he-he-'' ~ ~
asked you to marry him. " . .
MISS WELLESLEY continued to prod at the head
lapleSS
with nscrutabe expression in his clear gray eyes
= What is the matter?" he asked abruptly. E." Why
are you not happier about it? And why did you
come away Immediately on becoming engaged to be
She turned and gave. him a puzzled look. Her
face free from the slightest trace of enbarrass
troubled expression. No to tell the truth it was
chiefly my doing. wanted time: wanted to think:
But it was rather late, vast not-after becom-
ing engaged" ,.. ...., ~,~r,. a. -.s-
afrai6 r. r ont 1cpO Inv
it: Perhaps it just the natural reaction that
comes to woman who has always enjoyed her free
dom when she finds herself-bound
Get rid of that thought.
Then there something else, odd feeling
Of some barrier between us, obstacle can't
describe it,
1 But you are quite free are you not?"
Entirely. Nevertheless, this sense of some OBJ
stacle was always there 1t is strange sense of
something about to happen some duty obligation
Perhaps l am going to die
Then what is it?", She turned to him troubled
face, and her blue eyes met his frankly Her lips
were slightly parted and the flush on her cheeks was
of the same soft tint that of the that
twined the column against which her shoulder rested
CRISCOM studied her thoughtfully and for the
- first time it occurred to him that he had never
seen so lovely face The classic purity of feature
given warmth by the slightest hint of uncon-
scious coquetry the least of upward tits to
otherwise Grecian upper lip raised in the middle,
and quality that lent great subtty to face that
might otherwise have been too open in its candor;
the outer corners of the eyes slightly
higher level than the inner
Grscom looking at her for the first time critically
realized that she was very lovely. He had previ-
ousy felt her charm and appreciated in vague way
her physical attraction; but the strange, intangible
influence the girl had exercised his mind had
masked any actual consciousness of the physical
senses. Now he looked into her face and noticed
its sweetness and purity and strength it was with
quick rush of emotion that surprised and startled
him. for its dominant quality less that of adj
miration, even physical attraction than vague,