Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07
CHAPTER VII-Continued.

CHAPTER VII-Continued.
| AS he had swept pastSher in the drive
man and horse seen singly seemed superb;
but together a dream. Still there was
nothing to fix it in her mind. There needs
some personal quality to fix a dream;
| just as the painter requires a mordant to
hold his colors to the canvas. But such
luxury of thought would have to be post
poQed. 1t would come, of course-later in
the night when there would be loneliness
and silence. So she had to contain her.
| self. and wait.
| When "Mr. Hardy" came back to the
drawing room arm In arm with her father
her heart thrilled. 1t seemed like q prom
| Use of hope If not hope itself. Aunt Judy.
ever watchful, saw and understood. To
her seeing eyes and understanding nature
| there was no mistaking the meaning OF
| the girls unconscious pantomime-those
| impulsive expressions of thought made
through the nerves; the eager half turn
| ing of the ear to catch the sound of the
opening Of the dining room door and the
| passing of the feet In the passageway
| the uplifting Of the head as the drawing
room door began to open: the glad look
in the eyes and the quick intake of the
DT0dlu DIS SIG saw lH0 dIlllUQ6 OIL the Two
men, each to the other
AS he came In Athlyne looked at her: a
| look that seemed to lay any ghost of q
doubt In her mind. She was glad when he
to talk with her mother. She was con-
| tent to wait till when. having done his
social duties, he would find his way to
her. Mrs. Ogilvie had much to say and
detained him. Judy thought. unduly; but
Joy gave no possible sign of impotence.
| When In due course De spoke a few words
| to Judy herself that estimable young lady
managed to find something to say to her
| sister.
| When the guest was at last beside her
in her corner of the room Joy felt that all
| was right and becoming. No matter how
willing woman may be to take steps to
the accomplishment Of her own wishes. 1t
| Is an added pleasure to her when she is
suer. Even the placid pussy-cat when
| her thoughts tend to filtration runs
| slowly-from her mate until she sees that
he notices her going. Then she stops and
sings to HMM her own manner of mu-
| sic-as he approaches.
| The two young people did not use many
| words in their speech: such seemed mad
equate for what they had to say. Suffice
it that what they did say was thoroughly
understood.
Athlyne did not prolong his stay. much
as he would have enjoyed staying. He
felt that 1t would be better. In every way.
II he did not enforce his first opportunity.
Mrs. Ogilvie very graciously hoped that
he would manage to make them a visit
before sailing. Joy said nothing-in
words. He had little conversation with
Col. Ogilvie, who was standing away
from the rest and leaning on the chimney
piece.
When he had gone Joy said goodnight
to them all; she felt that at present she
could not talk the little commonplaces of
affectionate life; and she could not bear
To sshiposS dieonSCad II that acnfa
reasoner on causes and effects In the fe-
male mind, Aunt Judy. had been able to
permeate her heart and brain she would
at once have understood that simple way
Of accepting a mans personality-simul-
acrum. What need Is there to dineren-
| tiate when there is but one? Names are
| given as aids to memory: and at times
memory ceases to be an important mat
| ter.
| The next evening after dinner "Mr.
Hardy became the subject OF converse
ton, and Joy was not comfortable. She
| knew that there must be divergent views
| let them all have their own opinions. She
had hers. Indeed. she would not have
been wholly content to hear him praised
| even up to the perfection which She al
possession Of her own to share even COM
munity Of feeling regarding him with any
| one.
In the night that had passed her own
| feeling had grown, multiplied: the feel
| ings of the others had changed. too. but
| in a different way. The glamour which
| had become for her intensified had for
them been lost in the exactness OF per
| spective. Perhaps it was that Joys night
| had been different from theirs. To her
had come all the evils of reaction. Now
| and again with wearing recurrency came
| the exciting memories Of the day: but al
| ways with that Kaleidoscope inconsis-
| tency which is the condition of dreaming.
Of nonn1p
| toned to self-analysis, else we should per-
haps more widely understand that this
| very inconsistency is mere reproduction.
| While we think we do not think that we
are thinking, and memory does not adj
| Just our thoughts to comparison. But. all
| the time our thoughts are really Grant;
reflections Of the night. which seem to be
| exaggerations or caricatures. are but just
not our own. In the daytime thought is
| too often initiated by carnal or material
considerations. Selfishness. and need and
ambition, and anxiety are bases on which
thought Is built in working and waking
hours But in the dark and freedom Of
| the night the mind borrows the wings Of
the soul and scars away from the body
which is held down by all its weighty re-
that we realize that passion. however
earthly may be Its exciting cause, is In
| itself an attribute or emanation of the
| soul. Over and over again did Joy live
| through the mao moments Oh tHdJ TlUc To-
| ward death. Over and over again did
! that heroic figure sweep up beside her out
| of the great unknown. She began to un-
| derstand now whence came her calmness
| and quickness OF apprehension as she
| realized his presence-the presence Of a
| man who dominated her-even whose
horse in the easness of It's calm intention
outstripped the wildness of her own mad
dened steed. Here again the abstract
mind was working truly: the horse had its
| own proper place in her memories OF the
heroic deed. Over and over again did
| that strong hand and arm seize her; and
over and over again did her body sway to
him and yield itself to the clasp. SO that
| at his command 1t went to him as though
Of its own volition. And then. over and
over again, came the remembrance Of the
poor mad mare disappearing over the
edge: OF the sickening crash from below
and the wild scream Of agony: Of the con-
fused rush and whirl: of the crowding In
OF people; of the vista Of moving car
riages and crowds down the curve of the
road. And then all kept fading away into
a blind half consciousness OF the strong
arm supporting her and her wearied head
resting on his shoulder.
| This evening Mrs. Ogilvie was very
| quietly inclined to be fearful. She, too,
had had a bad night: constant wakings
| from vague apprehensions. horrible mag
inings Of unknown dangers; dread that
she could not localize or specify. Alto
| gether she was upset, something as one
| Is in the low stage following an attack of
| ny steria: nervous, weak, apprehensive, in
| clfpad m niSunderstand things on the