Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01

and then he seemed quite pleased to
remember that I'd been Fanny and
he'd been Levi Longlegs.' and that he
used to whistle things out Of ParsifaP
by the fire of an evening"
''Well-but in that case" Marga-
ret stopped with an inquiring look.
Gust So" continued Van Torp, nod
ding Did you ever attend trial
and hear a witness being cross-ex-
amined by a lawyer who wants him to
remember something, and he wants to
remember it himself, but can't be-
cause he never heard Of 1t before in
his life? It's quite funny. The law
yer makes steps for him and puts his
feet into them so that he gets along
nicely, unless the Judge happens to
wake up and kick, and then the little
game stops right there, and somebody
laughs. Well, my talk with Kralinsky
was like that, only there was no
judge, so he went away happy; and
we're old friends now, and punched
cows on the same ranch, and he's
coming on my yacht. / only wonder
why he was SO anxious to remember
all that. and why he thought it would
be kind of friendly II l called him
Levi Longlegs again, and he called
me Fanny Cook. l wonder! He says
he's still very fond of 'Parsifal.' and
came on purpose to hear it, but that
he's completely forgotten how to whis-
tie. That's funny, too. l just thought
I'd tell you, because If you come on
my yacht and he comes. too, you're
liable to see quite a good deal of one
another"
Did you tell him that Mrs. Rush
more and I would Gomez Margaret
asked. And Lady Maud?"
why. no. You've not promised yet,
any more than you did last night
when we talked about 1t, SO how
could 1? 1 forgot to mention Lady
Maud to him, or else I thought
Wouldn't forget which. 1t doesn't
matter"
NO" Margaret smiled. Not lit
tie Bit"
you seem amused" observed Mr.
Van Torp.
by your way OF putting II and
your pretending to forget such q
thing"
TT wasn't quite true that forgot,
but 1 wanted to. so I didn't say any
thing about her. That's why 1 put IL
in that way 1 don't choose to leave
you any doubt about what 1 say. or
mean, even in the smallest things.
The moment you feel the least doubt
about the perfect accuracy of any
thing tell you, even If It's not at all
a downright lie or anything resem-
bling one. you won't trust me at all.
in anything. Because, If you trust
me- you'll end by liking me. and IL
you don't trust me you'll go back to
thinking that I'm the Beast out Of
Revelation, or something, as you
used to-
I've forgotten all about the Beast"
Margaret said.
Thank you" answered Er Van
Torp. ITO change the subjective
got little scheme to propose. May
be you'll think well of 1t. Anyhow,
as it's a mere matter of business con-
nected with your career, you won't
mind my explaining it to you, will
your"
No, indeed" Margaret was inter
ested at once. do tell mel" she said,
leaning forward little.
WELL" he began, I've looked
around this place a good deal since
I've been here. and I've come to the
conclusion that it's not very well
done, anyhow, except 'Parsifal' That's
what most of the people really come
for. I'm informed that they give all
the other operas better in Munich,
with the advantage of being in what
you may call Christian town, COM
pared with this. Is that correct, do
you think?"
Yes. believe so.''