Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

pretty soon ! put the tray down in the
sand. l said little: there was no hurry.
We were together. and time meant moth
ing against that age-long wash of the sea.
The air blew her hair In small damp
curls against her face. and little by little
the tide retreated. leaving our boat an
oasis in waste of gray sand.
IF seven maids with seven mops swept it for
Do you suppose the Walrus said. that they
could get IL clear:
she threw at me once when she must
have known I was going to speak l
held her hand, and long as I merely
, held it she let it lie warm in mine. But
when l raised it to my lips. and kissed
: the soft. open palm. she drew 1t away
without displeasure.
fell to whistling softly again. her chin
in her hands. Il can't sing" she said,
to break an awkward pause. land SO.
when I'm fidgety. or have something on
my mind. whistle. l hope you don't
dislike it,
Il love it," / asserted. warmly. / did !;
when she pursed her lips like that 1 was
mad to kiss them.
Il saw you-at the station" she said,
suddenly. You-you were in hurry to
pause she drew a long breath Men
are queer, aren't they?" she said and
fell to whistling again.
After while she sat up as if she had
made resolution. Il am going to con-
fess something" she announced. sudden
ly- You said You know. that you had
ordered all this for something you-you
wanted to say to me. But the fact Is I
liked 1t all-came here. I mean. because
! knew you would come and l had
miserable thing NEEDED the accessories
to help me out
II don't want to hear anything that
distresses you to tell l assured her. Il
n lr't
dence. Alison. | came because / couldn't
| help it,. She did not object to nv use
| of her name.
Have you found the--your papers?'
she asked. looking directly at me for al
most the first time.
Not yet. We hope to-
.'The-police have not interfered with
you?"
They haven't had an opportunity. /
equvocated You needn't distress your-
self about that. anyhow"
But 1 do. i wonder why you still be
lieve in me? Nobody else does
Il wonder" I repeated. why l do"
IF You produce Harry Sullivan" she
was saying, partly to herself and if
YOU could connect him with-Mr Bron-
son. and get a full account of why he
was on the train. and all that. tit would
help. wouldn't it,"
I acknowledged that ii would. Now
! that the whole truth was almost in my
! possession. | was stricken with the old
cowardice. / did not want to know what
she might tell me. The yellow line on
the horizon. where the moon was coming
/ up. was broken bit of golden chain: my
heel in the sand was again pressed on a
womans yielding fingers: l pulled my
self together with jerk.
In order that what you tell me may
/ help me. If 1t WILL said. constrainedly,
| 1T would be necessary, perhaps that you
| tell it to the police. Since they have
| found the end OF the necklace
| The end of the necklace!" she re-
! peated. slowly. What about the end of
| the necklace?"
| ! stared at her. Don't you remember
i leaned forward-"the end OF the
cameo necklace, the part that was broken
of and was found in the black sealskin
bag. stained with--with hlood?"
| Blood she said. duly You mean
that you found the broken end? And
| then-you had my gold pocketbook, and
| you saw the necklace in it. and you
| must have thought
II didn't think anything" I FASTENED
| to assure her. 81 tell you. Alison,
never thought OF anything but that you
We're unhappy. and that l had no right
to help YOU. God knows. I thought you
didn't want me to help you
She held out her hand to me and took
lit between both of mine. No word of