The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-26

gown. and found Mr. HARRISON there,
staring through the February gloom at
the blank wall of the next house. and
quite unconscious Of the reporter with a
drawing pad just below him in the area
way. went over and closed the shut
ters before his very eyes, but even then
he did not move.
'fWill you be good enough to turn
aIound?'' demanded at last.
oh" he said. wheeling. Are you
here?r
There wasn't any reply 70 that SO
took the watch and placed 1t on the IL
brary table between us. The effect was
all that l had hoped He stared at it
for an instant, then at me, and with his
hand outstretched for It, stopped.
Where did you find It?" he asked.
couldn't understand his expression. He
looked embarrassed, but not at ali afraids
Il think you know, Mr.. Harbison," I
retorted
II wish did. You opened it?"
YES"
We stood looking at each other across
the table Il was his glance that wa
vered.
About the picture-of you he said at
last You see, down there in South
America a fellow hasn't much to do in
the evenings. and IA chum Of mine and
I-were awfully down on what we called
the plutocrats, the-the leisure classes
And when that picture of yours came in
the paper we had-we had an argument
He said" lie stopped.
What did he say"
We'll, he said II was the picture OF an
empty-faced society girl
Obi / exclaimed
I'll maintained there were possible
ties in the face" He put both hands on
the table. and. bending forward. looked
down at me. well. / was a fool, I ad-
nit. / said your eyes were kind and can
did. In spite of that naughty mouth. You
see. / said / was a fool
II think you are exceedingly rude I
managed finally. IF you want to know
where I found your watch, II was down
in the coal cellar. And II you admit you
are an idiot, I am not. II know all
about Bella's bracelet-and the board on
the roof. and-oh. If you would only
leave-Anne's necklace-on the coal, or
somewhere-and get away
My voice got beyond me then, and I
dropped into a chair and covered ray
face. / could feel him staring at the
back of my head.
well, I'll be- something or other he
said finally, and then he turned on his
heel and went out BY the time I got
my eyes dry Eyes, ] was crying; / al
ways do when / am angry / heard Jim
coming downstairs, and tucked the
watch out of sight. Would any one have
foreseen the trouble that watch would
make!
Jim was sulEy He dropped into a
chair and streaehed out his legs, looking
gloomily at nothing. Then he got up and
ambled into his den. closing the door be-
hind him without having spoken word
1t was more than human nature could
stand
When I went into the den he was
stretched on the davenport with HIS face
buried IN the cushions He looked abso-
lutely wilted, and every line OF him was
dropping.
eco on out. Kit" he said. In a smoth-
cred voice. BE a good girl and don't
follow me around"
You are shameless 7 gasped. Fol
low you, When you are hung around my
neck like alike a" milestone was what
wanted TO say. but I couldn't think
of it.
He turned over and looked up from his
cushions like an ill-treated and suffering
eherub.
IA NpAe ASI, hAts nc Ekpd4Nu- Del
la went up to the studio after We left
and investigated that corner"
what did she find? The neckiace7' I
asked eagerly. He was too wretched to
notice this.
mo: that picture OF you that I did last
winter. She is crazy-she says she is
going upstairs and sit IN TakahirOs room
and take smallpox and die"
'Fiddlesticks!' I said rudely. and some
body hammered on the door and opened
Il.
Pardon me for disturbing your Bella
said in her best dear-me-I m glad-I-
knocked manner. "'But-Flannigan says
the dinner has not come"
Good Lordi'' Jim exclaimed. 7 for
got 10 order the COMPOUNDED dinnerr
1t was o'clock by that time, and as II
took an hour at least after telephoning
the order, everybody looked blank when
they heard. The entire family. except
Mr. HARRISON. who had not appeared
again, escorted Jim TO the telephone and
sung around hungrily. suggesting new
dishes every minute And then - he
couldn't raise Central 1t was fifteen
minutes before we gave up. and stood
staring at one another despairingly.
Call out Of window and get one Of