The Dolores star., 1910-03-04
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CHAPTER L-Basii Tempest, @orid's
l1eatest novelist and poet. refusing to b
wen. his country home. His gloomy usdi-
Setions are broken by his housekeeper
yAho has disobeyed his orders not to ad-
LEy Carew. an American. who has come
70 EnFiand TO write . study of the au-
thor. but most Of ali to get q synopsis
promised a good position with "t a mssa, sssa
sine II successful. Tempest. In anger de-
elares he will write no more. and asks
repsnts Of his rudeness in sending her
away a. night In the rain. He overtakes
her, but she refuses to return to Craven
Next morning Lucy receives : note from
Tempest, apologixing for his rudeness and
c~ering to assist her In writing her es-
s:s: as sss 70 Sriss hss' who h''
Put he was utterly unprepared for
the note which came instead Of Lucy
Carew. He read II. the look Of con-
tent his thought Of her coming called
forth scarcely cold on his face: he re-
read and turned II over In hopes that
she would on the last page change her
cruel mind! Then he flung II down
with an angry exclamation and looked
about his lonely rooms They had
lately been to him worse than lonely,
and IN Involuntary shiver passed over
him ~ he glanced at corners where
ghostl!ke habitants were growing
tenacious In possession. At the side
Of the Nwindow-casing hung . mirror
In an Ald brass frame between the
vivid lights Of the full afternoon.
Tempest strode up to It. throwing his
heavy hair from his forehead: gazed
into the glass. ~seered in. searching
the cold. rejecting surface As II he
would tear from II some flaming, nj.
raculous revelation Of himself. -.
Turning away with . sigh. he rang
for his man servant.
PACK me valise and order the
Pmotur carve take the London ex.
press. Wire for rooms at the Carl
ton"
Either his desire for Miss Carew's
society was not sufficiently strong to
warrant his usual brusque stormins Of
her door. or he may have felt q dan.
ger not before acknowledged In his re.
k8tiouB WIN Woiucu uOt ~
much a. look towards the rose-cov.
cred cottage at the back Of its cab.
bage and hollyhock patch as his mo-
tor flashed BY II. and Lucy Carew.
- chance would have II. was not
there to observe his sudden departure.
She had gone for q long tramp over
fields. and even then was looking at
Crsvea Ind Its towers from . distant
hill.
Lady Ormond was one Of those
women who are part Of pleasure a.
flowers are Of feasts She and her type
are needed to make part Of the-hap.
piness.-the festivals. rather. that are
held In order to awaken what goes In
loves stead throughout the lives Of
many men and to stimulate what 70
the more heavy.footed brother Of &C.
stasy-excitement She was q thcr.
ough woman Of the world; intelligent.
without ever having followed an idea
to IL source or conclusion: sympa.
thetic. without ever having In her
life been touched: caressing. without
ever having known what love WAS In
the course Of her thirty odd years. The
nearest approach To reality had been
her sentiment for the man to whom
for several years she had given her
time and her society. with whom fash.
Ion had linked her name. No nature
could come into relation with Basil
Tempest without broadening: were II
@ narrow ~ . hair. Il must expand
or break. and Lstitia oYmond's had
expanded to its utmost 'imit-so far
that II created . sene with her at
times that actually hurt.
Tempest had gradually drunk q The
deepest waters she had TO offer. and
shs knew Il. The fact that she had
No more refreshing draught TO give
him st his imperious demand. that he
had reached the bed Of the stream.
would have desolated . woman Who
really loved. But Lady ormond wanted
10 sscape-Upt Tempest. exactly. but
The fact Of her deAeiency. She knew
she could never Be again TO another
what she had been 10 him. and that II
he could come TO her - he had orig.
inslly. with the like snthusiasm. the
Ike forceful demand. she would bs
assw carried away b. his charm, Such
. Tempest could not come again. in
their gradual drifting apart she hsd
not suffered: she had prepared her 10.
tsrssts. new claims we're ready 10 -
sest themselves. and she grew 10 &C.
espt bio frseusat absences without -
Deooch.
Lazy OsmoaA vas up for Sunday"
- eatsrtaia some Americans passing
thresgA lIsadoa. and. standins under
tes eassfvl adjustment a lights. sur.
sssa6sl by Aala . dozen of he most