The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
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 THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN.
Copyright, 9O9, by George Il. Doran
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......by...... i JOSEPH ROCKING
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 CHAPTER XIII. V
 Sirnor Ricordo and Olive.
 .eThat was a fine putt of yours, signore; did you win the match P said Herbert Briarneld. as he came l up. K
 NO, it was only halved. The game has to be played out yet" .E "Signore, let me introduce you to Miss Castlemaine. to whose goodness we owe these links" ! Olive looked at him eagerly. She half held out her hand, but the 1 stranger did not offer to take it. He bowed low. placing his right hand onfhis fez; but he did not lift it. i 'T am greatly honored," he said, in low tones, and Briarf1eld thought he detected an accent which he had 1 not noticed before. "You are enjoying your visit here, signore. I hope" said Olive. looking towards him curiously. | Tt is becoming more interesting each day." was his reply. tm very glad,'' said Olive. Per haps 700 felt the place rather strange at first, and now, as you find con- genial acquaintances. you feel, we English say, more at home 1 "Yes, I am making acquaintapces. | This morning, for example. have | enlarged the circle. and I found MT. Sprague and MT. Purvis very inter estinrn
 ] whom did you say?' asked Olive ! quickly.
 -Mr- Sprague and MT. Purvis.' said Ricordo. emphasfzing their names just as foreigner might, do. "Ah. you know them? I think they are coming this way."i ~I mut get back MT. Briarfield." said Olive quickly. Father is ex- | pecting me to lunch" T will walk back with you" said Briarfield.
 : And I. too. if may" said Ricor- do-
 You are not playing this after Eoon?" said Briarfeld.
 NO, I think I am lazy, or perhaps 1 I am getting old. We Easterns you 1 know, love to sit in the sun rather than exercise in it. Not that T feel | tired. The air here gives one vigor. i An, Miss Castlemaine, you were a ! benefactress to the tired part of the ]; people of your country when you built your homestead"
 "Only to a small degree. am !; afraid" replied Olive. Tt is only the few who can take advantage of 1 it."
 "Ah. but if all. situated as you are. ! would do likewise-'' remarked Ri cordo. "But there, must not com plain, I am one of the few. Besides, I have more than my deserts. have not been regarded as an alien. An, you must be very trustful to take a l stranger in without asking ques- tions."
 Miss Castlemaine is no respecteI of nationalities," interposed Herbert l Briarfield.
 | "Ah, no. to be poor. to be tired that is enough. But MT. Sprague and MT. Purvds, whom I played the 1 golf with, they did not look either poor or tired. But perhaps they know you-they spoke as though they did"
 Olive did not reply, neither did she meet the eyes of Ricordo, which were lifted to her face She wondered whether they had told this man any. thing of the past.
 And you like Vale Linden? she silence.
 .It is the Garden of Eden" replied Ricordo; ives, the Garden of Elder before the serpent. brought trouble She wanted to speak in reply; bu nothing came to her to say. She felt that Herbert Briarfield was right The man suggested mystery; she wa, \ AuA SuiC Ihol ACs Auo ldNOidbAy HI ! pressed her, and yet there was kind of fascination in his presence.
 You know England" ?" she sait presently; you speak our languag, so well, you must have spent goot deal of time in the country"
 sCan any man know a country?' asked Ricordo. "The geography that is not difficult An hour witf a map, and even London can bt
 known. But the fields, the hills, tn, roads, the towns, they do not make country. The people of England then? An, I am profoundly jsnor- ant of the people"
 ;.And yet we are not difficult peo- pie to understand" remarked Olive.
 '.No, you think not? I do not
 know, have never/t tried to know
 4No?"
 'J am content to look on the sur. ~ face.''
 '1s not that strange attitude o1 mind for an Eastern?"
 1T am afraid I do not follow you'
 well. have always been led tc believe that people from the East are very philosophical and great seekers a~ n%s-.-