El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
THE FLIGHT
BY Hans Weber.

~ LIZABETH had been longing to get
away from Paris and this after
- noon they were to leave.
Gerard had not been able to under
stand why she felt so uneasy whenev-
er they were outside the walls of the
hotel but when she had told him the
reason the day before, he had first tried
to calm her. but finally he had given IL
up and promised her to leave and now
she was busy packing her trunks
She was thinking of the months she
had spent in Paris, city she hao
quickly learned to love, nay, which she
had really loved since she visited 1t the
first time with her father while she
was still very young. Now she and
Gerard had spent their honeymoon
as she had always dreamed of doing,
and their intention had been to stay for
at least another month until the mid
die of June.
Tired with the effort of packing, she
had sat down to rest near an open Win
dow overlooking a narrow street on
the left bank of the Seine in which the
hotel was situated. The roise and BUS
tie of the crowd the shouts of the ped
lars reached her ears as from far
off world while she sat thinking OF the
many happy hours she and Gerard had
spent here together until the day when
the shadow first fell across her path.
That day. a beautiful day in May, she
and her husband had walked along the
Boulevard des Capucines watching the
passing automobiles to choose one for
a ride through the Bots de BoulCgne-
They stopped several, but all of them
asked exorbitant prices. and at last
they had to be satisfied with an old
taXicab but still they felt like princes
as they drove. through the Avenue des
Champs Elysees, though all other autos
passed them as if they were standing
still and even aid cab horses seemed
to make fun of them. They drove all
through the Bots, however, and on their
way back they got out at Place de
TEtoile and mounted 10 the top Of the
arc de triomphe to enjoy the view q
Paris.
Suddenly. while they. were standing
there, looking towards Louvre, Eliza
beth felt somebody staring at her She
turned her head and saw a tall, dark
gentleman in a grey suit standing at
the door leading to the stairway. She
thought she saw a sarcastic smile about
HIS lips. She had recognized him immc-
diately and the memory came back TO
her of her early youth when she had
been madly in love with him long be-
death OF her mother she had spent some
time with friends in a provincial town
and here she had acciden aliy met this
man, who had made a strong impress
sion upon her. During their long walk
through the woods her love had grown.
but it did not take long to discover
ne was merely experimenting with her,
because it amused him to see the power
he exerted ovr her mind. When she re-
or,1 I,-a1 rr-i~ y,
him, she fell into q nervous fever, and
when she got over it she returned TO
Berlin and heard nothing of him until
she now Unexpectedly met him again,
looking the same then, though his
dark hair was now beginning to turnNa
little gray A feeling of dizziness and
fear overcame her and it was only by
exerting all her strength that she could
seize Gerard's arm and whisper: Let
US go down, Gerard. do not feel quite
we'll"
But what is the matter, dear?"