The Washington herald., 1910-12-18

bor and he'll be gone all the forenoon"
Good
she went into the kitchen and pre-
pared Edna's breakfast while ! erept
upstairs and listened TO hear in case she
telephoned. As soon as Leah went up
with the breakfast tray, I went down
again and walked into the kitchen.
king" I said. looking square al the
Chiaaman, to-day I'm going 10 drive
the devil out of Miss Fielding. You
sabbee?"
lie grinned very good natured,y. Yep.
/ sabbee he answered. pairing his pota-
toes calmly
Maybe make heap noise. Ycu
sabbee?"
yep. I sabbee" again. !
you no mind me. King? You not oe
frightened"
He laughed and said: Jaw, no no
care Maybe / come help. / sabbee
dehhil all light"
No; ] won't need your help. King. I
can do it alone. l think. All I want. you
stay here. and not be frightened
'Aw, / no Tighten. What's a-matter?
You no think so?'
We'll, you don't know anything about
it. Sabbee? You must keep quiet, sure -
"Oh, ! sabbee all light. Maybe some
body ask me, say, I not know l
sabbee. l say, You so 10 he'll" he-he'
He laughed 10 himself You heap good
man. you ali light, sure. Olive away
debbil. tha's all. Whas a-matter? You
no sabbee me- AVE-" He turned away
in scorn AT my distrust.
l was pretty sure that ]. could trust to
I "a no effftV ond returned the
library satisfied, leaving King stiIl
chuckling namely to himself.
In a moment Leah came down again
and said hurriedly to me:
She's just telephoned. She said moth
ing about yesterday, OF that you were
herei He must have said he wasn't COM
ing down to-day, or at least not this
morning. for she tried to tease him to
come. She's all dressed up-it's astonish-
ing-I can't tell you" She left me and
Immediately afterward I heard Edna s
footsteps on the stairs.
For what reason she had dressed her
self so extravagantly-Whet from sheer
willful fancy or a desire TO tantaliZe me
or TO seduce me from my fondness OF
Joy--I have never decided. She wore an
evening gown Of gold tissue, sheer as
gossamer. fold on fold, embroidered with
gold threads all over the iow-necked
corsage. About her forehead was a gar
! land of gold laurel leaves, beautifully
modelled and fooled. interlaeed with a
slender string of coral beads. Her arms
were bare. On her right breast was d
! red velvet rose: she had stockings of
scarlet silk and golden slippers. 1t was a
costume for a fancy-dress ball, and had
indeed been originally made for that pur-
pose. To see her appear, now, and shine
in the morning sunlight like a butterfly,
was to see something as extraordinary as
il was picturesque
She came to ne with al Joys grace.
and held out her hand, laughing.
so you re here again after all, Chef, -
she said Il thought I'd dress Up for you.
You've never seen me to advantage. How
do you like it," She turned slowly round
for my benefit
You're an empress!" | exclaimed. II
don't deserve this honor,"
| She began dancing a minuet al alone,
! speaking as she whiried.
| Indeed you don't I didn't want you
/ here yesterday, really. But now you've
come down again, you'd better stay" She
eourtesied demurely. But look out for the
DOCTOR She was off again in a circle.
Il suppose il was JOY who invited you
| I'll have to entertain joys guest. sup
pose There, Now sit down and talk to
me.
What was behind her whimsical mood.
and why she so willingly received me, 1
could not guess. When l had taken .