The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-04-14

letters. the extraordinary dinner. the
mask in the envelope. She followed
him with breathless interest.
Charming. chariming" She clappc d,
her hands. ".Au4l how we'll you tell it
You have told 1t just as 1t happened"
"Just as. it happenedw COMPOUNDED
for q moment
Exactly. l have had letter-two.
In fact You did not see her face?"
"Only the chin and mouth. But If l
ever meet her again l shall know her
by her teeth
'"HeavenS: And how?"
| 1.-Two lower ones are gone. Other.
wise they would be beautiful"
Poor man. You have builded your
house, upon the sands. Her teeth are
perfect. She has fooled you" 's'''
! Put | saw with these two eyes,
"There is preparations which the
atrical people use-a Kind Of gum. She
mentioned the trick. Isn't she c!ever:'
"Yet shall know her hair" logged
~. +, d.
She put her hands swiftly to her
head. Now. you have known me for
years. What is the color Of m;
hair?'" ~
/ why. it is blond"
Nothing of the kind. 1t is auburn
If YOU cannot tell mine, how will you
tell hers:' -.
II Shall probably run after every
red headed woman in Europe till find
her" humoruusly.
Our ears never deceive half so often
as our eyes"
Her face is not SCARED. is it,"
Scared" Indignantly. she is as
beautiful as Il Raphael. as lovely us
Bouguereau. If We're man should
gladly journey round the world for the
sight of her"
| II am willing. even anxious"
II should fall in love with her"
| IL believe | have"
"Come. Mr.. I1ilard am just fool
ing. You are too sensible a man to
| fall in love with shudow-a mask
One does not fall in love that way"
'She is nmrried?'
'Certainly have not said so.''
! He licked the ash from his ciga-
rette.
"Have you those letters?"
"One of them I'll show YOU"
"Why not the otlier?"
ut would be wasting time. 1t mere
| ~ relates to your adventure She
sailed the day after you dined with
her"
"That accounts for the shutters. The
police and the caretaker were bribed"
II suspect they were"
! IF were vain man. and you
know am not, might ask you if she
spoke well Of me in this letter I'm
derstand l am not inquiring." r..-
"But you put the question as adroit-
~ as a woman. We are sure Of vanity
always. Yes. she spoke OF you. She
found YOU to be an agreeable gentle
man. But" with gentle malice. "she
did not say that she wished she had
met you years ago under more favor
able circumstances"
"Come. give me the death stroke and
have done with it. Tell me what you
|
She opened her handkerchief purse
and delved among the various articles
therein
II expected that you would be asking
questions. so am prepared. did no.
tell my husband for that very reason
He would have insisted upon knowing
everything. Here. read this. 1t is only
glimpse"
He searched eagerly for the sigma
ture.
Don't bother" she said, "The name
is only a nickname We gave her at
school,"
school? Do you mean to tell me
that you went to school with her!
Where?'
I'm Pennsylvania first. then in Milan
Read"
o Cara Mia--If only you knew how
sorry l am to miss you! Why must you
sail at once? Why not come to my beau.
tiful Venice? l have SO much to say that
cannot be written. You ask about the ad-
| venture. Pouf goes my little dream of
greatness. 1t was blank failure. The
| officials put unheard of obstacles in our
path. The contracts were utterly disre-
/ garded. In the first place. we had not
| purchased our costumes and scenery In
f; Italy
Costumes and scenery?" Hillard
sought the signature again.
| The base of all the trouble was a clerk
in the consulate at Naples. He wrote us
that there would be no duties on costumes
and scenery. Alas. the manager and his
hacker are on the way to America sad
der and wiser men! We surrendered our
return tickets to the chorus and sent
them home. The rest of us are stranded
is not that the word?-here in Venice
waiting for money from home. If | Were
| alone. 1t would be highly amusing but
these poor people with me! There is only
! one way can help them. but that-never!
You recollect that my personal income is
quarterly. and it will be two months be-
! fore shall have funds. There are per-
| sons moving heaven and earth to find me
My companions haven't the least idea
VINO / am. So here we all are wandering
about the Piazza San Marco, calling at
Cooks every day in hopes of money |