Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-06-18

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Blake" be said, IF didn't know
you for what YOU are. I'd say you were
Interested there yourself"
Being so near her. under the same
roof. with even the tie Of a dubious
secret between MS. was making me
heady pushed Forbes toward the
door
Il interested" I retorted. holding
him by the shoulders. There isn't a
word in your vocabulary 20 ft my
condition. I am an island in a sunlit
sea of emotion Sam. Am empty
place surrounded by longing-a-"
AN empty place surrounded BY
longing" he retorted You wsnt
your dinner, that's what's the matter
with you"
shut the door on him then. He
seemed suddenly sordid Dinner. I
thought, Although. as a matter Of
fact, made a very fair meal when.
Changers suitcase not having gone.
IN his coat and some other mans trou-
sers, I was finally At for the amen
tiles. Alison did not come down TO
dinner so il was clear she would not
60 over TO the clubhouse dance.
pied my injured arm, and a fictitious.
vaguely located sprain from the
wreck. as an excuse for remaining at
home. Sam RECALLED the table with
accounts OF my dstrust Of women.
my one love arair-with Dorothy: to
which I responded. as was expected.
that only my failure there had kept
me single all these years. and that II
Sam should be mysteriously missing
during the bathing hour tomorrow.
and so on.
And when the endless meal was
over. and yards OF white wells had
been tied over pounds Of hair-or is
It. too. bought by the yard7-and
some eight ensembles with their alb
ject compliments had been PACKED
into three automobiles and trap. /
drew a long breath and faced about
had just then only one object in life
to find Alison. TO assure her OF my
absolute faith aud confidence in her.
and to offer nay help and my poor
self. II she would let me, in her
service
She was not easy 70 find. I searched
the lower floor the veranda and the
grounds. circumspectly Then ran
into a little English girl who turned
out TO be her maid. and who also was
searching. She was concerned be
cause her mistress had no dinner and
because the tray OF food she carried
would soon be cold. took the tray
from her, on the glimpse OF something
white on the shore. and that was how
i met the girl again.
She was sitting on an overturned
boat, her chin in her hands. staring
out 90 sea. The soft tide OF the bay
Tapped almost at her feet, and the
draperies OF her white gown melted
hazily into the sands. She looked like
wrath. a respondent phantom OF
the sea. although the adjective is re-
dundant Nobody ever thinks OF a
cheerful phantom. Strangely enough.
considering her evident sadness, she
was whistling softly 20 herself. over
and over, some dreary little minor air
that sounded like "a Bohemian dirge.
She glanced up quickly when I made
a misstep and my dishes jingled All
considered. the tray was out OF the
picture; the sea, the misty starlight.
the girl. with her beauty-even the
sad little whistle that stopped now
and then 10 go bravely on again, as
though II fought against the odds OF
a trembling lip. And then l came.
accompanied by tray OF little silver
dishes that jingled and an unmistak-
able Odor OF broiled chicken,
oh" she said quickly; and then.
oh I thought you were jenkins"
"Timeo Donaos-what's the rest OF
it," I asked. rendering my Offering.
You didn't have any dinner. you
know" l sat down beside her. See,
I'll be the table. What was the old
fairy tale? Little goat bleat; little
table appear" I'm perfectly willing
10 be the goat, too"
She was laughing rather tremu-
lousy.
We never do meet like other PEG
pie. do we?' she asked. we really
ought 10 shake hands and say how
are you"
Il don't want TO meet you like other
people, and l suppose you always
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lows clothes" / returned meekly.
I'm doing II again; l don't seem to
be able TO help IT, These are Grang-
eTs that have on now"
She threw back her head and
laughed again joyously. this time.
"Oh, it's so ridiculous" she said.
land you have never seen me when l
was not eating, It's too prosaic!"
Which reminds me that the chick
en- is getting cold, and the ice warm"
suggested. AT the time, thought
there could be no place better than
the farmhouse kitchen-but this is.
l ordered all this for something l
want 10 say TO you-the sea, the
sand. the stars"
How alliterative you arei" she
said, trying 10 be fippant. You are
not 70 say anything until I have had
my supper. Look how the things are
spilled around"
But she ate nothing. after all, and
pretty soon l put the tray down in
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