Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-04-12

dazzling. turquoise-blue eyes. and a lit
tie round red mouth.
1t was a lovely night, but the heat
in the bus was intense, and. therefore,
there was nothing unnatural in my re-
mark:
Should we not find 1t cooler If we
went outsider"
l was soon helping Nine. La Com
tesse to climb by the little ladder on
to the roof.
SO you have been picking poor
Kings cotton brains about ne. Well,
what have you found out?"
THAT we both belong to 2. conquered
nation"
You are Irish"
Yes, who told your"
King. What else?"
she told me l must find out the
rest for myself
You asked her my manner"
No, indeed"
Then, what
IF you were pretty"
She smiled, but said nothing, as If
avoiding an obvious compliment, and
then said:
If chance had thrown me into con-
fidences with your valet. l think l
should have asked your name"
DO you know" said /, lit would be
a unique experience to meet as we
have met. to WOO and win, to continue
to the end, and if there never were
an end, to part unknown and I'M
knowing, never to meet again. but al
ways wondering and being wondered
about, and. therefore. never forgot
ten"
DO you think SOP"
"Oh, yesl" | replied. Every one
else you know, every one else know,
knows all about us-our names, our
ages, our likes and dislikes; the goat
paths we have travelled and will return
TO; they and we have worn out our in
terest and our love and hate, one for
the other. But a new experience
would be to part before we wore out
our loves. never to see one another
change or grow old. but always to stay
In each others memory as we are.
young; never to know the other is
dead or married. but always to feel
that one thing in the world had not
come to an end, believing that, If we
net again. we would be the same"
Go on" was all she said.
took her little hand.
To exchange names Is to label one
past and as TO what the other will do.
or think, or say. Not to give names is
to act naturally as II alone. unseen.
unmatched, unafraid.
She was entranced: her head was on
my shoulder. She said drealcIly: Go
on! Talk to mel"
IF l do not tell you my name. IL 4
never hear yours. nothing that may
ever happen to either OF US will mat
ter. If your death were announced. IL
my name became the most dishonored
In the worlds history, 1t would bring
no sorrow or shame to either OF us.
nor shadow our pleasant memory OF
tonight which must be eternal"
The ideS has endless possibilities.
Names. as you say. are folly. / will
not tell you mine"
/ ncTSudQcu nSl " 0AC0N TIC IOuA-
ney and we went to our hotels, I to
the disadvantages. she to the Am
bassadeurs, chose our rooms. and ty
agreement. met again and wandered
about till we found place open Il eat
supper In. But we ate little. smoked
and talked She listened with her
great eyes intent upon me-
At what time l kissed her for the
last time and we parted. do not
know. / remember she cried and chung
20 me. and promised to call for her
after had seen my brother. This
did. but only to leave no.e with
King, saying my borther required me
to start at once for Paris from which
I would return Immediately and come
straight to her.
On the third day was back. only to
learn that the lady described had
gone to Lyons followed her there.
end AFTER some delay tracked her 70