Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05


Of five.
Ware was not gregarious. and tonight
was in a sullen mood. But with his hab-
itual policy. he thrust this beneath the
surface and in another moment was bow
ing to the introductions. Baroness Stro-
loft her sister a chic young matron whose
natural habitat seemed to be Paris; the
ubiquitous and popular Count Noynish.
and a statuesque American girl, whose
name Ware recognized as that Of clever
painter Of japanese children.
80 you have just arrived, Mr. Ware?'
the baroness said. Il hope you're not one
OF those terrible two-days-in- Japan tour
lists who spoil all our prices for us"
Il expect to stay a month or more" he
said. And as for prices, l shall put up as
good a battle as can"
The talk flew briskly hither and thither
skimming the froth Of the capitals caus-
erie; recent additions TO the official set
the splendid new ball room at the German
embassy, and the increasing Importance
OF Tokyo as a diplomatic center-the COM
ing Imperial CHERRY Viewing Garden
Party" the annual Palace duck hunt at
the Shin Hama preserve, and-at last!-the
arrival Of the new beauty at the American
embassy.
"A real one" commented voynish,
screwing his eye glass in more tightly
And that means something in the tour
list season."
Wares fingers flattened on the stem of
his glass Of yellow chatreuse as the artist
said: 1--WE are in the throes OF a new
sensation at present, Mr.. Ware; a case
OF love at first sight. It's really lot
rarer than the novelsts make out, you
know! We are all tremendously inter-
ested"
But he knows her" said Voynich.
"The other evening in Tokyo. Mr.. Ware,
Miss Fairfax mentioned having met you.
She is from Virginia, think"
Ware bowed. "She is very good to re-
member me-" he said. "And so Miss Fair
fax has met her fate in JAPAN"
well, rather!" said the artist. 81 hear
betting is even that she'll accept him in
side "a fortnight"
Ware slipped his liquer with a tinge OF
, relief. Evidently the word of Tokyo had
not yet discovered that the new arrivals
first name was that OF his yacnt.
'Daunt doesn't play according to Hoyle."
! grumbled Voynich, she's a guest of his
own chief and he ought to give the others
half a chance. He lives in the Embassy
= Compound, too, confound himi He monop-
olized her outrageously at the Review the
r other day. He's an American trust 1
shall challenge him.
!, The voice of DeKay broke In
E "Coppery hair and pansy brown eyes, a
skin like a snowdrift caught blushlng, and
$ a mouth like the smile of red flower! A
girl that Romney might have loved, slim
E and young and thorOughbred-there yov
r have the capital sentence of the secretary
z OF the American Embassy"
= They rose to depart. 1--WE are actually
. going TO the opera, Mr.. Ware" said the
Baroness; ''the Popular Hardman Comic
!, Opera company II you please, with Miss
: Cissy Clifford Doesn't that sound like
= Broadway? 1t comes over every season from
Shanghai and it's our regular spring dis
" sipation. You'd not be tempted to join u.s.
: 1 suppose?'
: He bowed over her hand. 1T is my mis-
e fortune to have an engagement"
o Well then-jusquau bal. Good night"
% Ware drank his black coffee alone on the
q terrace, Daunt-a secretary OF embassy
E. A rival less experienced than he, full OF
n youths enthusiasms--a young Romeo, WOO
Q ing from the garden OF officialdom! 1t had
e been a handful OF days against his owl
,. round year; few meetings. at most, tC
d offset his long and constant plan!
- IA he lit his cigar, one of the hotel boy,
d came to him. On his arrival Ware had sen
, him to Phils bungalow on the Bluff will
a a note.
q 'wsre-san not at home" he said.
: Where is heg"
"a mo Yokohama now. He go Tokyo yes
"A terday. Stay one week"
a us he at the hotel there:"
- boy say no hotel. House have got"
- What is the address?"
De- can
- Tokyo Club"
i, Wares composure had been fiercel
"A shaken that night and this obstacle Fl
his path pricked him to the point Of ex
- ASPIRATION. With impotence he threN
~ away his cigar and walked out through
"a the cool brilliant evening. lie left tn
Bund and threaded the Honchori-dori-th
~ Main street''-striving to curb mis- mood
:. Midway OF its length was q jewelers. sho
window with q beautiful display of jewel
jade. In 1t was hung a sign which h
read with wry smiles; English Spoken
- American Understood" Ware entere
and handed the Japanese clerk his broke
cigar case.
The counter was spread with irregula
pieces of the green and pink ston,
az wrought with all the laborious cunning c
Id the oriental lapidary. At his elbow a cler
rs was packing a Jade bracelet into a tin
a. box for delivery. He wrapped and az
Il, dressed It painstakingly with a nttl
rs brush
he Esquire Philip Weare
ad Kasumiga-tani Cho SO.
- Toxic.
er In the street Weare smiled grlmly q
ne he entered the address in his note bool
Ie He had always believed in his luck T,
eh morrow he would find Phil, and gal
ne further enlightenment-incident on II
ne matter Of jade braceletsl His mouth $,
in contemptuous lines as he walked bac
,ts TO the hotel.
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