The Washington times., 1911-11-09

~ HE was. gazing at me now In q
bland amaze way, whose sin
cerfty there was no doubling
It was my turn to wax puzzled
"The brotherhood of vienna7" she
echoed, with the same uncomprehend-
ing look. what is that?" -
'If you don't know" said bluntly,
''how do you hapten to be wearing its
scarlet scarab over your hearth
But don'tl'' "
Again that thrill of bftter disappoint-
ment and shame filled my whole being.
For she had spoken with the same
open innoeence as when denying knowl-
edge of the Brotherhood. 81 Seq E
Doris" T. said. "that night on the
balcony Of the Masaniello+-the night I
left NaplesTI saw the scarab on your
breast. How, came Il there?" 1.lss
Again she flushed to, the roots of her
II can't tell you,"i she replied in a
low. indistinot, voice. y.JsNE 9ga
sSs xop lad admit then thst S.sy you wore it
And yet you don't know what the
Brotherhood of Vienna is?" go
.I have told you I do not" h:'s
,hr.nn WAS wss q. q essschiziSg ase her and
ment the ordeal evidently caused her.
1T doesn't matter" Il cried. 'T love
YOU! Tell me the truth, or lie to me. as
you choose. L IOVe yOu!
And you show that loyesby insulting
The weary droop Of her head had
given wayato a. bearing that an empress
There IL no love without trust she
went on; and when You tell me in
one breath that you love me, and in
the next Il accuse me of untruthful-
The dasdafnful voice trembled, The
dainty little head lost, some of its
naughty fpoise ais she turned from me.
I,. III 90 believe you! ! DO trust yonr l
the, they please us,. n forget them all. and
all else to me. 7 love You. Doris. Can't
Care for your she replied softly,
oh % fesa errs YOU knew do You tSr knew
y all the timesf Up there on the hill
me me wearing % she M ' Scarab. ana ana that that sser yea
knew my secret and that that was
why n,y,So you avoided ne, Because we had
My arms were about her. and she
was sobbing on my breast. The driver
-noblest and. most blessed of cut
around.
1.-THE scarab" she sobbed, when her
lips (Which for the best Of reasons were
for q moment or two out of Commits
oiohI WcIS dSdin dt ner ulSpOSal-F tne
scarab must have fallen from your coat
that afternoon when you an took
O'clock Etsa In our rooms at the Masa-
nielio. I found 1t on the floor after
you had gone to dress for dinner. And
! because It was, yours, and because you
seemed fond Of it, wore 1t that even
Ing. hidden, where no one could see it.
I meant to give Il back to you later.
when we, should be alone together on
the balcony: That's why I followed. you
pended there sent the chanbermaid
with 1t to your rooms and told her to
leave 1t on your dressing table and
The cart halted. The suffering
driver. without turning in his seat, ad-
dressed me, loudly In Italian, bringing
Doris and myself back to earth again.
Above us had flashed and roared the
storm; about us the hail of firestones
had ratified; Beneath lbs the ground had
trembled: beRfnd us the volcano had
belched. fortbrdeath. And we had for
gotten II all! We had even forgotten
to pote whittier we were travelling.
AS the drivers voice brought us to
the, realities of life again looked
around me in surprise. We. had long
since left the lane. and were now part