The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-06

Continued from Yesterday
Ereitrnaan continued on. oflivicus
10 all things save his cogitauofls. He
swung round the bridge He believed
that he and Cathewe could hence
forth proceed on parallel lines, and
there was much 10 he grateful for.
Cathewe was quiet but deep, and ne,
Breifmsnn, had Knocked about among
that sort and knew that they were
10 be respected. In all. fe had made
only one serious blunder. He should
never have permitted the vision OK
face to deter him. He should have
taken the things from the safe and
vanished II had not been a matter
of conpunctton. Ard yet
All, he was human, whatever his
dream might he. and he loved this
American girl with all his heart and
mind IL was not iawies> love, but
ii was ruthless. When the time was
ripe ne would speak. Only little
while now to wait. The course had
smoothed ont, the sailing was easy.
The man in the chimney no longer
bothered him. Whoever and what
ever he was he had not sho, his bolt
soon enough.
Hildegarde Won Mitter. He stop
ped against the rail. The yacht was
hurying her nose now. and the white
drift from her eut-water seerned
strangely luminous as 1t svirled
ohiiauely away in the fading twilight.
Hildegarde Won Mitter. Was she 10
DO the flaw in the chain No, no /;
there should be no regret; he had
fteeled his heart against any such
weakness She had been necessary.
and he would be fool to pause over
bit OF sentimentality. Her appear
~ \, 10 ,f,ax
WAS all. Peering into his watch he
found that he had only half an hour
before dinner. And IL may be added
that he dressed with singular care
So did Fitzgerald, for that matter.
II took Cathewe just as long, but
he did not make two or three selee-
tons OF this or tina, before finding
what he wanted. He was engrossed
most OF the time in the sober con
temptation Of the rubber flooring or
the running sea outside the port
hole.
And this night Iiildesarde Won Nit
ter was meditating on the last throw
for her hopes. She determined to
cast once more the full sun OF her
beauty Into the face OF the man she
loved, and IL she failed to win. the
fault would not be hers. Why could
she not tear out this maddening heart
OF hers and fling II to the sea? Why
could she not turn II toward the maj
who loved her? Why, why? Why
should God make her so unhappy
Why such Injustice Why this twist.
cd interiacing of lives And yet
amid all these futile seekings. with
subconscious deftness her hands wen
on with their appointed work. Never
again would the splendor of hel
tauty burn as 1t did this night.
Laura, alone among them all. wen,
gereneiy about her toilet She was
young, and love had not yet spread
its puzzle before her feet.
AS for the others, they were on the
far side OF the Hill. whence the paths
are smooth and gentle and the pros
pect is peacefuIness and the RETROSPECT,
Is dimly rosai They dressed as they
had done those twenty odd years
plainly.
On the bridge the FIRST officer wa.
standing at the captains side.
Captain he shouted. where die
you get that Frenchman
Picked him up day before yestiddy
Speaks fair English an bit o. Dago
.ThAyre alias .s4aTssss or PLEASURE
boat. He en- keep of tn ritfran boat.
, gnens An you knaW What nersisten
cusses they be in the Mediterranean.
Why. r
"oh, nothing: If he's good sailor
Notice WIS bxnds ?"
WHY, no."
soft AZ a woman's.'
~ don't say! Well. well see err
tough enough before we sight Fun
chsi. Smells good up here. huh .
Yes. but / don't mind three month,
on land, full pay. Not me. But thf!
Frenchman ?"
ooh. he had good papers from (
+ White Star liner: an you can leavf
+ ii to me regardin his lily~whitt
hands BY tn way. George. VIII yot
5 have them bring UP my other leg
TIL salt takes tn color out o. thi,
here brass ferrule, an' rubber.
safer
es. sir.
There was one vacant chair in tbs
dining salon. NJ. Farraud WAS indis
vnsed, He could climb the highes
peak. he could cross ice bridges, WITH
. sheer mile on either side OF him
with never an attack OF vertigo; bu
this heaving mystery under his fee
& always got the better OF him the first
day out. He considered IL the one
flaw in an otherwise perfect system
Thus, he missed the comedy arr
tragedy of the eyes at dinner, noI
saw woman throw her all and lose
II