The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

Let us go back at once, Jack. [ am
very tired" There was a constrained
note in jeans voice now which Car
rington noticed, yet he seemed to be
envelOped in such haze of delicious
langOur that he felt little concerned
about the moods Of his fancee. It was
silent party that rode back to the no.
tel. Jean Douglass said nothing to her
parents about the little adventure that
had befallen her in the desert. and Car,
rlngtOn seemed lost in abstraction.
MY veil. Jack! Where is my vefl?"
Miss Douglass repeated the question
impatiently as they parted in the lobby
of the hotel
Darlington thrust a hand in his pock
ct and drew forth silky clinging mass
of green cloud. Here it is" he said
dazedly.
She snatched it eagerly and turned
away, and as she did so Darlington
put Il hand to his head and stared
after her with a perplexed frown.
'She-she didn't say Good night" he
muttered
Safe In bor room roop ox,r,,,od +ho
,raan roi1 NTH coco, i,,+o,,+,,,,o -
was about two yards long, of some
soft silken tissue in hripht rich
shade Of green. About the edge were
bordered tiny seed pearls in a curious
nattern An Intoxicating nerfpn,o of
altar Of roses stirred from tho VOL o+
every movement tha girI nodn &C che
triad If on baforo tho drossir, +a1,Io
"Jock octpd G, hateful about r.. che
tbourr,t nottieI. = ~ hoIiovo bo wont
cd If for himee f"
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ions ,;oron+e, could ,n+ 1i,e,,o.lo rc,r,
from tha boliof tb,t hcr npgo~-o-,ont
to C,rripmton n.as q ,,.o,,o ,ni.toI,o
The vonnm man was v,rotchod o+ thn
unbannv outoono Of HE Iowa affair
brt he oocontnd JooD'e uI+frotnn
without protest and for ovvbi1a diean-
Deared from her world
lean annarent1v indifferent tn tho
outcnmn of bar love affair rosunofJ
her ,,Iora in tha social world with har
us,1aI zast rot tbare wos hard
brightness ahGut hpr bpautv now and
strange GOODNESS in her manner to-
ward old friends. Not one could dis
cover the cause Of the change in her
demeanor. and PERHAPS the girl her
self would have found it difficult to
explain the reason why they all seem
ed so dull and tame and commonplace
to her, why the streets and the houses
seemed plain and dingy and life itself
so hard and practical.
Then came the Mooreland ball. which
marked the end of the winter cam
paign It came in early May. when
even Chicago was awakened to the
glory of the spring and Michigan ave.
nue. was vista of green shaven lawns
and gay with tulips and hyacinths.
Jack Darlington emerged from his
shell of dependency for the evening
and watched with wistful eyes when
Jean appeared beside her mother ear
~ In the evening. They talked with
Mrs. Mooreland, and then Jean be-
came the center of a throng of eager
youths Darlington did not approach
her, but he watched every movement
of her 1.-THE young figure with hungry
eyes as she danced through the num-
bers. She wore gown of some silvery
green tissue, and about her shoulders
was draped a scarf of brighter green
woven with fine seed pearls. Once
she passed close to him. and a flying
end of the scarf brushed his cheek, and
the scent of altar of roses was almost
overpowering. He turned away with
a little shiver and crossed the hall to
the library, where he threw hlmselt
into a huge chair before the fire ana
gave himself up to solitude ana despair,
He tried to recollect some event or
their INST evening IN cairo that might
have brought their estrangement to
pass, but could think OF nothing. There
was the ride to the edge OF the desert
their own little excursion info ifs ClVS-