The evening world., 1911-09-27
THE WORLD
AND THE DOOR


wssA . Mas a sms1aAts tenderness,
snd-dropped seu tsasy - Il And
Merviam only tveney rode avayi Than
she stood soll for ten minuossI iookins
into spso& 6hs ieohsd inso space
through . slowly opening door.
MI. oona1 wooe - tn lOop and
cshsd Angeia. ~ "a Peruvian wom-
an II Aatso = <hsrs eeuA HIM 20
me. Matso. . faifAbres1, shnRlfna
and old but sfioient came.
Is there . steamsr or . vsssa q any
III leaving thu ooAS to-nignt or 20.
she asked.
Mateo considered.
PuntA ReinA, thirty malss down
the coast sonora" he aasWUrSd. sebGS
10 a small steamer loading with c1noAona
and dyewooda. Che sails for Can nan.
cisco tomorrow at sunrise % ssyV NJ
brother. who arrived In his sieeU ts-dAc,
passing by Punta RsanA"
You mus take me in 0Aaa ssesD -
mat steamer to-nisht W0 yUu -
thatT'
"~Perhsps"-- Matso sArusysd . -.
gestive shoulder. Mrs. Conant toek
handful OF money from Q deav@ ~
gave II to him. 1.
Get the sloop ready eshind - IA,
point OF land below the town" shs q.
dered. oct sailors. and BE- ready - ell
at . o'clock. In hsff an hour bring .
patio here. and take my truuA - The
sloop. There 10 more money yst Nov,
hurry"
For one time Msteo walked sway witA-
out shuffi,nx his feet.
Angela" cried Mrs. COnant, aiDsse
hercely. come Ind help me pAck. an
going away. Out with this trunk. ~
clothe, first. Stir yourself. Those daPs
dresses f,rst. Hurry
From the nrst she did nos wavsr from
her decision. Her visw was clear and
final. Her door had opened and Vt
tho world IN. Her love for Merriam,
was not iessened. but 70 now Appeared
q hopeless and unreaiisabie thing. The
visions OF their future that had seemed
20 bllssfui and complete had vanished.
she tried 10 assure herself that hsr
renunciauon was rather for his sake
than for her own. Now that she was
cleared OF her burden-at least, tech
nically-would not his own weigh too
heavily upon him. II she should cling
20 him. would not the difference forever
silently mar and corrode their happi-
ness7 Thus she reasoned: but there
! we're n thousand little voices calling 10
her that she could feel rather thar hear.
like the hum of distant. powerful ma
chinery-ths little voices Of the world.
that. when raised In ~unision. can send
their insdstsnt call through the thickest
door.
Once while pachdns. . Srssf shadow
or the lotus dream came back 20 her.
She held Merriam's picture TO her hear,
with one hand. while me threw q pair
Of shoes into the trunk With hsr Other.
~ = o'caock Matso returned and re-
ported the sioop ready. He and his
brother lifted the trunk into the cart.
covered II WITH straw End onveysd II
to the point Of s~mearkAstou. From
there thsy transferred II on board IN
the hoops dory. Then Mateo returned
. for additional orderS.
: Mrs. Conant was ready. she had set.
tied all business matters with Angela
and vas dmpatientiy waiting. she wore
q Ions. loose black siik dustr that she
; often walked about IN whom the even
inss were chilly. On hsr head was a
small round hat and over Il the apricot
colored lace mantillA.
Dusk had quickly followed tie shSrt
twilight. Mateo led her BY DART and
srass-grown streets toward the polnt
behind which the sloop was anchored.
; On turning a corner they behslA the
, Hotel Orilla del Mar three streets avav.
n~eoulously sslow with its array q ksro-
sene lamps.
Mrs. ConAnt paused. Win sersnm,n~
!, eyes Il must. l must 80 him once
! before ] co." she murmured In aaetr1uh.
But even then h did not faitsr In ~
decision. Quickly she invented q nm
by which she might SPEAK q ham. ~
, yet make her departure withove m
knowing. She would walk paa ~
hotol. ask some ono TO call him out ara
talk a few moments on some tfv1sl a.
cuse. leaving HIM expecting 10 - -
at her homo at seven.
She unplnned her hat and saw n d
Mnteo. Keep this. and wait here TIL 7
come she ordered. Then she draned
tho mantilla over her head e ~
usually did whom walking a6tsr sunoot.
and went straight to the Oriila dei ~
She was siad to SEQ the bulky, WHITE
clad fgure OF To Pancho standing eloas
on thu gallery.
To Pancho." she said, with q oha,m-
ing smile. may I trouble you 10 ~
Mr.. Merriam to como OUT for juG0 q
few moments that I may spesk vseh
himT'
TIC Pancho bowed a. an slsphs,,
bows.
"Buenas tardss. Sonora Cooaat," BE-
said. A. q cavalier talks. And shso he
went on. less At his ease:
But does moi the sonora know that
Senior Merriam sailed on the Pajaro Tor
Panama at 3 o'clock this a~fternoonY 70
= tTHE ENID