Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

eS, Sne mas wonderful th1Ck nalr Stlll,
nodded Anthea. land she's not a bit deaf,
and her eyes are as clear and sharp as ever
they were"
Eyes; but l wasn't meaning her eyes, or
her hair, or her hearing
"Oh-then pray what were you pleased
to meano"
did you happen to notice what she said
about a-er-rnan with a-tiger mark?
inquired Bellew still gazing up at the moon.
Anthea laughed. THE man with the
tiger mark. of course. He has been much in
her dreams lately, and she has talked of him
a great deal"
HAS she?~ said Belew "Ha!"
ayes, her mind is full of strange twists
and fancies. You see, she is so very old, and
she loves to tell me her dreams, and read the
future for me-"
Though, of course, you don't believe it,
said Bellew
Believe it," Anthea repeated, and walked
some dozen PAGES or so before she answered
mo, of course mott
"Then, none of your fortune, nothing she
told you, has ever come true!"
Once more Anthea hesitated, this time sc
long that Bellew turned from his moongaz-
ing to look at her.
IL mean" he went on, "has none of II
ever come true; about this man with the
tiger mark, for instance?'
"No, oh, nor answered Anthea rather
hastily, and laughed again. "Old Nanny
has seen him in her dreams, everywhere,-ir
India, and Africa, and China, in hot coun-
tries and cold countries-oh, Nanny has
seen him everywhere: but have seen him
nowhere, and of course l never shall.
"Ah!" said Bellew. @And she reads him
always in your fortune, does she?'
"And | listen very patiently Anthea
nodded, because it pleases her so much. Anc
it is all so very harmless, after all, isn't it?
eyes, answered Bellew, "and very won
derful."
Wonderful, poor old Nanny's fanciesi
What do you mean by wonderful" :.
"Upon my word, hardly know" sale
Bellew, shaking his head; abut there are
more things in heaven and earth, ETC., yor
know, and this is one of them
Really, now you grow mysterious, Mr.
Bellew."
Like the night he answered, turning tc
aid her across the impertinent brook that
chuckled at them, and laughed after them
as only such very impertinent brook pos
sibly could.
60, betimes they reached the stile anc
~ crossed it, this time without mishap, de-
spite the lurking nail and, all too soon fol
Bellew, had traversed the orchard, and were
come to the garden where the roses all huns
so still upon their stems that they might
have been asleep, and filling the air with the
perfume of their dreams.
And here they paused, perhaps because O
the witchery of the moon perhaps to lister
to the voice of the nightingale, which sans
on more gloriously than ever. Yet, though
they stood so close together, their glance
seldom met, and they were very silent. Blu
at last, as though making up her mind, An
thea spoke:
"What do you mean when you said OLE
Nanny's dreams were so wonderful" sh'
asked
"I'll show you, he answered, and as h
spoke slipped off his coat and, drawing III
his shirt sleeve, held out muscular white
arm toward her. He held it out in the full
radiance of the moon, and thus, lookin.
down at it, her eyes grew suddenly wide
and her breath caught strangely as surpris'
gave place to something else; for there
plain to be seen upon the white flesh, were
three long scars that wound up from elbow
to shoulder. And so for awhile they stood
thus, she looking at his arm, and he at her
"Why-" said she at last, finding voice il
little gasp,-@why, then
II am the man with the tiger mark, hi