The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-08

oack TO MS hearth. but for some ohinc
T,, rGrc sinister He had found her at the
! WcntN- third street ferry and lost her.
our nero she WAS. run fast into A pocket
ann SO ne smiled and took a glass of
groe There was time a-plenty for tho
nloW. thought the husband theory had
rather the better OF the argument
Meanwhile ! WAS ravcnousIy hungry.
lhtew away the cigarette, went into
rlahcraic dinner. Events were marchinc
over me. the good ST Valentine siept
mus' din" alone. while the unha ppy
trmaant trsmbled and went hungry. and
Whi'r, perhaps. tragedy knotled the tic.
strings of her mask
vas leaning over 4 cup Of bouillon
"nei low. merry voice said:
guest '' -
sprans up 20 confront a dainty flg-
9re III a gray travelling dress, Two merry
aSnT aSnvo esesi ioi1, trace OF smiling scarlet
proMn hair wound In loose coils
BEG you. madam | said. 10 lav
@ .nls dlscourtesy to my meager knowl-
ishcd.
What" she quoted. "and lose the lion
OF neer, the Rergundy, the saad?"
My tone WAS reproduced adorobIy. Then
sue sat down opposite me a., the table
as hewilchinC madcap as ever danced
out Of Ihe kingdom OF Queen Nab.
So Then, ! had been mistaken. She
better perhaps, the person who had ar
rived was not he. or ihcre was no Meme
-sis except in my disordercd fancy.
he were spyine, he would be in some
corner OF the cafe with his eye on US.
and so he was. | found him presently. a
nttle behind palm In nool. by the
dun green lamps. The smile was faded
out 10 It's last vestigc tho face was sal
low. its tense lines could not he read in
correctly. Some huge. skulk.ug emotion
Tke.
had not seen him-that was the whole
solution In word.
could not cat much for all my boa St
inSs cf hunccv-no one could under those
ugly eyes They seemed now TO glitter
when the leaves Of the palm threw little
shadows on spectacle glass. That glass
added a certain terror, the eyes became
there was something sinister In the
smiles and laughter of this charming
woman under an espionage she did not
as J could, under This menace like a
cooked pistol. | fshcd a little for clue.
Madam, / said, tipping a l'ltle OF
my wine INTO Inc plate, the King; your
father doubtless sends an invisible es-
cort with you. pour out lihation to
She put aside The bait
II AIN an orphan" she said. mot even
a brother on the throne"
That lopped off the limb OF the prob
lem If 1t were the truth.
Sut madam. ! began.
She held up her ungloved hand. as
bare Of rings as my own good nose Tha
dismissed the husband-if the ring were
not in her pocket
>fIow could one hope THAI you had cs-
capped bondage for long? The mon !
OF your land must resemble that foolish |
people rallied At by the Prophet
Am so old them she said.
'Yes. Mademoisellc 1nconnue. I an
swered. quite eighty years old. think
thirty years.
'EjxceIlent. Monsieur Merimee." she
said. we arc now supplied with names /
we shall set on better
/ could have taken this promise with
a greater Joy had il not heen for the
sentinel behind the palm. have rare |
This Mademoiselle Inconnuc. She was
evidently of Latin stock, French,
thought. The outlines of her face were
tho vivacity OF IL Parisian
able arcent She was perhaps born In
the FauDourg st. Germain. and eXpatri-
ated in her short skirts though, of
her as descended from those women of
with so subtle and p,Gusnt
listing Of their charms that no man,
after The first page. ever laid down the
volume until he had the last word
If II had been any other than ST Val
entIne's night. | should have set a doubt
against this sudden gcniol'ty OF my COM
the hanson. but here she laughed like
a brook We might have been runaway |
lovers with no horses saloping behind
U.S. / would have given Kingdoms TOT
re- II -hot rod in these eyes under the palm;
but there sat the man witchinS IKE
the DEVILS imp. Who WAS he? ] laid
another ambush for her With piece OF
Mademosele. l said. '"n the corner
wonder hy that palm Madame Bernhardt
recited for the disabled sailors the spot
is marked with mosaic star,
She followed my eye boldly 10 inc spot
held a level glance on the very glasses
of The dragon without flicker OF an eye
lid. 49, ,, ..,,,0ro
is such a star In the railroad station i'll
marking the place where Il
pre- esidsnt was snot.
Then she shrugged her shoulders and
looked me squarcly in the face.
"Why should they mark with the sign
of ira redy the spot where Madame Bern
hardt recited that place there by the
'eii'i i tried 10 evade the directness of the
Lay It,. said TO the unimaginatiy,Ss ,,.di,,s
have hate'G marked the place with a mosaic Of
laurel and the other with black cross
I,cI us suggest 1t tn the players
She looked al the palm again with
back 10 me. ,,,, 1, |
over perhaps the mark OF tragedS is 1I-
iest there" And then, Does NOT tern-
hardt indeed represent the embodiment
Of tragedy r,
/ had new lights the problem The i
woman was perfectly aware that a SEN
tineI watched. She knew when he en-.
tered with the porter. She knew tliat
he sat behind that palm when she
came In To dinner, and yet she came |
and played with me comedy OF sweet
hearts crowded with suggestive incl |
dent, and overplayed IL. No woman
would go goad man who had any rights
oyer her Her subtle knowledge OF INC
savage always somewhere In him would
warn her against bearing on the sore
snnt too hard. II nothing else. she
would fear the danger of scene In
n,IhIIc dining room But She dcfed the |
man. obviously then. he was one who
watched without any authority to con-
trol her To what class did such per
sons hclons7 Plainly, 10 Tn" sleuths OF
tho law The man I'm the spectacIes was
a paid spy. He could report what ne
saW. hut he could not Interrupt 1t. The
exclamation had arrived,
had barely settled tho matter TO my
satisfaction. when the man arose and
camo through the dining room past our
tabIe TO the door. lie doubtless cav that