Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
CHAPTER XXI.

At the shrine of the FOxsGOd.
q The street into which they trooped
seemed an oriental opera-bouffe; swaying,
chatting people in loose, light colored XII
monos some carrying crested paper lam
terms tied to the ends OF short rods a
thousand lights and hues flashing and
weaving. But for two Of the party colors
had lost their warmth and the movement
its fascination.
II simply can't coop up yet in rick
sha!" pleaded Patricia, as they donned
their discarded shoes. why not walk
little?" The proposal met with chorus
of approval They set out together. and
presently Barbara found Daunt beside her.
Her resentment did not cool as she laughed
and talked mechanically acutely aware
that he was answering in monosyllables
or with silence.
They We're IN the midst of a densely
packed crowd where a native theater was
pouring its audience into the street. They
had fallen behind the rest and there were
about them only kminoed shoulders and
lowered blue-black head dresses. He
made a way for her ruggedly toward a
pal!ng where there was little space.
Above it hung poster OF a Japanese act
ress.
That is the famous Sada Gozen," he
told her. she has just returned from a
X, TOKYO
is quite wild about her"
AS he spoke numbers thrust him against
her and the touch brought instantly to
him that moment in the garden when he
had held her in his arms TO lift her to
the arbor ledge. The picture of her that
evening in the pagoda was stamped on his
heart; the sweet, moon-lighted profile, the
curling brown hair, the faint perfume Of
her gown that mingled with the wistarla.
1t came before him there in the hustle and
press with a sudden swift sadness He
knew that It would be always with him
to remember.
japanese couple fastening to their
ricksha, caromed against them and, with
an effort, he tried to turn It 70 a smile
Some say it's difficult for a foreigner
TO come into intimate contact with the
Japanese" he said. You have already
pierced that illusion. One is always find
ing out that he has been mistaken in peo-
pie"
Her quivering feeling grasped at a fam
oied innuendo. 1T doesn't take long then,
you Think" Her tone held a dangerous
lure, but he did not perceive 1t.
Not where you are concerned, appar-
entity he answered lightly.
She turned her head swiftly toward him,
and her eyes flashed. Where / am con-
cerned," she repeated fiercely, and in his
establishment he almost wrecked the pal
ing. "Oh, l hate double meaning. Why
not say Il? DO you suppose / don't know
what you are thinking
'I?" ne said in bewilderment. What I
am thinking?"
You mean you have found you are ais.
taken in me. You have no right-no
earthly right to draw conclusions"
An" he said with sharp breath. II
had no such meaning You can't imagine"
Don't say you didn't" she interrupted.
. THAT only makes II worse" She scarcely
understood her own resentment, and a
hot consciousness that her behavior was
quite childish and unreasonable mixed it.
self with her anger
What have l said?' he exclaimed in
contriuon and distress. Il wouldn't hurt
you for a million worlds, Whatever it was,
ought To do haH-karl for H. II will
perform the operation whenever you say"
A ridiculous desire to cry had seized her
why, she could not have told-and she
would rather have died than have him 10
see her do so. II you will go ahead" she
said TREMENDOUSLY, and make a path for
me, ! think we caa get through now"
lie turned instantly and his broad shout
ders parted the crowd In haste that was
thoroughly un-Japanese. But she did not
- follow him. Instead she drew back, and
thinking only TO hide momentarily her hurt
and her pride, slipped through a narrow
, gateway
Go Be Contlnued.)