, 1911-11-09

cred pagoda opposite, Cato at his feet
Together they extracted the skirt. a
fragile texture transparent with lace
a faint perfume in 1t. He noticed thai
she wore a porte bonheur on her arm
with a turquoise in it. 1t made the
skin look white. or the skin made IL
look blue. The petty common service
broke the spell Of formality which
usually existed between them in the
library.
Are you going farther down the
path? May | walk with your" he
asked, and. having received the assent
of her head and a %nonchalant IF You
WISH" he began:
do you know what | was thinking
about, Miss Dale. as | sat there in the
pagoda2 l was wondering where /
had met you before. Since the very
first day you came l have often won
dered that have seen you before
oh, no, there is no doubt about it-but
where l can't recall"
in some other incarnation, 1 dare
say" laughed she. Was it when we
were swinging from trees or not So
long & as that? Could it"-yes. she
would tempt the fates N be down
right cOurageous-"could it have been
In the days when | was in the
Exchange building. One meets So
many
"The Exchange buflding2 All. pre-
cisely! | recall it all now. and how /
used to find myself unwittingly look
ing for you after that first day. But
l was called south, and when l came
back you had vanished" He spoke
reminiscently.
1.-The first day? l don't quite under
stand" queried she.
81 was coming down in the elevator.
harried to death. my mind in a fright
full state of turmoil. l found you
watching me from some crowded cor
ner. and | looked directly into your
eyes" he studied her now with u
smile serious and tender. 81 looked.
and 1t was like bathing ones face in
a pool of spring water after a hot
journey" he ended simply.
1t came back with such unmistaka
BILE %vividness to Anna that she spoke
spontaneously:
You did ook worried"
"Oh, you remember. too?" he cried
Il can't tell you how glad that makes
me. couldn't get you out of my mind
somehow. You see. | V did get
you out Of my mind. Some faces stay
with US. Yours stayed"
The woman beside him had become
very grave, feeling the beat OF her
pulse quicken with the distant surge
of a strange joy, a jog indistinct as
the tremor of IN unrisen sun. yet all
p~ervasive. Realizing her danger, def
ly she veered her mood.
Yes. | passed our old elevator boy
on the street a few months ago" she
remarked casually, STOPPING to pat the
mastif's head. II remembered his face.
too. though it had e owe a decade
since | saw him"
The mans face was rueful as he nod
ed appreciation Of her tactics.
Below them was the broad expanse
of the Hudson. scintillating as a sap
phire in the glow of the summer after
% A yachting party steaming up
river waved hats and handkerchief at
them in pure good fellowship. II e
ed good to be alive. Temple pulled
two chairs under the shade of the
trees, and they sat down. In the dis
lance the cliffs of the Palisades rose
and beckoned alluringly.
do you know what I used to call
them. those cliffs p said he. seeing his
companions eyes upon them. My
palaces. When I was a
child the palace of enchantment meant
the future, the mysterious, ineffable
future when l should be grown up.
world would be my garden. the world
and life and all their riches mine to
explore, to adventure In. And, oh, the
people by whom the world and the flu
ture were inhabited. the cavalcading
knights. the lovely princessesl Love
and glory and all of romance,
i had them for the wishing. Did you
ever have such an enchanted palace.
Miss Dale?" asked he whimsically.
YES" acquiesced she softly. falling
In with his mood, the sympathetic
bond which always asserted itself
when she was not on guard. drawing
her once again. "Oh. yes; l, too.
had my enchanted palace. a many pin
nacled palace built of gold and silver.
ivory, alabaster and mother of pearl:
the fountains in its courts ran with
perfumed waters" Her voice trailed
dreamily. and Temple thrilled with
the music Of 1t. And its ~pleasaunce
was an orchard of pomegranates. One
had no need to spare ones colors, you
know" She turned to him with an
adorable smile.
Il know He was at one with her
now. responding intuitively to the play
Of her emotions. And the stars left
their courses to fight for you. and the
winds Of heaven We'd with each other