Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

She was Thurleys cousin She had seen the Princess
from the ring and unable to credit her senses or
believe it she, slowly working forward with the
press, fearful lest Thurley might at any moment rise
and depart before she could sufficiently close per-
haps to attract her gaze
his upper lip having cleared the close packed audience
before the royal box, made rapid progress down the
Garden to the rear where horses in waiting, with car
riages grooms, and footmen, screened from the
general view, and sauting tall, whskered foreigner,
stepped nimby aside to report.
at is she, he stated, murmuring his statement in
German. Il should know her in million, though |
saw her but once at court"
"She saw you? She might have known you'll de.
manded the other, with evident mpatience What OF
that?"
The smaller man shook a violent negative. "She
neither would she know me by any posi-
bility, though she looked for an hour in my face
The other turned and struck with his fist in his palm
1.-THE folly, the headstrong folly, of her escapade
to show herself in public here like ths We are helpless
to move. We only, at most report.
He started in feverish stride past carriages and
wants, and so, emerging from behind the at its
opposite end continued down the farther side of the
oval making his way to the exit of the garden. Once
he paused with his agent at his heels to glance half
resentfuy across the ring at the girl on the opposite
side.
throaty German. 1.-THE peril the perpetual disaster, of
beauty!" He shrugged his shoulders, continued
and out at the door, and driven away, still accom-
panied by his man. in limousine car that waiting
for him.
THURLEY'S relative, during this brief period, had
leaning the rail about the ring and there she caught
at an anchorage from which make her observations.
She small and Insignificant this poor bit of drift in
the daily tides of Gotham, of perhaps thirty
three rather white of face. slender and nervous She
bore not the slightest resemblance to Thurey, whom
she gazing now with faculties utterly bewildered
Ts~ %1o,, fnof
being glorious, radiant, obviously of New
Yorks elite could possibly have any identity with
Thurey Ruxton, she lost all sense of Judgment There
were moments when Alices protegee seemed unistak-
ably the cousin from New Haven In the next she APP
peared absolutely another individual, not
markably like Thurley, after all.
1t seemed, moreover, preposterous that Thurley
could have to this estate Nothing in could
account for her elevation thus to such patent favots
with swedoms exacting and reluctant monarchs. And
them presently to the dued perception of the eager
womans the tag end of conversation every
part of which she might have overheard. man was
speaking, one hallmarked with patrician manners
Eyes,, he agreed as if upon mature reflection and
estimate, eying Thurey through half closed lids,
connosseur squnts at painting, she quite fus the
that did, For the most part they're baly honey lot.
Princess Thrvinia|I confess my ignorance OF her
State; but that hair that Flemish hair, should know
that in the dark
Thurley's cousin gazed at the Princess with newer
interest all question instantly banished from her mind
She could it not Thurey now, and felt herself
nattered IN tnat seat OF her former doubt that nad
argued the utter absurdty of such social enence for
the girl who had not long before taught students in
the classic shades of Yale
But she did not move. She sngularly fascinated
by this uxtaposton with royalty. 1t almost mar
velous just to be granted this atefu opportunity of
feastng her eyes and SOUL for the beauty and
gracousness of nobly born and reigning in the
court of elegance and wealth presented here where all
the worthwhile world was paying homage.
A TTENTIONS to Thurley in the box, indeed, had
rendered casual regard of the horses out of the
question In vain the fair drivers whipped their pairs