Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-17

shoulders and lowered, blue-black head
dresses. He made way for her rug
gedly toward paling where there was
little space. Above it was hung a
poster of a japanese actress.
THAT is the famous Sada Gozen,' he
told her. she has just returned from
a season in Paris and New York, and
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 was stamp
ed on his heart: the sweet, moon-lghted
profile, the curling, brown hair. the faint
perfume of her gown that mingled with
the wistaria. 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.
A Japanese couple, Fastening to their
rick sha caromed against them, and,
with an effort, he tried to turn it to 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
people"
Her quiverins feeling grasped at a fan
cied innuendo. "It doesn't take long,
then you think?" Her tone held dan
gerous lure, but he did not preceive it.
Not where you are concerned, appar-
emily" he answered lightly.
She turned her head swiftly toward him.
and her eyes flashed. Where / am con-
cerned!" she repeated fercely, and in his
establishment he almost wrecked the pal
ing. "Oh, hate double-meaningl Why
not say It? Do you suppose don't know
what you are thinkingr'
'TY'' he said In bewilderment. What
am thinkingT"
you mean you have found you are mis-
taken in me! You have no nght-no
earthly right, to draw conclusions"
"AhP' he said, with a sharp breath. Il
had no such meaning. You can't mag
me"
Don't say you didn't" she interrupted.
THAT only makes 1t worse!" She scarce
ly understood her own resentment, and
a hot consciousness that her behavior
was quite childish and unreasonable mix
ed itself with her anger.
What have l said?' he exclaimed, in
contrition and distress. II wouldn't hurt
you for a million worlds! Whatever 1t
was. ought to do hara-kiri for it! IL
will perform the operation whenever you
say!"
A ridiculous desire 10 cry nao Selzeu
her-why, she could not have told-and
she would rather have died than have
him see her do so. IF you will go
ahead" she said TREMENDOUSLY, land make
path for me, 1 think we can get
through now"
He turned Instantly and his broad
shoulders 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.
She found herself in a crowded cor
ridor of the emptying playhouse. The
mass of Japanese faces confused her.
door opened at another angle and she
passed through 1t hastily into the open
air. The street she was now in was
narrow, and she followed 1t, expecting
It to turn into the larger thoroughfare.
1t did so presently, and at its corner
she paused till the burning had left her
eyes, and her breath came evenly. Then
she walked back toward the theater,
feeling an impatient irritation at her
behavior.
Presently. however. abe stopped. puz-