The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-08-15

before. For four days and four nights
your face has danced before me In
maddening persistency, and / cannot
recall where what is it?" he broke
in abruptly. Are you III"
eyes had darkened. She smiled, but IT
was far away smile.
Mo- am only unhappy" she said.
''H you do not mind l will go below
Good night"
Danvers could only frown his dis
approval Of her leaving him to his own
reflections and lonely walk on deck.
The next morning she was moro
than ever reserved. A cool nod was
all that greeted Danvers, and she
seemed to have drawn completely
within her she'll He knew that She
was still unhappy. Her dark eyes,
were brooding, and her proud head
dropped.
Five days and my breakfast 10.
tasteless because a woman does not
SMILE" Danvers smiled whimsicallye
at his own plight then leaned across.
the table toward her:
Tomorrow we reach Fishguard-.
and l do not even. know year name. -
His eyes held her gaze and she cox
ored.
'1t is scarcely worth while learning
a name merely for one day." she an
5wered quickly.
"But it is not for one day." Danvers,
told her. 81 want to know where you
are going-so that may follow" ~
The girl caught swift breath, then
laughed unsteadily. She had never
before been wooed in so masterful Q
way.
But am the follower" A sparkle
Of fire had kindled in her eyes. "A
career is just ahead Of me, and I am
running after it." She arose from the.
table with laugh and left him.
Danvers' teeth came together with .
jerk. A moment later he, too, left the,
dining saloon His shoulders were
braced and his step firm. He would
not look again at the woman who had
refused him her name. At least, he,
would try not to.
When he went up to the writing
room to get his mail of for Queens
town she was there writing Danvers
seated himself to wait for desk. She.
was the first to finish writing, and he.
took the seat she had vacated. He,
did not look at her, but he knew that
she was surprised and-yes, hurt.
It was not easy to write letters
when his whole mind was rushing aft
er the girl. He glanced down at the
desk and began absently to trace the
name left backward on the blotter.
"Nida," he read, and with the name
his memory shot back some months.
Danvers did not at first realize that
the name he had traced was that of
the woman whose identity troubled
him. Her face floated before him and
coupled itself with that name. Sud-
denly the story came to him. She
was the famous dancer who had been
the innocent cause of great society
, scandal. Danvers remembered now
having seen her picture in the western
papers.
( Without apparent reason he scratch
ed the name from the blotter and
went in search of her.
She was far up toward the bow Of
the boat standing in the full sweep of
wind. Danvers went to her and stood
| close beside her so that she could not
escape.
"Do you imagine for one instant
that would care any the less for you
| because of that?" he asked without
| preface.
II have been trying to escape it for
months" she said with a catch in her
voice. ut follows me everywhere. I
am never going back to New YOrk,"
she added, because l cannot stand
It," She looked far back where, across
the great expanse CT water, her own
country beckoned her. Danvers saw:
the sorrow in her eyes.
eyes," he said i'll low voice that
seemed to turn the great ship about
by the force Of it's appeal, "you will
go back"