New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
CHAPTER TX.

INZ2lMM cicty Among the people that called
bYI76JNNg1 on us in the succeeding weeks, and
IOEa8AM| the invitations that poured IN upon
WlE4iSIW us. | could not Oi course tell the
WNEgIW spurious from the pure gold; but 1t
NN4// appeared that the Faubourg St
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shccricl tomco one day; THAT is, the
Duchess and Your pretty looks, DO YOU know what
they call vou my dear, La Belle ShchcraAdc that
was what Colonel Applcby called YOU the other night
He said IT Was AL over town. She looked me up and
down. jus, as She had that day ON the steamer when
came into her cabin IN my pegnor And 10 be sure
IFS not bad name, TO hlt oi your strange, oriental
-,vlr.tha' Damascus r,-o floating g-down-'lr-'H 'HngcS
kind Of look you have, along with the true Parsan chic
Thus. eyes Of your,-'hr depth Of them, and the way
they're cut back almost 10 your ears they rc positively
l.,IT.h. Won know, | suppose YOU know there's not
thing wearing trousers this island that not positively
ashc 10 Your chariot wheels ~ Short head over heels
IN love with ypu u'd and Young from the president q"
III. Polo Club 90 the last Ipus'crwau, Aui yet Your
manners arc $50 perfect, you conquer the women too
or the men drag them along, don't kno" which DO
yuu suppose for minute that Mrs NanHuFS'n, Tor lI-
stance would hc SD ulDr '' Ms u hey nrpH'" "'I'u
.m,'tpn, Just desperately -rm''rn, with YOU, BE the
.y.v n .,s h. YOU took for Victor, 'ha, first night Of
.our arrival wasn't D., \ fortunate chance. since It
,., .i t once IN with Mis- Carroll aui Mrs. Nauhuy
..u though how You could mistake anybody In the
world. even Mr.. Stuart. 'ur ODD. b,au'1iu. ho"y
Yes | have seen Mr. Stuart again IN fact every
I4,l TIL. morning after our adventure hc called 10
leave his card for Mr., Cobb and inquire whether had
taken any oot Ihcu,N' day hc cam, u the afternoon
with Mis- Carol, and with Mrs Nnuhuysous cards OF
invitation the next day. ac day after that hc
arranged with Mrs cobb to find us on the tribune at
,nu polo meet, tha, evening H dance for which Mrs
Nanhuysnn procured us cards.
r was strange, between these appointed meetings,
what q furious hurry | WAS awaysu, lranup stairs,
and down. / scolcl poor old HcncNrvc because sine
g. % o. l..frl rT.E Y
t.b. ate as little as possible, and swallowed II very
quigkv-auI ON the road, when Victor took the wheel
from the chauffeur. hattcrnl him with guile that !
.il not know myself tp possess. told hlm that ne
Irny, better than any mcchanDan. and begged him 10
y, faster faster faster, till Mrs Cobb screamed and
The peasants shouted oa'h5 " rs from each sIr OF the
naI
WHY was it, this will thirst for speed, 1t seemed 70
mo that something was burning up my blood, and that
! must go yer, qulyEl. m order To- cool II or that
,Ymc,hing Was always p.Ilul me, urging me on with
whips. And always aIwayr one image m my eyes, one
thought I'm my brain. Aud bc honest, Llh. the mo-
mcnt Mr. Stuart had ~uI gooIby began planning and
sohcmng and s'raning ahead toward the moment |
might see him again And II seemed to me that by
hurrying very quickly | should arrive more swiftly at
that desired poin, OF time. Wha, it meant this cease
less irrational rush always toward the same thing, |
lid not even stop to think. And when the moment
finally arrived forgot everything Oh, the JOY OF those
moments when felt myself alive Oh, dear and violent
and beautiful life
7 + was at the acroplanc meet, two weeks after
arrival, that first began 10 think.
Bar IIarbor like every other place in the world, has
gone wild over acroplancs. rs We have here too
mountains and too much sea, with all the winds that
blow they have the arrolromc twenty miles inland,
hafhour's motoring. Victor, though hc has his ma
chine like the other young men, does not ly yet.
His mother screams al the notion, and ! can scc that
he is very glad shelter himself behind her fears using
the delay Of his teacher in arriving from Paris as his
cusc. Henry Stuart flies, however; and only last
month hear he won cup for flight from New York
10 Philadelphia.
Al the meet as Mrs. Cobb and descended from our
automobile with Victor lvcry chic today, nicely