The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-13

FAINT In tnaU uiut uitb"'
ur.ous den OF Travers Glad
UnA8 win. Every chair and divan
in the place invited one TO swoon WIN
In Its folds.
The Young man had ordered his deco
rator to provide him with 4 cAanoe,
Wherein stiffness and formally would
se impossible unless one stood erect.
The decora tor had spent money with a
lavish hand upon Spanish feathers an!
sdken str q from the near East anu
the Orient and he had laid these trap
pings over the softest OF swans uoWn.
Once YOU sank upon them you couio
mot hep n sensation OF utter peace ana
relaxation -,
That Anal and irrevocahle Wasting OF
her ideal was shock uoon many snocAs
that tho young CIR! had cNperiencea
within the course OF Few hours anu
that she reached the den on her ~
vs. due more to Batcato's strength ana
.ss,,tv .han 10 sny nervous or physical
forcs within her slender body.
m. uttle jap had fairly town up the
ss.ars with her In such fashion WA sac
haA no 6tstinct recollection OF her reef
1~uofsns any stable surface, men ne
~ turned q sharp corner wh,le enc
so~mSd 10 s.reNm behind him IKE =
0r1asr4ng pennart. and next she nAu
~ Asrseaf sink into SOFT oehcious
SSnNracs. when her eenses left r.rr ana
- seemed to drop pleasantly through
lAShomiess space.
~ vas a treat crimson chair embroid-
90 With yellow peoples into "nch
In4eato had dropped his burden tnen
0V(tohsd on . myriad OF tiny lamps
0nspsnded from tho ceiling oy sun
soSns Of different leng ms or gleamins
Ann DARK inches ava emorasures III
a. tapestry hung walls.
n thess subdued and co'ored lights
us1HGdsd 10 produce . wonder'uly sott
Ard rSpossful effect. snd when al iast
Hsjea opened her eyes-and her swooh
haA been Of only a few minutes' dura-
tSeo-She was s,yrs that he settnS was
n 0rsam and half expected some impos-
~ creature Of pNantas u,agorta to r1se
from the floor and address her.
TNsn she felt an intermittent drauEht
,,,on her cheek and looked UP TO see
whitney Barnes tanning her wi n an
shborut> contrivance OF peacock rssth'
ers thnt was are-Td n nav" once nons
S.tv IN the harem Of Abdul Hand.
oue.tn,e Sultan % Turkey.
Shn was not sure a, fret mat this
.&vsr1e LOOKING he'r@ -HNo fsrr~h her
= euch an anna zins fashion was the
voun~ friend OF the real Travers
0lsdwtn who had appeared on the
scene from time 20 time during that
fatcf,,I Afternoon. for his features were
TAR from being in reHose. Positive tor
turs was wr! ten on his ciean-cut boy
ish face as he welded that fast fan In
his handcnred rards as " II were a
tass, Imposed upon him by some evil
sp'r'',
81 ~
yrists. twis ed and Hr'thcd In theiI
shac' les. but he stuck to his task fes
pera,e,y, now and then kissing over hi
shoulder at Batea'o to le'rn why u
thurser ne didn't end smrflng s'lts o.
whlshev or brandy or something Will
which to restore the young lady to con
seriousness.
An' IN rs part. Ratea'o was racin'
about like a scared mouse, diving Int
mysterious Ghosts and cabinets or undei
divans or climbing mp the walls to ex
plore recessed shelves. His activitle
were confined to that one chamber, 70
n big 'tnplaca cable policeman stood at thu
entrance with orders 10 keen his eye oi
the voting woman and the jap and SCI
that they did not escape or attempt t
assist tho vanished p!ctue expert II
scs eating himself or getting. away.
As Heien's dazed faculties graduall'
resumed their normal actlviNes ana sh
realized that Whitney Barnes was
reality the humor Of the situation sud
denly struck her fancy and she smiled
She was smiling with eyes and lip
when young Barnes turned back hi
head from another reproach OF Bateat
AND looked 10 see how she was comm
on. =.
THANK Heaven" he exclaimed.
thoryht YOU were dead I wanted to q
cut for q doctor. but these confounde
policemen wouldn't let me-yes. an
they wouldn't unlock ma Have ] fame
snoughr Tn pretty well tuckered on,
and these feathers set In ones nose o.
Then this IL an extraordinary kind OF
fan-tNfy use them In harems or some
thlnS the sort, and I've never fame