Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16


tucks and ruffles and gathers and plaits and
insertion and medallions and the like.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter seated themselves,
and Jane stood beside them expectantly.
She had not analysed the situation wrongly;
for Haly was before her on the instant, bow
ing and mutely asking for the twostep. With
a nod and smile to the older folk, Jane
went with Haly. They twostepped to tune
that some of the players were playing from
the music and the Others were making up as
they went along; but for them there was
music timed by heartbeats. When the band
stopped playing they were some distance
from Mr.. and Mrs. Porter. Jane dropped
her hand into Hays arm, and they walked
up the deck, where the lights were not so
brilliant. 1t was incumbent upon him to say
something, Haly felt; but how should he
say it2
al am sorry haven't my rman-English
dictionary" he observed, -" Mein Bnch, you
know"
$50 am 1" she replied in the purest Ameri-
can. at would have been a lot of fun to
pick out conversation.
Haly gasped and leaned against the back
of deck chair. Then he looked sternly at
the girl.
4jane!" he exclaimed. "Jane! What does
this mean?"
4My name is Miss Porter" she informed
him. Then, II know you think am horrid.
l know you will never want to see me again,
even after l explain it."
I'll always want to see you again, whether
it is explained or not. But what is the ex-
planation?"
"Papa and Mama were on the other side,
and | was to Join them when | finished
school. Papa had to go over on business,
you know. So when it came time for me to
go, Papa wrote to me to be careful whom |
met. My aunt was to have chaperoned me;
but she became i'll at the last minute and
couldn't go, SO | went alone. l thought if |
pretended to understand nothing but Ger
man it would help me to keep to myself"
"Yes3" Haly encouraged her.
ooh, really you have no idea what a great
help it was, too. Why, lots of people tried
to talk to me; but when would say Sprechen
sic Deutsch?' they would smile blankly and
leave me. And then you-you were differ
ent"
4Yes?"
ayes. In the first place you took my
breath by finding an interpreter. And in
the next place Mr.. Palmer did not play fair
He pretended to be talking for you; but all
the time he was-was-"
Speaking for himself, John2"
eyes"
Il InOuSnt as muCn.
"And then you got that little dictionary,
and it struck me as being SO amusing and SO
enterprising and SO energetic that l really
admired your pluck and courage and deter
mination TOTO"
@To win"
ITO overcome obstacles. | had half a
mind to tell you the truth then; but it really
was SO much pleasanter your way that did
not like to spoil it. And now l expect have
spoiled it. You will be disguised with me-"
"Never!"
"And think l am silly, crazy young
creature, full of deceit"
"Never!"
"And all the time it was Just about as hard
for me to speak German as it was for you
| shivered every time Mr.. Palmer would
talk it to me; although really he doesn't
speak it very well.
"But better than l.
ooh, really, you have very fine German
accent. But, you see, have been thinking
it all over, and | knew if you never learned
the truth we might never see each other any
more, and if you did learn the truth we never
should see each other again, because you
would rightfuly be SO disguised with me
that you"
"Not bit of i.l'
@And so-well, and sol"
"And sol"