Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-10-25


all naples that night. The intermlt-
tent glowing Of the end family out
lined his face. Far away across the
shimmering bay rose Capri in kind
OF magic, amethystine transparency.
A light or two twinkled where Sorren-
to lay. His gaze roved the half-circle.
and finally rested upon the grim dark
ash-heap, Vesuvius. Beauty, beauty
everywhere; beauty in the sky, beauty
upon earth, in his heart and mind. He
was twentyeight, and all these won
derful things had happened in little
more than 90 many days!
Gods In his heaven,
Ais right with the world"
He flung the half-hnished cigar into
the air, careless as to where 1t fell,
or that In falling 1t might set Naples
on fire. It struck a roof somewhere
below; splitter Of sparks, and all
was dark again. 90
Il shall come" All through his
dreams that night be heard 1t. 81
shall come"
Next morning he notified the cap
tain to retain their cabins. After that
they proceeded to storm the shops.
They were like March hares; irrespon-
sible children, both Of them. What
did propriety matter? What meaning
had circumspection? They two were
all alone; the rest Of the world didn't
count. It never had counted to either
Of them. Certainly they should have
gone to a parsonage; Mrs. Grundy
would prudently have suggested It,
The trivialities Of convention, how.
ever, had no place at that moment In
their little Eden. They were law un-
to themselves
Into twenty shops they went; mo-
diste after modiste was interviewed;
and Fortune at length found two mod.
els. These were pretty, and, being
models, quite inexpensive. Once,
George was forced to remain outside
in the carriage. 1t was In front Of the
lingerie shop. He put away each re-
ceipt, just like q husband upon his
honeymoon. Later, receipts would
mean as much, but from a different
angle Of vision. He bought so many
violets that the carriage looked as
though It were ready for the flower
carnival. He laughingly disregarded
her protests. 1t was the Song Of
Songs.
MY shopping is DONE" she said at
last, dropping the bundles upon the
carriage floor. Nov, 1t Is your turn"
You have forgotten q warm steam.
er-cloak," he reminded her.
$50 have!"
This oversight was easily remedied;
and then George sought the tailor
shops for ready-made clothes. He had
more difficulty than Fortune; ready
made suits were not the easiest things
to find in Naples. q, By noon, however.
he had acquired a Scotch wooden for
day wear and fairly decent dinner
suit, along with other necessities.
well, | say!" h. murmured, struck
by a revealing thought.
Have you forgotten anything"
No. On the contrary, I've Just re-
membered something. I've got all I
need or want in my steamer-trunk;
and till this minute never once
thought of it."
How they laughed! Indeed, SO high
were their spirits that they would
have laughed at any inconsequent
thing. They lunched at the Gam
brinus, and George mysteriously
bought up all the pennies from the
hunchback tobacco vendor. Later, as
they bowled along the sea-front,
George created small riot by fling
ing pennies to small boys and whining
beggars. At five they went aboard the
ship, which was to leave at shutdown,
some hours ahead Of scheduled time.
The captain himself welcomed them
as they climbed the swaying ladder.
There were hundred frst-class pas
sengers for the final voyage. The two,
however, still sat at the right and left
OF the captain; but the table was
filled, and they maintained a guarded
prattle. Every one at once assumed
that they were a bridal couple, and
watched them with tolerant amuse-
ment. The captain had considerable