The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-19
CHAPTER l.
Twilight In the Park.

You may wait. Renaud.
The voice was firm, but the lady
herself hesitated as she stepped from
tho tonneau. There was no answer.
Holding the Tapping ends OF her veil
away from her face. she turned and
looked fairly at the driver OF the
machine.
He seemed businesslike, capable
man, though certain minor details OF
his chauffeur's rig We're a bit un-
usual, and now that he had been
Obliged, by some discomfort, TO re-
move his goggles, his face appeared
pleasant and quite untanned. His pas
senger noted these things. remark
ing "Oh, IL isn't Renaud!"
No Mademoiselle: Renaud hadn't
showed up at the Office when you tele-
phoned, so they put me on in his
place"
"Ah, | see" Accent seemed to I'm
ply, however, that she was not quite
pleased. The manager sent you.
And your name is--?p
MY name-rather odd NAME
Hand"
The face half-hidden behind the
veil remained impassive. A moment S
hesitation, and then the lady turned
away with a short. You will watt
AS mademolselle wishes. Or shall
/ perhaps follow slowly along the
drive?"
NO, wait here. shall return
soon"
The Young Woman walked away.
erect, well-poised, lifting skirts skill
fully as she paused a moment at the
top OF the stone steps leading down
into the tiny park. The driver OF the
machine, free from observation, al
! lowed a perplexed look TO occupy his
| countenance. What the devil is to
I nay il she doesn't return-soon'
The avenue lifts camels hump
I toward the sky In the space OF nfteen
| blocks. and on the top, secure as the
howdah of IA chieftain. stands the
noble portico OF the old college To
the westward. as every one knows,
| lie the river and the more pretentious
park: on the east an abrupt descent
| offers space for small grassy play
/ ground for children. who may De
seen, during the sunny hours OF the
| day, romping over the slope.
! AS the gaze OF the woman sweep
over the charming little pleasance
and beyond. over the miles of sign
boards, roofs. chimneys. and inter
secting streets, the serious look dis
appeared from her face. SUMMER
haze and distance shed gentle beau'
ty over what she knew TO be a clam
oring city-New York. Angles were
softened. noises subdued, sensational
scenes lost in the dimmed perspec'
tive. To q chance observer, the pros
pect would have been deeply suggss'
/ tive: in the woman ii stirred many
memories. She put back her ven;
her face glowed; long sigh escaped
her lips Slowly she walked down
! the steps, along the sloping pain 10
| turn, where she sank down on a
/ bench. A rosy. tired child, rather the
worse for mud.pies, and hanging
reluctantly at the hand OF Its non
chalant nurse. brought bit OF the
womans emotion TO the surface. She
smiled radiantly at the tagging In
! FAINT
The face revealed by the uplifted
veil was OF type TO accompany the
Youthful but womanly figure and the
spirited tread. Beautiful she would
! I've counted. without doubt, by many
an observer; those who loved her
/ would call her beautiful without
stint. But more appealing than her
/ beauty was the fine sp!rit-a strong
free spirit, loving honesty and cour'
| age-which glowed like a flame be
| hind her beauty. Best OF all, per
haPs, was touch of quaintness, a
slightly comic twist to her lips, an
imperceptible alertness of manner
which revealed to the initiated that
she had sense of humor in excel
lent running order.
Ii was evident that the little ex
cursion was of the nature OF a pill
grimage. The idle hour, the Bit OF
| holiday, became memorial, as recol
Election brought back to her the days
of childhood spent down yonder, a
few squares away. in this very city
/ They seemed bright in retrospect
like the pleasant paths OF a quiet
garden, but they had ended abruptly
and had been followed by years OF
activity and colorful experience in an
other country. Through il all what
anticipations had been lodged in her
return to home! Something there
would complete the story-the story
with its secret ecstasies and aspira
tieHs-the story OF the ardent springs
OF youth.
| Withdrawing her gaze from the
scene below, though with apparent
reluctance, she took from the pocket
OF her coat an opened envelope
I which she regarded moment with