Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-09-05
CHAPTER III.
The Holy Yhlordss.

AoIlty- flau tt oNNu AsIflu khuN as inc
native wine OF Corsica. he would not
have noticed t. The little nerves
that ran from his tongue 20 HIS brain
had temporarily lost the power OF com
municatlon. And ali because or the
girl across the way. He couldn't keep
his eyes from wandering IN her d.
rection. She faced him diagonally.
She ate but little, and when the eldor-
ly gentleman poured out for her a
glass OF sauterne. she motioned 70
aside. rested her chin upon her fold
I'd hands. and stared not AZ but
Through her vis-a-vis.
Il was a lovely head. topped with
coils OF lustrous. light brown hair:
an oval face. Of white and rose and
Ivory tones; scarlet lips. a small. reg
ular nose. and chin the soft round
ness OF which hid the rssolute lift to
At To these attributes OF lovelinesa
was added a perfect form. the long.
flowing curves OF youth. not the abrupt
contours OF maturity George couldn't
Tec0llect when be had been SO I'm
pressed by a face. From the moment
she had stepped down from the car
rage, his interest had been drawn.
and had grown 20 such dimensions
that when be entered the dining-room
his glance Immediately searched for
her table. What luck IN hnding her
across the way He questioned II he
had ever seen her before. There was
something familiar; the delicate pro-
nle stirred some sleeping memory but
did not wake It
How 10 meet her. and when he did
meet her. how TO interest her? II she
would only drop Der handkerchief. her
purse. something TO give him an e1-
cuse. an opening. All. he was certain
that this time the hydra-headed one
should not overcome him. To gain
her attention and 20 hold It. he would
have faced a lion. a tiger. q wildele-
plant. To diagnose these symptoms
might not be fair 10 George Love
at hrst sight" reads we'll and sounds
well. but we hoary-headed philoso-
pliers know that the phrase is only
pOetical license.
Once. and only once. she looked n
his direction. II swept over him with
the chill OF a winter wind that b,
meant as much to her as a tree. =
fence. meadow. as seen from ths
window OF a speeding railway train
But this observation. transient as Il
was. left with him the indeuble I'm
preston that her eyes We're the sad
dest he had ever seen. Why? VIII
should a young and beautiful girl hav,
eyes like that? Il could not meaI
physical WEAKNESS. else the fac
would in some way have expressed II
The elderly man appeared 10 DO hi
best TO animate her; he was kindl
and courteous and BY the gentle va
he laughed at intervals was trying q
bolster up the situation with a lest o
two. The girl never so much as smiled
or shrugged her shoulders: she was a
responsive 70 these oVertures as maj
bic would have been
Georges romance gathered itself 10
flight Perhaps Il was love thwart
ed and the gentleman with the mus
tache and imperial. IN spite OF his am
ability. might be the ogre. Perhap
It was love and duty. Perhaps he
lover had gone down TO sea. Perhap
(foP lovers are known 10 DO sue
things) he had run away with II
SNA~A Sill Al AAhL was the Case
George did not think highly OF tbs
tentative gentlemsn's taste. Perhap
and perhaps again; but George Nigh
have gone on perhapsing TIL III
crack O. doom. with never a soIitar
giimmer OF the true state OF the girl
mind. Whenever he saw an unknow
man or woman who attracted his a
fsntiOn. he never could resist the In
pulse 70 invent q romance that migl
apply.
Immediately after dessert the tw
rose; and George. finding that nothin
more important than a pineapple ic
detained him. got up and followed n
Ryanne almost trOd on his heels q
they went through the doorway int
the cosy lOungingroom. Geore
dropped into a vacant divan and wal
ed for bis cafe . la Turque. n
Ryanne walked over TO the head-pO
tsr's bureau and asked II that gentl
man would be so kind as TO point o,
SIR. George p. A. Jones, II he wei
anywhere in sight He thoughtful
pot TO say regretfally. laid down
eman bribe.
Mr.. Jonesf" The porter knew N
onss very we'll He was generou
nd treated the servants az tAoul
, Aey we're really human heaAEA n
&RAnna, etth4r h4 kin t1QcirY e.