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

"Ill 60 with YOU Haly offered.
Nein, nein! Anf WiederSehen."
So she left him-left him surrounded by
the dust and bones of the chivalry and roy
atty and wit and talent of centuries, and he
didn't care a cent for them. He would rather
have seen her again, have been able to talk
with her and tell her in understandable Ian
guage what he thought about her, than to
have been permitted to weep at the tomb
of Alfred the Great.
TT was in Paris that he babe goodby to
Palmer; for that young man, having
more money at his command, was for seeing
Naples. After Palmer left him, Haly ate a
duck at Frederic's, had breakfast at the Pre-
Catalan, bumped into some Americans who
took him to Maxim's, and wound up the
evening with a taxi ride to lie Rat Mort,
went out to Versailles, to St. Denis, and to
all the other approved sights and places.
Then he put in his last afternoon in Paris
at the Musee Carnavalet, where, when look
ing at Napoleon's toothbrush, he again saw
her. Again she was with the elderly woman.
She was not fifteen feet from him-yet when
he bowed to her she looked right through
hirnl
al wonder what the German is for lem
on'?' he asked himself.
So the next day he took the train for Cher
bourg there to take the ship for home. 1t
was there, on the tender that was to take
the passengers out to the liner in the Chan
mel, that he saw her once more. This time
he profted by his rebuff of the day before
and did not speak to her. Besides, she was
not looking at him.
HERR GREGORY PORTER, Frau Por-
IL ter, Fraulein Jane Porter" There it
was, duly printed in the passenger list of Der
Kronprinzessin. Herr Charles Haly let the
sheet fall into his lap and cogitated. First
of all he was greatly satisfied. because after
all her name was Jane. 1t is splendid
thing when you see a lovely young woman
and fit her with name born of the inspira-
ton occasioned by her appearance and her
influence upon you-it is a splendid thing
to find that you have hit upon her name
So it was Jane, after all. But was Herr
Gregory Porter the Gregory Porter? Greg
ory Porter was a successful man, and one of
whom Ha1y had heard great deal. What
had he to do with this Fraulein Jane Porter,
who could not speak Englisho Gregory
Porter was American born and bred, and
surely young woman who could speak only
German could not Well, it was puzzling,
indeed! Charles Haly spent his first morn
ing aboard Der Kronprinzessin alternately
IllC l)etSoCISCl LSI c1iid lliCi oludy
ing the situation.
Jane Porter spent the morning studying a
German-English dictionary and thinking.
WHEN Charles Haly strobe along the
w promenade deck that afternoon she
was not ready to speak to him. She was not
done thinking. She was tucked up in the
rugs of her steamer chair, and f1anked by the
elderly man and the not SO elderly woman.
Haly passed them three times; but each
time Jane had her eyes closed.
The next morning Haly took his constitu-
tional; but she was not out. Haly kept
taking constitutionals all morning, and fl
nally was rewarded by seeing her in COM
pany with the same elderly couple leisurely
going the course round the deck. When
they passed him she looked at Haly-and
she bowed!
Haly was 50 surprised that he nearly
stood stockstill, staring. But he recovered
and returned the salutation. The bow she
gave him was merely salutation it was
not a greeting. A much mystified Haly went
below For two days there was nothing but
bows for him. And always the bows were
given when the elderly couple were with Jane
Porter Haly occupied himself with eating
the sandwiches the stewards brought, and
trying to discover how many different kinds
of cheeses and sausages were made in