Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-23
CHAPTER VII.-Continued.

L IHeH IL > Seltltu W Hlle i III iboniii-
round and making up my mind where to
| begin. please go to the telephone, call
up nincty-eleven Gramercy Blessington' s
ASK for Mr. Simonson. and III talk To
him.
d., AS one who dreams. Cynthia complied.
! And az in dream she moved and had
| her being throughout the remainder of
that extraordinary day = though with
| gratitude be it chronicled she attempted
nothing so bromide as to pinch herself
i for reinsurance as to her WakefulneSs.
| She was quite normal human woman.
was Cynthia. but in this, as in some
! other minor matters. she was not alto
gether other girls lone reads about.
! 1t would, however, have been remark
! able If she had been able to review this
day without considering it day apart,
/ She awakened to its light a paupcr or
! pian: she went to sleep with the senSa-
| ton of a princess in a fairy tale; but,
unlike most such princesses, quite for
getful of the prince; indeed, rather m
cined to ascribe her Transformation less
| TO his adroit and courageous intervention
| than to the magic weavings of the being
nant witch.
| Through the glamour of that day of
days men and women and things APP
peared. postured for a little time. and
went their ways, like puppets moving to
! the manipulation OF master; or again
| like gnomes and elves and COLLINS. super
naturally potent. but none the less docile
/ to the will of the omnipotent fairy god
mother bent creating new world
/ for her newfound Cinderella.
Mr. Simonson of Blessington's. for one,
| by some magic incarnation of madame $.
was materialiZed from paradoNicai ly
| nasal and disembodied voice at the end
| of a telephone wire into small, neat
suave Semitic jinnee, charged like a
/ storage battery with juice of Difference
obsequious to the least significant utter
ance of the enchantress. With him APP
peared train of imps. bringing boxes,
small warehouse of boxes: which, be
! ing opened, discovered a woman's world
OF ravishing things-gowns, suits. wraps.
skirts and 'blouSes. hats. wells. stockings.
underwear in delicious profusion, appoint
ments of many kinds. "Every-
thing!' as madame had stipulated, i'm
perially. over the telephone. adding meas
urements. partially supplied by Cynthia,
partially perceptibe to her educated eye
Simonson had taken her word at its
literal value. With his and madame's
counsel Cynthia found herself trying on
and selecting what seemed little Of all
things requisite, and (madame's amend
ment curious but Expressive then
some
Following Simonsoli's prompt exorcsm
| at the instant his services seemed no
longer essential. came other jinns of an
! inferior order. in checked jumpers. hear
ing on their shoulders empty trunks dedi-
Gated with her initials to the wardrobe of
the princess.
This reminded Cynthia of her own
trunk and small belongings and after II
brisk discussion with madame the en-
chantreSS, she gave way, smuch against
her WILL and permitted one of the Mono
18th housekeepers, Specially detailed FOR
the service at the command of the old
lady. to go to her humble lodging, pay
her bill and pack and bring away every
thing she owned.
There followed hours of furious pack
ing, spaced by intervals devoted 10 the
spiritual eXcoriatiOn of Sidonie for hav-
ing forgotten all things forgettable and
having neglected all things else.
| And then, arrayed in her fresh finery.
she had a ride in a taxi with madame
with pauses here and there to pick up a
!, dozen fndispensa bes-among these the
amethyst ring of NJ. IL Due dc Guise;
frantic haste. madame happening to re-
member having left the jewel case in a
precariously exposed position. But they
found 1t safe. its contents intact.
A little later they had an early dinner
/ of many delectablc courses the last
mOuthfulS of decent food We'll have i'll
weeks. my dear!'-servcd in state in the
most magnificent dining room of the
most magnificent MonoIith
! There We're breathless final rites in the
StOrm-swept apartment.
| Most indeliDle of all memories was pro-
vided by the long and weary ride alone
! III tHe IfOtOl tdD-NTe. Sdtdfdfi Hollow
ing In another, because two We're re-
auired 10 convey their lugrace-with one
OF the hotel detectives on the front seat
as a guard over Cynthia and the jewel
case; the same in its own individual
! handbag having been intrusted to her
care-most unfairly. Cynthia considered
! The feeling of unhealthy was most in
eluctible then, with the well kennel
lights of Manhattan slipping steadily
past. to be replaced by those of the
M 1nty limb and
swift. downward dip to Brooklyn, where
! interminable professions of strange lights
strobe mysteriously through strangely
quiet streets, all apparently escaping
from the echoing iron-roofed shed by the
waterside, with its cold chiaroscuro of
high-sWung. splutterins electric arc
lamps and grim, tenebrous shadows
skulking amid great piles of bags and
cious of all memories its atmosphere i'm
pregnated with sickly Swedish fruity
| odor. lightened by infreauent whifs of
salty wind from the tidal river
A myriad of singular impressions 'cul-
minated with the Rubicon-crossing of a
gangplank that spanned a black abys-
NAL depth, with a torbiddins CLINT III
sluggish water al its bottom, TO stuffy-
smelling and poorly lighted saloon. where
Rhode greeted them, ddWning upon Cyu-
thia's consciousness like some sullcn
midnight sun. blazingly ungracous The
sight OF him logged her perceptions out
OF their giutted stupor for a little; but
she was too. utterly weary to remain
awake for long. Even sharp passage
alarms between Nine. Savaran and her
son-in-law had no more effect than TO
rouse dull wonderment that they had
energy enough to quarrel.
She experienced sensation of moving
down narrow. dark tunnel termed by
Rhode an alleyway), of coming to a
stop In a small cabin. bright with electric
| light and white-painted woodwork OF un-
derstanding that this was her own pri-
vate stateroom. and that it adjoinei
that to be occupied by madame, of bolt
ing the door behind Rhode. and unlocking
and unpacking divers pieces of hand lug
! gage.
| Then dull. sweet, narcotic darkness