, 1912-02-08

WOMAN"
few months on bacon and liver and
then turn our attention to trufI1es and
old wines and Cabanas at two francs
fifty. We are collectively a good sort
of vagabond. | have a little besides
my work: not much. but enough to loaf
on when no newspaper or magazine
cares to pay my expenses In Europe
Anyhow. | prefer this work to staying
home TO be hampered by intellectuai
boundaries My vest will eve reach
the true proportions which would
make me successful in politics"
You are luckier than | am" Brett
mann replied He slipped his wine
slowly and with relish How long was
1t since he had tasted a good chamber
tin?
Perhaps Fitzgerald had noticed it
when Breitmann came in. The latter's
velvet collar was worn. there was u
suspicious gloss at the elbows. the cuff
buttons were of cheap metal. his fiji
gers Were without rings. But the
American readily understood There
are lean years and fat years in jour
| uhliSlh. dnu ne uiDuStll hhu
them. For the present this man was o
little down On his luck; h a was all.
A party came In and took the near
table. There were four. two elderly
men. an elderly woman and II girl
Fitzgerald. as he side glanced, was af
forded a shiver of pleasure He recog
nized the girl 1t was she who had
| given the flowers to the veteran
THAT is a remarkably fine young
woman" said Breitmann. echoing
Fitzgerald's thought.
The waiter opened the champagne.
"Yes. l saw her give some violets
this afternoon to an old soldier in the
tomb. 1t was a pretty scene.
Their glances, drawn by some occult
force. half circled till they paused on
the face of the girl. who. perhaps com.
PEELED by the same invisible power,
had leveled her yes in their direction
With well bred calm her interest re-
turned to her companions, and the in
| cident was to all outward sign closed
| Whatever tool place behind that beau
tiful but Indifferent mask no one else
ever learned. but simultaneously in the
minds Of these two Adventures and
surely to call a man an adventurer
does not necessarily imply that he is a
chevalier d'industrie-a thought. tinged
with regret and loneliness. was born
to have and to hold a maid like that
sometimes. knowing that ! shall
never be rich. | have desired a title"
remarked Fitzgerald humorously.
"And what would you do with itT'
curiously
"Oh. I'd use 1t against porters and
walters and officials. There's nothing
like 1t. have observed a good deal
1t has a magic sound. ike Orpheus'
Tyre. The %stiffest back becomes supine
vt the first twinkle of it"
81 should like to travel with you,
Mr.. Fitzgerald" said Breitmann mus
ingly "You would be good company
Some day. perhaps, I'll try your pre-
scription. hut I'm only a poor devil
of a homeless. landless baron"
Fitzgerald sat up. You surprise me
Eyes However. neither my father
nor my grandfather used 1t. n MS
the pitiful few acres which went with
II is a sterile Bav arian hillside have
never used IL either Besides. neither
the peerage nor the Almanach de
Gotha make mention of 1t. but still
the patent of nobility was legal. and
| could use It despite the negligence
Of those two authorities
"You could use 1t In America. There
are not many 'Burkes' there"
at amuses me to think that ! should
confide this secret to Won The wine
is good. and perhaps-perhaps | was
hungry Accept what have told
you as n jest"
! They both became u%ntalkative as ths