The evening world., 1912-05-04

NffkI were leunlng against tne
%starboard rail, watching the
slowly converEing lights Of
the harbor. Fortune had bor-
- rowed a cloak from her stew
ardsss and George wore the mutt Of the
nrst oficer. Tho captain had offered his.
but George had declined. He would
have been lost In Its ample folds.
II can not understand why they made
no effort to md you.'' he unused. at
doesn't seem quite human
Don't YOU understand? 1t Is quite
simple. My mother believes that Horace
and ! ran away together. II not that. !
ran away myself. as I that day threat.
ened to do. In either case. saw moth
Ing could be done In trying to Ind crt
where 1 had gone. Perhaps she knows
exactly what did happen. Doubtless
she a sent or my things to Mentone.
which. Of course. I shall never zee again.
No. no! a not 20 back there. I
have known the misery OF suspense
Ions enough" She lowered her head TO
the rail.
He came quite near to her. His arms
went out toward her. only to drop down.
He must walt. 1t was very hard. But
nothing prevented his putting forth a
hand to press hers reassuringly. and
saying: Don't do that, Fortune. 1t
makes my heart ache to see a woman
cry"
81 am not crying" came in munlc1
tones. II am only sad. and tired, tired"
Everything will come out all right in
the end" he encouraged. "Of course
be. having gone through what you havey
Here; lets II In h steamer.chairs till
the bus.s blows for o,nnsr. I'm . BIT
tagged out myself"
They lay back In the chairs. n no
bnger cared TO talk. The lights twinkieu.
but fainter and fainter. till at last only
the pale line between the sky and the
sea remained. She turned her head and
looked sharply at him. He was sound
softly. How carsworn!" There was
something %grotesQue In the mask Of
desert a and shaven kin. How patient
he had been through Il oil, and how
kind and gentle to her!
She r~Smembered now Of seeing hin.
that night In Cairo, and of remarkins
how young n fresh he seemed In
comparison to the men she knew and
had met. And she leave him. to
20 into the world and night her W
battles. II God had out given to her a
brother like this! But brother he never
could be. no. not even In the pleasant
sense Of adoption. She did not want
pity. . . To think Of his getting
those things for her In Damascus! $50
Pity suggested that she was weak and
helpless, whereas h knew that she was
both patient and strong. What
did she WANT She glanced up and
save for them. 1nen. clad In the
beauty OF . thousand stars" she leaned
over and down and brushed his hand
with her IDS,
And George slept on. Only the blare
OF the bugle brought him back to u
dane affairs. He was hungry. n he
announced the fact with Gusto. They
would dine we'll that night. The captain
placed Fortune at h4s risht and George
at his left and broached . bottle OF hne
old Johann1sber9ef. And the three OF
them mad coffee IN the smoks-room. II
the other passengers had any curiosity.
they did not manifest II openly.
Upon Anding that they had no real
need Of staying over In Naples. tho cap
tain urged that they take the return
voyage with him He saw more than
either q the young OeOple. with those
blue Tsutonac syss Of mis-. George prom
lssd to let him know within q dozen
| hours Of the sailing. Certainly Fortune
would decide one way or the other with
In chat time.
1 NOM uAu 0Uo1l Vu0 v0Suvv8Sh 10y SuSAy
times. with nsvsr taking love and In
tsrsst. They sailed across the bay In the
| bright clearness Of the morning.
You are soins back with me-" George
announced In q tone which inferred that
| nothing more was TO be said upon tho
subject. But. for all hAs confidence.
there was . great and heavy fear upon
his heart as he asked for mail at the
httie Enclosure At Cooks. In the Gallsria
vittoris. There was . cable; nothing
more.
Have I evsr given you permission to
call me by that amer"
Why
Have II"
mo-
'Then ] give you that permission
now"
what DO you brighten a man like that
forr" he cried. What ] was going 10
say
Fortune"
What / was going to say. Fortune.
wal this: Herr 10 the cable from Nor.
timer. I'm not going TO open II TIL
after dinner tonight. Wen 20 up to
the Bertolini to dine. You'll stay there
for the night, while I put up at the
Bristol. which 10 only a little ways up
the Corso. I'm not going TO ask you
q question iii coffee. Then we'll thrash
out the subject til there Isn't . grain
left"
She made no protest. Secretly she
was pleased to be bullled like this. II
proved that among all these swarm.na
peoples there was one Interested In heI
welfare. But she knew in her hear,
what she was going to say when the
proper time came, She did not wish &c
spoil hts dinner. She was also coins
10 put her courage TO Its supreme teat
borrow a hundred pounds, ana bravely
promise 10 pay him back.
II she failed to pay II. II would be be
cause she was dead. For she could no
survive q comparison between herxel'
and her mother. Here in Naples sh'
-lIA AZ annAihIna IN annanlunUu