The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-11

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the hun9arlan's Face.
NAL messenger from London after her.
kilograms and cards lay there In a
pile. Looking down at the lot, she
murmured: "All right, don't care"
He concealed his triumph, but be-
tore the look had faded from his face
sns saw II and exclaimed sharply:
Don't be c-azy about 1t. you know.
You'll have ~ pay high for me; you
know what I mean"
He answered gallantly: my dear
shild. I've told you that you would be
The most charming princess in Hun
gary"
Once more she accepted Indifferent.
y: All right. all right. I don't care
tuppence-not tuppence"-and she
snapped her fingers; but like to see
you pay. Frederiso. Take me to Max.
m's."
He demurred, saying she was far too
". but she turned from him to call
Higgins. determined to 20 II she had
10 20 alone. and said to him violently:
Don't think I'LL make your life easy
nor you. Frederigo. I'll make II
wretched; az wretched-" and she
hsld out her fragile arms. and the
sleeves fell back. leaving them bare
as wretched as I am myself"
Hut she was lovely. and he said
harshly: Get yourself dressed. III
10 change and meet you at the lift"
She made him take a table In the
sorner. where she sat In the shadow
On the sofa. overlooking the brilliant
room. Maxim's was no new scene to
ather OF them. no novelty. Ponio-
owsky scarcely glanced at the crowd,
weferring to feast his eyes on his
sompanion. whose Indifference TO him
made his abstraction easy. She was
his property. He would give her his
ntle; she had demanded II from the
srst. The Hungarian was q little over.
iressed. with his jeweled buttons, his
hrse boutonniere. his faultless
nothes. his single eye-glass through
snich he stared at Lefty Lane, whose
seiicate beauty was In fine play: her
sheeks family pink. her starry eyes
sumid with a dew whose luster Is OF
ne most precious quality. Her un-
shed tears had nothing to do. with
roniotowsky-they were for the boy.
Her heart sickened. thinking where
ne might be: and more than that. II
ried out for him. She wanted him.
oh. she would have been far better
or Dan than anything he could find
n this mad city. than anything to
shich In his despair he could go for
consolation. She had kept her word.
sowever. to that old man, Mr.. Rug
Hes; she had got out of the business
With fatal result. as far as the boy
sas concerned She thought Dan
would drift here probably as most
Americans on their wild nights do for
part OF the time, and she had come
% see.
She wore dress OF coral pink,
lightly Atting. high TO her little chin.
md seemed herself like a coral strand
rom nssk 10 toe. clad In the color she
,nected. and which had become cele-
rated as the Lefty Lane pink. Her
eathered hat hid her face. and she
vas completely shielded as she bent
Town drawing pictures with her bare
inger on the cloth. After q little
Shile she said TO Poniotowsky with
,ut glancing at him:
III you stare any longer like that.
srederigo. you'll break your eye.gass.
fou know how | hate H."
Used as he was To- her Sharpness.
se nevertheless flushed and sat back
and looked across the room. where, 10
heir right. protected from them az
hey were from him nv The great door.
young man sat alone. Whether or
,ot he had come TO Maxim's intending
To Join a congenial party. should he
Ind one. or 20 choose for a companion
some one of the women who. al the
entrance OF the tall blond boy. stirred
and invited him with their raised
lorgnons and their smiles. will not be
known. Dan Blair was alone pale as
the pictures Lefty Lane had drawn on
the cloth. and he. too. feasted his eyes
on the Gaiety girl
by Jove!" said the Hungarian