Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

inquired shyv.
you would soon learn, commended Aladdin. THAT
90 champagne" he added to her order.
Kitty leaned back with deep sigh OF content and
regarded the shining array OF silver and napery with
quivering transport. There souvenir in
gold enveops beside each plate. Kitty Dor
rowed pencil from the waiter and addressed hers to
her stepmother with surge of exultatlon. Aladdin
was right. 1t would not take her any time at all to
learn Those hard unpronounceable names were not
hard at al-compared with ledgers. That was the
beauty of 1.-THE thrill of personal fitness the recog
milton that thisthis the life she fitted to adorn!
Who bettero
She made a joyous survey of the room. Even those
girls lace waists at the orchid table that the
slender dark youth gazing at adoringly-one of
them was thin sat the other, the younger wide
outhed and freckled with hair distinctly mud coloed
while mine thought Kitty, smoothing 1t COM
Ah this at last was Lvinl The only blot on the
landscape figure of Aladdin sitting opposite. If
only he wouldn't look at her like that, dissecng the
bones of his SQUAD with eager fingers almost as lf-she
turned aside with a sudden shlver IT only
And don't suppose he was exulting, as the waiter
brought the silver bucket. Why, the champagne was
not in the bucket at all: there two long, silver
topped bottles IL don't suppose you've ever tasted
champagne before-eh, Baby?"
NO never admitted Kitty, with eyes rowing the
room. Then she suddenly clutched the cloth: why,
there there's Miss Ashforth! with start of recogni
ton. But what ever has she done to her hair?'
TT was indeed Miss Ashforth transformed, her
black braids now marvellous cornce. great
triple strand of pearls esooned the front OF her gown
and green sequns 1t could not be but impossible to
mistake it. The imported robe that she had sketched
score of times in the Fuel Brothers Narketst. window
Reduced hundred and fifty! Oh, am SO glad for
herr gasped Kitty before these evidences of prosperity
She half started to her feet, turning eager eyes for
look of recognition; but Miss Ashforth, to her dscomf
ture only gave her quick stony glare, and turned
suddenly crimson face toward her beefy middleaged
escort.
"Whv she won't even speak to mel said Kitty in
panied establishment shes ashamed to speak to mel
She looked hastily at her plate suddenly that the
girls in lace waists staring first at her and
Aladdin then Miss Ashforth One of them the older
must have said something in undertone; tor the
slender dark youth turned and looked too, then rose
abruptly and changed his seat though to shut the
flaming purple-and- green gold vision from the
"Oh!- said Kitty, with strained face and throat sud
denly dry. He didn't want them to see her.
what harm could that have done them, just because
She she-the same as l.
She took hasty gulp of champagne, hoping the stab
would pass; but it didn't.
"You re not paving attention your dinner my dear,
said Aladdin always pay attention to your dinner
I'm not hungry l-l-used to know her! faltered
Kitty miserably She raised piteous eyes to her host
viii ever look like that she challenged dresy
for critical comparison mot for long time, he
assured her, chucking.
the childishness suddenly washed from her face. Il
want to 60 way way Off, she gasped' away from
everyone!'
"And so YOU SHALL my dear SO you SHALL said Alad-
din readily. "You shall go with the Minneapolis
she sails next Friday trip round the world-of
hundred and eighty days-away from everyone
He rolled the morsel between his thin lips.
But thered be peoplee' said Kitty, shudderlng.
people, of course. But you knock spots in them
alas my granddaughter, Aladdin assured her. lou
shall lie all day in a steamer chair white and gold
deck, and have stateroom the sundeck always
have a stateroom the sundeck.'
"Gee' said Kitty slowly "A trip around the world.
Never could her sepmother boast again concern
ing that the Yosemite! Her starved imagination
leaped at the thought. 1t fairy story thing to
be lived as in dream, which could come true
Then her glance turned to Aladdin and the glow OF
exultation faded from her cheeks