El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-13

MAZE Of hats and lace trimmed
~ underwear, of light parasOls and
L n perfumed clothes near the open
trunk told of coming departure. The
tall slender woman, with the 1alr Ma
donna head dug her hands down among
all these feminine fineries. With slow,
lazy movements she packed the trunk,
a leathern monster, the sides or when
were bulging in order TO mold WITHIN
its interior all the yariegeted and IN
dispensable belongings OF a fashionable
woman 1t was strongly built and COW
cred everywhere with mulucOlored
hotel advertisements These advertise
ments seemed to speak to Lane and
they Lad a magnetic attraction for her,
for everyone of them told Or some
memory in her life. everyone Of them
had been q mute witness Of her travels
in search of happiness
Sne had been traveli- 8 or preparing
to travel all the time
In the lower corner Of the front her
eye caught sight OF partly covered
and much worn piece Of coIored paper
with the inscription Strand Hotel
NOrderney." That time seemed ages
away. At that time she was quite
young and inexperienced, full Of TO-
mantle expectations and dreams. At
that time the kiss Of a young poet
with a Heine head might have been
fatal TO her.
This incident surrounded by the
poetry Of blue moonlight moved her
parents to depart from the place i'm
A plain label from Thuringia, labels
from SadZammerguL, from quiet places
in the south-memories from her
youth.
Florence year after the death Of
her parents. Greedy men had trans
formed an old paIazzO into a hotel In
the broad corridors huge palms were
spreading over solid carved easychairs,
in whose silken coverings, the armOr Of
the Medicis was still visible. In an
ola covered fountain in the marble
yard the water was softly splashing.
While leaning against the marble rail-
ing Lame first met the dark eyed count
Alfredo Pagnell, the guest at room
Is the porter told her. After that
Lanes walk became more elastic, her
eyes warmer, and the contents OF her
trunk younger In the cells Of the
monks where she was studying the art
of the piOus brothers, her eyes often
wandered thOughuessly away from
the works of art In the cool white
corridors her eye suddenly chung as
If fascinated TO the face Of a dark
Italian
She drove from this city into the
beautiful country where dark red roses
were blooming and the walls OF the
houses were concealed beneath creep
crs with blue and violet flowers She |
StrOked the dark heads Of the children
playing in the streets and gave them
copper coins to see their dark eyes
sparkle.
Count Alfredo Pagneui threw more
than a fleeting glance at the fair
northern girl He studied her habits
and tried 10 meet her as often as pos
sible.
Lane was young and inexperienced. I
Her Imagination had been aroused by
the glowing sun of Italy. Her eyes
played a dangerous game with those
One evening Lame found a perfumed
letter on her table. 1t was addressed (
in a strange hand.
She trembled with joy as she tore
open the envelOpe-''Mr rs at home (
tonight"
Crying with shame Lane remained I
In her room all that evening.
The next morning, quite early, before /
any Of the guests were up, she gave I
the bowling porter his last tip. The 4
label with the three balls in the armOr I
was pasted on the trunk, an ignoble /
use Of the ancient owners of the form 4
er palace.
The labels were gayer and brighter 4
IN color Paris with its pleasure filled 4
days. Nice with its charming festivals /
and flowers Her eyes wandered /
across these many labels.
piness.
The glances Of her fair countryman
continually found their way to her
salons of the Casino where passions
-un nlgh- His calm, uncOncerned way
IF playing was so different from the
nervous excitement of the other gambl-
ITS and still his stakes were quite I
nigh Lane felts ashamed Of her own
greed.
Rouge ct Noir-Life or Death" he
lad said nOnchalantly, as they sat side
1y side each night at the green table
among all the strangers
Beng In a strange country made
Ter Jrust him more quickly than if
hey had met at home. She was long 1
ne so much for love.
In a few days let US return to Ger
many he had begged, and his soft
ender voice had charmed her.
On the promenade among the fra
rant strawberries, where the elegantly
.ressed crowd was idling she had sat
Town on bench and had opened
'aper- In that paper she read his name /
-FfesIed as an embeZZler and a fu-
rltlFe from justice. So that was the
eason she had not seen him for two
yes.
Love-Happiness
q, Again she. buried her hands among
ne mountains of silk and old lace
gain hope filled the sails Of her snip I
II me, and the bright hotel laoeIs I
nJlced her to travel, travel on in
eafch Of the blue bird of happiness.
LOBE MAN ARRESTED WHILE
80 SERVING ON CORONERsS JURY .