Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-02
CHAPTER IN.
Twn Short Weeks.

arc of heaven seemed hung with fire
opals: east, west north and south
whichever way she looked. there was
dazzling iridescence. The long howlhe
swells ran into the very sky, for there
was visible no horizon. Gold-leat ahO
opals, thought Elsa. What wonder
full world! What a versatile mistress
never two human beings; animate and
inanimate, all things were singular
She paused at the rail and glanced
down the rusty black side of the snip
and watched the thread of frothing
water that cutched futilely at the red
water-line. Never two living things
alike, i'm all the millions and millions
swarmng the globe. What a marvel!
Even though this man Warrington
and Arthur looked alike, they were
not so. In heart and mind they were
as different as two days.
She began her usual walk, and III
passing the Smoke-roOm door on the
port side she met Warrington COM
ing out. How deep-set his eyes were
He was about TO go on, but she looked
straight into his eyes, and he stopped
She laughed and held out her hand.
Il really believe you were going to
snub me-"
Then you haven't given me up?
Never mind what l have or have
not done. Walk with me. l am go
ing to talk plainly to you. If what /
say is distasteful, don't hesitate to in
terrupt me. You interest me. partly
because you act like boy. partly be-
cause you are man."
Il haven't any manners"
They need shaking up and read
justing. l have just been musing over
remarkable thing, that no two OBJ
jects are alike. Even the most accu-
rate machinery cannot produce two
nails without variation. So it is with
humans You look so like the man
know back home that it is impossible
not to ponder over YOU" She smiled
into his face why should nature
produce two persons who are mis-
taken for each other and yet give
two souls, two instincts, totally diff
ferent?"
'I have often wondered"
"Is nature experimenting, or is she
slyly playing a trick on humanity?'
Let us call it Il trick. by all means
let us call it that"
"Ynur tome"
Yes. yes" impatiently; you are
going to say that it sounds bitter But
why should another man have a face
like mine, when we have nothing in
common? What right has he to look
like me?"
1T is q puzzle admitted Elsa.
This man who looks like me-
have no doubt it affects you oddly
probably lives in ease; never knew
what buffet meant, never knew what
care was, has everything he wants;
in fact, a gentleman of your own class,
whose likes and dislikes are cut from
the same pattern as your own. Well,
that is as it should be. \ woman
such as you are ought to marry an
equal, a man whose mind and manners
arefitted to the high place he holds
in your affection and in your world
How many worlds there are, man.
made and heaven-made. and each as
deadly as the other as cold and i'm
placable! To you, who have been
kind to me. l have acted like a fool.
The truth is, I've been Sulking. My
vanity was hurt. l had the idea that
it was myself and not my resemblance
that appealed to your interest. What
makes you trust me-" bluntly, and
he stopped as he asked the question.
why, / don't know" blankly. In
stantly she recovered herself. But
do trust you" She walked ON, and
perforce he fell into her stride.
1T is because you trust the other
man."
Thanks. That is it precisely: and
for nearly two weeks I've been trying
to solve that very thing"
After a pause he asked: Have you
ever read Reade's Singleheart and
Doubleface?"
Yes. But what bearing has it upon
our discussion"
None that you would understand,
evasively. His tongue had nearly
tripped him.
Are you sure?"
'Of this, that l shall never under
stand women"
"Do not try to-" she advised. "AlI
those men who knew most about wo-
men were the unhappiest."
They made u round in silence. Pas
Sengers were beginning to get into
their deck chairs; and Elsa noted the
backs of the many novels that ranged
from the pure chill attitudes of clas-
est popular yarn. Many an eye peer
ed over the tops of the books; anC
envy and admiration and curiosity
brought their shifts to bear upon her
1t was something to create these
variant expressions of interest. She
was obvious.
we stop at Penang?" she asked.
Five or six hours, long enough tC
see the town"
I'VE went direct from Singapore tC
Colombo. SO we missed the town com
ing out. | should like To- see that CO.
Cuanut plantation of yours"
1t is too far inland. Besides, | an
Il persona non grata there" AS in
deed. he was. His heart burned with
shame and rage at the recollection o,
the last day there Three or foul
times. during the decade, the mis-
fortune of being found out had faller
To his lot. and always when he wa:
employed at something worth while.
Elsa discrcetly veered into another
channel. You i'll go back to Italy
| suppose. How chcaply and delight
fully one may live there, when one
knows something of the people! hat
the Villa Julia one spring. You know
it: Sorrento. Is there anything more