Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

had stolen its vivid color; but as Daura watched,
slowly it seemed catch fire from the day. The glow
that the girl imagined perhaps rather than made
the sleeping face it framed seem all the winter.
But suddenly pair of eyes opened wide and dark,
staring straight up into Daura's.
"Oh what shame. I've looked the poor darling
awake' thought the girl. But she did not speak or
move, hoping that her sister might doze off again.
"Dole-what is it?7 the elder girl asked with kind
of dazed sharpness
Nothing, Dear Daura soothed her. go back to
Sleep
But Annira's eyes did not close. Il had dream
she said. u Thought was time to wake up-that
Hamar had begun to-
We'll, he hasn't, and he won't for hours yet, Daura
broke in quickly. 1T can't be much after four Do go
Sleep Darling. You don't want to look like ghost
for your wedding. l sha'nt talk; it's good try
ing!7
Without another word Annira turned her side,
with her back to Daura and with relieved sigh pre-
pared to be obedient Daura lay down again too; but
she could not sleep. Her heart longer beating
fast, but duly and heavily She afraid 1t
like being told to expect attack the dark and not
knowing what it would be, whence it would come.
Daura very glad that Annira had gone to sleep
again. She remembered when they had agreed to stop
talking at o'clock that Annr last words had been,
Il know can't Seep! Then she had with all her force
tried to will her sisters mind to become quiet, be
empty of all but pleasant thoughts; and actually it
seemed if she had succeeded at last for Annira must
have slept soundly for several hours
nAURA could think OF nothing but her sister, and
pray that if anything to happen, it might hap
pen to her and not to Annira. Poor Annira
gorgeousy splenddy happy, after the wretched year
of believing that she and George Conway would never
each other again! Only last night she had said, 1T
too good to be true that everything has worked
for as has It's like the ending of novel
than anything In real life
A year ago, when the two beautiful girls had made
their great success London, Annra and George Con-
way had garden party given by the wife of the
American Ambassador. They had fallen in love first
sight, people do in story books but Conway had no
money, beyond salary good enough for an ordinary
middle-class bride: not for Lord Gormes daughter.
The only hope of the family for the girls to make
rich marriages Their father had brought them for
that, and expected it of them. Both had been willing
enough, until it became for Annira question of the
man she loved Even George Conway had been reason
able enough to understand the situation from Lord
Gorme's point of view, after the two men had had
serious talk Il won't give her up, he said. Il worship
her. But all ask is chance Let me have year, to
show what do. If l can't come over to this side
again at the end of twelve months with at least hun
dred thousand dollars, I'll step into the background
He good looking, manly, so desperately in
earnest, and he and Annra were both deep love,
that the which lies in the heart of every Cet
stirred in Lord Goe Against his WILL for he had al
ways imagined that he did not for Americans,
against his judgment, because he did not believe 1t pos
sibe for Conway to succeed and because in any case
he wished his daughter to marry a of title and
fortune their side of the Atlantic he agreed
what Conway and Annira asked There to be
obligation whatever, and correspondence between
the two but at the end of year the money had been
made, and Annira still cared, her father would not
object to engagement.
1t only four weeks ago that George had
cabed to Lord Gorne:
have the hundred thousand five times Am
ing to take you your word