Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

important luncheon of her life. He waited for her
recognize hir-and he did not wait in vain
@Ah MIR
@Mnot."
3Of course In the hurry of this noon quite over
looked introduction. l am"
miss Cynthia Meyrick. happen to know, because
| met his Lordship in New York May ask-was the
@Qute without a flaw So you know Lord Har-
rowby."
4Er-sightly. May offer you my very best wishes:
$50 good Of you.
Formal, formal formal Was that how it must lie
between them hereafter Well, it better So Miss
Meyrck presented her father and her aunt and that
did not tend to tighten the Formally cices, both of
them; though stocky, putting icices. Aunt inquired if
Minot related to the NIinots of Detroit, and when
he failed to qualify lost all interest in him. Old
Spencer Meyrick did accord him that much
tenton.
Yet all formal, as it happened for as Cynthia
Meyrck moved away she whispered, Il must you
after dnner-on important business. And her smile
she said it made AIinots lonely dinner quite
CHEEKY.
At seven the evening the hotel orchestra gathered
the lobby for nightly concert, and after the
OF orchesras it almost ready to begin when Ainot
left the dining eight. Sitting prirnlv in straight
backed chairs. audience gathered for the part
from the more inexpensive hosteries waited patiently
Presumably these people there for an hour with
music, lovely maid. But it the gowns of more ma
teria maids that interested the greater number of Them
and drab little women sat making urtive mental
that should while the hours conversationay
when they got back to Akron Terre Haute
AIinot down in veranda chair and looked out at
the courtyard In the splendor of evening colors
indeed the setting for In the midst of
the green palms and blooming things spashed foun-
tain that might well have been the old Ponce de
Leon sought On three sides the lighted towers and
OF that huge hotel climbed toward the bright
warm. southern sky. A dazzling shamed Edi-
sons lamps, the breeze tepid from the sea- the
very latest in waltzes drfted from the gorgeous
lobby. Here romance AInot thought, must have been
born.
Mr.. MINOT-I've been looking everywhere
- She beside him now slim white figure in
the dusk-the thing lacking in that gittering pic
He leaped to her
Sitting here dreaming reckon, she whispered, "of
somebody far away.
NO. He shook his head. Il leave that to the newly
engaged
She made answer He gave her his chair, and drew
up another for himself.
@A1r. Mnot, she said, 4 terribly thoughtless
this But YOU must forgive mel excited.
Mr.. Minot. owe you"
She hestated Nlinot bit his lip savagely. Must he
hear all that again? How much she owed him for his
servce-for getting her that luncheon time-that
wonderful luncheon
Il you' finished the girl SOFTLY "the charges on
that taxi
1t something Of shock to Minot. Was she max
ing game Of him. DON'T he answered Here in the
moonlight, with that waltz playing, and the old palms
whisperng-is this a time to talk Of taxi billso"
@But-we must talk of something. Oh, l meant
insist. Won't you please tell me the fgure?7
All the time together this morning talked
fgures-the figures the face of watch Let us find
pleasant topic. | believe Lord Harrowby said
you to be married soon?s
Next Tuesday, week from tomorrow.
In San Marco?~
yes. 1t breaks Auntv's heart that it can't be in
Detroit. Lord Harrowby is her triumph YOU see. But
Father can't go North in the winter-and Allan wishes
to be married at once.
,;nl ,ard 60 Harro