The evening world., 1914-11-11
She breathed deeply and oarsssed
Inn with 4 dalicioua lmila. and muir.

ono preetu0O Ooepiy euO ooIooSeu
INJURED:
at 10 mine, too"
And then Ten Eyck and Winifred
and Mra Men and Alice, and others
Of her acquaintance, crowded round,
summoned by the flying rumor Of the
incident. Al length some one sx.
"But where's willisr'
Good Lord" Persis saspsd. II for
got all about him."
BY the time Perds had reached the
clubhouse and had undergone the min
istrations Of . maid. who was also q
seamstress. Willie came limping up on
the terrace. where Persis was seated
with the others.
The riding spirit was quite knocked
out Of Ensleci % he willingly enough
assented to Persists suggestion that
she and Forbes ride the horses home.
And now at last they were free.
Forbes and Persis. canterinE along q
plushy road, lovers lane that
mounted up and up till they paused
at the height to give the horses
breath.
BY and by they oame to q grass-
matted road that lost itself In ferns
and underground. Forbes looked at
Persis. Her eyes consented. He laid
his bride hand on the left side Of his
horses mans and shifted his weight
a trifle. And his horse shouldersd
hers into the jungle.
Heads bent low, the horses mounted
brushing their saddle girths.
Suddenly y brook was Visible rush
Ing here and there through the woods
and making noises that were rapture
Just to hear. And with that music
OF water and woods and that multi
tudinous beauty about them. they
gazed only into each others eyes, In
clined together and locked arms and
breasts and lips In close embrace.
They chung together till the soulless
horses. nibbling here and there. sun
dered them.
And then they slid from the saddles
bows, walked on with arms about
each others bodies and eyes 80 mutu-
ally engaged that they stumbled like
blind folk. At last Persis sank to the
ground at the edge Of the brook. and
he. instead Of helping her up. dropped
down At her side.
He took her into his arms again
and kissed her and laughed at her.
She kneit above the water glass.
and no bent over to gaxe. He saw her
looking up at him, and his own image
looking up close to hers. They smiled
and made faces like children. And
when he rubbed his cheek against
hers the images initiated the foolish
ness.
see. they're hooking u.s." she
cried. A little breeze wrinkled the
mirror. and she cried: They're frown-
ing! They want us to be sensible!
Come along! They'll be missing us Al
home"
AT home ?" he echoed. reprovingly.
AT Willie's. l mean" she corrected.
And then she put his hands away
and spoke earnestly. ut came mighty
near being home to me. | have a con-
fession to make. ought to nave
made II before. have been amazed
at myself for not telling you. for tax.
ing your love when had no right TO-.
lie stared at her In terror. ana
she smiled with pride at his fear ana
babbled on almost incoherently.
Don't DO afraid-though I'm siad
you are. But hope you won't despise
me. But ! couldn't seem to help my
self. You're really TO blame for being
so terribly Overwhelming. You see.
I-I-Ive told you how often Willie
Enslee proposed to me, and-weii' one
day-that very day you saw me IN
my old hattie first time. you know
we'll, I had just had n talk with my
father, and tho poor old boy was all
cut up about his-his money matters.
He's too nice and sweet to be much
Of fnapcier. you know. and-well. !
was scared to death. and ! thought
the world was coming to an end, and
I'd better-better get aboard the ark.
you know-and hadn't met you then.
you know. and Willie proposed again.
and IL accepted him."
you promised TO b his wifsl"