Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-13

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 Alike. with her head bent SO that pietro did not see her face. with her head bending lowef-lower, suddenly was on her knees by the chair and her face was on Pietro's arm.
 Alike" he whispered. what is it- what have l done?"
 But the brown waves of hair with the blue ribbon tied around them lay motionless on his arm. And suddenly a thought shook him.
 "It cannot bel" Ire gasped.
 And Alike lifted her face, and the exaggerated black lashes lifted. and the blue glance lifted and rested on Pietros black hair bent down where the light shone on the silver lines through it. Up flashed her hand ini- pulsively, gentiy-as Alike did things, and touched the thick lock with an in- fnitely delicate caress Your hair is all turning gray" she whispered in two quick breaths, and at that, in some occult fashion Pietro knew.
 For moments they had no need of that makeshift, language; the great house was very quiet, and one heard the horses stamping in the paved courtyard and the grooms singing, and yet one did not hear it. Distant sounds came from the village, but one only knew that long after, in remembering that morning. All they knew was that the ghost of a lifelong affection of brother and sister stood before them. changed by a miracle 10 a shining angel into whose face, for these first moments, they dared not look Then slowly, exquisitely, courage came and, hand close in hand, they looked at each other astonished. glad. It was Pietro and Alike still. the ancient play fellows, the childhood friends-all the dear familiarity was there yet, but no longer were they brother and eister And then, after a while they began to compare notes of things hidden.
 When did you begin-to like me this way, Pietro?"
 "I don't know" answered Pietro stupidly. Does 1t make any differ ence?"
 "A great deal" Alike insisted. 'It's important It's historical"
 "But this isn't history" said Pietro
 Alike, however. returned to the charge. Last year?"
 Last year-what?" Pietro asked he had already forgotten the question "Oh-that l began to-mon dieu-no Last yearl Why, l think it was the day came and saw you riding Coz"
 "Oh, Pietro-if you will talk only nonsense!" Alixe's voice was disap- pointed But why. then, didn't you ever say so before this? We are both a thousand years old now. If you loved me"-she spoke the word in a lower voice-"why, then. were you as quiet as a mouse about 1t all these years?"
 'I thought you cared for Francois, l" Pietro said simply. And added, Didn't you?"
 Alike considered. 'I dont-think- I ever did, Pietro Not really. thought did perhaps He dazzled me --Francois-with his way of doing all sorts of things brilliantly and that wonderful something about him makes everybody love him He believed in his star; there was around him the romance of the emperor's prophecy and the romance of the career which is, we believe, about 10 begin now; there was always a glamour about Francois"
 Yes" Pietro agreed. "The glamour of his courage, Alike, of loyalty and un- 1 selhshness; the qualities which make what people call his charm. Francois is unlike the rest of the world, l be- | lieve. Alike"
 Pietro talked on, the silent Pietro, as if delivering a lecture He had read much and thought much; 1t was sel- dom he spoke of the speculations which | often filled his scholarly mind; today it seemed easy to talk of everything. Joy had set wide all the doors of his be ing. Alike opened her eyes in aston | ishment
 "Pietro! You are-talkng like a book But 1t is true; something of that sort has come to me. too-which