The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18

! In that single exclamation the major
seemed to have exhausted his vocahr
larry. He vas looking at the ground.
II was the doctor who spoke at last.
In a silence that to the man In the
doorway weighed like a hundred at.
%mospheres.
MOI" he said bluntly. Certainly
not. What put that into your head"
When he was alone In the library
Valiant opened the glass door and
took from the shelf the morocco case.
The old SILVER OF r%epugnance ran over
him at th. very touch OF the leather.
In the farthest corner was a low COM
mode. He set the case on this and
moved the big tapestry screen across
the angle. hiding 1t from view.
.
In the great hall at Damory Court
the candles in their brass wall.sconces
bl!nked back from the polished par.
quetry and the shining f~re.dogs. I'll.
ing the rather solemn gloom with an
air OF warmth and creature-comfort.
Leaning against the n%ewel.post, Va.
liant gazed about him. How different
II all looked from the night OF his
coming.
lie began 10 walk up and down the
floor. teasing pricks OF restlessness
urging him. lie opened the door and
passed into tho unlighted dining.room
On the sideboard set a silver loving.
cup that had arrived the day before
d, On l,yn 49, uxg,A ri, ha,Eg and
knick.knacks. lie had won II at polo.
He lifted Il, lingering It's carved han.
dies. lie remembered that when that
particular score had been made, Kath.
arine Fargo had sat In one OF the
drags Il the sideline.
But the memory evoked no thrill.
Instead. the thought OF her palely cold,
p~assionless beauty called up another
mobile thoroughbred face instinct with
quick Hastings OF mirth and hauteur.
Again he felt the fierce clutch OF small
fingers. as they fought with his In that
struggle for his life. Each line OF
that face stood before him-the arch.
ing brows. the ca~meo.delicacy OF pro.
nle. the magnolia skin and hair like a
. wv" H'Eblu 'lbuu dCToSH tue sun
He stepped down TO the graveied
drive and followed II to the gate. then,
bareheaded. took the Red Road.
Along this highway he had ratified In
Uncle Jererson's crazy hack-with
her red rose In his hard. The musky
scent OF the pressed leaves In the book
in his pocket seemed to be all about
him.
The odor OF living roses. IN fact. vas
In the air. II came on the scarce.
felt breeze. a heavy calling perfume.
lie walked on. keeping the road by the
misty infltrating simmer OF the
stars. with a sensation rather OF Gid
Ing than OF walking. II occurred to
him that n. as scientists say. colors
emit sound.tones, scents also should
possess a muaic OF their own: the
honeysuckle fragrance. maybe-soft
mellow futing as OF d~iminutive wind.
instruments: the far.faint sickly odor
OF lilies-the upper register OF faery
%violins: this spicy breath OF roses-
blending. throbblng chords like elln
echoes OF IN Italian harp. The fancy
pleased him: he could imagine the
perfume no In the air carried with
II an under.music, like a ghostly harp.
ing,
II came TO him nj the same instant
that this was no mere fancy Some.
where In the languorous night a harr
was being played. He paused and lis.
tened intently, then went on toward
the sound. The rose scent had grown
stronger; II vas almost In that heavy
air. as II he were breasting an ETHEREAL
sea OF altar. lie felt as II he we're