The Detroit times., 1914-01-03
CONTINUED from Yesterday.

that you are here you must remain"
In these elethes Al shottfd eattse-
sensation"
Probably Do you mindY"
He laughed grimly.
Il am modest, and | should prefer
not TO see my mothers face. She is
not fond OF that kind of notoriety."
Diana came down the steps OF the
veranda.
ITS the case OF Mohammed and
the mountain she said. "Dicky, go
and find another partner. You can
come back in half an hour, il you
| like. I'm going to talk TO David"
rs that fair?" Hatherway protest
ed. Besides. people will be asking
for you"
"You can tell them am IN the gar
| den, talking 10 Mr.. Hurst You can
add that do not want to be dis
| turbed."
Hatherway's face expressed ludi-
crous mixture OF disappointment and
boyish mischief.
Won't the old reputationsnatchers
rejoice!" he said, chuckling. "Di.
ought TO warn you that your conduct
Is likely to give KORUNA food for nine
days most delicious scandalmonger-
| ing-Kolruna, that hasn't had scan
dial for n fortnight"
Then I shall be doing KORUNA .
service" she retorted. Please do az
ask, Dick"
"Of course He leant over the
veranda and tapped David Hurst on
the shoulder. Next time l want half
an-hours talk with any one, shall
try your dodge, Hurst" he said, with
laughing significance.
He disappeared into the crowded
room, and Diana Chichester, moving
serenely through the bright patch OF
reflected light. seated herself on the
bench beneath the-high- palm-traes.-
The shadows hid her, and Hurst did
not attempt to penetrate their protec-
ton. He sat beside her, his elbows
On his knees, his hands linked loosely
before him, striving TO quiet the pain
full beating OF his temples. She did
not speak to him, and IL seemed TO
him that the silence around them was
part OF himself, a throbbing living
thing, mysterious, intangible. The
music had died away into the far dis
tance. He no longer heard It, nor
(
arated him from the overfowing life
in which he had no share. For him
the world had dwindled to this quiet
Indian garden, his whole life TO this
moment OF illusionary happiness.
Presently she bent forward as though
TO look into his face.
"Well?" she said gently.
| He did not answer Her voice be-
llonged to his dream, but he knew that
when he spoke the dream would be
shattered, and he chung to IL with an
unavailing tenacity
"Well?" she repeated.
He started, realizing the ludicrous-
ness OF It all, and drew himself up.
Il beg your pardon--it was stupid
of mel think there is magic in the
air"
"And | have dispelled it? But
have so much 10 ask you, and our
time Is short. Do you realize that
we have not seen each other for two
years?"
Two years tonight" he answered.
do you remember so well?"
1T was az Hurst Court he added.
She nodded thoughtfully.
lou SAT duQ W hiS lCA Nho
whole evening, and the next morning
you went away without even saying
good-by. Do you know, David, | have
always felt that that incident wanted
explaining. | have waited two years
for the explanation. and l think
have, right to II now"
Its very simple one" He turned
a little so that she saw the dim out
line OF his face. "On that evening
made up my mind to have another
try at the Indian civil. hadn't
meant tot was almost a Disgrace
even TO think Of II at my age-but |
had to do something after had been
with YOU"
Then you we're working all those
two years."
He nodded. his lips drawn into
straight line.
"yes-for eighteen months I put
everything else out OF my life"
And"
IL failed"
He looked at her with directness
that was almost brutal. But even
though half.darkness hid her express
sion. he knew that she had not
flinched.
ct was inevitable" she said quietly.
you mean-because / am focl?"
Perhaps because you were not
made for the life OF a bureaucrat--at
any rate because you were too heav-
lily handicapped"
"By what?'
by things beyond your control.
remember even out here in KORUNA
you we're too delicate TO work, and
In England you were often Ill II you
failed. II was not your fault You
we're physically out OF the running.
YES, but that was my fault-not
in the ordinary sense, but in a true
sense. nevertheless. Don't you see
that TO be a physical weakling Is just
as bad as being a fool or a good.for-
nothing? You can call II bad luck.
or fate, or the will of God, II you like.
but II comes to the same thing I'm the
end. II you make man responsible
for his vices or for his talents. you
must hold him equally responsible for
his deformitles." IA
THAT sounds like one OF Mrs.
Hurst's theories" she observed
Yes, Il IS. Ny mother is quite
clear on that point. and after the first
shock, I learned TO agree with her.
She dislikes me as she would dislike
me II ! had turned ont a reprobate
and with the same right And at the
bottom most people feel the same
though Il isn't Christian 70 admit IL"
Suddenly he rose 10 his feet. and
stood looking down az her, and she