The evening world., 1914-02-06
CHAPTER 4.
(oonfiuusd.)
Tvecouyt Garden.

1JeCVUyS UOT0SUs
- OU remembered me oil that
" timer But why
didn't you. didn't YOU
She laughed nervously.
| "Why didn't we know each
Dther In those years? Truly. Monsieur
eeASlstt. I needed o friend then. II
ever . Q friend who thought
azvt Of me and last Of himself"
did not answer.
4 "Fancy." she continued. ''your
passing me 30 long ago and
81 totally unconscious. sitting there in
my Larriags never dreaming
Of this friendship which I -
|soare for 20 much! Do you
>eezsmbor at La Trappe what told
you. there on tho staircase? How
sometimes the impulse used to come
10 me when I saw . kindly face In
che street to cry out, BE friends with
mel Do you remember? 1t
u strange that did not feel that i'm
pulse when you passed mo that day
In Paris-feei It even though I did
not geo you--for sorely needed
Kindness then-kindness and wisdom
land both passed by at my elbow
and did not know" She
HSnt her head. smiling with an effort.
you should have thrown yourself
eetride the horse and galloped away
things once. Monsieur scariett-on
this very spot. too. In the days Of the
koexon pirates"
the whirrtng monotone Of the spin
1nG.wheel suddenly filled the house;
ylvta was singing at her wheel:
Wes to tho maids Of Paradise!
W1oe have tho Saxons landed: twice!
10, YvonneI
Sst shall Paradise see them thrice,
T. yvonne! Yvonne! Marivonik !"
the prophecy of that Breton spin.
ming song 10 being fulfilled" said.
\ "Hor tho third time we Saxons have
oome TO Paradise. you see."
cit But this time our Saxons are not
vtgy Formidable" sho said. raising her
BEAUTIFUL gray eyes; land the gwerz
eaya. Woe to the maids Of Paradise!
Do you intend to bring woe upon us
maids Of Paradise-do you come to
GASry us on. monsieur7'
y IT you will 70 with-ne." said.
, :. IAN Of us?"
= ~Only one. madame"
{ She started to speak, then her eyes
fell. She laughed uncertainty. (Which
! eqe among US. II you please-mizilour
okler ha brilliant deux ar fidelite?"
Met ma varwin ket kontant, ma ma
!, yarwAn Adel," ! said, slowly. as the
words Of the song came back to me.
II ehal choose only the fairest and
!. lovsliest. madame. You know II Is al
ways that way in the story" My voice
WAS not perfectly steady. nor was hers
when she smiled and wished me hap
; ,pinesl and q long life with the maid
OF Paradise ! had chosen. even though
1.toSk her by force.
Then constraint crept In between
N, ana was grimly Weighing the
! frtendahip this woman had given
me-weighing II in the balance
against single hope.
Z Once she looked across at mo with
questioning eyes In which I thought
J ! read dawntng disappointment. II
almost terrified me I could
not lose her confidence
''ioould not. and 60 through life with.
1 out It. But I could live q
4 confidence. - And must dc
% and be content.
y. II suppose" said I. thinking aloud
b'.thAt had better so to England"
'When7" she asked. without rails
ing her head.
, a9SIn q day or two. can md EN-.
q ,ployment there, I think"
us 1t necessary that you ma en-
4 .ployment SO soonT
a. al uvna
4 laugh, IT fear It u.s."
ISi "What will you do?"
Ia "Oh, the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
d ~ that kind. Riding master, perhaps
GrDorhaps Scotland Yard. I may not
y b able TO pick and choose. II
u. ever save enough money for the
voyage, perhaps you would let me
come, once in long while, to pa.
J. my respects. madame"
4 She said no more. nor did ]. Pres
entity sylvia appeared with a peas
ant woman. and the young countess
! went away, followed by the house
/ Keeper with her keys at her girdlc.
rose and walked to the window;
then, nerveless and depressed. I went
cut into the garden again to smoke
solear.
DsVovOod tho garden, passed through
tfhS side wicket. and found myself
On the cliffs. Almost Immediately
Ne was aware of q young girl. child
N Wated on the rocks. her chin propped
on her hands, the sea wind blowing
|Sfjr curly clf-iocks across her cheeks
! Ard eyes. A bundle tied In a hand
,Reeohief lay beside her; a cat dozed
! IN her lap. it's sleek fur stirring In
f<ho.%Wind.
EKNJhca usiine!" I said. gently.
k.r,Bhs raised her head; the move
kGout awakened the cat, who stood
up, in her lap. stretching and yawn-
Ing vigorously.
Il thought you were to sail from
&6rient to.dayr f''e
Ths cat fstsppsd purring from he!
oog;- ~ chllA rooos D11ohtnS eoe4
~ hair 1roR her ever with hosS