The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-03-12

es1sasly shifted 70 get . giiapss q
hinoe8 IN the minor.
~Dst now. my business pFopostt3ea
b vesy simple. 1t holds sood for one
evening. Miss Delaware. I vas jast
OainG To propose that vs forget al
this enhappiness. and do . little pre-
tesAtAe for one night. say for sas
hour or So"
He fumbled in his vaistcoat pockst
and drew out something which sudasa-
ly AA0ed into dancing points and rays
In The light that fell upon it. She
stood motionless while he passed
about her neck tiny thread. delicats
- spun of moonlight She held ost
her hand. and he slipped over Il .
cleaning ring of gems. She bent hsr
head. and he placed . sparkling ornar
ment In her hair. She had sssn thsss
Jewels before. She turned to The
glass now. her bosom heaving a. she
saw them gleam at her own neck, her
own hands, in her own hair. She held
out her hands to look at them now.
and the gems flashed back challenge
to her eyes. sparkling yet more bril-.
liantly.
1T was nothing" said John Rawn
tersely. That's all that lacked. You're
good as the best now I've seen no
woman in this city that 10 your equal
In beauty. You were born for this
life. Now do you understand what
mean! say, you can carry It OIL"
She turned to him. another woman.
changing on the instant. something in
her eyes he had never seen before.
But In his own eyes there was at the
time nothing save the original calm
and purposefulness.
As was saying. then. since We can
both carry 1t OFF. why not do SO for an
hour or so? I've read somewhere OF
masquerades. Why not try IT."
She turned to him. flushed. radiant,
but slightly frowning, puzzled. study.
ing him. Rawn felt the query of her
look. felt also something stirring down
in his nature which he grappled at
once and was able to suppress. His
voice was cool and low a. It was be-
fore.
ITS a big crowd below. and we'll
be lost in 1t. I've learned already that
you can be discreet Well drop down
in there, where no one knows US
Well try ourselves out. and see
whether we'll do. here where the test
10 hardest You're ambitious? So am
l. This is the heart of the world
the place OF gratified ambitions. What
do you say. Miss Delaware! I've been
looking around down there. and al
nearly as can see. I'm the only man
in this avenue worth a million dollars
who at this precise moment of the
day isn't talking to some good-lookine
woman"
You hatter met" commented the
girl. He did not endeavor any analy'
sis.
mot in the least! simply talk
sense and business to you. covet
what you covet, love what you love-
want what you want. Things which
are equal to the same thing ought to
be equal to each other--for just lit
tie while, Miss Delaware. Isn't II
true? II 1t 10 only play. why. let's play
at
al forgot to tell you." he added
that my son.in-law. Mr.. Halsey. hal
gone back to Chicago. He was sum
moned by wire. No one else knows Vi
both There wouldn't be one chance
In many Of our being seen by anyone
here who knew either Of us. and II 30
| H. Jay nd al
as the best Of them. in the main room
What do you say. Miss Delaware'"
She stood facing him now. seeming
years older than she had few mo
ments before. A very skilled OBJ
server might possibly have suspected
a certain new quality In the calmnesi
OF her eye. Beautiful she certainly
was; alluring. irresistible in the an
cient appeal of woman. she certainly
ought to have been. and would have
been to any but this particular mar
who now stood facing her. half smil
ing; a man Of middle age. gray about
the temples. of heavy-browed eyes
strongly lined face, OF strong and bony
frame; not an Unlocking or unmanly
man one might have said. though
years older than this young woman
who stood now threading between he,
fingers the filmy moonshine chain
which suspended the points Of name
that rose and fell upon her bosom
At last she said. hesitating. and
holding up the flaming pendant. I'm
not to keep them?"
No. Marguerite!" he smiled. This
particular Papa Faust retains string
on those jewels. They have been seen
elsewhere. my dear girl. No, one
nights use of them is all this business
proposition carries. my dear"
tTO BE CONTINUED)
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