The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-30

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That little strip Of black!
II was their only protection and they
stole along It now. keeping - near as
possible to the wall. From tho direc-
ton Of the gate they heard Annals
voice. loud. rasping and disagreeable.
Now an angle Of wall. projected several
feet. intersecting the ribbon Of black.
Though sharp eyes from afar might
see them, they glided quickly around
II and continued to move ON. WHITTIER
He felt he was but temporixins with
the inevitable. at best, thatsnas. tEorts
were puny, ineffectuar. andHIfinost--
ludicrous! He could move only Just
so far In any given direction and then
he had to stop.
Ho tried to think, but walking now
with her down-bcnt. he did not seem
to be able to marshal his thoughts
to any purpose. A sense Of his own
insufilcicncy weighed on him like lead.
His optimism had suffered. q rude
shock. 1t really mattered little which
way they went. since the exits and
gates were all absolutely closed to
them now. Only by means of q spe-
cial permit from the governor him
self could they get out OF the city.
The governor? Why, that fanatical
high Official was as far removed from
them as the moon.
The dervish could as well hope to
attain to the ono rs tho other.
Meanwhile-thero was no lodging
tho painful fact-time was passing:
the morn would come. and find them
here. In his own mind he faced that
contingency squarely. What would It
mean for them--now? How had they
improved or ameliorated their pros
have served them. Those who sought
would not have found them. In
Quiry would have failed to locate o
holy dervish and a fair young girl.
They would have vanished as into
thin air.
But here II was different. Her face
was too well known to many women
to go long unrccognized. Could she
hope to escape Light Of Lies venom
GUS eyes? And those other women?
How they would spy and watch for
her! Not only for tho rewardl Oh.
no; not only for othAt! .. She had Of
Tended the MoRdifniedan sense OF
propriety, that bugaboo an big as tho
Colossus of Rhodes! They would
neglect their household duties ia
Rather! And Light Of Life. the black
one. general whippsr What chance
for the quarry? g.. .... '..
The girl suddenly looked at him
and spoke. Her quiet voice startled
him. 1t was as II she had read his
thoughts. ut Is the end"
"Oh, no: not at ALL" he hastily
treasured her, endeavoring to make
his tones light. Not at all" he
repeated cheerily.
at is" No fear In her voice: nor
did her lips tremble.
"Pooh." he threw out a deprecatory
ejaculation with short laugh. But
that laugh. somehow. didn't seem to
tit He experienced the very human
desire to take her in his arms, 10
reassure her that way-though very
irrational and illogical way. no
doubt.-to press his lips to those
long sweeping lashes, shading the
deep doubling eyes, to drive trouble
from the sweet proud lips with mas
culine caresses. the way the leading
"heavies" do in tho plays. centre Of
stage. Only he didn't feel right
TO tho centre Of the stage. A humil-
iating consciousness OF his especial
eligibility to the back row" tam
pered sweet temptation with reti-
cence.
He had played the game and lost
lie had not made good As n hus-
band. even OF convenience, he was
fizzle. AS a hero-he rang like n
perforated plaster. ~ expect wee
better try some OF the other exits
hs said with attempted enthusia SIN
But It, too, rang as II it had n hol,
in 1t. 1t was n counterfeit attempt
How could 1t he otherwise, with those
now penetrating eyes of the girl upon
him.
81 II should never have done H." sh'
said slowly. regretfully.i,">'s - -
"What?"