The Cairo bulletin., 1914-04-08

IL was lucn ilnt she Know why tne
world had been bleSkee than usual,
cten in its cloak Of grcy.
little before elo ven she set out
briskly TO intercept him at the gates.
Unknown to her. Sara sat in her
window, and Waved her departure
with gloomy eyes. The world alzo
was gray for her.
They zane upon each other unex-
pectedly AZ a sharp turn in the ave-
nue.. Hetty colored with sudden
rush of confusion, and had all she
could do 10 meet his eager, happy
eyes as he stood over her and pro-
claimed his pleasure in jersy, awl-
ward sentences Then they walked
on together, strange shyness at
tending them. She experienced the
faintness Of breath that comes when
the heart is filed with pleasant
alarms AS for Booth, his blood sang.
He thrilled with the Joy of being near
her. OF the feel of her all aGSut him,
of the delicious feminine appeal that
made her so wonderful to him. He
wanted to crush her in his arms, to
keep her there forever, to exert all
OF his brute physical strength SO that
she might never again be herself but
part of him.
They uttered commonplaces. The
spell was on them It would lift, but
for the moment they were powerless
to struggle against it. At length be
saw the color fade from her cheeks;
her eyes were able to meet his with
out the look In them that all men love.
Then he seemed to get his feet on the
ground again. and strange, ineffably
/ sweet sense Of calm took possession
| of him.
Il must paint you all over again,
he said, suddenly breaking in on one
of her remarks. Just as you are
today--an outdoor girl. glorious out
door girl in"
/ I'm muddy boots" she laughed,
drawing --e. skirt away to reveal a
shapely foot in an American walking
shoe.
He smiled and gave voice to new
thought by Jove, how much better
looking our American shoes crc than
the kind they wear in London'"
Sara insists on American shoes,
SO long as | am with her. / don't
think our boots are so vllainous, do
you?"
Just the same, I'm going to paint
you again, boots and all You
ooh, how tired you will become of
mel"
'Try mel"
| Besides, you are to do Sara al
once. She has consented to sit TO
you She will be wonderful, Mr..
Booth, oh, how wonderful"
! There was no mistaking the SINGER
ity OF this rapt opinion,
Stunning" was his brief comment.
she was silent for a long time so
long indeed that he turned to look
at her
"A thoroughly decent fair minded
chap is Leslie Wrandall," he pro.
nounced, for want of something bet
ter to say. still I'm bound to say,
I'm sorry he is coming home tomor'
row"
The red crept into her checks again,
Il thought you were such pals" she
said nervously
81 expect to be his best man il he
ever marries," said he. whacking a
stone at the roadside with his walk
ing stick Then he looked up at her
furtively and added, with Quiazical
smile: Unless something happens"
what could happen?"
"iIe might marry the girl I'm il
love with, and. in that case, Id have
to be excused"
Where shall we walk to this morn
ing" she asked abruptly. He hat
drawn closer to her in the roadway
rs 1t too far to the old stone mill
| That's where | first saw you. if ycg
remember"
yes, let us 60 there" she said, btu
her heart sank. She knew what was
coming. Perhaps it were best to have
1t over with: to put it away with the
things that we're to always be hei
lost treasures, 1t would mean the
end of their partnership, the enc
, of love dream. She would have 10
lie to him: to tell him she did not