The evening world., 1914-11-11

ping hither and yon In pursuit of Il
with the other, Persis was getting &C.
Quainted with her own mount, humor-
Ing him In his schoolboy hiiarity and
sharply REFRESHING any malicious mis-
The moment Willie was aboard tina
two horses whirled and charged down
the winding road in q mad gallopads.
AND Forbes's heart galloped In his
breast a. he wondered II he should
ever see her alive again. He had felt
this same fear for her that first day
on the avenue, when her motor shot
forward so wildly. He was always
feeling afraid for her.
The motor passengers were in no
haste to be gone, and toy loitered,
watching the mad riders on their
oreakneck descent, now hidden, now
revealed again by . swerve Of the
road. . jut OF hillside. or a group Of
trees.
The car reached its destination
without encountering Persis or Willie.
The clubhouse was pile Of creamy
brick, tall and spacious as q hotel.
The servants were in livery, some of
them already in summer white, with
dark collars and lapels-"to distin-
guish them from the Members" said
Ten Eyck.
Ten Eyck and winifred offered
Forbes a racquet In their tennis game
but he preferred to be alone with his
loneliness. He accepted Ten Eyck's
suggestion, however, that he might
care to 30 round the links. and Ten
Eyck procured him q bag of clubs
and daddy. promising him ample
time for at least nine holes before
Pervis could arrive.
With the usual luck of beginners
and re-beginners at q game, Forbes
did his best work at the start.
As he worked his way UP q steep
ridge. green and vast as the back of
a tidal wave, he saw at the top of
the height q bunker thrustins out
into the sky like the comb on the top
OF q Spanish woman's head.
Thinking the pathway clear. Forbes
mumbled Fore" and picking the ball
edge Of the bunker with . hurdler's
economy Of gap. And just a. II
escaped the top head arose. followed
by . pair Of shoulders.
Forbes shrieked an ex post facto
"Fore!" but 1t was drowned In the
snort Of pain and rage from the man,
whose shoulder blade stopped the ball.
A. Forbes ran forward with abject
apologies . glazing face peered over
the bunker and roared out:
Course It. man! Where do you
think YOU Why. it's you! Harvey.
my boyl"
ing for one corner Of tho bunker a.
Senator TAFT dashed for the other.
They paused, turned back and made
for the opposite ends. stopped short
foolishly In tho middle. and laugh
ingly clasped hands over the ledge.
"It's q shame that we've lost sight
Of each other" declared the Senator.
I'VE mustn't any more. Ldfe's too
short to waste In not seeing people
We love. l must say, though. I'm
rather hurt at your not looking me
up before. Mrs. Nef has Just told
mo you've been in town nearly a
live been very busy" Forbes
UNLESS you're golf hungry. let's
send the caddies back and have q
talk"
by all MEANS" Forbes agreed: and
even as he cast his glance about In
search of his caddy he looked farther
to see II Persis were not visible some
where from this Pisgah height. He
was fond Of the old man, but he loved
the young woman.
"And now tell me-" tho Senator
said. did you see my daughter MIL
dred at the club house?"
mo, I don't think so. don't sup
pose I'd know her. Sho was a little
like In short skirts when l saw her
last"
"She's a big woman norwegian
old maid-fanatio on charities-fine
mind-great heart. Good Lord, Har-
vey, what that child knows! Her
mother to her dying day never heard
Of half the things that young spin
ster discusses. and has never had q
fiirta1on so far as know. But she's
wonderful. Harvey. I'm afraid Of
her, but I do admire and love her.
Women like her mako these mad
tango trotters look pretty cheap"
Alice says that her mother u try1
Ing to marry her or to YOU"
gaped stupidly, then he swore with
mean that that old haridan Of Cor
nelia NSR has gone mad enough
to- Why. Alice 10 younger than
Mildred! Well, I'll be double 10
Alice In on the game. toof"
''oh. no: Alice Is crazy TO marry
"Poor old Jim webb's boy. chr"
Forbes nodded. well. why doesn't
she?"
He has no money"
"Oh, she's one of those"
HE hasn't even Job"
He hasn't q job, oh? Well. I'll get
him one. I'll pay that old lady In her
own coin. Make a fool out of me, will
she?t Well, we'll see what an old poll
ticlan can do to countermine an Old
lady"
Speaking Of politics." said Forbes.
"the papers are full of the possibility
Of your being an ambassador some-
where. Is there anything In 1T"
well, my old friend the President
has written me few Letters and whis-
pered 1t In my ear. but don't want
to go. I'm too old. / like my own
country and my own slippers. For
eign languages and foreign cooking
and all that would play the devil with
me. I don't want to CO."
Then why are you going3"
How did you know / was?"
Because you said you didn't want
to. We only say I don't want to-
when we're just about to-"
well. I'll tell you, Harvey. There's
Just one reason-I'm worried about
Mildred. She's getting In too deep
with her crusades and causes. Now
can't pry Mildred loose from her
clubs and committees. No marrying
young man will 20 near her.
II got an idea that II I went abroad
A. an AMBASSADOR she'd have to 20