The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23

| \ our tathor shows surpr.-tu. ".
torest in modern art" MR.. T.at..... 49,.
marked in her best sarcasm. -
Salon is very poor this year"
If I'm going t. live over n.ro .to
rest of my life I think itS i.uU. ...,
| Interested in some of their pl.,. ..d
clay works" Traverse explained ..l'
pondorous joCoSity. And wa, ....,
els. To take mo there To- morrow nd
Introduce me. Mother can STU. N.
home. She knows to much for . ba.
| ginner"
Papa is positively gay. ana he .i,a
| sly look about him, too" Cecilia I'm.
| mented after a scrutini2iug GLANCE. ,t
her father.
However ignorant G rton Trlv.rse
| might he of art in spite Of his pI,.u..I
residence abroad. he seemed ON .bo
morrow To know exactly what b, ~ he'd
to see. When the motor had d,t,.. .oJ
the two at the great stuccu onrr.n.,
and the tickets had been procured he
| pushed his way into the rrtuuda rs ..l
was crowded with the usual -a.n.
| thrOng trying earnestly To uutanrl, i.,
maze of marble with the aid Of ,.....
logucs In spite of Cccilia's r,u Die
strances, he pushed steadily ON uni h,
| J.
wing where certain colossal piece r,
posed in popular neglect. Her. Is
pace slackened and he gave himself
| time to breathe and ! ok about ut .u,
| cold marble countenances OF celebrities.
Papa" Cecilia observed "wh,t makes
you so keen about portrait bust~n Nrr
you going To have yourself done"
Tell me!"-she came i'm close L. Il s arm
"A
| him?"
Traverse examined tho name a. tho
| base of heroic piece without replying
II know you did" Cecilia persisted
us he--well? What did he say oh.
dear tell me how he looks"
But her father skirtcd the pedestal
in his investigation and was lost To
view on the other side Of President car.
not. He failed to emerge. and AT that
moment a young man sauntcrrd ont
from a group Of sghtseers and raised
his hat.
'You" Cecilia gaspcd "And
we CROSSED on the same boat. We
had a splendid passage"
80 papa said. ."
Gorton Traverse did not emerge from
stead he wandered off into distant
maZes of the vast hall. got mixed up IN
group Of heather goddesses that sent
| him up stairs to the galleries, where
/ after tramping a number of dusty mile,
between the walls Of paint he was res
| cued by an attendant, who, COmpre-
hendinS the language difficulty took
him by the arm and led him to an exit.
| This was on the opposite side Of the
building from the entrance where the
| motor had been left. but Traverse boldly
| threw himself into a cab, waving his
| hand and saying in English: eco any,
| where!' The driver went out into the
| broad, sunny avenue and rambled up-
| ward toward the Arch. while Traverse
smiled to himself and enjoyed the Paris
atmosphere as he had never before
done.
! II guess they'll find the moor ny
right when they want it," he murmur,
| ana then it occurred to him that "A moo
| mcntous and difficult duty r,ml ned
before him.
Paying his cab, he descended and
starred homeward, prefcrrng t. Trust
his sense of locality to his ability 10
direct the coaChman. In spite of the
| lowering face of duty he si.Il sml.,l
and seemed contcntcd with himself Tie
shifted the air ana walked as a man
who sees visions, and not the least
happy vision was the picture of a l.s
sprawling house on the bluff abov, the
lake at Cleveland. Ohio.
Where is Cecilia" Mrs. Trav,.rs, de.
manded in mild surprise when her ius-
band appeared alone.
isn't she home yet? left her among
the statues some time ago"
Left Cecilia there alunc?" something
in her husbands manner gave her ,N-
clamation touch of stcrnness. Gurtun
had not been quite himself sin,, he
landed
Not all alone-with a friend. a Young
man. Traverse replied fumh'usv
Ihey are there yet, | expect unless
they have gone somewhere else"
The remark sounded 10 .lish, but Mrs
Traverse suspected that il contained
more point than shone on the surface.
Who is this young man tina, You
saw TIT to leave Cecilia alone with
She went boldly forward to meet the
truth. and her husband futtcr,d It
was the first piece of double dealing he
: had ever attempted with Mrs. Traverse,
and he had the transparency uf the
| novice.
TITS no use T.iddy," he exclaimed in
=. a rush. "Of course it's him. Yea have
done your best for three years. Nul
nave had your own way. Isnt % ah"u,
time now for me and els? And h,.S
good fellow, and smart too. ll,'N beat
= lhghtbody all over the pastur, lake
: my word for that, | know 4 man @
"Gorton Traverse" That Wu- all
that she found to say as she rose swiftly
, ana started for the door.
A IT'S no use Liddy. You couldn't find
n thing in that place, | couldn't nave
got out II II hadn't been for ..tri
, and there are about a million l .pc
Just wait here and think it veg Wh
me. They'll be back soon cnuug0
Mrs. Traverse walked to ana fro
. realizing unpleasantly the limits u, 'ae
tether.
Il don't believe they will get married
q without letting us know" ~ 'rs'
broke in by way of comfort. "llr isn't
p that kind-thouga he's had t. WI. long
: enough"