The evening world., 1914-04-11


80 s's. - = CHAPTER XIX.
- = I ,o,.,.,,.a,
ySfisryH
itf:s Tsu0 Letters.
lisa ran back to the room.
She gave little gasp whom
she saw what It was that
Martha was holding out for
.'"ta her inspection. 1t was War.
i>oo's letter Of credit. She had to-
0aiX forgotten It's existence. Across
the Sacs OF the thick Manila envelope
(Dses or less covered With numerals
tAat bad been scribbled there by War
slno1pa In IN attempt to compute the
,iaeofsst at 9 per cent? which con-
Nn1ned the letters Of credit and iden.
-e10eatis6 was written in . clerical
I'D the owners name. Martha
.tNl6 not help seeing It. Elsa ex-
!Sslnsd frankly what II Wa and how
y heA come into her possession.
AG1tAA was horrined. O.,
.<.MDa, they might have entered
'SOR room: and your jewels lying
.iabout Avsrywhefe! How could you BE-
~ carelsssf"
But they didn't I'll return this to
Mr.. Warrington in the morning: per-
hAps o-nisht. II see him at dinner"
He was In the next room. and we
never knew I'll" The nnai hook
snapped into place. well. wednes-
day our boat leaves:" a. II this put
period to all further discussion anent
Mr.. Parrot & Co. Nothing very So
rIous could happen between that time
and now.
"Wednesday night" Elsa began to
! sing again. but not 40 joyously. The
petty things OF everyday life were
lifting their heads once moro. and OF
Necessity she must recognize Thorn.
She sat at the Consul. Generals
table. informally. There was gay. In
consequential chatter. an exchange OF
recoilections and comparisons Of cities
, ana countries they had visited at
separate times; but neither she nor
~ mentioned the chief subject OF
their thoughts. She refrained because
OF q strange yet natural shyness Of
woman who has found herself; and
he. beca use from his anglo Of vision
Il was best that Warrington should
pass. out Of her life a. suddenly and
mysteriously al no had entered It.
Had he spoken frankly he would have
saved Elsa many bitter heartache.
IaAny . weary day.
Warrington was absent. and so
we're his enemies. II there was any
tpoth In reincarnation. Elsa was con-
q fYdent that in the splendid days of
.H6ms shs had beaten her pink palms
!, ~ .aSpiauss Of the sladiators. PAGAN:
~ was all Of that; for she knew that
!. he bould have looked upon Mallow's
: faso with moro than ordinary inter-
{, 81 Never more would her cheeks
.'bsrH a the recollection Of the msn's
4leek. ,
ehs was twenty-five; she had
waited longer than most women; the
mistake Of haste would mover be
., hers. Nor did she close her eyes to
, ~ future. She knew exactly what
:, the world was. and how It would act.
.-GAea was not one OF those women.
tightly balanced. who must have ex-
element In order to exist; she de-
y. Dandsd upon herself for her amuse-
.s@sats. With the man she loved she
: would have shared hut In the will
deepsss and heen happy.
~ One OF the things that had drawn
~ b Arthur had been his quiet love
Il he open. his interest In flowers
/, .aAA forests and streams. Society.
,.thot division of classes, she had ac-
ooptod, but to It she had never bowed
A0Wu. How very we'll she could DO
.rWtehoue Il! She would 20 with him
samA. hSip him build his bridges. help
: IAi0 70 hight torrents and hurricanes.
-aaA to forget. That he had hidden
= her farewell was nothing. She would
ssuook him. In her pursuit OF happi-
.sness she was not going to permit
,.6klss modesty to intervene.
90 IN her room. later. she wrote two
!, lettors. The one to Arthur covered
: several pages; the other consisted Of
. o'otngle line. She went down to the
;, oGloo; mailed Arthur's letter and left
tho note In Warrington's key box.
Il Was not an intentionally cruel let
9pr she had written to the man in
Amsyica; but II she had striven to-
ward that effect she could not have
Z 'Aohisved 1t more successfully.
0nS cried out against the way he
had treated his brother. the false
prtdS that had hidden all knowledge
= &c him from her. Where were the
I charity and mercy Of which he had
90 often preached? Pages Of burn
ing reproaches which scared the soul
~fthe man who read them. She did
.Aot confids the state Of her heart.
: n was not necessary. The arraign-
mont of the one and the defense OF
the other were sufficiently illuminate
bopudly tho happy sleep. She did
1ot hear the removal Of Warrington's
dlvgusSs. At midnight, for It was
G1oa1thux dena... Neither did she. hear
HtkS 4etfm mDtter OF the bid a. his
ka6Stof DISTURBED his.slumbsys.r Moth.
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