The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-27
Mirth and
Despair
By F. A. Mitchell.


out the woman spy. Here Is II story
connected with II woman spy of 1870
Martin Iemoyne was much interest
ed in his family tree. The l.cmoylr>
came from France. and Martin traced
his ancestry there. About the begin
ming of the present century he went to
France and after considerable hunting
found the branch of the family to
which he belonged They lived i'll
the department of the Marine on II
road over which the Germans in 1870
marched to Paris.
Lemoyne'S relatives received him
cordially and were quite curious about
one of the family who had become an
American He was about thirty years
old mt the time and admired very
much one of his cousins many times
removed-a young girl OF twenty,
Louise L.emOyne captivated him by her
very pleasant laugh. which rang out on
all occasions. Indeed. it seemed that
the natural expression of her face waS
a smile. There was with this bit Of
witchery in her that rendered her dou
bly, attractive, When she smiled on
Martin with her lips there was roSuery
in her eyes Men are more apt to be
caught by this sort of thing than evi
dence Of character. At any rate. the
American fell in love with his French
cousin and proposed to take her back
to America with him.
IF you knew" she said. you
wouldn't want me"
These were the first words Martin
heard her say without the smile.
IF | knew WHAT" he asked.
II am not always what you see me.
Sometimes ! am another person."
"What-two persons in one body!"
YES"
as your double as lovely as you are?"
This brought back the laugh.
81 will tell you whether | will 90
with you to America tOmorrow--that
is. If you ask me again. But you will
not"
Martin swOre that he would ask her
tomorrow and every day till she con
scented.
That night his room was changed.
Why he was not Informed. One thing
he noticed that pleased him very much.
On the wall was hung II portrait OF
Louise. The artist had caught that
smile of hers with all its spductiveneSS.
1t seemed to him that she was smiling
especially ut him. To whatever part
of the room he went those miscellaneous
eyes followed him.
He went to bed and to sleep, Pres
emily he was awakened by flash OF
light Some one had put Il lamp in the
hall, which shone through the tranSom.
Martin was about to turn over and 90
to sleep when he glanced ut that part
of the wall where hung Lonise's pic
ture. The light shining through the
transom faced it and rested on it.
A cold chill ran down Martins back.
What Il horrible contrast between
Louise with her smile and Louise as
she now appeared! The one was the
quintessence of innocent happiness. thu
other despair.
TO get rid of the effect of the light
ON the portrait Martin moved first one
way. then another. All he could do
by this was sometimes to show more
of Louise smiling and sometimes more
of Louise in despair
The lamp without was removed rs
suddenly as it had appeared. ieavin.
the room in darkness IemOyne en-
deavored to shut out that CHASTITY look
from his mental vision. but it would
not 20 away. 1t seemed that the sub
ject of the portrait was about to he
dragged to some frightful doom. ana
he lay wondering what II was. lie
heard the clock strike every hour be
tween ! and I. As soon as 1t was
light he wished to throw of the covers
and have Il took at the picture. but
dreaded to do so, fearing he would en-
counter that fearful gaze. At last ne
summoned resolution to do So
There was the enhancing smile IN
der the miSchievOuS eyes.