Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-03

fool q you look q ETC., etc. From; the
corner where the musicians sat came me
IN ungodly squeaking and scrapins.
The perfume Of burning incense, OF
new-lit cigarettes oft heavy cosmetics
and camphor, hung In the atmosphere
I Tho hungry violinist readtusted his
Handkerchief and waved his bow;
there was blast OF melody, madden
Ing, enticing, and the crowd in the
center Of the room began to move
Fhythmically. The guests continued
& to pour IN, B: "a "a IN.
Among these came Leigh, clad IN
high boots, rough shirt, and trousers,
carrying an az. hts coat thrown over
his arm, this costume having been
created to emulate the personal ap-
pearance Of the great American for
whom he had been named. AZ
After q quick word Of greeting to.
Don Milligan. he thrust his impedi-
gmenta into q corner, and began to
search among the. crowd for the face
that had haunted him necessarily the
Ills hours past. But although many
4 smiled at him, and beckoned I'm to
!, Join them, he shook his head in re-
fuskl. and continued to look for Pedro.
.s But Pedro was nowhere to be found,
and instead, In small room opening
on to the balcony. he came upon Iris,
who, seated upon divan. was en-
4 gagged in warding OF the eager atten-
itions Of ,Pell.l who was determined
that she should dance with him. Az
Hello, Iris! e said Leigh, coming up.
and at once perceivings that s$ she
wished to be rid sof I the young 10
porter Hello. Pell! get out Of this.
will you? I've something parti culars1
want to tell Miss Vanderpool." =
6 n ~ GU brigand!' retorted 9Pell. ma
king sa Wy face, what right have you.
I boarding my ship this way? However,
despite Il my newspaper instinct, s1
shall withdraw from ear-shot. But II
you see 4 paragraph or, two about
yourselves, don't be surprised"
j$ With which witticism he was Of.
4 fresh cub. : muttered Leigh. Then
to 4 Iris, May I sit down.. or would
you rather be left alone e "a s:t5<. n
Il ,3' Il Il no. that ID, yes! II said Iris CON
fusedly. DO sit here beside me.
please. IL feel rather unhappy to
night, and that boy bothered me.
What Il Il that you have to tell me?"
Absolutely nothing" said Leigh.
I sinking down, beside her. It was
4. only . ruse. But Ill try; and think sup
II something II you like" N: e 4. 33..
II. :. Don't trouble!" replied Iris with
. little laugh. Z. y }g,5i. V e .l ..s
s Perhaps that is. II you like to, you
4 know-will you tell me something?"'
Leigh responded. N. Il. 'Is & /.
& That depends" said Iris, pattins
q the shimmer1ng skirt of her costume.
Y That depends on the nature of the
question n Fi .y N. a
s .:3 = have no question to put" he told
II her. 1T Is only that I can see you are
unhappy, and there must be, a reason
4 for 1t. Now, II you told me that rea-
|; son, the telling might help, you to dis
Germ its real Significance NIX
ttEi you say such odd things" she re-
1 piled, and such true ones! In most
cases your receipt might work, but,
q IN this one, It won't. You see, my
chief trouble is that have made an
awful fool of myself. and talking about
It would oply make me more fool than
4 ever" l.. ~. 49,. ~ ri ..
~ "Not necessarily" he responded.
fts'Fbr instance, you might have been
4 misled in the first place. You ere
scarcely responsible for that. and all
7 your foolishness might be subsequent
and dependent upon such misleading,
] ttor deception" ,".Hy rev. = y
That's it exactly!" cried Iris. "Oh,
tMr. Leigh, do you think it would be
very terrible If were to tell you
something something that involved
Ga third person. mean? 1t would
ease my mind SO, and l must have adj
vice! MY father has gone of some
where, and there is no one else. Do
you think l might" :
II think you might" replied Leigh
!; slowly. II think itswould do no harm
TO tell me II it concerned one partic-
:5llar person. mean-Pedro!"
~ so you know" cried Iris, violently
/ agitated. "You know! And I never
even guessed, and went on making
love to him e.. Z. her, that is, and
couldn't : understand why he-she
didn't like IT,. And oh! more than
that, did terrible things; that is,
they would =, have, been terrible II
Pedro had been man: went there
alone. The model told me ought not
to, and why; but was mad-l did not
really understand what she meant.
And then, last night"-her voice sank
to whisper and she kept looking fix
eddy At the fioor-''last night l went
to Pedros studio again alone :.
I was desperate. didn't
clearly know what was doing. And