The Southern herald., 1916-06-30

held the flowers outstretched. For a
moment she glanced at him with
sharp, suspicious questioning.
What does that mean, monsieur
What It has always meant"
Things are to be as they wereT
YES"
She bent and kissed him on either
cheek.
They had sung the refrain for the
third time. The zouave had collapsed
in corner and the self-appOinted &C.
companlst remembered apparently that
he was thirsty. He got up, and with
the last tinkle OF the piano the singing
died into a mingled hiccuping and
laughter
Then the girl on the table sprang up,
glass in hand. Her face, lifted to the
red light, was diabolically beautiful in
its mocking laughter.
you drunken fools!' she said shrilly
Behold, l will give you toast which
you can all drink with a good heart
To the devil who brought us here
hurrahr'
She tossed down the fiery liquid at
one draft, and her audience answered
with wild cheer Of gratitude Forget
fulness at all costs! One young chas-
seur started the latest chanson from
the Partisan boulevards, and the next
instant the mad orgy had begun again.
The girl looked down trlumphantly at
the man beside her.
They are like Sheep she said,
laughing. One can make them follow
any way one wants"
ut is not hard to follow such a shep.
herdess," be returned, lifting his hat
with a half-mocking, half-admiring def
erence
And it was then that his eyes
chanced to meet the eyes Of the legion
ary standing by the piano beneath the
cluster of red lanterns. No sign Of
recognition passed between them. Yet
from that moment onward the noisy
crowd vanished. The shouts and
laughter dissolved itself into a swift,
deadly duolOgue. Richard Nameless
came straight across to the man who
had worn the roses.
Captain Arnaud" he said quietly.
"If you say my name again here l
will shoot you down." was the quieter
answer What are you doing In that
masquerade SpyingT
Perhaps. The meeting promised
you has taken place. You can't turn
me out Of this company, can you, Cap.
tain ArnaudT
Il have told you to leave my name
alone. What do you wantT
II want to know somethlng-what
are you doing herewith that won
amp
"That is my affair"
"And your wife7 This is the way t
the devil"
THE way she has driven me-"
"You are a liar and a coward.
warned you once, and l warn yor
again. 1t would be far better for yor
to be dead than that you should draG
her into misery and disgrace. She be
lleved in you"
"BelievedT The hesltancy passed
from Arnaud's face. He leaned for
ward; his eyes alight and deadly witt
some sudden fash of intention. "Yor
have seen herr"
YES"
you have spoken with her?"
Yes"
Arnaud burst out laughing HI
turned and, catching the Jewess in BIZ
arms, kissed her savagely. "GOoC
night-good night! This gentleman Il
sending me home, petite. He doesn'
approve of either of u.s." He laughed
and flung her from him 50 that sh
stumbled against the table. That
my answer, Farquhar," he said coolly
Good night"
Someone touched FarQuhar on tn
shoulder. He turned.
"Ah, you, GOetz"'
"Yes. Who was that you wer
speaking to just now?"
Captain Arnaud."
That's to be regretted Come, W
must be getting of. It's near mid
night"
He slipped bis arm through his com
panlon's.
At that moment an Arab, who ha
been lettering In the background, hi
dirty burnoose drawn over his face
slipped past them and disappeared int
the shadows.
CHAPTER VII.