The Holly chieftain., 1916-09-29
By 1. A. II. wYLIE
tAl riehts e..asvsA Ths Boebs-NsnM Cal

i's.lieve Very WE'LL whatever happeus-
on your head liz it,
He turned away. aud for . moment
she hs'xitatssl. looking hack nj him Hike
u child rmiravOrim. to i,-nrinte the
future. Theu the curtalns fell softly
i,s.l,ti,d her.
si,ii-t,s,l. Ahhes has two great STREETS
running uOrtl, to south aud east tU
west In between are the little for,
gotten hywayn. unknOMn to the great
Oiit.s who sumter aiUut the Place Car
nOt listening tn the in,iid or take their
ai,sintlie an the ganiiiy Decorated caf~s
NJ the Algerian is,nlrvarsls Nome tin.
less these uns,slss.teti l,yways exist.
They nrs very narrow and very dirty
On tive bUrsier VI tl,is region lies tie
Cnfe du TOnkin. u ID comparatively
respectable. and occasionally u tourist
or newly arrived official under ~s.prt
inake~ Ills appearance In the hnr IN
order to atriunint himself with what
iie t,OIhrivt~ to I've the ''rs.lI thing"
Therefore when Capt Desire Armand
snunteret1 along the narrow evil.
smelling street he attracted little no
tire. the more 40 M dusk Ind already
srt In and deeIenrti the eternal si,ad
Ows t0 t1,Ia%alinr darkness Captain
Armand entered the unguartipti ,l,nsr
way. He wna evidently on n serious
"rrnnd. for he did not appear again.
Instead. xnnie ten minutes Inter u uian
IN rugged. III. .htting clothes lurei,tSl out
on to tlse pavement AMI SUNK OG
deeper into the lnbyrinth Of alleys an.i
llghtlpss passages lie wore hroati
hri,nn,ed hat pv-rd we'll over his pvex
AMI n bUucb ~ rr.t.a stuck In his hMIf
open ct,at He ci,ose narrow pasx,lnr
running setween two empty ln,llser
and fels his way over the uneven tngx.
Ills hnc.is touching either wall to krel,
him from stumbling. The music somnd
ed nearer. Abruptly the p,,ssags'
twisted into mn open squire. dimly
lighted. alil the Music becnn.e n deaf
enlnx dtstnrrl OF voices. The CONTRAST
after the dark eastern retlcei.ce OF the
region behind him WAS bizarre an.l
br';tnl. Rt4l lantprns Ind l.epn strunr
| acrONa from Ode low -rOOfetl li0,lse 10
| another. aud their soft light fell oil y
| scene which might have been painted
from wild dream, Of Montnartrp Tile
| place was full. Long tables built
rough xenlicirtle round u central table.
inden with empty hNttles nnd cl,ippsi
wine-stnined glnssps On frt~ cor
TIER wOman sat With folded arms
and n,ng. Her voice was rough and
feellnglexs. but II karMonixed with
what surrounded her-it WAS like a
stirtller note OF the red tinted ntniua.
piiere. or the artirnlate spirit OF tile
n'ndnsss which caught up the refrain
aml yelled II back to her In drunken,
triumph. She xanE the "MnrseillaiSe
her splendid eyes fixed on the re.l
white and blue strip Of hunting nailed
on the wall opposite. her month. even
AZ she sang. curved In II subtle line OF
mos'kery. A little to her right Chas
seur d'Afrigue crashed ont an accom-
paninient on a tinkling piano. wl,I,.l,
lnivpreti under his ncrciless hands.
zO,mve, scarce nble to keen his feel.
| reeied backward and forward, bapyiu.
| out the rhythm of pair OF cymlmls-
| "AilOns. enfants de In Patrip-"
They rose like one man, eiasseurs.
zonaves, few French legi0nariex. and
Shouted with their empty glasses held
high above their heads. While they
| sang the woman WAS silent. her. sleek
head with Its massive coils OF smooth.
black hair bent 50 that her face was
hidden in shadow. The man with tb..
rosses crossed the Intervening space and
stood opposite her. She turued slirbtiy
and looked at him.
Good evening. Mademoiselie Rs-
chaei."
Good evening. monsieur"
"fou see. ! have come again"
After all these months7-
He nodded.
"Molisieur Is marriedr
$50 they say"
She laughed. throwing back her head
so that the light fell on her bold
Semitic features. he laughed, too. and
held the flowers outstretched. For =
moment she glanced at him with 4
sharp. suspicious questioning.
"Wlmt does that mean. monsieurrr
What 1t has always meant"
Things are to be as they werer
"Yes."
She bent and kissed him on either
cheek.
They had sung the refrain for the
third time. The zonave hnd collapsed
In corner. and the self.appninted ac-
companist remembered apparently that
he was thirsty. He got up and with
the last tinkle Of the piano the singing
died into mingled hiccupins and