New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-12-29
APT VII.

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ing together at the White Springs ho-
tel. The novelty of the experience had
made her eyes shine like stars. She
SAY only the magnolia tree shaped like
ii heart, the terrace edged with low
%shrubbery, and beyond the faint CLEAN
that was the river. The unshaded glare
of the lights behind her in the house
IA eclipsed by the crescent edge of
the rising moon. Dinner was over. Sid
ney was experiencing the rare treat
of after-dinner coffee.
lie Moyne, grave and contained, sat
across from her. TO give SO much
pleasure, and so easily! How young
she was, and radiant! No wonder the
boy was mad about her. She fairly
held out her arms to life.
All, that was too bad! Another
table was being brought they were not
to be alone. But what reused in him
violent resentment only appealed to
Sidney's curiosity.
CarlOtta Harrison came out alone.
Although the tapping of her heels was
dulled by the grass. although she had
exchanged her cap for the black hat,
Sidney knew her at once. A sort of
thrill ran over her. 1t was the pretty
nurse from Doctor Wilson's office. Was
it possible-but of course not! The
book of rules stated explicitly that such
things were forbidden.
Don't turn around" she said swift
ly. at Is the Miss Harrison | told you
about. She is looking at us"
Carlotta's eyes Were blinded for a
moment by the glare of the house
lights. Then she sat up, her eyes on
lie Moyne's grave profile turned to-
ward the valley. Lucky for her that
Wilson had stopped in the bar, that
Sidney's instructive good manner for
babe her staring, that only the edge of
the summer moon sllOne through the
trees. She went white and clutched
the edge of the table, with her eyes
closed. That gave her quick brain a
chance. 1t was madness, June mad
ness. She was always seeing him, even
in her dreams. This mar was older.
much older. She looked again.
She had not been mistaken. Here,
and after all these months! X. lie
Moyne, quite unconscious of her pres
ence, looked down into the valley.
Wilson appeared on the wooden
porch above the terrace, and stood, his
nynC Sn0rohinu fhn hn1f1iuht for hnr
If he came down to her, the mar at the
next table might turn, would see her
She rose and went swiftly back to-
ward the hotel. All the gayety was
gone out Of the evening for her, but
she forced a lightness she did not feel:
ut is sc dark and depressing out
there-it makes me sad"
Surely you do not want to dine in
the house?"
'Do you mind?"
"Your wish is my law-tonight," he
said softly.
After all, the evening was a disap-
pointment to him. The sp%Ontaneity had
zone out of it, for some reason. The
girl who had thrilled to his glance
those two mornings in his office, whose
eyes had met his. fire for fire.
the operating room, was not
up. She sat back in her chair,
little, starting at every step. Her
eyes, which by every rule of the game
should have been gazing into his, were
fixed on the Oilcloth-cOvered passage
the door.
81 think, after all, you are fright
"Terribly."
"a little danger adds to the zest of
-hings. You know what Nietzsche says
lbout that"
81 am not fond of Nietzsche." Then,
With an effort: what does he say?"
"TwO things are wanted by the
rue man-danger and play. Therefore
lie seeketh woman as the most dam
of toys"
"WOmen are dangerous only when
think of them as toys. When a
nan finds that a woman car reason
10 anything but feel-he regards her
IS a menace. But the reasoning wom-
N Is really less dangerous than the
,ther sort"
This was more like the real thing.
talk careful distractions like this,
With beneath each abstraction its con
'ealed personal application, to talk of
and look in her eyes, to discuss
lew PHILOSOPHERS with their freedoms, |
o discard old creeds and old morali-
ies-that was his game. Wilson be-
anne content, interested again. The girl
vas Undetermined. She challenged
is philosophy and gave him a chance
o defend it. With the conviction, as
heir meal went on, that lie Moyne
nd his companion must surely have
one, she gained ease.
1t was only by wild driving that she
OF back to the hospital by ten o'clock.
Wilson left her at the corner, well
.ntent with himself. As he drove I'D
he Street he glanced across at the
age house. Sidney was there on the
oorstep, talking to a tall man who
TODD below and looked up at her.
wilson settled his tie, in the darkness.
idney was a mighty pretty girl. The
une night was in his blood. He was
Drry he had not kissed Carlotta good
light. He rather thought, now he
,oked back, she had expected it.
As he got out of his car at the curb,
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