The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-02

"I1l tell YOU after we've had orr appearance
changed laid Mary "rrlGphunr for YOUR beauty
man t" com" right along. The sooner that's over
'he better"
The specialist made no radical changes in
either Of tho .rir~. hnt the effects Of his work
We're startling. Both looked >WHrthirr when he
had finished. and h. had effected mysterious
chang" even in their eyes. WhiI" hair and eye
br"w~ wer" decidedly dHrN"urd. They might have
passed, when he had done with them, for mem
bers Of any of tn" races Of Southern Europe
but for ariNtocratc members. And. under Marv's
directions they made changes in their manner of
dressing that corrc>pondcd with their altered
features
They hurried as much a~ they could without
risking the artistic success Of the mp"rsouar On
they intended to give, and Yet it wa> only few
days after they had first laid eyes upon IIarTa~-
ford that Mona ready to begin. Harri~ford.
of course, was wholly ignorant OF their EXIST
ence; he had been far too busy and excited in
the park even to know that there had been any
witnesses to the scene.
No one who had known Mona before her
transformation would have been likely to rrcoE-
uize her when, one afternoon, she drove in
taxiCab to a spot about half a block from the
Empire Cub-thc Of his city clubs, she
knew. which he usually frequentcd this tim"
of day. She had a little while to wait. but at
last she saw him come down the steps. Sh"
alighted at once, paid her driver. and saw him
90 off. Then, walking slow ~. she advanced toward
HarraSford, quite deliberately unconscious Of his
presence.
1t was not 50 with Harra>ford. He stared at
her quite frankly: her for"ign piQuante beauty
attracted him. IT II Dlaln from her APPEAR
ance that he could not hope to win her forgive
ness should he speak to her. \ lucky accident, it
seemed to him--he could not guess how often il
had been rehca r>ed - gave him chance. She
dropped her bag, stopped to recover il, and in
rising, brushed against him. How prOfusC were
her apologies. She spoke without accent, but
in way that proved her a foreigner. He assured
her the fault his: she disputed that. Drettly.
In a moment he found himself in step beside
her-and nrebuked, He had not dared hope for
such luck. But he looked at her II" sur"
at he He Ir,lt
tea at a nearby hotel She bushed-but yielded
to his urging.
- canuot imagine why I am 50 uncon,en-
tonal!" Sh" said nPrNou~ly. - am little afraid
Picture it, alone here. far from my native
Corsica but just finished with studies at
NaSsar,"
But when they parted he had her address,
and her permission to call.
Here, Mona and Mary alike were certain,
the crisis of the adventure. Would he call? Or
would he have sober second thought that would
warn him that he, a well known figure, and
enormously wealthy, took certain risk in call
ing a girl he had met in such fashion, and
of whom he knew less than nothing. They need
have had no fears however. Jimmy Harrasford
had faults enough, but cowardice not among
them. He took advantage of her permission to
call on the day following his first encounter with
MOna-and from the moment of his coming there
could be no installing his purpose to make love
to her.
Mona tried to check him. to reproach him
gently.
But why?" he asked. why shouldn't tell
Won you are beautiful? You are, Why shouldn't
| tell YOU that | have never seen anyone so at
tractiYe TO NOu."
For answer Mona picked up the hand he had
laid upon her
THAT is a 50 curious rng?" she exclaimed
lust old Sign"t--hcirom in my family
he said. Il wouldn't lose it for hundred times
its value, though. The luck of the Harrasfords is
supposed to go with it. I'm just superstitious
enough to believe that Id have lot of bad luck
If it disappeared"
Mona clapPed her hands.