White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-10

INV zlins modiste's shops he saw a
49, limousine drawn I'D to the
J curb and Ia II Jack Paddock, friend Of
his college days. Paddock leapcd
blithely from the machine and grasped
Dick Minot b. the hand
You herer' be cried.
Foolish question commented Ar.
Alnot.
Yes, / KNOW said Mr.. Paddock.
Been here so long my brains a little
6abby. Gut I'm glad to see You, old
man.
Same here" Mr.. Minot stared At
the car Il say, Jack. dd you earn
that writing fictioDT'
Paddock laughed.
I'm MOI writing much hetion now"
he replied. TIE car belongs to Mn.
Helen Eruce. the Sittiest hostess In
San Marco" lie came closer. my
boy" he confded. IT have struck some.
thing essentially soft. Some time
soon In a room with all the doors and
windows closed and the weather strips
In place III whisper 1t to you. I've
been dying To tell somebody
And the ear
Part Of the graft. Dick. Here comes
Mrs. Bruce now. Did | mention she
was the wittiest-of course l did.
Want 10 meet herr Well. later then.
You're al the Pax. I suppose. See you
there"
Minot devoted the next hour to sad
introspection In the lobby. II was not
until he YVES on his way In to dinner
that he again IA Cynthia Meyrick.
Then. just outside the dining room
door. he encountered her. stfn all In
white. loyeller than ever, In her cheek
u lush Of excitement. no doubt put
there by the most important luncheon
OF her life. lie waited for her to rec
ognIze him. and he did not wait In
vain.
"Ah. Sir
"Mlnot"
"Of course. In the hurry of this noon
| quite overlooked an introduction. |
am
Miss Cynthia Meyrick. I happen to
know because | met his lordship In
WV ipih "HA = hSh-Nhs tue iuucn-
con-
"Qnlte without a flaw. 80 you know
Lord HarrowbyT'
"Er-slightly May | offer my very
best wishesY'
$50 good OF you"
Formal formal. formal. Was that
how Ii must be between them here.
after7 Well. II was better so. Miss
Meyrick presented her father and her
aunt. and that did not tend to tighten
the Formally. ~Icicles. both of them.
though stocky putting icicles. Aunt In
quired II Mr.. Minet was related TO the
Minots of Detroit and when he failed
10 qualify al ono lost all interest In
him. Old Spencer Meyriek did not &C
cord him ever that much attention.
Yet all was not formal. as 1t happen
ed, for as Cynthia Meyrick moved
away she whispered. Il must see you
after dinncr-on important business
And her smile as she said II made MI
not's own lonely dinner quite CHEEKY
AT Z In the evening the hotel orches-
ira gathered in the lobby for its night
IL concert. and after the way of or.
chestras 1t was almost ready to begin
when Minot left the dining room at 8
He sat dow. In a veranda chair and
looked out at the courtyard In the
splendor of its evening colors 1t was
indeed the setting for romance. In the
midst of the green palms and blooming
things splashed a fountain which
might well have beer the one old
Ponce de Leon sought. On three sides
the lighted towers and turrets OF that
huge hotel climbed toward the bright.
warm southern sky. A dazzling moon
shamed Mr.. Edison's lamps. the breeze
came tepid from the sea. the very
latest in waltzes drifted out from the
gorgeous lobby. Here romance. Minot
thought, must have been born
mir. Minot. I've been looking every
where
She was beside him now, a slim
white figure In the dusk-the n thing
lacking In that glittering picture. He
leaped to meet her.
SltUng mere uIcottitb, iV>sD-
she whispered. of somebody far
away"
NO" He shook his head. II leave
that to the newly engaged
She made no answer. lie gave her
bis chair and drew W another for
himself.
"Mr. Minot." she said. Il was ter
ribly thoughtless this noon. But you
must forgive mel was So excited. Mr.,
Minot-l W you
She hesltated. Miuot lit his HIP saw
ngely. Must he hear all that again.
How much she owed him for his serv-
ice-for getting her to that luncheon In
time-thnt wonderful luncheon.
II owe you" finished the girl softly,
the charges ON that taxi"
II was something Of q shoct b ~
not Was she MASKING game Of eeus