The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-06

ballroom to survey herself the better,
and remained there with her maids,
even while Mr.. Jack Stuart came
home and sauntered into his wife's
boudoir, thence into the small room
where the Chinese girl worked every
day and where he had not CHANGED
before.
He behcld her as she held up to the
ardent sunlight cluster of vermillion
peoples, their Incompatible painted
veins netting the silk.
"La-Loy-La!" he cried under his
breath, and crossing to her.
She looked at him with a perfect
and most patient immobility, not a
culver, not a flutter of lip or lid.
"You remember me?"
She nodded gravely.
"Why did you run away from me?
| loved you. | wanted to marry you.
| meant to break off with the Ameri-
can girl"
La-Loy-La's head went a little to
one ide like the head of a bird when
it is sleepy.
She said, Great lady you wife,
Mclean man. Make flowers so long
for gown. La-Loy-La servant. La
Loy-La happy. La-Loy-a see you"
"Child! Child" Jack Stuart was
on his knee at her side, his arms out
to enfold her, but the almond eyes
opened wide, and the fawn-colored
small hands caught up a length of the
poppy colored silk and bound it over
his eyes and wound it tight as she
said:
"No. Chinee girl love much. Love
so much, like Mclean man be happy
with Mclean great lady. Welly,
nice. Flower all made now. Chinee
girl go way. Goodbye"
La-Loy-La," he cried, 81 can't be
happy. l have never been happy
without you. So long as we both
live" he unwound the oppy-colored
silk from his eyes, 81 can't be hap
ply without you"
Then, and only then, a wonderful
beauty of expression came to her face,
and the Illumination of it was as both
revelation and sudden irrevocable pur-
pose. She stood up and said quiet
ly, go way, goodbye" And the
strange strength of her was such that
he obeyed.
Then La-Loy-La looked around the
beautiful room and her eyes selected
the divan, and then they chose four
of the rich hat-pins from the dress
ing table, and all the while she heard
ringing in her cars the words he had
said, $50 long as we both live, I
| ho
And La-Loy-La, spreading her
gown out beneath her feet with care,
lay down on the elegant divan, and
also pinned the skirt part to the mat
tress with two of the hat-pis. Then
she took from her sleeve pocket a
small vial which contained the soul
of the poppy flower, and she drank
! it, and replaced the vial With the
other two hat-pins she pinned her
wide sleeves to the mattress of the di-
van and folded her small hands to-
gether, while through her brain float
ed the vision of the Tiger who might
devour her, the cross that stood above
the Mission House altar in Tienstin,
and the face of Mr.. Jack Stuart.
But presently, even before her en-
ployer returned to take off the gown
of crystal tissue with its wonderful
flowers of silk, the small Chinese girl
who had fashioned the trimmings, was
quite the farthest ever away from
this world.
Yet, what will your" as Madame
Louise rehearsed to the other sewing
girls the second day after that one,
"assuredly, Madame Stuart was in
her box at the opening of the opera
season last night and she wore the
crystal cloth-gown with the minia-
ture flowers of silk all over it in gar
lands, also in her hair the peoples,
which La-Loy-La had made. Also