The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-25

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! fise, .M1 hen if my heart is
broken, c5GA resist the princes
oate!' aa,
Apparently everyone was of the
same mind. The hum Of laughter stead
lily grew. Under shelter Of the fire
Of conversation, the prince leaned to-
ward his companion and reOpened their
previous discussion.
do you know" he began, II am in
clined to be somewhat disappointed by
your lack Of enthusiasm in a certain
1irection!" ..,s:
:. II have disappointed many men in
my time," she replied. do you doubt
my power, now that have promised
to exercise it?"
"Who could?' he replied courteously.
"Yet this young man poses, IEbelleve,
as something Of st. Anthony, He
may give you trouble" i'' ~
HE is then, what YOU call a prig7 =,
"A most complete and perfect spec,i'
men, even in this nationInh prigs!"
"All that you tell me!' sshe sighed,
snakes the enterprise seem easier. lit
Is. after all, rather like the lioness and
the mouse, isn't tips '. &C. -;sEa
The prince made no reply, but upon
his lips there fingered a family incrcd-
ulous smile. The woman, nv his side
leaned back in her player She had
the air of accepting the challenge; 4ai,
"After supper" sheo said, "we will
seew "Bni rA
A single chord of music in d.lminor
key floated across the room,.-s9ft' at
first, swelling later into volume OF
sound. then dying away and ceasing
altogether. Every light in the place
was suddenly extinguished. There re-
manned only the shaded lamps over
hanging the pictures.
Not a whisper was heard in the
room. John, looking around him in
establishment, was conscious only of
the half-supprcssed breathing Of the
men and women who lined the walls, or
were still standing in little groups at
the end Of the long hall. Again there
came the music, this time merged in
low but insistent clamor Of other in.
struments. Then, suddenly. through
the door ct the farther end of the
room came a dimly seen figure in white.
The PLACE seemed wrapped in !nnys-
teal tWillght viii long b Jack rays Of
deeper, shadow fvfng across the floor.
There was little murmur of tense
voices, and then again silence.
For q few moments the figure in
white was motionless. Then, without
any visible commencement, she seemed
suddenly to blend into the waves of
low, passionate music. The dance It.
self was without form or definite move.
ment. She seemed ut first like some
white, limbless spirit, floating here and
there across the dark bars of shadow
at the calling of the melody. There
was no apparent effort of the body.
She was merely beautiful, unearthly
shape. 1t was like the fitting of a
white moth through the blackness of a
mOonless summer night.
But her motions grew more AMI.
mated, more human. With feet which
seemed never to meet the earth, she
glided toward the corner where John
was standing. He caught the smolder-
ing fire in her eyes as she danced with.
in few feet of him. He felt catch in
his breath. Some subtle and only half.
expressed emotion shook his whole be.
Ing seemed to tear Mt the locked cham.
Der of his soul. ~. .-
She had flung her arms forward, sc
near that they almost touched him
He could have sworn that her lips had
called his name. He felt himself be.
witched, filled with an insane longing
to throw out his arms in response tc
her passionate, unspoken invitation, in
obedience to the clamoring of his seeth.
ing senses. He had forgotten. even.
that anyone else was in the room.
Then, suddenly, the music stopped
The lights flared out from the ceiling
and from every corner, Of the apart.
ment. Slender and erect, her arms
hanging Imply at her sides, without a
touch Of color in her checks or a coil
of her black hair disarranged, without
a sign of heat or disturbance or pas.
sion in her face, John found Aida
Calavera standing within few feet
Of him, her eyes seeking for his. She
laid her fingers upon his arm. The
room was ringing with shouts Of ap-
plause, in which John unconsciously
joined Everyone Mas trying to press