The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-10-12
ri have table inside" he told them

i IT have table inside" he told them
as they approached. sit is better for
conversation. The rest of the place Is
like bear garden. am not sure IL
they will dance here today, but il
they do, they will come also into the
restaurant"
"Wise mani" Louise declared. II,
too, hate the babel outside"
"We are faced" said the prince, as
he took up the menu, with our daily
problem. What can / order for your"
"a cup of chocolate" Louise replied.
sand Miss Sophy?"
"Tea, please"
John, too, preferred tea; the prince
ordered absinthe.
"a polyglot meal, isn't 1t, Mr..
StrangeweyY said Louise. as the order
was executed; net in tie least what
that wonderful sid butler of yours
would understand by tea. Sophy, put
your hat on straight IL you wEnt to
make q good impression on Mr..
Strangewey. I am hoping that you two
will be great friends"
| DOpAy luih JOuu Will a
| little grimace.
| Louise is SO tactIess % she said. 'T
am sure any idea you might have had
Of liking me will have gone already.
Has it, Mr.. Strangewey"
"On the contrary" he replied, little
stif1y, but without hesitation, 'T was
thinking that Miss Maurel could
scarcely have set me more pleasant
| task"
The girl looked reproachfully across
at her friend.
"You told me he came from the
wilds and was quite unsophisticatedr
she exclaimed.
"The TRUTH" John assured them,
looking with dismay at his little china
cup, "comes very easily to US. We are
brought up on it in Cumberland"
"Don't chatter too much, child" Lou
Use said benignly. 81 want to hear
some more of Mr.. Strangewey's i'm
pressions. This is-well, if not quite
fashionable crowd, yet very nearly
so. What do you think of 1.-THE wom--
en-, for instance?"
"WeIl, to me-" John confessed cam
didly, "they all look like dolls or man.
ikins. Their dresses and their hats
overshadow their faces. They seem
all the time to be wanting to show, not
themselves, but what they have on"
They all laughed. Even the princes
lips were parted by the flicker of a
smile. Sophy leaned across the table
with a sigh.
Louise" she pleaded, "you will lend
him to me sometimes, won't you? You
won't keep him altogether to yourself?
There are such lot of places to take
him tot"
81 was never greedy" Louise re-
marked, with an air of self-satisfac-
ton. eff you succeed in making a
favorable impression upon him, 1
promise you your share"
''Tell US some more of your impress
sions, Mr.. Strangewey," Sophy begged.
"You want to laugh at me- John
protested good-humoredly.
son the contrary" the prince as
sured him, as he fitted a cigarette into
a long amber tube, ''they want to
laugh with you. You ought to realize
your value as a companion in these
days. You are the only person who
can see the truth. Eyes and tastes
blurred with custom perceive so little.
You are quite right when you say that
these women are like manikins; that
their bodies and faces are lost; but
one does not notice it until it is point
ed out"
eve will revert" Louise decided, "to
a more primitive life. You and l will
a missionary enterprise,
Mr.. Strangewey. We will judge the
world afresh. We will reclothe and re-
habilitate it,
The prince f1icked the ash from the
end of his cigarette.
Morally as well as sartorially?" he
asked.
There was a moments rather queer
silence. The music rose above the
hubbub of voices and died away again.
Louise rose to her feet. The prince.
with a skillful maneuver, made his
way to her side as they left the res
Tomorrow afternoon, I think you
'aid?" he repeated quietly. "You will
De in town then?"
eyes, I think So"
"You have changed your mind, then,
bout"
an. Graillot will not listen to my
eaving London" she interrupted rap
dly. HE declares that it is too near
he production of the play. My own
,art may be perfect, but he needs me
or the sake of the others. He puts
t like a Frenchman, of course"
They had reached the outer door,
which was being held open for them
v bo,-ing commissionnaire. JOHN
nd Sophy were waiting upon the pave
lent. The prince drew little back.
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