Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-16

| disappointment. There are many dis
appointments to be met with here"
| He took her hand in his.
Little girl" he said, you are very
good to me, and 1 think you under
stand. Are you going to let me feel
that have found friend on my first
evening in LondonT
eff you want me-" she answered sim
ply. 81 like you, and want you to be
happy here; and because 1 want you
to be happy, / want you to come down
from the clouds and remember that
you have left your hills behind and
that we walk on the pavements here"
! THANK you," he whispered, "and
thank you for what you have not said.
! If am to find sorrow here instead of
JOY" he added, a little grimly, sit is
better for me to stumble into the
knowledge Of it by myself"
"Your hills have taught you Just that
much of life, them" Sophy mur1nured.
The prince of Seyre handed his hat
and stick to the parlor maid and seated
himself upon the divan.
81 should be very sorry" he said po-
my coming has FASTENED the departure
of your visitors"
mot in the least" Louise assured
him. "They were leaving when you
were announced. Sophy and 1 are TAX
ing Mr. Strangewey to a Bohemian res
taurant and music hall afterward."
fortunate Mr.. Strangewey!" the
prince sighed. But, forgive me, why
not a more dignified form of entertain
ment for his first EVENING""
''The poor man has no Clothes" Lou
Use explained. "He came to London
quite unexpectedly"
"No clothes?" the prince repeated.
''It is q long journey to take in such a
fashion. A matter of urgent business,
perhaps?"
Louise had risen to her feet and was
busy rearranging some roses In the
bowl by her side. She crushed one of
the roses to pieces suddenly in her
hands and shook the petals from her
long, nervous fingers.
"Today," she said, "this afternoon
now-you have come to me with some
thing in your mind, something you wish
to say, something you are not sure how
to say. That Is, you see, what Henri
Graillot calls my intuition. Even you,
who keep all your feelings under q
mask, can conceal very little from me-"
"My present feelings" the prince de-
clared, 81 do not wish to conceal.
would like you to know them. But as
words are sometimes clumsy, would
like, If it were possible, to let you see
into my heart"
She came over and seated herself
by his side on the divan. She even
laid her hand upon his arm.
Eugene" she expostulated, eve are
too old friends to talk always in yelled
phrases. There Is something you have
to say to me. You are displeased be-
cause I have changed my mind-be-
cause I feel that cannot take that lit
tie journey of oursY
'You mean that you cannot now, or
that you cannot at any timer"
81 do not know" she answered. "You
ask me more than can tell you. Some
times life seems so stable, a thing one
can make little chart of and hang
up on the wall, and put ones finger
here and there-Today I will do this,
tomorrow 1 will feel that-and the
next morning comes and the chart is
in the fire. 1 wish understood my
self little better, Eugener'
81 believe that understand you bet
ter, far better, than you understand
yourself" he declared. "That is why
l also believe that I am necessary to
you. l can prevent your making mis-
takes"
'Then prevent me-" she begged.
Something has happened, and the
chart is in the fire today"
you have only" he said, "to give
me this little hand, and / will draw
out a fresh one which shall direct to
the place in life which is best for you.
1t is not too late"
She rose from beside him and walked
toward the fireplace, as If TO touch the
bell. He watched her with steady eyes
bit expressionless face. There was
something curious about her walk. The
spring had gone from her feet, her
shoulders were a little hunched. 1t was
the walk of woman who goes toward
the things she fears.
"StopI" he babe her.
She turned and faced him, quickly,
almost eagerly. There was a look in
her face of the prisoner who finds re-
spite.
Leave the bell alone" he directed.
MY own plans are changed. 1 do not
wish to leave London this week"
Her face was suddenly brilliant, her
eyes shone. Something electric seemed
to culver through her frame. She al
most danced back to her place by his
side.
How foolish " she murmured. "Why
didn't you say so at onceT
Because" he replied. "they have
only been changed during the last few
seconds. I wanted to discover some
thing which have discovered"
ITO discover somethingg"
'That my time has not yet come"
She turned away from him. She was
oppressed with sense almost of fear.
a feeling that he was able to read the
very thoughts forming In her brain;