Evening star., 1919-03-02
The Lady's
Glove
IN 7 on here, west7"
" why not?' and a far
haired, young looking man

4TGiIi MS eye dS no uIu ~ SUB totilis
. that he saw great deal better with
$yt 1t, "Why not, Sir Charlesg
mo particular reason, only one
hears of fellows meeting you in such
+ fpm places, right the other side Of
( the city, or out In the suburbs some
Where, queer places where no one else
koes.p
"That hardly applies here. does it?'
West returned glancing across the
kreat rooms rapidly filing with
guests. II wonder what Lady Hanson
would say if she heard you call her
house "A rum place"
tAgree with me, 7 expect, II sne
We're entertaining n political crowd
ike tonight. Politics and diplomacy
bring some rare specimens into the
dpen. Which are you?"
/ tNeither."
fYou are not going to tell me you
come here for pleasure"
fls that the only alternative? Why
6ot get local color for sensational
articles on social London?'
us that the gamer"
1'You mustn't forget that I am half
american, and that half of me is in-
clined to hustle"
your erratic course becomes clear
said Sir Charles. High and low 80
ttety, eh? That is why you We're at
the Sussex Music Hall the other
3 flight while we looked for you at the
club to make up bridge table"
sThen 1t wasn't you who saw me
thAre?"
aGood Lord, no. don't even know
Where 1t is; ! only know it's place
Fhere nobody goes. 1t was Harley
= &nhn oayay vo,,-.-fellow I'm the hOmA
twas he after local color. too?"
tHe, didn't say. but ! think not"
Sir Charles answered. "As he has
confessed to half q dozen other queer
places during the past month, and as
notice that Jennie Bradshaw has
4 been doing q dancing turn at every
4te of them, draw conclusions. It's
hot much use being in the diplomatic
service Y you cant draw W. sonc,n, u,
! of practice out Of Harley"
Lady Hanson, wife of cabinet
minister, and an American, was
noted hostess. Besides being a very
her husband fortune, and had in
I troduced into his surroundings GER
\ tain unconventionality which most
people found attractive, There was
Some truth in what Sir Charles Nor
rison said. People were to be met
to be seen at other similar functions
4 Artists and literary men who had
not yet made good. and leaders OF
movements which had not yet moved
sufficiently to attract attention.
"Iello! The guest of the evening"
Said Sir Charles suddenly.
West looked across the room In
r the curtained archWay, opening on to
the hall. Lady Hanson was receiving
her guests. At this moment she was
hQnHGnrna ga
1 man, and her manner certainly sug-
kested that he was guest of spe-
cial Importance.
"Up to his neck in the European
there is no political significance in
his visit to this country. ] fancy the
i foreign office believes him"
"Gen. Rasiloff. isn't it?' said West.
Lady Hanson appears to know him
4 Very we'll"
y Ii "Met him In Moscow when her hus-
Band was out there. wonder what
lou newspaper fellows think OF him."
more than we print. l am Won
u GAring what you diplomatists know
I ton, West" and Sir Charles moved
AWAy to speak to lady who had
evidently stopped to attract his at
tention.
few moments. Sir Charles Morrison
HRs not anxious that he should prac-
k3ce diplomacy on him. as he did on
Harley of the home Office. He moved
1 Through the growing crowd Of guests
tn the opposite direction to that which
I Dir Charles and his compani had
taken, and presently managed to get
tear the archway where Lady Han
{ &bn talked to Gen. Rasiloff.
II must walt q few moments" he
heard her say. There are always
4 the late arrivals, and some Of them
,&re important / am wondering what
has brought you to England"
The general smiled, but Lady Han
A6n spoke as IL she had no doubt he
y Would tell her. She was the kind OF
woman to whom man might tell se-
frets he would whisper to no one else.
1t was an interesting point that they
! had met in Moscow. Lady Hanson
might be deeper in political mattery
than any one supposed.
Some days ago West had discussed
Gen. Rasiloff with the foreign minis
ter In his private room at the foreign
4ffice, and the minister had suggested
that many women gave away secrets
In chatter. Since then every social
function attended by the general had
also been attended by this fair-haired.
Insignificant young man. who affect
I'd q monocle and was supposed to
kpend his life in killing time. Sir
Charles Morrison's knowledge of
Home Of his recent movements warned
him that his real business In life must
often be In danger of discovery. and
weat kent in the ha X ground now