The evening world., 1919-12-22
CHAPTER XIII.
LONG, quiet day. AS the sun
went down, / waited in the
compound by the big banyan

the castle were cut on from sight, and
there was cane seat facing the west.
Chireen seemed older--more
woman than girl, and there was
sweetness suffuBing her that seemed
"a part Of my longing and impatence
for her coming. Perhaps there Is no
sense to that saying, but / saw some
thing that another would not have
seen; nor could l have seen II eN-
Cept for the great restless calling IN
my hoart.
we spoke no other words, though
she touched my hand. over to the
southwest the land slOped. We coulo
see the golden mist Of the sunset
lying upon the tea-fields sweet
ness came in to US from the eartn,
all heated and teeming with the suns
fierce strepEth--a sweetness that IL
highest to me, even above the rose,
above the mignonette and the hnor
lilies-the perfume OF the Towering
tea-Iands. This Is my meaning OF
romance, and that fragrance about
her which | canUt describe has some"
thing to do with It. The sunset was
around her head and shoulders IN
that hour. we spOhc o. nol
father. and about the fight Of the
But, Chireon." I said, how
did you know I WIS coming up the
ledge lust then? How did you hap
pen to send out a party for me-
81 cannot tell" she answered. "FlrSt
We heard Shicla barking al the Walls
She Hyas running along the wall =
sensing something we could not SCI
or hear. Lance went out before l
knew what the barking meant. Inc
natives Nere there, but they dld not
Kin Lancet mean, they dld not HEe
Ifv, than hnpal ggA''--
'Tt would have given their move,
nent away before they were ready.
Eyes, that's what we thought
IAN out to bring him An. Suddenly
knew it meant an attack Lance
seemed to know It at the same time
and OF course 1--WE thought oil YOU
but | was with Catten'-
I was thinking Presently u &C.
CURED that | had said nothlng loi
several moments, and l announced
cations a wonder. Chlreen."
This aroused no particular enthusl-
asm. / remembered her look on qucel
withdrawal when Catten WIS in th'
"I7e seems to use something Of Tho
same process you do-intuit'on'
mean"
Ones Ie?" she asked.
told her how he had outguesse'
Couitu-bcen there Wttn the parry
40 To speak, before each thrust Of th'
'T tk,cl; 4 'g . game to him" sht
said quickly. 81 think he loves H.
,hink YOU don't understand him quite
rs q ramc to him-this war
makes him happy" 80. =. :,
"You mean hn doesn't want II U
~top?" | asked, thinking OF ms Sll1to ,
naIDOl
"He wants to win" sire answered
He'd stop It before he would risl
losing hut next to that he wants thi
play Of It," o-.
had nothing TO say. ] was Eetunl
an earnest conviction that my facul'
ties were generally second rate
Neither Catten nor Chlreen couI'
have. made me see differently
ind = matter OF fact and as yol
shall sec, il was the best thing
hnd lust then. \ man tied up IN NJ
own thought 70 ms and opinions an'
notions of himself isn't in good condi
ton to have his days cast In IN
midst Of subtletios such as these. A
Ioast my mind was open. ,
As | cogitatcd the upper rim ~ IN
sun disappeared, and ! smellJd W
cool ocean, and the dusk was in N
haze upon the tea-lands and in n
surfusion Of soft red gold about he
head ! stepped closer and said;
"Chireen!"
"Yes?"
"ChireGn, why didn't see YOU be
fore, lillt this--I mean, weeks ago
when | first Gamer
81 don't know"
The look upon her face was yer
much as If it were my business TO fin
out.
"Chircen, never saw anyone--ju'
ike YOU are now ----"
81 was thinking, II was strange
too" she answered.
mot strange. hut wonderfl-som,
thing one cannot tell--something tia
pcrvadua even thoughts. But | feel
shall never forget ! never saw any
one sO--lOvCly-'
] s.oiIcd il by hesitating before n
last word. When | reached that "a
| couldn't think Of the right thing
finish with The word l used won
aaye done well enough, but I handlt
IL Iamely. Just then Chiroen Sd
something that I have never come
the end Of, ! have thought about it
thousand times, but II stll brings II
something, and | am not 10 the er
yet.
"We are all at the mercy OF our ow
imaginRtions,'
CouiI :. be tnat the thoughts ] W.
driving rom time TO time in her d
lection We're making me gee the 81
NTH deeper charm each hour? Is
this way that we feed our own pi
uFcs-bind ourselves 20 them thong
10y thought? And is il in reality on
selves that we love after all-thi
which we send out from ourselves
love 10 another, returning to us aga
IN invinciblc attraction? Is this Il
meaning of glamour? All this sort
staggers me as l put it down. 1t
too deep now for me. as II was the
Take it or not as you I've.
Anyway it didn't slow up my on
pouring 10 Chireen Holt that nome
nor afterwaTd. l gambled al
plunged after making the first f.
plays. | would do it all again. j
the biggest game of all On
not that night She was close In 4