The Washington times., 1920-08-17
(Contiaued from Saturday,


You know he said, laughing.
.that / ought to play my part or
Fourth Caliph and go and capture
pretty widow"
What
Certainly" he said, TRANQUILITY;
-didnt Ali take prisoner Ayesha.
the youthful widow OF MohammedT
I'll look about while you're dane
ing
1T don't wish you to-" she ex-
claimed, half vexed, half laughing.
Oswald, does he mean it?'
He looks as though he does, re-
piled Grismer, amused. There's
Goddess OF Night over there. Gle
land-very pretty and very uncon-
cealed under a cloud OF spangled
stars"
oswald! I don't wish him to! Jim!
Listen to me, please" for ne
had already started toward the llt-
tie brunette Goddess OF Night. we
have box Z! Please remember.
shall wait for you"
Right" he nodded, now intently
bent on displeasing her; a little ex-
cited, too, by her solicitude, yet sui
lenly understanding that 1t, sprang
from no deeper emotion than her
youthful heart had yet betrayed for
him. No woman ever let man go
willingly, whether kin or lover
whether she had use for him or not.
Stephanie, managing to keep him
In view among the dancers, saw the
little Goddess Of Night, with her
impudent up-tilted nose fioaGng
amid her scandalously diaphanous
draperies in his arms through a
dreamy tango. farther and farther
away from her.
BORROW LACE FROM THE DEVIL
Things went wrong with her, too;
she dropped her emerald girdle and
several of the paste stones rolled
away; the silk OF her body-vest
ripped, revealing the snowy skin,
an" she had to knot her gold sari
hilher. Then the jeweled thong OF
her left sandal snapped and she
lost it for a moment.
The devil!" she said, slipping her
bare foot into it and half skating
toward the nearest lower-tier box.
There he is over there" re-
marked Grismer. indicating a regu-
lation Mephistopheles, wearing
blood-red jerkin laced with
wealth of superfuous points.
swat; I'll borrow lace OF him
Inc ueNll was polilc dnu Aoo nv
objection to being despoiled: and
Grismer came back with chamois
thong and mended her sandal for
her while she sat in their box and
watched the tumult surging below.
He chatted gayly with her for
= while, leaning there on the box's
edse beside her. but Stephanie had
become smilingly inattentive and
preoccupied, and he watched her in
silence, now, curiously. little per-
picked by her preoccupation. For it
was most unusual for her to betray
inattention when with him. 1t was
not like her. He could not remem-
Der her ever being visibly uninter-
ested in him-ever displaying pre-
occupation or indifference when in
his company.
STEPHANIE IS PREOCCUPIED.
However. the excitement of see
ing her brother again so unex-
pectedly accounted for it no doubt.
The excitement and pleasure Of
seeing her - brother! A
slight consciousness of the fact that
there was no actual kinship be-
tween this girl and Cleland passed
through his mind without disturb
ing his tranquility. He merely
happened to think OF it.
He happened to recollect it; that
was all.
"Stephanie?"
yes"
Shall we sit out this dance?
Your sandal string will hold"
II don't know" she said. "Who
Is that dancing with Helen? Over
there to the left"
II see her. I don't know-oh. yes
its Phil Grayson."
rs it? I wonder where Jim went
with that woman! I'm
horribly thirsty, Oswald"
Shall we have some supper"
where is it? Oh, down there!
What a stuffy place! It's too awful
Couldn't you get something here?"
He managed to bribe one perspir-
ing and distracted waiter, and after
long while he brought a tray
towering with salads. ices and bot
ties.
Helen and Philip Grayson came
back and the former Immediately
revealed a healthy appetite.
Don't you want anything to eat