The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

When 1 returned 70 the darteninG studio
though his arms and Iegs had broken their
union With his body and gsspins for breath
Like man who has run To . standstiIi.
A. my foot steps rang cut On the tiled moor
he raised his head eagerly and then let It
Tall with . groan.
Something 10 drink watsr. Auythins.
10 painted. "whers b shsr-
"rvs not seen her" answered
II must taIk 10 her; she Doesn't under
stand won't lot her 70. .
She must! -
! attempted . ren,onstranoe; bot before ]
could 6nish 1t he had stumbled to his feet
and staggered out Of the stud,o knocking
from my hand the Ela. Of water that was
bringing him. whsther he found her or not
never inquired: whether tn . long weak Of
hungry prowltng he ever caught another
glimpse Of her do not know; for most Of the
day and night be was absent, and, though We
took our meals together. II was In silenos.
The end came one night when observed
him making prodigsous efforts to recover his
old ironieal manner: and In the oourse Of Din.
aer he Informed me that he w.s returning
to England
1T must be painful for you to part With
% charming guest" he added, I" but must
ste myself against your most frantic efforts
to retain me-"
I'm sorry 10 lose you said. but
won't pretend that . complete change lint
the best thing in the world for you. In the
autumn. perhaps-
please God. shan't b alive In the au-
tumn." be interrupted
Though told him not to talk nonsense,
vas sufnciently concerned for his health and
sanity to come over In the summer and spend
4 couple Of months In London. Though per.
haps hatter myself, believe that when one
Of his now recurrsnt attacks Of melanehola
threatened to rnastsr him I was the means
Of pulling him up On the brink Of suicide. and
when left he had settled down to At least Q
slower msthod Of selfdsstruction by e1ess-
sive work and somewhat excessive drinking.
In time hoped he would recover enough Of
his old indifference to dispense with even
weakened constitution and . broken moral
resistance. and he ficksrsd out Ike = rush
light, a. have already suggested, before he
had given himself time to strussie against
death.
That he made no reference to Blanca hard.
~ surprised me, though I was glad to b
spared questions which would only have
ELECTED that my prophecy was being fui.
filled. Her passion for Gaunt held In check
and mastered BY the shrewd knowledge that
she could never make hin, . suitable wife,
was unhsppily not killed when she ran away
from his importantly nor svsn when he said
sood-by to Italy. A. I had predicted, her
mind vas unsettled, for time At Ieast she
could think Of no one else; and her obsession
was most pathetic In that her old sweetheart.
from association with her tragedy. was the
man Of all men whom she refused even to
meet
I'm time IL used to say. He and
had no quarrel: and, though at frst he sus-
pected mo a. Gaunt's friend, overcams his
hostility with most genuine sympathy. In
time my friend We know what
glrn are
And then, with troubled eyes and hin faes
drawn into it, perpetual scowi, Antonio-if
that was indeed his name-wouid generaltze
about women and would counsel patience
and give him what encouragement could II
found this dificuit st all times. It became
impossible on the day when he told me that
Blanca had disappeared; though neither dead
nor spirited away. she was no longer at
home. and It was unsafe to ask her mother
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