The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
The Little Blind
God Works Magic
In the Dusk.

In the Dusk.
-HE direct routs from the village lay
across an upward slope of moor1sod.
from which the ocean WAS iavisfble.
u even when the night was clear. But
to one who halted It the end Of the path
the Whole Atlantic rose % out of its set
ting and ni1ed the imaginatiss fu1l: sn1
down below the bank there vas . sarfsv
sand spit. and plenty ef san artel So
weed. rustiins like paDer. aad Q Ast
topped rock where q maa ef pnvershs
habits could smoke - solitude and watch
the nooniight paint siew bands sf silver
along the breakvsteT
The path ended % sbrsptiy that tonight
Dilvorth had actually jumped down fro0
the top of the embankment before he re-
allied, through the soft dsrkness. that aa
unvanted visitor had claimed the roek-
Her reaction as he arriyed vas 10 ais-
credit to her nervous system: tDdeed she
held her poise remarkably veil. eonsi1-
ering that It's pounds Of compact eaergy
had just presented itself. altar . Eve
foot drop. In the sand At her very shos
tips. But she did recoil. and shs 40 say
''Owr' with much spontaneity as1 visor.
and The poise of her head vas sseh thaf
he suspected at once her entire lack Of
welcome
"weil!- said Diiworth. scranbiins up
right In spite Of his ON aAnoyance hs
paid the trespasser whst belonged to her
sex. Hope didn't scare you too nseh.-
The girl had rises asA stepped back .
pace. Il vas . little stsrtied- she 81
mitted- She stood IN - attitude OF cain
expectancy; and the next thing vas evil
denty for piivorrh to spoieEize and 10
90 away.
His hesitation had aothfng vhatevsr 70
do with his susceptibilities. For one
thing. the moon vas In its hfst quarter.
and he couldn't teii whether the girl vn
attractive or not: he could discern only
that she was small. and that she Vas
wearing . Light wrap Of some sort. Ike
. cape For smother. this was the only
available SPOT along the shore were rap
turous young people from the hotel
weren't likely to BE found tvosing. Il
had cost him . good half mile Of travel
over the moors to get here, and several
marauding parties OF mosquitoes we're
trip. Perhaps the Eiri vas Just about to
planning to vsyiay him on the return
start home. anyhow. Il vas rather lats,
he thought paternaiiy. for her 70 stay
outdoors alone.
Don't let me disturb you" he said
presently.
The girl vayered. and sat down again.
thereby putting the question Of procedure
squarely Up to Dflworth- Il vas appar-
ent that she fully expected him to be .
gentleman and to remove himself In
stead he was stubborn enough to pro-
duce q pipe.
II didn't know anybody else ever came
here" said Diivorth, turning aside to
light a match. Il ran across It By seci-
dent myself"
Il just found Il tonight"
He couldn't see her At all clearly. but
he liked her voice. even at low tempera-
ture. He had . pleasing intuition that
she sang contralto.
Il found II . couple Of weeks ago. He
deliberately walked around her and made
himself comfortable on the sand. It's one
of the reasons why ! don't bother about
prohibition"
II he had said this to piaue her curios-
ity he vas highly successful. 'Prohi-
bition?" she echoed Immediately after
ward she made herself more prim: and
Dilworth wasn't dissatisfied. for he ap-
proved Of recessivs women. Moreover.
the feminine voice had always seemed to
him the most appealing Of all feminine
attributes: and hers was exquisite. He
began to cancel his desire for her to 20
home. He had felt. by . sort OF mental
squatter sovereignty. that this peninsula
was virtually his own: but IL the tres
passer would consent TO talk ., little he
had no great objection to her lingering
awhile.
why. there's nothing very remarkable
about it," he said. Il guess that most Of
US come to the point, now and then.
when we've simply got TO get outside Of
ourselves or bust. Some people do II
with champagne, and others don't But
this is plenty good enough for me. You
can look out there over the water and
hypnotize yourself IN no time and then
everything's just the way you imagine It
is-or ought to be-"
She looked over At him. but her re-
sponse was long delayed Nevertheless.
her manner was slightly more settled.
Ts that why you eems hersr'
Partly"
Not Just to like It for tssifF" Her
meditation was q stimulant to his taste.
He loved it
THAT'S the other part"
She remained for several seconds on
the point of speaking before she dnslly
spoke. ct wonder II it's a good habit7"
It's better than the alcohol habit" said
Dilworth. And It doesn't cost 20 much.
and It can't get you into trouble With the
authorities
NO mean. do you think It's . very
good idea to let yourself get hypnotissd
By anything. In the hrst placer
why not?'' he reiished the chance of
leading her On.
Isn't that Just letting your mind 20
dabby?'
DO your muscles get asbby n you let
them relax once In whiier'
But that isn't parallel"
Il thought Il was"
Il don't see It, When your minds hyp-
notised It isn't relaxed; it's just loaned to
somebody else. All this does to me is to
make me remember things I want to.
Nice things. And then my mind 10 re-
Iav.A Mat IT, .ttty y,f,s