New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

came with the sound of the music
that burst forth at that moment.
I'm sorry / can't dance" I lied to
Miss Kemble, though it wasn't much
cf lie at that. Wont you sit this
yut with me?" The lady signifed by
a smile her Willingness to do that.
and we went at of the ballroom.
Have you seen the Deans gold
fish," ] asked. Goldfish seemed as
plausible as anything. / actually
had a dim recollection that there
were two or three small ones in a
globe in Norman's room. The lady
hadn't seen the goldfsh-and to ease
her mind l said: "Molly-that is.
my wife, Mrs. 'Iicks-thinks theyre
very remarkable. They're down
here"
Miss Kemble followed me inno-
Gently and we came to the door of
Norman's den.
Hello, Paul; you here?" / said.
1--WE brought Miss Kemblc to see
the goldfish
Paul was standing facing the
door, and when he saw the woman
beside me smile came on his lips
, heard the woman catch her breath
quickly, and | looked at her. Hor
eyes were on Pauls, and opene.i
wide. They had amazement in
them. She trembled; she had all the
appearance of woman who sees /,
ghost. Then Paul spoke.
You've come at last" he said.
I've been waiting FOR long time
for YOU
EHE woman gave a little cry.
tllnl. Of fear, and she turned to
me as though for protection; but she
changed her mind quickly and
turned back to Paul and stared al
him again, bSeathing fast and her
hands clenched tight. She seemed
afraid and yet fascinated by him.
hypnotized; certainly she was in the
grip of such strong feeling that shc
was powerless to move. Then she
laughed, and an expression the like
of which for wild, delirious happ
ness | had never seen before came
on her face, and l saw Paul coming
toward her and ! saw her waiting
for him.
had feeling that it was time
for me to go, that | wasn't needed
any more, and took my departure.
closing the door behind me very
quietly. | am undcr the impression
that tiptoed down the hall-I'm not
quite sure what I did or thought.
except that went straight to Mary
Ladd.
What did you do with your girl?"
she asked.
Il don't know I said, "but-but
she's all right. She's perfectly
happy. She's friend of yours, isn't
she? Nice girl, I SUPPOSE
margaret Kemble a nice girl"
Mary exclaimed, as though I should
know my question was absurd. shes
the salt of the earth"
where she liyc?" l asked in
mumbling fashion.
New York. Sam Hicks, what is
the matter with you?"
Matter with me? There's moth
ing the matter with me-but---I
guess if you'd seen what I've just
seen you'd--you' d--well-you p
Sam Hicks, you've been drink
ing!" Mary was furious with me,
and it brought some sense back to
me.
"Not drop, as you very well
know" l said grandloquently. Just
wait till you see your old Salt-of-the
Earth, and if you don't get EN-, too,
then I'm Alta zebra with green
stripes"
The rest of that evening is bit
hazy in my mind. All l remember
of it definitely is seeing Paul and
Miss Over-the- Garden Wall Salt-of-
the-Earth appear some time later
and seeing her go to Mary Ladd. take
Mary's arm and lead her off some
where out of sight and Paul coming
to me and saying in a perfectly mat
ter-of-fact way:
Some god--that little hunch got
of mine-eh, Sammy? Where's the
ten you owe me-"