The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-07
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Joseph Vance


ways 70 Yield sbiure my boosted
Independence. monsieur. l submit.
IL shall be as YOU wish; on to Max.
im's--sfter this one dance. You
know. It's the last really good mu.
sic we'll have 20 dance to--our last
dance together. perhaps - who
knowsr- forever
she pretended 20 be overcome;
tho 1.-THE body In hts embrace
sketched a fugitive seizure OF sad.
ness. dropping with . wlstfui Ian.
guor weil suited 10 the swooning
measures Go which they swayed and
postured.
tIis hand was pressed eonvuis,ve.
~. She seemed momentarily about
To become burden IN his grasp.
Yet ever 70 recover Just on the IN.
stnnt OF falling. buoyed up by tho
steciy residence of her 1.-the and
slender body. Impossible 20 say
how much was pretense. how much
inpuisive confession of true feeling,
fofplexed. perturbed. Lanyard gaxed
down into that richly tinted face
which. with eyes half.eurtained and
lips hslf.parted. seemed to betray
80 much. yet to HI. next glance was
wholly tlicxible and provoking
Aware that with such women mans
vanity srmssiesds him woefuliy, and
aware that she was equally awake
20 this masculine weakness. he won.
dcr.d, afraid even to guess, telling
himself he were an ass 20 believe.
fool 60 deny
Then suddenly he saw her iashes
sweep up 20 unvcli eyes At once
mirthful sead admonitory. her hungry
mouth murmured anonymously an
edged warning.
Play up. paui--piay up 10 me,
We dance too well together not TO
be watched. and n I'm not mistaken.
someone you're interested In has
Just come In. No; don't look yet.
Just remember we're msdiy enarn.
ored. you and land don't care a
rap who secs a."
stunx by her words into . spirit
OF emulation. Lanyard achieved an
adequate seeming Of respcns. to the
passion. feisned or real. with which
the woman infused thu patterned
cogucsry OF thetr steps.
Between lips that stirred so little
their movement rnust have been TN.
discernihis, he asked: "who7"
In the same manner, but in &C.
cents frauxht with an emotion In.
decipherahto but intense. the reply
came. Don't TALK TIL. too
divine Just cancer
lie ohey-d. deliberately shut Gu,
Of his thoughts the warning she
had given him. and Jet himself 10.
body and mind. 80 that. ssway 20
the s~nsuous strains Of that most
s~nsuous ~ dances. the Eiri ana the
man for . space seemed one with
music that throbbed OF love and
longing. desire and dental. pursuit
and retreat. surrender snd cor.
quest
On . sonorous phrase n eea.ed
A flnttsr Of applause ran round tbs
tables Lanyard mastered . sense
Of dzzs that he saw reflected In the
opening eyss Of the woman a. she
siippsd from hls arms. In an In.
slant they we're themselves onos
more. two completely seif.eonfained
children Of sophissication. with
supsro frsouciancs. making nothing
Of their public triumph IA . rare
ana difficu's performances.
On the way 10 their table they
were intercepted by . woman VIVA.
with two cavaliers. had sfncs the
moment Of her entrance been stand.
ing near the door OF the restaurant.
apparently spsiIbound with admire.
ton Thru . rising cisfser OF
tongues her voice cut clearly but
not At all unpIeasansly.
"Athsraisi II ~ I--Liare.-
Injured a. he was TO the manners
Of an age which counts It's women
not dressed n thsy are not half un.
dressed. and with his sen-lbli.tlss
further csffoussd by night devoted
70 restaurants the enGcs TO which.
for women. seemed 70 be condl.
toned on IT least seni. nudity, Lam
yard was mono the less inclined 20
think he had never seen. this sl1.
Of footiights. a gown quite 30 dar.
ing a. that which revealed the ad.
nfsrabiy turned person Of tho lady
who named herself Lane. There
was 50 little Of IL that. he reflected.
IFS cost must have been somethinx
enormous. But In vain that scanti.
ness Of drapsry: the white body rose
spiendidiy out Of Its ineffective
wrappings only 10 be overwhelmed
By an incredible incrustatIon of
Jeweiry. only here and there did
hare hands brsadths of N~-h a..