The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-26

u.re vas new angle to consider.
v..s.s attitude limited at possible
an IN the entente oordiale OF the
ssn.rs~sers Why else should he
s,.srust Lanes sincerity In assert.
.s- shst she had seen popinotf Aside
sse-u The question Of what he mag.
,n<a she could possibly gain by max.
,rs a scene cut Of nethlng--a riddle
srr~atsnle--one wondered consum-
sdlv what had happened 10 render
Noah suspicious Of her good faith.
ina explanation. when Il was a.
ally revealed 20 Lanyard by tho
- trivial Of Incidents made even
~ crn blindness seegn iaushabic.
rrr three more days the llfc Of
,se ship followed In unruffled tran.
eusr,ty i,s ordered course. Liane Do
lerrss was afflicted with no more Wis.
,ona a. the captain would have
caf,ed them: tho by common consent
me subject had been dropped upon
shs failurs Of the search. and to all
sssm,ng was rapidly fading from the
minds OF everybody but Lame herself
ana Lanyard. This last continued 20
plague himself with tho mystery and.
maintaining always an open mind.
was prepared at any time 10 be
shcckinriy eniigh,enedi that Is 20
discover that Lame had not cried
wc,s without substantial reason. For
ns had learned this much at least
81 MA that everything IL always
possible.
As fer Lane she made no secret
az her undated timidity. yet suf.
fsrsd n with such forsitude as could
not faii 20 win admiration. IL shc
vas . BIT more subfued. trlfie less
hlxhspirited than was her habit. II
she refused positively 10 sit with her
back TO any door or TO retire for the
night until her quarters had been ex.
amsnet. N tas Lanyard expected she
was never unarmet for a moment.
Day or night. she permitted no signs
OF mental strain % mar the serenity
Of her countenance or bctray the
studied graciousne-s Of her gestures
Toward Lanyard she bore herself
precisely as tho nothing had hap
pened 10 disturb the even adjustment
Of their personal relations. or. per-
haps as n she considered everything
had happened. so that their rapport
had become absolute: At all events.
with pleasing absence Of constrairt.
He really couldn't make her out.
sometimes he thought she wished
him 20 believe she was not az other
women ana could mako rrsfonai al.
icwance for his poor response 10 her
naive ovcrtures. But that seemed 50
abnormal. be felt forced to tall back
N the theory that her declaration
"a been nothing more than . minor
Pumb,t IN whatever game she was
playing. and that consequently she
bore no malice because OF its failure.
No matter which explanation was
tns true ona no matter which keysd
Ass tsmper toward him Lanyard
found hsznseif liking tho woman bet
IT,. not ~ . woman but AZ another
human being. than he had ever
shsagnt To- Say what you liked IN
this humor she was charming.
But h. never for an instant irnag.
tned she wa meekiy accepting defeat
~ hi hands instead OF hiding her
time 10 resume the attack from o
new quarter. So he wasn't at all
surprised when. one evening. quite
early after dinner. she consrsvcd an
other tese.a-tete. and with good con-
vsratioral generniship led their talk
presently into . channel OF amiable
psrsonaiit'es
And have ycu been thinking about
What we said-or what I said. my
friend--shas nighs--so long ago 4,
seems'-shres nights ago1-
But Inevitably. Lane"
-You have not forgotten my stu
pifity. then
II have forgotten nothing"
She made a pretty mouth Of doubt
Would n not have been more kind
to forget7-
Such compliments are not easily
forgotten"
~You are rura. quite sure n was q
compliment"
Moo; by no means SURE sem. I
am a man. and arm giving you the
fun benefit OF every doubt"
She laughed. not ili-pieasedL But
what q man, how blessed ~ tho gods
to be able TO laugh at yourself as
well a. at me-
'Cndsceive yourself: ! could never
laugh AZ you. Lane. Even n ons
did not believe you 70 BE- a great nat
ural comedienne at win. one would
always wonder what your purpose
vas--oh yes' with deep respect one