Evening star., 1922-12-28
Continued from Yesterdays Starr

Continued from Yesterdays starr
Here in the 'garsh light OF day it
wouldn't alter my intention in the least.
~he said. There are so many things
that call me in the daytime. But last
night. Raoul there was only you
He bent over her. dark and hand
some. looking the king the Sultan Casim
AInmeh had made him.
Give me the nights Pansy. he whis-
rsr-d. "and the days I'll leave to YOU
''Oh no. ! couldn't Before SO long
you'd have swallowed up my days, too
For there's an air about YOU as il YOU
wouldn't be satisfied until you had the
whole of me. But l shall often think
o' last night she went or. a touch of
longing in her voice. In days TO come,
when we're thousands of miles apart.
in the midst of my schemes. when the
lights are brightest and the bands their
loudest and the fun at its highest. l
shall stop all at once with little pain
in my heart and wonder where the nice
man is who kissed me under the palms
70 myself. Now if I'd been marrying
sort. I'd have married him And
twenty years hence, when pleasure pals.
I shall wish I had married him. be-
cause -there'll never be any man ! shall
Ike half as much as I like you
As she talked lie Breton watched her.
wild schemes budding and blossoming
in his head.
And /: What shall I be thinking
he asked.
You. oh. you'll have forgotten all
about me by next year-perhaps next
month, even, she replied. smiling at
him rather sadly. One girl is much the
same to you as the next. provided she's
What an idiot;c fuss l made over that
girl met in Grand Canary. Let me
see. what was her name" Violet or
Daisy. or some stupid flower name
Who said yes in the moonlight. and no
W the cool, calm light of day Good
Lord. but for her sense l should be
married now. Married. Phew, what
an escape. For if she'd roped me in
there'd have been no gallivanting with
other women"
Vow I'm forgiven she said
quickly.
Forgiven. Hearts Ease. yes. But
while there's life in me you'll never
be forgotten
He paused. looking at her specula-
lively.
so far as see there's nothing be-
tween us except that you're too fond
OF your own way to get married" he
remarked presently.
YES. ! suppose that's il really"
III ! were king In Babylon and
YOU were Christian slave" he quot
ed. "or. to get down to more modern
times. If l were a harbaric sultan
somewhere IN Alrlca ana you Sirl
] d fancied and caught and carr ed
of. I'd just take you into my harem
and nothing more would be said"
Il should fight like a wildcat. You'd
get horribly scratched and bitten"
Possibly. butt should win In the
Pansy's face went suddenly Grim
son urder the glowing eyes that
watched her with such love and de-
sire in their dark depths.
II think we're talking a lot of nom
sense she remarked.
What Is it you English say:
There's many true word spoken in
Jest?" he replied with curious en-
phasis.
II was not jest to him.
Even as he stood talking TO Pansy
he was cogitating on how he could
best get her into his power, should
persuasion fail to bring her back to
his arms within a week or two.
His yacht was in the harbor. She
was In the habit OF wandering about
alone. He had half dozen Arab
servants with him, men who would do
without question anything their sui
he an easy matter. Once she was in
his power he would take her to Ell
Ammeh and keep her there. AS his
wife. if she would marry him; as his
slave. If she would not.
Le Breton had no desire to do any
such thing except as q last resource,
but he had no intention of letting
Pansy 60.
Her voice broke into his broodinss.
Since you've been so nice about
everything. I'm going to keep you and
take you for cruise round the is-
land. l want to have just one day
alone with you. so that in years to
come ! shall know exactly how much
I've missed
He smiled in a slightly savage man
ner. 1t amused him to hear the girl
talking AS if he were but a plea SAINT in
cident in her life. when he intended
10 be the biggest fact that had ever
been there.
In your way of doing things. Pansy
You remind me rather of myself" he
remarked. You're carrying me off,
willy nilly. as I might be tempted to
carry YOU
1T must be because we're both mil
lionaires." she replied. Little facts
of the sort are apt to make one
trifie high handed"
She touched a bell.
When steward appeared she nut
lie Breton into his care. Leaving the
saloon. she went herself to interview
the captain about her plans.
She was leaning against the yachts
,ail. slim and white, with the breeze
blowing her cur!s when lie Breton
Joined her And she smiled at him
in a frank. boyish fashion. as if their
little difference of opinion had never
been.
What can do to amuse you:" she
asked.
II don't need any amusing when I'm
with you," he said. You're all-suf-
fcing."
You mustn't say things like that.
Taoul.' she replied; they're apt to
make ones decisions wobble.'
For Pansy the morning sped quick
1y. For LIE Breton it was part of the
dream he had dreamed before her note
had come and upset his calculations,
making him rearrange his plans in a
manner that. although it would give
him a certain amount of satisfac-
zion. might not be so pleasing to the
girl.
The vessel skirted the rounded is
land. bringing glimpses of quiet bays
where white houses nestled. rocky
cliffs, stony barrancos cut deep into
the hillside. and pine clad heights.
There was a lunch a deux. with at
tentive stewards lowering in the
background. Afterward they had cof-
fee and liqueurs and cigarettes on
deck. An hour or so was dawdled
away there. then Pansy took her
guest back to her own special sane
7um.
He went over to the piano. touch
ing a note here and there.
Play me something" she said. for
9,e touched the instrument with the
hand of a music lover
Il was brought up in the back
woods" he replied. "and / never saw
q piano until i was nearly nineteen.
money and doing what l thought was
enjoying myself to have time to go
dn for anything of the sort. But Id
Jike to listen to you." he finished.
Willingly Pansy seated herself at
the piano. lie Breton likewise sat
al hx-