The Washington herald., 1922-08-03
co~nnues from Yesterday.

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Two weeks-that was worse than
40 time at all. In two weeks he
would approach her much as he
would have to now, without per-
sonzlity or confidence-remain ng
sl.u the man NO nao gone toO
.ar anu then Tor n psrioa tnat IN
lime WAS puI a moment put an tac,
an eternity. wninea. No, two
/. seks was LOO snort ME. WHAT
nsr poignancy Inere hao oeen Tor
her in tnat afternoon must nave
.Ime to uuIL ne must gave her d
period when the incident snoulu
.ade, and Inen a new period when
me. should gradually Desln 10 III nk
II him, no matter now dImIy, witn
tztrue perspective. that wound re-
member his pleSsantness as weL As
ais humiliation
He fixed. finally. on six weeks as
approximately the interval best
suited to his purpose, and on q
fesk calendar he marked the days
IN. fnaing that II would fail on the
18th OF April. Very well. on that
iay he would phone and ask her II
lie might call Until thsn-silence.
After his decision a gradual I'M
proyement was manifest. He had
AIKEN at least a step in the direc-
lion TO which hope pointed, and he
,eal'zed that the less he brooded
upon her the better he would be
able to give the desired impression
when they met.
In another hour he fell into a
ieep sleep
The Interval.
Nevertheless, though. as the
lays passed. the glory of her
hair dimmed percepIibly for him
and in year of separation
might have departed completely,
he six weeks held many abom-
nable days. He dreaded the sight
Of Dick and Maury, imagining
wildly that they knew all-but
when the three met ii was Richard
Caramel and not Anthony who was
he center of attention: The
Demon Lover" had been accepted
for immediate publication. An
:hony felt that from now on he
moved apart. 8 He no longer craved
he warmth and security of Maury's
society which had cheered him no
.urther back than November. Only
5ioria could give that now and no
1ne else ever again. So Dicks sue
.ess rejoiced him only casually ana
worried him not a little. 1t meant
hat the world was going ahead
writing and reading and publishing
and living And he wanted the
world to wait motionless and
GREATNESS for six weeks-while
iloria forgot.
Two Enconnfers.
His greatest satisfaction was In
SeraIdine's company. He took her
,nce to dinner and the theater and
entertained her several times In
his apartment. When he was with
ler she absorbed him. not as
Gloria had. but quieting those
.rotic sensibilities in him that wor-
lied over Gloria 1t didn't matter
how he Kissed Geraldine. A kiss
was a kiss-to be enjoyed to the
Utmost for its short moment. To
Geraldine things belonged in den-
aite pigeonholes: a kiss was one
hing, anything further was quite
another; a kiss was all right the
other things were bad.
When half the interval was UT
,wo incidents occurred on success
live DAYS that upset his increasing
.alm and caused a temporary re-
.apse. =.
The frst was-he saw Gloria. II
was a short meeting. Both bowed
Both spoke, yet neither heard the
other. But when II was, over An
,heny read down a column Of the
sun three times in succession with
out- understanding a single SEN
.ence.
One would have thought Sixth
avenue a safe street. Having for
sworn his barber at the Plaza he
went around the corner one morn
nyEto be shaved and while waiting
mis- turn he took of his coat and
vest, and with his soft collar open
at the. neck stood near the front
u the shop. The day was an oasis
in the cold desert of March and the
sidewalk was cheerful with popu-
alton Of strolling sun-worshtppers
A stout woman upholstered in vel
vet, her flabby cheeks too mucf
massaged, swirled by with hei
poodle straining at its. leash-tht
sffect being given of a tug bringing
in an ocean. liner. Just behind
them a man IN a striped blue suit
walking slue-footed in white
spatted feet. grinned at the signt
md catching Anthony's eye. winked
through the glass. Anthony
laughed. thrown Immediately into
that humor in which men and
women were graceless and absurd
phantasms. grotesquely curved ano
rounded in a rectangular world OF
their own. building. They INSPIRED
he same sensations in him as did
those strange and monstrous hsf
who inhabit the esoteric world oi
green in the aquarium.
Two more strollers caught hi.
eye casually, a man and a girl
then in a horrifed instant the cir
resolved herself into Gloria. Hs
stood here powerless; they can't
nearer and Gloria. glancing In. saw
him Her eyes widened and sht
smiled politely. Her Ups moved
She was less than five feet away.
How do you dor he mutteret
namely.