Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-11

curtained window Taliente glanced
In. dazzlcd a little at first by the UNI
expected lamplight Then no under
stood the prcmonition which had sat
shivering in his heart during the long
dcscent.
The mist which had hung like a
spectral curtain over tho little de-
mcsne OF Martinhoe Manor, had al
most entirely disappeared when. at
few minutes before eight. Win ali
traces of his long journey obliterated,
Andrew Tallente stepped out on to
the stone Tagged terrace and looked
out across the little bay below The
top OF the red sands;oDe clin oppo-
site was stu wreathcd with mis:s.
but the sunlight lay upon the tennis
lawn. tho flower gardens below, and
the rocks almost covered BY the full,
swelling tide. Tail. and looking
simmer than ever in hts plain dim
ncr garb. there were some indica
tons of an hour OF strange and un-
expected suffering In the tired face
Of the man who gazed out In some
what daZed fashion at the little pan
Drama which ne had been looking for
ward eagerly TO seeing again
Throughout tho long journey down
from town. he had felt an unusuaI
and almost boyish enthusiasm for his
coming holiday. He had thought Of
his tennis racquet and fishing rods
wondered about his golf clubs and
his guns. Even the unexpected en-
counter with Miller had done little
more than leave AN unpleasant taste
In his mouth And then, on his way
down from up over" as the natives
called that little strip OF moorland
overhead. he had vanished into the
mis-, and had come out into another
world
Andrew: So Sou are out here7
Why did you not come to my room?
surely your train was very pune
tual?"
Talentc remained for momen,
tense and TnotionIess. Then he turn
cd around. The woman who stood
upon the threshold OF the house.
framed with n little cascade Of droop-
Ing roses. sought for his eyes almost
hunEriIy He realized how she must
be feeling. y dormant vein OF cyni-
cism parted his lips as he held her
myers for moment. His tone and
his manncs were quite natural
We were, believe unusually
punctual." he admitted What an
extraordinary mist. Up over there
was no sign Of II at ALL"
She sh!vered. Her eyes were s.ill
| watching his face. seeking for an an
! swer to her unasked question Blue
! eyes they were. which had been beau
/ ;iful In Their day, a little hard and
anxious '.gv. She wore white
dress. sira with the simplicity Of
! supreme .t-. expensive art a rope
| OF pearls was her only ornament.
| Her hair was somewhat deliberately
! coirured, there was a touch Of rouge
| upon her cheeks. and the unscreened
evening sunlight was scarcely kind
to her rather wan feature and care.
fully arranged complexion. She stiu
had her claims TO beauty. however
Tallente admitted that TO himself as
he stood there appraising her. with
strange and almost impersonal re.
gard--his wife of thirteen wears She
strained look of anxiety which at
strained look of anxiety which al
that moment disflgured her face. the
lurking fear which made her voice
sound artificial, the nervousness
which every moment made fresh de.
mands upon her self-restraint
1T came up from the sea-" she
said One moment Tony and 1 were
| sitting out under the trees to keen
away from the sun, and the next we
| were driven shiverinG. indoors Ii