The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-06
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presumably desperate. else he would
not be Interested. Please exert best
ondeavers TO set him out OF France
alive as soon as possible"
The girl was laughing as she re.
turned Lanyards telegram and re.
eeived her own.
Mature charmsr' she pouted
Enjoyable intellectual evening""
on, how depressing. Poor Paul, but
YOU must have felt discouraged"
Il did--at first"
And afterwnrds-f-
Disappointed.
And are you going 20 obey that
injunction to treat me as somebody's
slster7"
Never In my llfer'
How Them.
As anyhody's wife"
Perplexlty knitted little pucker
In her dellcately lined browa.
PAUL YOU couldn't speak French
10 well and he an Enslishmanr'
Il assure you. Athcnais. am
mentally native OF France"
She sighed iuxurlousiy. what an
amusing prospect Aud this "a the
sort Of man at whose commands
am required TO place myself"
Not required. Athenais. requested
---oegged. bcSoushtr~
Il like that better. And she
Inquired demurely. may ono ask
what are monslcur's commandne"
FIRST: you win continue Go fiirt
with mo as at prcsent--outra.
grously."
Even when you make it 80 or.
ficuity~
And then. 10 waste an evening
in my society,"
Must Il be wastedr"
THAT win 30 "a Il falls out"
And what do we do with this
evening Of such questionable valueY''
We finish dinner here az our
leisure we smoke and chat while
In the bunge. II you like. or II
nothing better offers We so 70 a
play: and then you viii take me BY
tho hand. II you please. made.
molselie :"
'-fn the maternal manner appro.
PIRATE to mature eharmA pre-
sumo
Precisely"
What thenf"
you wiii--alwnys remembering
that my interest la such things n
merely Acadrgnic---you Will then lead
me hither and yon. as your within
lists. and show mo how Paris
Amuses itself In these days Of ita
nocturnal decadcncc. You VIII dufi.
fully pretend TO drink much more
champasne than Ia good for you
and 70 be enJoyipg yourself as you
seldom have before II / discover
an interest In people I may chance
10 sec. you wiil be good enough TO
tell ms who they are and--othor de-
tails eoncernIng their ~ays u life. =
III l know
~but ! arm sure you know every.
one werth knowing in Paris. Ashe-
nals~
-Then-~lf l am right In assuming
you are booking for some person Ia
particular---f
You have reason. rnademolselis -
Il run tbs risk Of losing an en-
tertalning evening"
Not necessarily. Besides. there
ara many evenings. Are you not
at my command FOR tn. duration
u my stay in PurisT~
True so will have 70 chance
my perilouM question / pre-
sumo one can't help being true 10
the traditions Of ones SEX
'-Inguisltive. you meant But what
else Is every thinking creature. male
or fernaIe7 What are men 81
scicnce7 WHAT
But u was Eve who first
-Ah' raking up old scandals. en-
But III wager something u was
really Adam who--taking a purely
scientific interest ia the business
exged Eve on 20 try a bite OF apple.
asserting that the domestic menu
lacked variety. telling himself II
she died Of u. !, would only cost
him another rib to replace her. and
cheap at the price
Paul. you are too gallant. Wait
tii try to find out something
about you. directly or Indirectly.
and see what you will then have
70 say about tbs curiosity Of
women
But shouldn't mind. ~ would be
too fiattering. SO dig away
II will. Who r. Il you're looking
for In Paris after midnlghtT-
Aur .ua - aswrraf s.ea.r.l.