The Dolores star., 1924-10-31


,''u appeared few moments before, n
nihck-robed maid FASTENED toward her
fauilne shook her head.
nus afternoon l do not wish IN
res'' She decided. Il shall walk In
the gardens"
fauilne descended the STONE stans
crossed The drive md plunged into a
narrow footpath which wound It's wov
through plantation of stunted bur
understanding pine trees. downward
'o"hrh the sea. The path was NOT an
easy one, and PaulIne's shoes wers
scarcely designed for such nm edven.
ture. Nevertheless. she perseyered.
Al last She gained her end. She stood
upon the little strip of sand, besprln.
Rled with rocks, which bordered the
sea- Only few yards away the shin.
iherlhB blue water rocked toward the
!hnd In little wavelets. She turned
unu looked bnck. The villa from
Whlch she had come seemed like .
uoil house shining out of its shelter
ing clump Of expresses. More directly
"uo'e her now was the far more extern
s!Fe residence of Lord Hinterleys. She
looked toward It searchInrly There
were several people upon the broad
NeraAdu. amongst them the slim figure
OF young man a. Its farther edge
gazing lntently In her direction. She
smiled little MS she picked her steps
across the yellow sand to the edge of
oil
queer tit Of heedIessness was upon
her. She stood upon the top of the
slippery rock. finding n strange pleas.
ure IN the salt-laden air and the wind
which brought thousand rIpples of
light TO the trembling blue sea. which
pew her skirts about, and even
brought disarrangement to her smooth.
ly bound hair. This tempering of the
sunshine brought new joy to Its
warmth. She stood there basking In q
purely sensuous pleasure. forgetfu for
moment of the depression of the
morning. The sound of tumblng
stones In the little gorge behind
scarcely disturbed her. 1t was not
until she heard footsteps upon the
/ strip Of beach that she turned her
head. Coming toward her, already
only few yards away, was n young
man of personable appearance and un-
wontedly determined expression. For
/ once in his life Gerald had made up
his mind.
Although he was In reality brimful
of confidence in all his relations with
| the other sex, Gerald had sometimes
n not altogether unattractlve appear
| anCe OF shyness. He stood bareheaded
for n moment, looking up at Pauline.
81 am sorry IL startled you" he
said. 'I was looking for my sister.
know this Is n favorite place OF hers,
and when l saw you standing there l
rather jumped to the conclusion that
you must be She
"Rcally?" Pauline replied. Are we
so much alike. then?'
mot In the least" he declared
frankly.
THAT seems to make your eXplana-
ton little insufficient, does 1t not?"
Pauline remarked.
Gerald settled down TO business.
81 know that ought to have turned
back" he said, "but. after all. wasn't
1t much more natural of me to come
on? have been trying. ever since I
first saw you, to get someone to intro
duce me-we are, after all, as l have
just discovered, to my great delight.
| p,IubbDrg- tbiS 10 tho RiyIarn ppf
Berkeley square. May | tell you that
my name Is Gerald Dombey. that my
father and sister have the villa up
there, and that. from the moment
saw you, have been anxious to make
your acQunntanceT
She looked at him in silence for a
moment half critically, half thought
fully. There was nothing absolutely
disc0uraging in her attitude, and yet
Gerald somehow conceived the idea
that this might not, after all, be so
easy an afruir rs he had hoped.
Are you used to enlarging your ac-
qualntance In this manner" she asked.
81 very seldom feel the desire to do
So" he assured her. Don't be an
moved, please l am really quite re-
spectacle person. l will call upon
your aunt, If she will give me permis-
sion"
For the first time Pauline smiled.
It was rather n cold smile, but the fact
that il was smile at all was encour-
aging.
81 fancy that you had better dis
miss that suggestion from your mind
altogether" she said. my aunt does
not receive here. and she certainly
would not welcome you as caller.
.Why not?" Gerald Inquired, little
perturbed.
because you are young man.,
Pauline replied. "There are two things
which my aunt breads more than any
thing else in life-a bad throat for
herself, and young men for me-
az don't see how she can hope to
keen Young men away from you alto
pether." Gerald declared. You don't
mind my saying, do you, that you are
the sort of girl whom young men would
want to know?"