The Glenwood post., 1924-09-11
I she said. Afterwards, We .wm watch

every uay Oeulno. II WOulu prODoDly
be the same tomorrow. She looked In
tently across the narrow gorge toward
that other villa A two-seared car
had turned in from the road and was
crawling up the winding avenue. She
stretched out her hand for the field
glasses which lay on the table by her
side. The figure of the young man at
the wheel was familiar to her.
Pauline rose to her feet. Almost
as mysteriously as the manservant
had appeared few moments before, a
black-robed maid hastened toward her.
1 Pauline shook her head.
"This afternoon I do not wish to
rest" she decided. II shall walk In
the gardens"
Pauline descended the stone steps,
crossed the drive and plunged into a
narrow footpath which wound its way
through plantation of stunted but
sweet-smelling pine trees, downward
toward the sea. The path was not an
easy one, AID sPauline's shoes were
scarcely designed for such an advsn-
ture Nevertheless, she peesevered.
At last she gained her end. She stoed
upon the little strip Of sand. bssprin-
kled with rocks, which bordsred the
sea. Only fsw yards away the shin.
mering blue water rocked toward the
land In little wavelets. Sha turned
and looked back. The villa from
which she had come seemed like a
dolls house shining out Of its shelter
ing clump Of expresses. More directly
above her now was the far more extern
sive residence Of Lord Hinterleys. She
looked toward it searchingly. There
were several people upon the broad
veranda, amongst them the slim figure
Of young man ar its farther edge,
gazing intently in her direction She
smiled little as she picked her steps
across the yellow sand to the edge Of
the sea and clambered on to a rock.
A queer At of heedlessness was upon
her. She stood upon the top of the
slippery rock, finding strange pleas
ure in the salt-laden air and the wind
which brought Thousand ripples Of
light to the trembling blue sea, which
blew 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 a
purely sensuous pleasure, forgetful for
q moment Of the depression Of the
morning. The sound Of tumbling
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 a 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
a not altogether unattractive appear
ance Of shyness. He stood bareheaded
for a moment, looking up at Pauline.
II am sorry II startled you" he
said. II was looking for my sister.
know this is favorite place Of hers,
and when saw you standing there
TdlucI yukupcu " thC SODLAubAOh lhAt
you must be she"
"Really?" Pauline replied. "Are We
so much alike, then7"
mot in the least" he declared
frankly.
"That seems to make your explana.
ton little insufficient, does 1t not7'
Pauline remarked.
Gerald settled down to business.
II know that / ought to Aeve turned
back" he said, "but, after all, wasn'
1t much more natural Of me to come
on? have been trying, ever since
first saw you, to get someone to intro
! duce me-we are after an, as have
Just discovered, to my great delight
neighbors-and this is the Riviera, no
Berkeley square. May tell you tina
my name Is Gerald Dombey, that m!
father and sister have the villa ~
there, and that, from the moment
saw you. 1 have been anxious to maxi
your acquaintance"
She looked at him in silence for ,
moment, half critically. half thought
fully. There was nothing absolutel,
discourasing In her attitude, and ye
Gerald somehow conceived the ids
that this might not, after all, be D
easy an affair as he had hoped.
Are you used to enlarging your az
quaintance in this n,anner7" she asked
II very seldom feel the desire to
no." he assured her. Don't be ar
noyed, please. am really quite N
spectacle person. will call upo
Your aunt, II she Will give me permii
sion.r
For the nrst time Pauline snilst
II was rather q cold smile, but the fac
that It wds smile At all was encoul
aging. tf.t
II fancy that you had better di
miss that suggestion from your min
altossthsr" abe said. my aunt dos