The Washington times., 1924-01-08

NOUS woman IN Europe, and per.
haps the most useful. But not
with q young alien husband. Not
only would you automatically re-
vert to the status Of an Aneri-
can, but the dignity which, unlike
SO many women Of your age who
Lad been DANES galantes, you
took care to impress on the world.
would be hopelessly sacrificed.
Incredible. To spend yourself on
love affair. wantonly to throw
away an historic career merely
because q young man has hypno-
tiEed you into the delusion that
you may once more enjoy the
passions Of youth"
"Stop! You shall notT'' She
had sprung to her feet, Her.
face was drawn and pinched but
her eyes were blazing. Every
word you say is for a purpose.
II that were all I should have
hated him. AS much as I hate
you. My mind never dwelt on
that-not for a moment-T-I
never faced 1t. You don't know
what you're talking about"
"Ah, but I do" He had risen
also, ana he put his hands on
her shoulders. They were long
thin hands but very powerful,
and 1t seemed to her that they
sank slowly through her flesh
until, however painlessly. they
gripped the skeleton underneath.
Look at me, Marie. Your Mary
Ogden died many, many years
ago. She died, / should say, a.
the first touch Of Otto Zattiany.
There was nothing in your new
life to revive her, assuredly not
your first lover. Certainly you
were Marie Zattiany, the most
subtle, complex. and fascinating
woman in Europe when met
you-but abominably disillusioned
even then. I revived your youth
for a time. but never your girl
hood. You have been able to de.
ceive yourself here in the country
of that girlhood. for a time. with
this interesting young gentleman
IN love with you. and, no doubt.
extremely ardent"
"Oh!' Her head sank. But she
could not turn away, for his
hands still grippec her shoulders.
The roar Of the stream sounded
to her horrid ears like the crash
Of falling ruins.
Listen, Marie" he said more
gently. EFT I have been brutal
it was merely because there was
no other way to fling you head
first out Of your FOOLS paradise.
If I had not known the common
sense that forms the solid lower
stratum OF your mind, should
not have come here to say any
thing at all. You would not have
! been worth It. But remember,
| Marie, that under this new mira
! Gle Of science, the body may go.
back but never the mind. You.
your ego, your mind, your self,
are no younger than your fifty
eight hard-lived years. And what
object in being young again for
| any Of us If we are to make the
same old mistakes? Remember.
That when you were as young as
! YOU look now you had no such
/ opportunity offered you as in
this terrible period of European
history. Nor could you have
taken advantage of it II you
| had, for mere mental brilliancy
| and ambition cannot take the
place Of political experience and
| an intellect educated by the
world. 1t may be that we shall
both be destroyed, that our efforts
will avail nothing, and we shall
all be swallowed up in chaos. But
at least we shall have done what
we could. And I know you we'll
enough to believe that such an
implacable end would give you
greater satisfaction than dallying
in the arms Of a handsome young
! husband"
He pushed her back into her
chair. and resumed his own.
would you like to smoker" he
asked.
Eyes" She looked at him with
bitter eyes, but she had recap
tured her threatened composure.
He regarded her with admiration
but they smoked in silence for
several moments. Then he spoke
again.
"You remember Elka Zsaky, I
suppose? She was several years
older than you and one OF the
danes galantes of her day. She
has taken the treatment and looks
many years younger, at least
than when she was a painted old
nag with a red wig. She is still
forced to employ artifice, but she
has lovers again, and that is all
she did it for. Vienna Is highly
amused. No doubt all women Of
her sort will take it for no other
purpose. But many Of the in
tellectual women Of Europe are