Evening star., 1924-01-06

She took his hand then and led
/ him to q garden bench beneath the
hedge. He followed, grave and un-
smiling.
"Well?" he inquired.
Who are you?" she asked
| "Geoffrey Rudel"
II mean your real name"
"Oh." he said, my real name? !
! don't think shall tell you my real
name. Not that it's OF any i'm
portance."
| Are You really-poor?"
| Most decidedly"
What did you mean by that song :?
! Why should you have thought of
me--if you did think of meas the
the girl Of your dreams?
! do you want to know Why"
| "Yes-of course I want to know
why. Tits my right. isn't it?"
, "Oh. yes, it's your right Well. you
see, for a long time 1 had made up
my mind just what girl should
! look like. I mean that the-weli,
/ let's say what the ideal girl should
look like. My ideal girl. you un-
derstand. Not Toms. Dicks or
Harry's or Mr.. Pegrams ideal girl,
but mine. Do you see?"
"Yes-go on"
Well, you look like her"
rs that all7"
Not quite. I determined that IL I
ever saw girl who fulfilled my ideal
would make love to her until she
i loved me-"
"Ohw
Exactly"
Just because of her appearance7
That seems silly"
Unfortunately was silly
There was a silence. Thoughts,
however poignant. make no sound.
1T was silly" she said at length,
! because you found that, after all,
your ideal girl was-was disappoint-
ing"
'she was impossible" he said
slowly
Her lips Strengthened. In just
what way am I impossible?" she de-
manded. You are so frank that you
needn't hesitate to be brutal"
Il mean, of course" he explained
earnestly-"I mean that for me you
are impossible. For others you are
doubtless entirely possible and even
probable. Such women as you have
always existed, and there have al
ways been multitudes TO love them,
You have the superb imperiousness
Of Cleopatra That does very well
for an Antony, but not for me. /
don't like 1t in a woman. You have
the devilish temper of Xantippe. Soc
rates bore II, but I couldn't and
wouldn't You're a spoiled aristocrat,
like Marie Antoinette-except that
you're only a pseudo -aristocrat--and
I'm inclined to be something OF
socialist and my name is not Louis.
In short. your faults are SO fragrant
in my eyes-in my eyes, you under
stand--that 1t is totally out OF the
love to you I am very sorry-no one
is more disappointed than l."
CHE was angry, there was no
doubling that She was so angry
that she was almost in tears.
You're a perfect beastl" she cried.
He bowed again. "A very imper-
feet one, fear" he said
''You-you don't know mo at all,
and you have no right to talk that
way
You told me to be frank" he
reminded her. "But-well, l have
eaten Of your salt and so I should
perhaps have played the hypocrite.
However, I am leaving you at once
and we'll never see each other again,
so you1l forget what I've said as
quickly as you'll forget me-"
She glanced at him sharply. sus-
pecting a double meaning in this last
Perhaps he knew that she would not
forget him quickly. He appeared in
nocent-calm, little sad. At least,
she hoped he was a little sad. Her
anger left her suddenly, and. strange
ly enough, It left her against her
will. She desired fervenuy to re-
main angry, but in spite Of herself
she felt her righteous wrath slipping
from her, and in its place came a
distressing and disconcerting feeling
Of humility such as she had never be-
fore experienced. Then, to her dis
may. she began to cry.
MY Heavensw shouted Geofrrey
Rudel Don't do that, Don't do
. that! It's just another of your
damnable tricks, and can't stand 1t.
I can't stand 1T, I say. Don't DO it!'
He got up and commenced pacing
|, the grass in front OF her. He was
greatly perturbed, and he wanted to
get away. Still. he did not want to
leave her in tears.
Here, here" he said sternly but
helplessly, there, here. This won't
do. This won't do at all. You really
mustn't. II leave you at once IL you
don't STOP
She looked up quickly and achieved
smile. Then TIL STOP" she said.
There was a pause while she dried
her eyes.
Did you do that on purpose?" he
demanded severely.
"N-no," she answered, II couldn't
help It. You hurt me-"
He said. "Oh."
you see," she continued. Il am
not so calIous as you think"
They all cry" he responded. but
without his customary assurance.
How do you knowT' was her nat
ural retort, while she was powderins
her nose.
I've seen them. Even in Arizona
~ IN