Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

Ewes. IT was clear. thrilling. charar-
teristic. and absolutely accurate-onlN
Eve felt that there were certain on''s.
sions No one would have supposed
that Tom had been engaged in a hand-
to-hand f1ght-that he was apparentiN
the only man In the train who nan
thought Of using his hare fists on I'M
bandits. Miss JOY maze Il
sound as II Tom had been standing
idly by waiting to he shot.
Cameras we're clicking, and 1t was
not long before some one suggested
that they must have a picture Of Miss
Joy and the prominent broker whose
life she had so courageOusly saved.
One of the men bounded lightly into
the car. but returned almost at once
with defeat written on his face. He
spoke to Miss Joy: Won't you go and
ask him? Surely. If you save fell
lows life. he'll do that much for you
A murmur Of agreement 10 this sentl-
ment went through the group.
Miss Joys eyes fell on Eve. staring
up at her from the platform: she
heckoned with hand whose finger
tips cleaned red as little strawber-
ries. "Oh. Mrs. Andrews" she said.
won't YOU ask Mr.. Andrews TO come
out and have his photograph taken
for these hoys-just to oblige me-
Eve heard some one remark that II
it hadn't been for Miss JOY. "a death
mask would he all we'd get off him.
She was only too we'll aware of the
truth OF this assertion and went
ohediently into the car.
Tom. who had been still asleep when
she went out. was now standing I'm the
aisle tying his tie. with the collar of
his soft shirt turned up about his ears.
1t was not necessary to speak. She
looked ut him, and he answered In
stantly
NO. Eve, I WON'T won't make
Roman holiday for Joey JOY"
1t was characteristic Of Eve that
though she suffered horribly at the
idea OF her husbands photograph 60
ing over the world in company with
Miss Joy, she bent all her will IN
bringing this result about. because
she felt II to be a Just obligation.
"She saved your life. Tom" she said
Tom swore. And does that mak-
me her slave" he asked angrily. ct
would he bad for my business reputa
ton to be photographed with her
And then he added his real reason.
Besides. it would make me look like a
fool
FOR an instant Eve saw clearly into
her husban d's heart-saw how re
pugnant 1t was to him to relinquish
the natural role of the dominant male
how inevitable 1t was that the wom-
an who thus tr'iumphed over him.
who linked her name with his and vet
deprived him of a. spark of masculine
superiOrity-was a woman who would
forever seem to him. not romantic.
but repulsive in the highest degree
his heart she saw clearly. but she did
not see equally clearly that this was
precisely why she was urging this step
upon him-that for her one more rival
was obliterated-one more crisis
passed. She felt relentlessly noble as
she insisted, and finally Tom yielded.
as he had known from the beginning
that he would he obliged TO do.
We'll" he said. IT must put on my
shoes. | can't &c out without my
shoes"
He took a long time to extract them
from under the berth where they had
been kicked during the struggle with
the Ia ndit.
Il think YOU ought to hurry, dear"
she said. THE tram may start AT any
minute"
But he didn't hurry: in fact. he quite
obviously dawdled He put his SHOES
on carefully, pulling the tongues
straight and tying the laces in pc
culiar double knot that he affected.
Then he sought his watch under
his pillow, where he had put IL after
he had snatched IT from the bandits
brown hand. and then at last he
moved toward the door.
AS they reached the steps Eve saw
that the aspect Of the platform had
changed The light being better on
ha 70 OH 90 hA - w%An
graphs were being taken there. and
every one had surged away, TO help
prepare for Toms coming. Only the
outlying crowd was visible beyond
the building. Miss JOY and the pho
togra pliers could not he seen from
the train. nor--mOre important
could the train he seen by them.
AS Tom came down the steps the
conductor was standing on the plat
form. He was a severe. middle aged
man, with a face like the Duke Of
Wellington's. He was not on good
terms with life-he was angry that
his train should have been hold up
annoyed that reporters should be writ
ing stories about IT. and troubled by
being already an hour and Is min
utes behind his schedule. He asked
Tom what he was getting off for-he
was about 10 start the train as soon
as he could get his passengers on
board-he wasn't going to lose time
for this sort Of nonsense.
Tom. not yet of the last step. leaned
down and spoke quickly and per-
suasively in the conductors ear. Eve
did not hear what he said but she
knew. The conductor did not change
his expression-probably he never did
that-but he gave vent to loud. au-
thoritative "All aboardr' The bell Of
the engine began to ring. The passen-
gers on the outskirts of the crowd
hurried toward the train and pushed
their way on board The conductor
raised his hand and sawed the air.
and the train. with a silent, sinuous
motion. began very quietly to pull out
of the station. The great speculator
from Los Angeles just made the last
car. the last stragglers were pulled
on board by Tom and the conductor
but Miss JOY, gracefully posing In a
deep angle on the farther side Of the
station, was not among them.
tCepyright. 1921