Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
continued Prom Yesterday.s starl
CHAPTER XXI.
OFF TO SEE THE WORLD.

SlhA AEN All.
OFF TO SEE THE WORLD.
w YHEN the Eiffel Tower doomed
n in the distance. and from
wv the beat train wiItdows
Dagger glimpsed the sprawl
ing roofs of Paris, silhouetted
dimly against the misty Winter sky. hel
heart pounded with an exquisite ex'
citement. She was on the verge of 6
new adventure. She experienced once
more the sensation of having terlni-
mated a phase of her life.
Everything thrilled her: the dingy
Care st. Lazaire, the porters who scam
pered alongside the slow-moving train
the vivid gestures and speech of the de-
Scending passengers, the pompous de-
meanor of the railroad officials. Walk
ing slowly with Marie behind the por-
ter who trundled her luggage, she bent
an eager eye upon the throng outside
the barrier. All, there he was! Dear
Dick! A little stouter, and oddly con-
ventional in his we'll cut civilian clothes
He sighted her at the same moment
and his one arm went up IN gesture
of greeting.
Dear old thing" he welcomed her
Its immense to see you. Emily wanted
to come, but she thought-the first
time"
THAT was under standing of her,
Dick. I think I'm going to love her. y
You will" he predicted. She S
sweet. Taken the gaf1, herself. y'know-
knows what beatin' you've had. All
both of us want to do is just make
you hsppy."
IF you'll try, you two, I'm sure youll
make me happy" Ana after a pause
Dagger went on: 81 do so want to be
happy, Dick 1 feel the way l used to
when convent was out and I'd come
home to the ranch. Do you remember?
How you and Uncle Jim would sit up
with me that first night, and drink
Bourbon, and tell me what had hap
pened? Well, want to sit late tonight,
and"
Not drink Bourbon in Paris" in
terjected Dick Fin Champagne, may
be-and by the way. I've taken suite
for you at the Meurice. Hop in here
we'll send your maid with the luggage"
Dick let her be for several minuates,
then continued:
Il know how things were with you-
saw it from the way you wrote-not
what you said. y'know, but what you
didn't And I heard from friends about
Vaneering. A good chap, but wild. Not
L
something out of the lads; they got to
be cynical, too, objective; life was more
or less Of an incidental thing, not i'm
portant if you get me-"
Dagger drew glove from her left
hand, and offered it for his inspection
her third finger was bare of any ring
You ses?" she said. II took it off
before 1 left New York. I've sometimes
wondered if that ring wasn't syInbolical
of us. We we're married IN such hurry
that We had to buy it from the funny,
old justice who performed the ceremony.
That wasn't very sens bic, was it, Dick?''
No" he admitted gravely; but you
young people weren't partial to sense
during the war And I suppose" he
hesitated-"well. it was swing-back-
from the other thing, eh?"
Dagger's eyes remained fastened on
that ringless white finger.
Il don't know" she answered at last.
He reminded me of Blaine-4lot that
they were really alike. And he was
like Blaine. again because he could do
something I wanted to do much better
than could. Only-only--Dick this is
cheap thing to say; Jacks dead, and
but I'm going to say it. He simply
wasn't in Blaine's class. Blaine was
stronger than 1; he could do lots of
things UetJeE IIl1n L. JACK WASH near
ly so strong as I am, and the one thing
he could do better was flying. But
nothing that say is by way of excuse
For what did was responsible, and
II had to pay for it deserved it."
The debts wiped out" replied Dick.
Main thing is to start you off straight
on the next lap, what?"
The taxi spun around a corner into
the Rue de WHO'LL, and the glare of the
street lights momentarily flooded its in
terror. Dick leaned toward Dagger,
studying the features SO harshly ex-
posed
Good Lord, you look about 2O!" he
exclaimed