Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-04-14

overheard some of his words.
II want to look nice for a pretty girl. At
least she thinks she's pretty. but now that you
are serving me. I do not agree with her
opinion"
Yvonne laughed with one hand on her hip.
Il have heard that kind of talk before!''
She pinned the little bunch of flowers to
the mans buttonhole He smiled into her eyes.
Castor felt a black hatred in his heart for the
man.
Presently he was able to speak to Yvonne.
you are having fine time. must say!
You flirt with every imbecile who buys
flower"
She started. then turned to him with a
laugh and sudden blush.
have to be civil. am little bit of play
actress. It's my job"
IAN the same. don't like it" said CASTOR.
II shall be glad when we get splioed and can
keep you to myself"
"Egotist!" she cried. putting her head
against his shoulder. Men are all like that.
They want to keep women in the harem."
His jealousy ebbed away. He grinned at her
and held her left hand very tight.
you and are going to be happy couple"
he told her. when I'm free of this uniform.
I'm going to fix up that apartment in the Rue
Montmartre."
A few minutes later this young soldier and
his girl set out together to have lunch People
turned to smile at them because, 50 obviously,
they were lovers and. so obviously. happy. 1t
is pleasant to see young lovers and happiness
even if one is middle-aged, or old. with many
anxieties.
There were anxieties that day among the
people of Paris. The newspapers had been
filled again with the scandal OF the Stavisky
affair, which had implicated ministers of
France and many deputies. As Yvonne and
Castor stood on the curb waiting for the
traffic to stop, young man was shouting out
the name of newspaper: "LAction Fran
eaise!
Even -Yvonne Bonnard spoke a little
anxiously.
I'm afraid something is going to happen
in Paris. CASTOR"
There's always something happening in
Paris, said CASTOR. 1T is. for instance. very
likely that we shall be run over That taxi
missed you by hairbreadth."
Public opinion" she said. lis angry be-
cause of this Stavisly scandal. Paris is full Of
agitation
Paris, of course, is full of imbeciles," said
CASTOR. 1T suffers from neurasthenia. That is
because of the traffic, which would get on the
nerves of robot
They threaded their way through stream
ofmotor cars along the Boulevard des Italiens.
They arrived at a restaurant in wide street
near the Cinema de Paris"
BEFORE we feed" said CASTOR, it would be
good apertJi if kissed YOU"
1T is absurd but, suppose inevitable!
said Yvonne.
This was quarter to one on the day Of
February 9Th. CASTOR Boucher remembers
very well every minute of that day - up to
that moment which he cannot remember. He
remembers that Yvonne chose the plat du jour,
which was bIanquette de peau, after sardines
and erolte au pot. He remembers that the
restaurant was crowded and that next to them
sat group of young men who talked great
nonsense about the political situation. At
another table close to them four middle-aged
and respectable men were talking loudly.
you are looking like your own spring
flowers" said CASTOR. "You make me want
to walk with you, in wood with bluebells in
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