Evening star., 1936-09-06
Mosarins Section

an undertone. Il thought he might not
understand"
The Count might not have been
capable of understanding, but he was
certainly capable of looking. With a
plateful of cakes poised in mid-air, he
had suddenly turned to stone.
"Holy Saints of Heaven!" said he
breathlessly, his liquid eyes cleaning.
. Instantly, every head turned to see
what he was staring at and a quick
little murmur ran through the gather
ing as Arizona. shadowed by Tony,
stepped out onto the terrace, full into
the sun which actually seemed to
become part of her incredible. gold
en- beauty. Her great, grey eyes ran
swiftly from one to another in the
group, and then. without the least
trace of shyness or embarrassment,
she strobe towards her hostess.
'You must be Ma Sprattr she said.
II sure am pleased to meet you!
Greatly to her own surprise, Mrs.
Spratt found herself returning the
vigorous handshake with certain
amount of cordiality. Dazed introduc-
tions followed.
Then the Count, who had been
lowering, impatiently, on the side
lines, pounced.
"Psrmissoi" said he, but thees
Golden West lady, must talk with
her! Mees West they tell me your
country ees like my country! Beeg.
vast, rich!"
well, Count" said Arizona, 81
guess it's all you say. all right. But
tell me about Spain. How come you
are so far from homer" The Count
sighed deeply and spread his hands.
1.-The revolutionr' he explained.
Before that we have the vast estate.
We raise all the bull for the fight -
millions OF pesatas. each year. we
getta from de bull. Now ees all gone"
Instantly Arizona became interested.
"Bullsr' she said. II like cattle.
Tell me about your bulls! Did you
raise your own alfalfa?"
NO" said he, too quickly, I'VE
raise only the fighting kind" Sud-
denly a queer expression came into
Arizona's eyes.
They are very savage. aren't
they?" she said quietly. with big,
thick necks and little horns and heavy.
shaggy hoofs almost like per-
cheron's?" The Count looked relieved.
Isl, ST." he asserted eagerly. I'VE
gotta de bull so big and heaviest in all
Spain! Sometime hees SO big as an
automobile. nearly" Arizona nodded.
Some bull-market. you must have
hadr' she commented. II suppose you
took quite a personal interest in your
cattle, Count? mean you helped
roundup and all like that? Mighty
dangerous work with those big
brutes!
you are right!' he said. How ees
it you know all thees? Possibly, like
many other rich American girls, you
have made visits with our hiddlgos?"
"Oh moi" said Arizona blandly.
I'm just one of the help at Spratt's
store, and I've never been in Spain.
But I'm mighty interested in cattle.
l had a worthless uncle who was
cowhand, until he went to jail"
The enthusiasm which had burned
in the Counts face at the beginning
of this conversation. went out like
light, dimming with Arizona's con-
fession of her social status and posi-
lively quivering into darkness at the
word jail, fact which she noted with
interest. Muttering an apology. he
clicked his heels and went to join
Alice. His place was Immediately
taken by George Turner, who with
Arizona. stared after the little for
eigner none too fondly. Then they
exchanged a sympathetic look.
How" muttered George, does one
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