The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1900, Page 6

THE SUNDAY CALL h, it not becax h meet her lover she went along the corri- g«emrut of herself in the book! She had Willlam in order to avold & more serious ness and death, was ause she saw Georg dying before her eyes? dor quickl: d two flights of been convinced, absolutely certain, that it downfall. . G - you! cried Nor lta:r(-‘;e Up?yn %’r‘:e |ggdit:: otwthe t she E:uld reuus lr:ler smr! m’;l';‘gut of Georg. nfi."‘&fifi r:etr‘e-r;n%:nmrgrlg fi:’;‘;, endl oh‘at\:e lg‘ljl:f yo! crie 2 at the mef ) S e e resumed her reading. story con- 3 > pairi v haunted Le: o Lot Duyveshahas written to met” tinued with an interminably minute do- William returned to England, while Nora _ And that despairing o, ha 1 Lea. nk_of Georg now in an at- She could only th the slender young, red- a girl sald to ecription of the little city of baths built and Julia went to Italy, where, 1d or of Ge her as they }l;a‘flgd g:‘c‘hh::';fen" at the bottom of a sort of funnel formed mosphere quite new t‘on 'hteh:" F.’,é"f,:a':fé :;V)eéiraer‘rix s l:’:_a‘!#;‘:f‘ . Fee Ah! What does she say?”’ by the high hills, a spur from neighbor- of a nature and an nsltlva’loul RIS (ot Tt P et a1 “Little Remineau has had a relapss. ing mountains. All Tinka's novels began until then, Nora’ luefl e sivaterious her modesty hod taker This time it is a veritable attack of mu- in this way. The opening was always little by little and suftered the F¥EER g [o0 MOUIREY (90, S0, cous fever, unmistakably defined. She Wearisome, long and cloudy, as though transformation (hnm :?.1‘ R e S on g e o ™ T dare not leave him. She says If he were the author's ideas awoke with an actually undergone \tnstood this in- insisting upon his right to die in her absence she would feel that gflon. Little by _little, _like the grusueu g;\'l:::;cm‘;%uéugue’ i iing o R had killed him. reaking of day, life and warmin [MenCS ®if in the past, remained herself. now she was anxious, so > “Well 7 began to vivify the pages until e 'y hich she ) anxi ¢ 1, rea “ ” ’ an to detest that whicl yield when she again tho bt S R e {he feader was surtounded by o flame 33 Bt NOT% P{fe- the Imperative law of her weak, 'solitary and dying (hroush hus s - vin; fiavihout, any further exchange of SO0 very'chscurity of the besinning was illum- consclence, She hated hereelf for RAVINE absence. = . oo ipe her own direction: | Lea, while walking P A D fg';xde'r’?i'é?gn:ee.r She hated herself for hav- Lea was so profoundly lost In reflection {oward the library. remembered the con’ Sl n rritated impatience, feit the ing refused William's love. She deeided that she had not c ought of n s of the say: L am jng o ek y i silence a little voice cried from rnitz herself admire a’s tranqulll- by Duyvecke's absence. They had tried & : ke of this project to her sister phor “She wa —_— boring room: ity, the calm, tireless activity with which P, o da theories, of animating beings that cold _She spoke of of Te- . g - e = ger 4 Lea Surler, native Parisis i : she accompiished her daily task. But Pir- 1o de thelr confusion, and no one 441t reason would regard as impossible. Julia, who_burst. TG 8 SIS, P ot OF, her lollet fimaled, har eyes g k& t The firat is the result < o the child’s bed, Reml- nitz, so accustomed to read the human Duyvecke had acted wisely. ‘She could The two characters of the book were Iriaq to defend her ideas at first, but "y s ™1 o reaay following her. around Du: Frederique. heart, was mistaken. In the fullness of ot Jet the. little one die through her face to face. They were drawn vividly, finaiiy 'she saw the motive of her elder «lo¢'us' go dow ms her Hope she said (o herself: “Lea has Fiut'™" n'fe place they would all have at once simply and surely, without any Loely She Saw ey, And in the course wppecis K% ff neck . t ‘over him and whi Tecovered control of herself.” Leéa even 4 4 to expose - the a 4 3 ¥ e n cted as she had done, attempt after effect; seen, as it were, from magmficent scene she dared to They were the > In the din- : her only HeEl4he BONN DETAT heraalts - 3 But each of Duyvecke's companions Wthin, With a marvelous sense of WHat (s her and show her the secret and uncan- e oo ®“gc, % oo 1 ; B will come agatn.” vers poorBann i for a motment e '° asked herself in secret, Will she return? o e Gl i e ation S CiUlS; stk Aynocniy that IS Iiek Ress(. And surrounded by he 1 “1 will come again. > 3 . nd up fo oment. o - 'y this defection, turesque side of their sou n_those = L% Tadin Namacher. : No 4 the child aloud; “you must She took @ glass of clean water, dipped The uUneasiness created by t the two souls Lea found her own and that of i H€Yim1 You are a lost woman!” [F{ Ronacks not g0 away. You must stop here. You the brush in it and prepared the colors, the first that had occurred since =4 ) must stop here always.” her graceful profile bent over the sheet of foundation of the school. was increased by Georg. Only. b changed their sex; Wi by an unexpected artifice, Noo ropliad: Duyvecke kissed him again. paper buckled by the humidity~ But while & Vague fear of the financlal embarrags. fRC aufbor Tad, changed (nelr sex: Wi Tinka's book to her in v youthful chatter and I'am going where I finueq a5 usual “I pity you deeply; your consclence i3 poisoned! Farewel -Pa by the Mai¢ said handled the brush and pointed out the Mments of Mile, de Sainte-Parade, by e canped o a 3 : ik *-haired girl, with emotion due to the inspector's visit and ed Geor ow could Lea fail to Tecog- Gusht to go! drawing, about D e auit D e e i) s Lk Dromounced honilis. T.ca thought, as nize in the following lines the modified *'§' 'S dnea William after some months apout experiments wce. He was still open mouth—she . had only one she walked along: ‘‘Duyvecke is gufded delineation of her own nature? of fruitless search. She found him in HCrt STRSTERONIS b up his mind not to W'k thousht (hat litte by litde he. by fate. In spite of herself she Will re: “William made one think of a red rose- Derbyshire where was laid the OPERE dening and o ' -~ - Dainful as a wound. Her mind dwelt main at Remineaws and will marry him." bush cultivated in a Northern hothouse, a scenc of the novel, which was WALl 1ea . ' on the book brought in a few moments be- She pulled herself up in her thoughts by plant upon which had been grafted one throughout in retrospectiv tion. effort of will. She was afraid of com- of those simnle pale roses of Scandinavia chapter in which Willlam and Nora Were oqicy in’them ir ring herself to Duyvecke. Did she hope which re alily. Only regular prun- reunited. Alas! It was too latel SePa” Byt that eve r from liberating the rated from the being whom he loved, e i a i our ear?” fore k 3 had r Natur- ence, and_which the little monitress, the 'unll]k"'he a fused with such apparent indiffe: N s Tow lying upen the for a similar constraint, for a pressure lnstF 4 n: im a v v £ sap s a e i had led ched existence and a dista ¥ ! L It ig late. tablson the platform, - ik a HBomtb maa Of Desny that WOUIG MO/ CUERS Tha constralne of ‘Vhe Ihoray e dying Of pitlicss heart disease, which fd not sven try lo make : 4 will 1 single ““whien” Alexandrine offered it The school library occupled three me- branches. And if for two successive sea- had aiready reduced him to the shadow iexandrine, who remarked abstrace v s W 8 ium-st s oor, s a | 1 gle 3 D self.” Nora's va e p 1 paper wrapped toupd It and the few bamboo armehairs, Most of the roses bloom instead of the pale, abortive was restored to life and happingst, D51 The end of the - = t L violet stamps with the biz.fi|ires books wers paver-backed. Up to the lilies. the bright period was of snort duration. pupify g ‘mistr . = becomes I above the proile of the The malady would not reiinquiel intd the co > > ng- and Willia e Norz o chic By . Hisqme frgm v { oL have'kiled you!™ she cried. For- Which included h e € e . - ound DenC . Zngl fre 8 “No,” replied Willlam: “it is not you 3:;::».‘,;“#.. - “g"?\‘m was to who have killed me, Nora. It is the other T o ror B i following day, had | Nora—the one whoie ¢ jence was not Tounding bu ¥ h o : Py i » awakened 5 e b e ; ¢, and that he not been in Puris at’ that wwaliened '\ .4 fnished the book (RS Dlaz: i e e e e g she remained in thought, leaning on the - D e e window siil. The afternoon recreation a ool o o R T had begun in the rustling silence of the a v s soft « Dalss's sister, who hall beesl big buildings. The pupil who had been 2 b r OPEN- her anion and frl copying in the neighboring room from Eli- o Kemin mpi R T St Hegiuy book & short time be had ¥ £ ared to be an or- gone. The library was empty. By insen- rieau was sa i3 the a giish novel, and Sible degrees the June twilight was, 1 Accaiing U0 info « SawW ¥ who tor some o dving away. The steeple of St. ( been a 1 org = £ In BiS had given no £'gn of life, was Church stood out darkly, precis e ! & skele- ne Je of sen obscure, like a . ih ,m;\u.- cut B C a2 nyth T & paper, against t background of a 3 . Nt Pke mother-of-pearl, Lea, standing th 4 Lea, while continuin ::\;tliu:l‘((‘ . I:;nl only, one thought, attenu- G She remembered vaguely a pointed s ¥ that the boc ple piercing the opaiescent sky on the hor- by Edith fzon at Richmond. Now that she had fin- : 1 m ve been sent by t ished her book she felt intoxicated by W the my what she had read, as by some drugged s beverage. The real and the imaginary m. a were Indistinguishable, and the confusion : cowtd was ul to her. William and She we d herself capricou ure of It! mo y Tinka's intultive y she had further complicated her pe < ages by attributing to them T and rebellious suggestions of her ow sclence. Lea mechanically replaced ¥ book in her portfolio and left th As scon_as she attaines he cot bluze of light from the elec hurt her eves, as thoush she 5 awakened suddenly. She Jean agaiast th ! satlon of giddiness seemed rting are pu luminous line in the middle . d her. A hand wa < 1 only ke , Gaston be would e is the matter, Lea? Are you - . 2 A3 She raised her eys and recognized Daisy : e L m he al- he drew a deep breath. " ; Pon i che.sald, “it is noth! 1 < . : % Diyvecke sl stopped too long the lbrary reading near the window, and the light in the cor- MhIGE: X0 B ANL N S0p ridor dazzled my eyes. It is nothing, gee: nothing! ¥ % She took a few steps that were at i S rather unceriain, leaning on the I woman's arm. Then she liberated herseif e ' = and walked along side by side with E will Daisy watching her companion’s face with I affectionate anxiety. She shook her head “You are not very well, Lea. I toid £ Pi and your sister that you ought to . take a little holiday and go away for a '‘Our neighbor, u . short time from this place.” in the Counctl, | e - & e hall have a vacation like all of you ™ .. \What Durambe e - “school SAR eSS g N replied Lea, smiling, “when the pupils p s o Be fourded & 2000l ’ e o1 vl tell therm what has hdnpened, take thelr. R Darainberty. i ouF ofemy:, Frederique e eyl AR D o lle. de Sainte-Parade talked of rent- - “WFF IR R Know i ) SELUSSNRLY AL T arenh house at the seaside or in the NGOWSILN ; r place ry during the months of August and - " g : s BN Y cannot September—a house where th. b i - . Its God's will. 1 shall m.ght stay with those of the o - ¥ vake our friends under- had 1o relatives or whosé famil i v : t it was impossible for me to ELiniA p AL 5 R alsy Crage's lip moved = e e o A iy were about to speak, but she restr ¢ : impulse and said nothing. Her X - y Edith had told her the story of Le it I Georg Orsten. Although she was op- e posed to the dominant se» had been o g R ; He w sincerely happy and tranquil in her celi- S of bacy since she had enjoyed S vivitying prescnce, she would wil R have scolded Lea in a friendly f L. 8- i “\What! Yeu are stll thinking o i B M dardy who was amusing bimself in I Ant S . T short time, while you were weeping for him! e O - ¥ h th nd then fell she was teo charitable and have th And < sleen. slum- hearted to run the tranquillity as- companion. “‘Besides : don't understand these love s ik “Have you heard the v in order to change the sub : . " Fheks ne descended the staircase, they were going T " I to their rooms. your fat - T rner of the “What news? ans Wers « to i whice wlhere is an article attacking us in the I that and garrets Semaine de St. Charles, the little journal with a sigh. e S which is sald to be dirécted by the Abbe 1 2 ¥ f w W . L Minot.” G th - : s She surm ised 2 \ttacking us? t 'ER V ] . “Yes Mile. Heurteau lent it to me a % : " A ¥R Stuck Arm. “Thanks, o7 321 ndrine, Fui It on My Jable. fow momeris ago. | Klanced throush 1t hovee, cxaciy to ialk T om where Lea 1y fo her task We are not mentioned individually, £ 107% to a score until the end of resent there had been no money to is s how the author de- the methods and the instruction of the a m rnoon in the lesson, and bind them. They came from Pir- school are condemned, with a few reser. jay a i & of sunlight still did not return nitz's old hibrary and increased by “She had this pe v, her soul seem- vations nd compli ¥ v‘““ o after 4 o'clock. to her platform Bty (rom cnch of the Toundresses. od o be Almost ALWAYS Sleping, af snums PRESSCS.” o T ek us with?t o Henncn e Rue Delormel, until she had and, above ail, by & fine collection ferg’ o e child, It was & calm and _What e udnoteg. AN ceas A ar given the signal of clagsical autho aken from Mlle. pageeful sleep, probably more peaceful nsq‘n by by mere BANE DY b e eas o b - s to the girls to de Sainte-Parade's residence; for, a8 tpan jts vigils; tor, when awakened, it l,,)ujr Ly o o6 NAR. faliier AROE | e C O Ciie waay n . t . : put the drawing Miic. de Sainte-Parade never read a n'dcsire o enjoy life; to the acquired force of her former, 23060 heard dyi wown it 3 boards, brushes line.” she had offered them to the powerful sensations. And {olio ardor. As 4 matier of fact, S 1 E 1 ¥ and other mate- achool. In each room there was @ na ohe 4id not kuow mow te procurs thems become completely indiffers and ,v ty girls in tials in order. Window opening upon the square, Nora would sit at the piano Lers relafing to the s r St ched on From the draw- planted with chestnut. trees. which for hours she would woo art (one Bl TSCLET her! it resem ms : - e L R e i s peace. And, fatigued by its GO0t ry hypoerisy which she despised. changed voics h : boards with girls went to ~ Delornel, They wese windows, ouwn e ion, Nora's' soul would fall [T Y iGas felling her of the ob- ° The hell rang the end of recrea- b of perspiration, the cloakroom with thelr blouses and then with a little bench running around each gjeep T & made by the Abbe MInot to “a tiom and the Ko J ; - < tehing the splash to the playground to take tea. Lea did one. Nora had a sister named Julla. In de- JoCtiOns MACS ation t 15 half Protest- SO i ot the e . ; while they bit not follow them, and was left e, When L ame in two of the three scribing her the author had certalnly Shiomd haif Athel a cosmopolitan. the puntls _hurried. toward t i 2 dittie grimi ntorted standing before her table, face to rooms wcre emply: in the third a pupil uged Frederiquo as a model. But she ha L T tandene the T TR ed T ~ n'the effort to obey their in. With the little packet, which She Tegard- Was copying Gub of the “Universal Ceok: Hramve & Notiiern * Fiogeriqin Shenad anarcnical tendency. the buiafngs. T . spitc of the big window ed without touching. raphy,” by Reclus. Lea sat down on a mare rigid, than the original one. enic lessons, the lack of modesty in the Germainé pr A 1 us ki e scrupulous cleanliness When she had read the address she felt bench in one of the windows. Evening .juijy and Nora* continued the book, instruction given. the openly professed per forehead upon her « Shonts ns the large room, with i a little relie! was not entirel v was slow descending. n orange col- , oUld a NOrn, i 2 3 - arriage.” . SOl see t ight the r of their damp . of thel routh almost the writing of a_child, - of the trees, the roofs in the or- Seems- t b h T £ . o at | kY. : > S B id perspiring. imptisoned bodies oUtIUlL o ularitics ‘that Tormed a striking com- el and 1 the nelghporing Rue St he'Joy of “Warmih azd Ignt und Lea's room. The vouns girl Mstened with seen but % si wching : red e Stlll 5 thems sy Hhep T B eI T Lens Bianiorion uOuVening 8 5. Shaih ton stoaloi i pas momory. aa © might “ay ihat " nature s knob. Her dizziness wis gradually dis- ihis steife of atmosp : . i trig ¢ ¥ s still 2 them one after the other. : 4 ea’s ories souv church.’ Len recalied in bel v 2 > 2z 3 s st £ atmospheric s a 4 ) i Hime she wotia stand withous mpeaptte jittle mahogany desk, strewn with hun- evening af the beginning of summer sim- {fke the plants "and- the nppearing. leaving in her 'brain two her without aiarmi . - . y Ithout speaking. greqs of sheets of d with the g loh T SIme feos, they had only learned half of vaguely aching spots as though caused in that state of Intimat k e B y following the _work of the pupll, who 7e0% Of aheols of Do, S0l e Ty e by redd e fent with life.; And vet, though. they thought they by a double blow. Tt fict of the elements seems a hare i ey iimes stopped, upon which she woman with o doil's face and short, curly Geors. About the same hour they had lived, a vague inner conscicnce warned “Protesianty) Protestantst” cried Dalsy monious henefit. Like the dethroned, doo ! Continue! Don" fair hair, sitting before the desk biting ctopped at a Ilittle old-fashigned English them that ope day they would live more indignantly. L S spairing King Lear. she coul i P Dowt pay any g cork penholder. Tinka Ortsen! The desk inn, the Rutland Arms, to take afternoon fully, more inten: They did nothing he is, the dirty old cassocked seribbler! (g the tempest w, winds, a < wash of color had been laig UPOD Which sh¢ wrote “in the drawing tea’ e to hu'.-xex:"mm vakening. “And as’there It m¥ father had not been a Cathollc ho Vour check S5 she = e D room in Appletree Yard! And the novels 7o had -blushed the Was no disturbing clement in their sur- woul a The pupiis were indoors. he would make a few =remarks. that she read sloud as fast as she imag- u;;,g'.,’:nfé;';;lrmeofigfeevemng, s the roundings that awakening could only take farm Ike a dog when I was only ' ten (amuling like that of a i i he p o o) i e! Protestants, indeed i ined them, half turning toward her CUS- tepacious memorv of the eyes suddenly Place owing fo the development of their ¥eira IR B e B 1R ept. Sheep died away in ¢ ometimes she would take the brush her- and llustrate her observations with ineoyinch 3 tranquil fence." A few big drops of rain > 1 t example, skillfully correcting a yoqn istencrs, with an even, tranquil reanimated all the souvenirs, all the pic- OWr consclence. g jed the hereditary fiber of CA5¢- hey were ente . a ‘a certifi- d (hen 0 £o the Dot bmar voice! Lea could see again that little fig- (ures of that happy period. The past rose 'The tragic, conseientious scruple which :hgéh'e':"'fig‘d“:,‘fl“ 1ihe hereditary AbeT.Of mistresses as they w e enterins ; Alexandrine, the little rdiy knew what from Finland with the air of a fairy princess, her up victoriously before her, mora real than really drove the Herstons the twp long hours that ihis dally fee{ barely reaching to the carpet. and unreal, indifferent present. Was not had been ingeniously changed and ntil- room. Frederique was dressing for suo- g mail in the cs in amaz igsted she did 1.0t in- rarely changing the outline of her Short, a1 that had happe ince then a con- ized. dJulla and Nora discovered that Per. according 'to the custom of the [°Z %rocogn 2 Cras - mand_ £red- on for a single moment. WRe starched skirtt o fused Gream—tholr Teturn to France. the thefr father and mother Were not mar- school: where even the pupils were led fo oo, Ty fetter she banded to | Phe ope of them s SSTS S "g*h“""‘ 'hy has Tinka sent me a book? two attempts made by Georg to win his ried, that their mother’s real husband was the lavatory, before meals and came 10 niyz, taking an envelone fr B 1 thought longer, as formerly, - e N0 Although less disquieting than a letter. petrothed, the long months spent in the still alive, that she had left him almost fable With Ciea® Ramie fnd (RECR LIET drine's hand, murmured in a - ¥, returned for a mo- the packet signified an intention, a desirc N - t o » ) . #chool In a state of artificlal exaltation? immediately after their marriage to_live Frederique: over a magazine or to rest. Only a few to find that this return into the past. far Sy Lime mad oonEte AN Mo iloted, and " crc born of this un om: Tor of the wardrobe. Lea looked at her Daisy. on the contrary, o5 hes £ 5 :d space were annihilated, and t for their mother, th ore oo oo reading hers. On the firs minutes b the woung artists, grave from startling her as it would have done ghe seemed to Feconquer her former per- d;fi:}c’;a’:‘b’:;‘)figr t: I_“fimvzg [;;v !rmg "’-’u%w'“{;:‘;‘.."dz\?f’m': I::”sins the r. ot 34 and orderiy, though they retained all the formerly, now charmed her. Her heart sonality! She became again the foyous Of Sty o the TWo yoUNK irls preterted Ang the two dching polnts (. Her brain . ~Edith sends you her best w ment to the the mistr curiosity and mischievous spirit natural 2o 1\ . - 4 eat with an irresistible joy, a joyv S0 traveler pouring out the steaming tea for ernal dwelling and 3] " Daisy to Frederique and Lea, 7 B ity P TL’,;‘,,*,’,, a]\',:,',imwéi‘.iffl?gna"-p‘p:ma"ce overwhelming that it swept away all sad- Georg Ortsen in the littla parlor of the ;0 lfi?‘&"fi %:rmany. _"mge me;_o ‘n‘nke: :m:nteg:::fig'b::gg'z‘mo;:k%tnful. With. oing to their room tog - unfavorable re- who was the monitress for (he week bay Do ard all anxiety, Rutland Arms, it up by (he orange rays $yliiia® Dowetn. " who - Immediatory e e o destone? Where have you decided to leave Cla to S Some in with & litte packet. appsreniy pShe did not tear off the wrapping of the of the sunset. aroused their sympathy by his wretched been all afternoon? I have been looking become a nu seipparently book. | She felt incapable of taklng any “She heaved a sigh for freedom. Open- Seavedd MEH SYmPathy, by his, mretched peen al ? Ser sentence was o draw up his report k., delivered by the postman, and ‘ the Government Wwalked toward Lea. holding It out (0 her. Tna’In {he conriyncd reached Ber Carh on ing her portfolio, she took out the book. f{}a the mother of Julia and Nora. The +I was in the library looking through Sound of doo slamming: g . W ectify untied the string without haste. unfolded t Tved t f > C that had been opened and t v authorization. And o ki " $ > ed to was wrapped, and, comfortably in- ne as much as lay in thei - ho corrider. T 5 e e the Rue des Vergers. Lea followed her stalled in the corner of the window, began :"fufil: of tholt “mothers . faule. ey i'x:;', c‘;.‘:,’m“u,'.?;‘.f &?:.:2';;,? e iovors _“Oh, come with me, Daisy Nicmn hes tapi ks, Alexandrine. Put it on my customary routine. put everything in or- to read. would brighten his loneliness with their had changed nto a dlscreet reserve. Ghspaing, X dsve Bt lea £ table, der, then slipped the book into her leather ' [t was a cheap eigh edition “Good night!” cried D- i And while twenty pairs of eyes follow- 4 ¥ D .eighteen penny tenderness. ‘While Frederique, observing her sister Rt e vt we ed the course of the Book in Alexandeiacs {':;‘s%'{fl'hfi’.{?fin&'i"e"fflnéfi{"fi‘vfi?: §f an, Lnglisn, novel, entitled “WIlllam = 15 their idea—and also in Willlam's— secregly., Telated the effect produced upon e Bt T e ¢ hand, its ascension on the platform, and, she washed her hands and face. ' Then, Finnish of Tinka Ortsen, by Mrs. Irvin this tenderness was to be a purely frater- ""f neral staff of the school by the arti- .. 3ndq Frederigue w and I the corrupt finally, its installation on the mistress' ta: and (hen only. she hesltated. Clarke.” "It was bound 'in cardboard, DAl affection, but it changed gradually cle In the Semaine de St Charles. Lea, yaling their eveninz foil 1 and all official ble, Lea calmly added drops of water to Pirnitz and Madame Sanz were absent: with a design, in tawdry colors, at once into & more overwhelming and less inno- having taken off her bodice, cooled her Furtiveq to have resolved fio - ther against the the yellow ochre in the tablet. they had begun the furnishing of the lit- loud and tasteless, 8o inartistic was their cent sentiment. They both became at- face and her milk white arms in the cold {TTCoT" Ger el - - L e ot ert® At | You sce, Alice." ahe said to the little tle house they had rented in the Avenue Suxtaposition. It represented a woman fached to Whilam, but Williem loved No- water. and then. letting down her ehest (requent and < 3 9 1i c be pu runet 0 ves, whose 3 - V nu air an 3 They shall kil me first? <he had taken for the moment. -t Sou Collager But I e Rl lie e bectainiy LitHing on a'stone bench With a man at o0} 'inade Lea's heart throb quickly— 5o brush it and arrange It afresh. me_ silent do not prepare the tint very carefully by be e playground. The duty of gen- hinking fOr she recognized I it the Richmond in- ' Frederique’'s words made clear to her b contorted face mixing 1t thoroughly and by Seeing that era) supervislon fell to one of the foun- she mishl hoe o Bt e as to i3 cldent—Wiiliam and Nora's lips met in an the meaning of the double’ pain’ tn Lot r influence of everything is perfect before you begin, dresses in rotation, and it was Fred- origin, perhaps a little dedication. But ardent kiss. The girl was immediately brain. She began to understand what was fyrther conversatic ! looked with you may be as careful as you like in put- erique’s turn to-day. Lea felt that she the page was blank; not a single word filled with_horror’of herself. It was in the double shock that Tinka's story had phagq beem put out Vvisage £0 ing on the wash, it will always be spotty. could not sustain her elder sister's gaze. was written upon it. vain that William showed her that a di- caused her. It had aroused her jealousy sought tha. of Len | ¢ There, the color is ready! Now lay it on It was already so hard for her to with- “One of the most varied and picturesque YOrce was possible, that the courts would against her elder. With a sort of moody and the little kly with an even brush.” stand, it seemed to scrutinize her very rts of England for travelers is cer- t‘eflflfnli' grant it in his favor. Nora re- certainty Lea now attributed the Senti- hers, at first inert an She gave up her place quickly to Alice soul on ordin: occasions, . How could Fainly the county of Derbyshire, near the Plied inflexibly: ments of the imaginary Julla to the actual by little returned her Aubry. who. climbing on to the stool, set she hide from her such profound emo- old thermal station called Buxton, where “I did not come to profit by your wife’s Frederique. The other shock was this The evening when 1o work again, quite proud of having at- tions? She felt she had not courage to Queen Anne formerly went to take the Sin. but to comfort you and cherish you fea ‘was ill; Georg was dying, like they had landed at tracted the attention of the mistress, and reveal its cause to her. baths.” with a sister’s love. That which human William in the book! don, they h: q ) began to paint with her short-sighted, al- ~ She thought of the library. and as soon Lea read and is phrase me- law permits here and forbids elsewhere Tinka, by an artistic caprice, had given se together, had infl »wly into that of her mond-shaped eyes almost on the board. as the Xde‘n occurred to her she beheld chanically. l’t‘ l:ee!:Ie:dd 'toh hel? quite de- does not concern me. You have a wife Lea's soul to the hero of her novel, but all re falling into t compan Germaine had inhab- Adele, vou did not wash your brush herself reading the mysteriov~ book in void of sense. She had never been to still living.” ‘Willlam’s love adventure was reaily that foreien soil, they had iied the school she had become irritable. properly. o the color has aliered while the corner by the window. She took up Derbyshire. She had never heard of Bux- _Julla, jealous of William's love for Nora, of Georg, and the story of his return to gffection. She no longer talked of anything save re- you were painting, The red has become her leather portfolio again, and with her ton, and then her very deception made her strengthened her in her determination t6 England ' read like a faithfully written $—— — ——— — — bellion, of a- vengeance to be wreaked brown. My dear Claire, you have forgot- heart beating like that of one hurrying to realize that she had expected to find the sacrifice herself. She decided to leave diary. Since the novelist told of his ill- Continued Next Sunday.