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++++++++++++++++++++ OR, GERVASE RIUKMAN’S M CHA PIER lV. 0n the day following t‘n's memorable evening, Mrs. Annesley's party had do aided to make the excursion into the Jun Mountains, where Gervue assured Alice she would find some new and do bghtful subjects for her sketch-book. He had but a brief time to spare for holiday- makins. and not being very good at real maintain climbing, made a great point of their going into those green solilndcs While he was still with them. thus teal!- ing them to tale the snow mountains after his departure. Alice. who was now Quite at her case with him. having as- _ cured herself that he had completely mbdued his passing fancy for her, was’ loath to disappoiht tum. else she woufdj have found an excuse for returning to England and thus saving herself and Paul‘ the embarrassment of frequent meeting. Mrs. Annesley. loo. sought a pretext for breaking up the party. the harmony of which had been so fatally marred by her nephew‘s appearance: she feared that a crisis had been reached during Paul’s row with Alice on the afternoon of Edward’s arrival, but had no certain knowledge to act upon; she reflected.l however, that Edward could as easily} see Alice at home as upon this excur- sion, if he were minded to see her. and| Hmrefore came to the conclusion that things had better take their course. Edward went. partly for the pleasure of being with Alice, and partly because llel was too proud to accept the part of a disappointed suitor, and wished to culli- vate friendly relations with Paul and his afl‘ranced wife. But he wondered that the engagement was not made public. and decided to put the question point-blank to Paul, considering that he had a right to know how matters stood. Paul. however. held him at arm's- length. and there was no opportunity OIt coming to an explanation before they started upon that ill-fated tour. l’aul had taken a fancy to have some old family jewels reset for his mother in Switzerland in remembrance of this his first lengthy excursion with her. and was busy that morning in getting them from the jewellers. When Mrs. Anncs- ley saw them, she was so dismayed at the idea of travelling about. with gems of such value in her possession that she begged him to take them back to the jeweller, ‘and let him keep them until their return to England. He was a little vexed that she would not wear the brooch and ear-rings. at- least in the evenings. and fought against her declaration that she would impel-ll neither her maids life nor her own by carrying such valuables abort; but at last, in the pusenee of the whole party, who had been admiring the ornaments. consented to take them back. and tossed ‘the morocco case carelessly into his breast-pocket. “i believe it is all superstition." he ~sald; “you take the Allneslcy jewels for the Nlbelungen “card. You forget that the family curse is attached to the land alone.” - Then he went out into the town for the purpose. as every one suppoacd. of placing the pockrt in safety at the jew- eller's. When he returned to the hotel he fell ill with Gel-wise. who was sitting under the plane-trees by the waterâ€"sich studying some papers intently. and mak- ing rapid notes upon them. . Paul looked so earnestly upon hisI thoughtful face, before he withdrew in the intention of not disturbing him. that Hickman, who could see things with his eyes shut, and prrcnivmd that Paul wish- ed to disburdcu his mind of something. threw his papers uszde in pure charity. saying that he had linishcd making his. notes. l “What a fellow vou are.“ Paul said.‘v udnliringly; "even ill your holiday-tullel you get. through half a dozen men‘s; Work 3". “I am no drone." replied t'jcn‘csezr "but I like u litth- play too.” “Look here. Rickman." Continued Paul. i “you are very keen at detecting motivesl Do you know why l-lilwur'd Annesley joined us 2’" “Yes.” replied Gcrvase. calmly, “he more to pay his addresses to Miss Linn gar-d. lie made up his mind to (lo o utl Arden.” ’ "Why then did he not communicate with her all this time 1’" he continued in hrs/tillpctllnus why. . "Did he not communicate with ilcr‘l"‘| replied (it-rvasc. innocently; “why should you suppose that?" ‘ 'l‘he suggtxliuu “as as spark: to tin-l der- in Paul's jealous heart, Why. ill-l lived. should he suppore that? He .eap-i at once to the curlclusou that Edward had written. “110 was on the «gallery: alone with her last night." he added. lrlj "aurll tragic accents as beliltcd one mak-' illg an accusation of mortal sin. , “Was be? t thought that. accidentj slngularly opportune." l-clurnid Gervase.l as if struck by a new idea. “On the gal-: lery in the mmnliglllwall! One can see. that your cousin mcaux busirlws." ‘ “Yet they ncvcr met till the spring. They know so llttte in! each other." said Paul. looking gimun‘iy at the sparkling, water over which bouts u'rl‘e flitting. rapidly in tlv- s lllslullc. ' “These things are soon done. Besides. l the very fact of their knowing so little of! each other llEiglliL‘llS the rulnullCc of lllc‘ Situation." continued flux-vase. furtivelyl studying Paul's tortured face from under" t l ++++++++++++4+§++ +++ H4 r sequences." ~til he discovered the slenderness of her jparly. ‘ behind his unread newspaper the jealous ’ rcurllcrl a terrible jli'cll. evssful parish doctor. iby which be hurt become a man of wcalftl and standing. ' Death. he unsid. s a thing upon when ur. the can f’m‘lvwll; framers of jtlllltzs of llg"l‘t' ++§lÂ¥4Â¥+e+o+++t++++++ his eyclaslles, and then looking with an mun-«sled an- at a vessel discharging its cargo a little distance off. “Boy and girl affairs seldom come to anything. The way to prevent two young people taking a fancy to each other is to throw than constantly together under the most pro- saic cit-almstnnces. and let them get a thorough knowledge of each ather's weaknesses. No man is a hero to his valet. Do you remember old Robinmn, who used to liveâ€"â€"--â€"" "Oh, I know that story!" Paul inter- rupted, impatiently. “You are a keen observer. Hickman. and when. may‘l ask. did you first observe that Edward, ‘ as you say. meant business. amt what. do you suppose are his chances of suc- canc ‘1" “I confess that 1 keep my eyes open in going through the world. Arulesley. And I think your cousin has about as good a chance of success as anybody ever had. it's rather a pity. She ought to make a better match. Besides that, i doubt if he cares for here] think 1 know whom he would have chosen but for the golden reasons on the other side. Though. to be sure. these military men flirt right and left without the smallest regard to con- "We thought Sibyl was the attrac- lion-â€"" "So she was." replied (icrvase. abrupt- ly. And he. llloved away. corrlpresslng his lips with annoyana‘, and calling Paul's attention to a qualntly rigged ve$el pas=ing by. , Paul at once fell in with his humor and changed the subjcct. He saw that lid- ward’s suit was as distasteful to nervasc as to himself. though for different rea- sons. Gerrase evidently thought that Sibyl had beer trifled with. and in spite of what had passed between himself and his cousin in their inten'icw in his gar- den at Medlngton. he began to wonder if the latter had indeed preferred Sibyl un- dower. It was improbable, but there is no improbability at which jealousy will not grasp. . Just then. as they were strolling back to the house. they fell in with Edward. who was going in the same direction with his sister. Paul looked on his cousin‘s handsome face. and heard his light-hearted laughter at some passing jest, and a deadly feeling took posses- sion of him: the bright young fiace drcw him with an intense fascination; he saw ill its guyely an evidence of triumph. an easy triumph which scarcely stirred a sense of endeavor; its beauty maddened him. it hot passion surged uncontrol- lably within him. the passion of a bitter hatred. Just a; Alicc‘s mere presence had been worn to thrill him. Edward's thrilled him now; he could not bc in the same room with rithcr of them without an intense Consciousnas of their existence. with- out lllark’ing the slightest movement or most casual word of each. following every syllable and g-slurc of the one with tutfi‘ltlntllf‘ love. and of the other with an equally pavinnatc hate. All through the rural they» look before selling out for the Jura. he watched Ulf‘nl' both \xitll burning.r glances. equally atâ€"I tracted by both, his imagination telldillgl lu’r-uxo meaning to the few casual rcw marks they cmhangcd in the course oil HI" llli‘tl], and supplying words to the silences uhirh fell upon the unconscious Uth’L’ln‘ of his thoughts. rleitllcr of whom. \\‘tl'~“ lll lunc with the cheerful holidayl a1“ assunlcll ul' fell by the rest of the Ont-c Alice looked up and arrested one‘ of Paul’s ll(l'_\' looks. A shade of vexe- liou crossed her face.- and she hit her lips as she turned her head and address- ed SUHH' remark to .‘vlls. Allncsley. tn the railway carriage lherc was a general lolldcllry lo Colbtlil books and rli:wspapcl'>. and Mrs. .-\ullcsh-y cornâ€" poscd tlut>t‘l[ lll an attitude of dignified rcj-osr. fly sulllv chance or lnlschance. l’aul found llrlllwlf in the inner corner of the carriage \\'lll1 lilrunor. while Ed'l ward was at the other end by the open dtor. sitting nc.\t to (\llcl'. and imme.1 diulely nppowte Mrs. Allneslcy. From man Cvltlllltlclf to \‘v'ifllt'll the objccts of‘ his different. jlfixbflllli. brooding upon the lfill” which tor-r lllnl :lluul‘dly until it tic lt‘CifllCd the day of Edward's ar- rl\al at Medinglon. and wished that duv‘ bad llcwl- tlit\\lll d. llc rclnrnlbcluf his own expansion of hral-l and the unusual confidence.s llt‘ had made to ills cousin concerning his (lolliesllc misery. his poverty and his purposcit marriage. Hth challgrd his life was 5;lll(‘£ that dav, what strange and :mr-xpcrlw good for- lunc hall lmfailcu him! and yet what would he not have gin-n to be once more, it: Im was than. the struggling. unsuc- harrassed with domestic trouble: and money cares. but posxex‘slllg the one golden hope of one day wznlling Allch (lll that day he had heard of the lil'~’t .ll the chain of deaths l >lilll<tlt5 may draw up lllll'cslng rol~' tin-y muy tell you to a tile j stung? of deaths at this age and lllill. lll llll~ a llll.ll{-fl and that. flom tll:< catw- .llld that: and yet when 111031V you how‘ the abstract .f masses and some t. 'llc concrete at :rldxdua‘. cases, . Slbyl __,______â€"__._._â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"oâ€"â€"â€"-,. which still exNed. They had been talk- ing’at, luncheon of some l‘a'l‘ltl ditlicnll mountain ascents. Eduard had waxed enthusiastic. and spoken about guides and rope. and calculated what time he should have after the .luru excursion for attempting sortie of the yet unsealed summits: and' Mrs. Alllleslcy had talked in Cassandra strain of the fatalities wnicll marked the conquest of peak after peak. trying to cool his ardor. if he would but carry out his intention. a slight momentary glddinras. a flaw in a rope. all instants failure of nerve. Ihr loosening of a stone. one false stop on the part of one of the lt’thPllt‘l'r. not to mention the lborrsand charm-s and changes of weather. or lbc many possi- br'll'tles of losing the way or mistaking.r the ever-changing landmarlm- what a difference this might make ! Uncomcious of "it‘s? lrrrible thoughts, Edward sat silent by .\lice. reading his English paper. and taking: a lllclancholy pleasure in leing at least near her. while she perused her book with an under- current lnrlllory of the romantic mo- ments passed on the balcony the lllglll‘ before. Presently the newspaper was laid aside; Edward fuldf-d his arms and ga’md downward ill silcllt thought. tiorvasc was willing with a rapid pencil. looked. up from the 'l‘asso she carried with her. and <aid something to Eleanor. who was deep in a novel. lilcanol' laughcd. and pointed uarningly ll her aunt. wlluso .alllllllll’f'S were now dl-cp. Alice tool-dad up and smilrd at. the two girls: l-‘aul continued to gaze as if fascinated of Edward. who had not slil'j'cd. and to wonder what his thoughts were. Edward's dmvuuard glance rested on the folds of Alice's dress, which swept his. feet. He was thinking, as Paul sur- mised, of her. picturing her at Glades- worth, the head 0 a great household, moving through the long suites of stately rooms with a gentle grace. courted by the local notables. honored by those DC- ncolll her, cheering and blessing the sorrowful and the poor; charming all. He saw her at the head of Paul‘s table, l’aul sitting opposite. matching her win- ningr grace with his courtly case; he saw them surrounded with guests great and small; he saw them alone with lllâ€" limate friendsâ€"â€"llimself. he hoped among themâ€"by the winter hearth, or beneath the great elms and mighty oaks of their lovely demesne in the summer sunlight. She was made for a life so full of lci- sure and dignity, he wondered that he could ever have dreamed of asking her to share his loulicr lOlâ€"-â€"lluw well she would fill (‘\'(‘l‘y place her wealth and station would assign her. whether charming great people in brilliant assem- blies. or dispensing kindnrzs in poor cottages lâ€"evcrywllrrc she must be loved and honored. especially by him, and would she, [)H'lliljls have a kind place in her heart {of Paul's cousin and friend? Would the shadow of his aunt‘s fiery nature fall lino» her- homc‘? \Vould her childrenâ€"he saw them clinging about her. lal-gc-rycd. l'Olllld-ldfi'd-r“Ollld they ‘llll'le’ll flle onl' authentic fumil curse '3 .l (tr would the wholesome sweetness of her nalur'u- prevail over the flower strain? lle stirred uneasily; somctlling slipped from .\lire's pocket. to the ground as she. ‘ look out her handlx‘crcllicf. He picked up hm jltll“f‘. and restored it with a laugh- 'lng comment on her rill*elcsslles<. and l‘aul thought “by linger d ovcr the ex- change so that tllcl'r' hands llligllt touch; but it was not soâ€"~Ihc purse was given and taken too daintily for that. “Why did we not bring some fruit?” Slgllt‘d Sibyl, pctulantly. “i am so llllrsly this hot. afternoon 3" “I will get you sorllc at the next half," Edward replied. and, despite a warning from ticrvasc that there was no time, he spl'llflg out the moment the train stop- ped. and made for thc buffet. leaving his friends to speculate on the extreme im- probability of his return before they moved on. The blue-bloUscd porters leisurely rc- movcd a trunk or two; the guards 511111 the doors with a noncllulanl air. and made obsu‘vatlons with the aid of his fingers and shoulders to a friend; the time went on: the engine palltcd impa- 'lientl_v. ll su'ddenay Occurred to the guard that it was getting late; hc ev- L'llallgt"(l one last remark With his lf'll‘lld. laughing, gave the signal to start with a [)t'iXJthtltJll‘d air. and the train steamed slowly out of the little station. followed by a parting just from the chef de gore. who loungcll. \vldc-trollscred and lllUjE’S-v‘ ‘llC. across the platfol-lll; and tlun only did Edward return from his foraging expedition, and dash mildly afh-r the moving trail with the intention of loaf-d- lug. “lll! lloiaf” t‘l'ri] tbc indignant chef or gore. roused to a slight interest in railway lllattcrs ly this glaring infrac- tion of rules. tlut Edward dtbllcd \l\ct' the rails. upsetting a blur-blouscd porter. who lccbly ultrlllptrd to detain hull. and. gaming the {(ml-fltill'tl. made for his own carriage. followcd ly ullirlal (km-rations on lll‘: English and all thrlr mad ways... >l'l the lllmllIme the stand bad lll- creascd. they were approaching a tunm-l. - llio dour sflh'k, and. H11 Cpl-fling null a burst at uni. .lcta‘h‘d Eduard from his! foothold. s-r till-ti ll" . clutc'l'llg at the lulll \\'!fll (div band :...l flit! fill films for drmdflli ill: :17 ‘lll.tlllf‘ll._ endured a ILM‘ cll. ll:< l-:I'l-.- 1w \vsh \‘~. ': ~:d [11“ re l. vvv-s: he .93.; 2:9 i: u hr total dclau‘ ' u lllcl. l’attl; #‘xfll lllcsv- ill-.slulu w l?: " lb...‘K \ {mural 'tl ~ . :llnl Imi‘ll'tl *Ex'tored lit lm lmjwr may: .p l‘: m... wk wi'l l4 H l!~ it. ill nil In : t‘ifpl'l- mil~ .l.\ xvr'.‘ u~ ul(l~l ll'lf' j.).- “j lli' ll ll :ll. lull '.i' “kin-"l «lilfill 7(I'\\'l;tl ll], +tlyr'1mk. ril‘llvtll; .ll, l'illn‘lll“. up,“ij .l.v.l' ll l'u' "lwllt‘li‘w‘ itvltt‘HIDl ll .\Il\t ‘ j \vln-l‘r‘ l.l\ snuff l" :lgljiuri‘l.‘.;.' amp”. ‘ ‘l m. ridlt‘l“) ulmwzlij.’ ‘.\..n.‘ llt‘ lll l. and + land Murillo; ll r \lar'. homo Lll \fll"\fli‘-h-d I lit :lw- rm aunmr tu't'\if.~~". rout-b. 11;; mm t lunar-er. Had ‘l been (Illltil‘\\‘l>v'. bad if] \Iu’l'. bud rarp’lll lilluurd by the roller. ‘ lbeen be lush-ad «.f l'vc’fllllilltl \lzllr'.\[py ,aml ill-acui‘kl lllln lll lwtnln- lli- lmll Hm. ‘* Will! Win strut. down in lbl- ll--‘.\2':' .If‘I‘U'll to know that Allrrk llamlx uch lxtyoulh. it had been far better. llt' \\llllldl?fllf‘llljlliflg lll» .Mllfl" klml otbw- ullli ‘,* have hurt l‘fikl llfllll lilt‘ btlll‘l‘ ll'l-m.nj_ itii*l'\’u\£".\. l§ Or why not I'AWIIl'f-l' lidwnnl who. as: “thank you. ltlrknmil.” l‘:tl\\fif'ti said. l+ in soldier. \\"(I.\ unlally liable with ltegi. ' rollljxlsedly taking lll< \f'if‘. "l am afraid t§ natd to he will to emerge place». and m l sloped on your firms. \llss Lingard. l‘ indulge ill savage sports. Hl\ heart Nothing but Htt‘bf‘ llllllllt'l‘l'tt}.~ to be bad. 1: leaped at the thought of Edwards death; | Miss Hickman." .4 "'5‘ was certain that but for In\ Htlllear. “'l'bc next time you commit suicide. l+ ancc at Arden he would have won Alice. Edward." said Mrs. Aluu‘xley, severely. _, __.A__ |+ He began thinking of the pip-.s’jjjjjjtiag "have the goodness not to do it in my presence." “0r mine. you tiresome. good-forâ€"no- thing fellow l" sobbfil lilcunor'. “I wish you had been killedâ€"4t would have served you right. that it would!" “Sorry to haw; frightened you. my dear aunt. it was the door sticking that up- set me. But it was not. far to fall." he apologized. “Nell. if you make such an idiot of your'selfâ€"wl'llâ€"J don‘t know what l won‘t do to you." “tiive her some rllutberries." suggested the practical tiervase: upon which Elea- nor began to dry her eyes. and console herself with the dearly purchased fruit: tranquility was restored. and the con- versation fell upon the merits of the' flllllef‘l‘iL‘>. Paul wa~ very thankful when he saw his cousin hauled in scathless. in those few moments of peril he had some ink- ling of what it might be, to have a fel- low-creature‘s life upon onc's cons’cirnrc. Then he looked at Alice. and saw that she was. very pale, and made no contriâ€" button to the. conversation. At that sight the fierce tide of hate surged back into his heart. and he wished that Edward were lying dead ill the dark tunnel through which they had glided imme- dialcly on his rcscuc. Edward. too, observed Alice's pallor. and reproahced himself for having given her a shock by his fool-hardiness. The thought came to him like balm. that if he had been killed there and then she might have shed a kindly tear over him. lSlle had a heart full of pity. he knew; his remcrllbercd her trouble about the onnsumpllve Reuben (finale. and bethougbl him to ask her if they had given his plan of entering the army any further consideration. “That; would ncvcr have done. Alice replied. “But i am quite happy about ltcuben now. Your cousin has procured him a situation with Mrs. Reginald An- neslcy, who is to winter in Algeria. Reuben will be with her there." “Of course,” he thought within himself. “Paul does everything for her now. She wants no other friend. But the day may comcâ€"~ Well, I am a foot! but I will at toast enjoy these few days with her!" And he went on talking about the Gates. and heart that Ellen did not like to see the new doctor, and that Paul still visi- ted her. and meant to do so till the end. it was very pleasant. lll spite of the bitter of Paul‘s sucrcss. The stations passed too quickly by; the great while peaks were left behind. the country be- came greener and greener. the vine- yards had vanished, great solemn pinc- woods blooded darkly upon the hill slopes. the famisteads and villages had steeper roofs and straighter outlines; tillage became scal‘ccr, Illc cow-bells linkled musically in the distance, the tunnels were fewer. and the country more thinly populated; they were in the heart of the Jura, and the journey was coming to an end with its sweet compan- ionship. Edward would have liked to travel on thus. by Alice's side. silent him- self. but within sound of'hcr voice, be- tween the. green mountain‘wulls. by the rushing streams and shadowy woods, for ever and ever. .vvould be better so. was too strong: it ought to be broken. Hu had his life to live, and its duties to fulfill. Sonic day, no doubt, he would find a wife for llllllSt‘lfâ€"ufld here some vague thought of Sibyl llltied through his brainâ€"wind all the usual home-lies; but i'. would not do to go on dreaming over what. was now allulllrr‘s right. One day more, only one. and then. having heard decidedly from Paul‘s own tips What their relations really were, he would congratulate them and withdraw from the perilous {oscillation till time had hardened him against [1. Paul, too. was pill-posing to withdraw after one day lllOl't‘, one day in which ill despair he would try a last apcalâ€"not to Alice this time. but to lidward. All that. was manly. and all that was ill the best sense gentlc in him rose up against lilo own behavior In l'clllrlinulg with jAllcc after what had passed in the boat : ‘bul solllellll'ug stronger than the ill- ibllllCtS of a gentleman held him. to his own shame and inward contempt. 'l‘lle bilter-swcel journey came to an cud at last. The ll‘tllll >lift'kt'nt‘d and drew up by a little wayside station above u bleak. Sifl’jl<l'()(|ft"l \tllage. ward stepped out into the sunshine of tho goldrn evening and llandc-d Alice ‘dowu. kll's. Alulcslry (ll-cw lll llcr skirts and united till the othcl-s were out and lller maid ball arrived for orders". and, thou. the luggage halving.r [lt‘l'll claimed. they wound slowly down through tllc echoing. ulllply strcel, to the vast liar- n l rack of a hotel, which seclnrd to lid- wurd‘s troubled ltilutllllflth.“ to claim previous tit'ljlldllll:ll.CC with him. ‘thougll he could llcvcr have seen it un- li-si in dreauw. : l'l‘o to continued). ‘25â€"“ l ’l‘omhc: ".lvlmny. i :iou‘t '{nllt‘Vt' ‘yi-u‘vc stmll if y llll' gmgruplly." .lul'lllny jvâ€"“XH. llltllll. l ln’-;ll'.l [it <zly tin,- map ‘05 the it'ul'Fl' \\:<.< cllullglll‘ Ivcl'y (lily. ilf‘al I “(right l-vl Willi l lv‘lf l"'ll'.~ lll! film-gs get sr-“l \l.’ l “.\l.‘lr n3" 1!:\ 7"" ' \vll w I» l ‘3! 1W ’lnrll y t'l. "\ml wil‘l. amtl you cut fnw'fi" wl ll»: ll. 'f ' 1:11. "\rn-v >-~l‘~“\'t' ';_. i‘lu ‘ \u‘l'ltln.~ "liil' il 't‘.r.-ll".l why i, “\\l:y ‘ ‘ ‘ “ll ('a. ‘i'l‘. gr; .1 r. A u .s- 1 pine ‘ Perhaps it , 'l he crlchuntnlcnl v Edâ€" , " t that l .ernv LOST ms GIRL. l t ‘.\'\ltll(l\\' ESCAPE 0|f MAN \VIIO aucrr AT A CONCERT. But \lr. Dwiltqinby‘s Diplomacy Smoother! Everything Out to Her Satisfaction. “l have just bull. said Mr. Dwillglnby. “l suppose. about the narrowest xcape that any luau ever had. l came within the breadth of u very narrow hair of losing the lmellest girl that ever lived.- llucretla (ilmply, and all through my go- ing to sleep at a classical concert. "I love music as much as Miss Girnply does, bill I think perhaps our tastes in- this way are somewhat different. I love pretty tunes and things that have got melody in 'em. i like he ‘Old Kentucky flome’ and "Way Down Upon that S’wanee River.‘ and what the rmrsicl publishers call mother songs, and that- sort of thing. "i like any music that's beautiful; and I don't think my taste can be so dreada fully awful, because I've heard plenty 01 things that i want to cry over, and things that made me all creepy and: tingly and dreamy; that lifted me right out of myself and ftlled me with pure de- light, und that‘s the sort of music I like: â€"â€"thlngs that are soft and SWEENNU AND MELODIOUS. “But. now, Lucretia doesn't go in for that sort of thing at all. What she likes is the Magical; the old masters and the. new ones that are great on technique. and that show their lrlastery chiefly by» doing complicated and difficult stunts. “So. you see, [ judge a man by the way he plays some beautiful thing that is- far liliar to me. if he can put new heart an soul into it and make it lovelier than ever to me. why, 1 love him and I think. he's great; while the player that Miss (ilrnply thinks is great is the man that) performs some classical piece in a mam» nor that appeals to her as being a little- betlcr than she had ever heard it done before; and naturally it's the classical concerts that we go to, mostly; and it was at one of these. a piano recital this was. that the incident happened that al- most left me sidetracked. “There was a programme made up of’l about eleven numbers, of andantes andt concertos. and noelurnes and allegrettos and such things, a rwular barbed wire fence of a classical programme, bristlingi all over with hard and difficult pieces. But it was clear from the start that there: was nothing here to worry this pianist.. “He sat down and tinklcd a few of the high notes up at the right hand end of the piano with his right hand. soft and gentle, and then he let his left hand fall. like a pile driver on the bass notes at the-- left. AND THEN lll-L was Ol-‘F. And he pranced and pirouettcd and. flung one hand over the other and sky rcckcled and plnwheeled. and someâ€" times he‘d bound off me piano and them. come back at it again and jump and: dance around on it some more, skipping. and cuvortiug from one end to the otherH gt‘l'ZtlUp and kcrllump. and tum turnty lulu lulu. Until it didn't seem as if any« man alive could ever strike on a pianot a more complicated lot of notes. "the first thing I knew he seemed to. be hitting all the kus at once; and bet ‘pouuded ‘elrl that way for a minute until then he. jumped up and bowed and bow: ed. and all the people applauded. "‘ls'nt he a wondch said Miss film-«- ply. to me. and 1 said he sure was ;. which was just. what I thought. “Then the. wonder played on thronglli other things. ali with more or less fingers and frills and explosklns in cm, till he rg'dlflt.‘ to number 7, and lll that piece then) “it: quite a stretch that was easy. and pleasant. a place. up in the high notes where he twittered and twecdled» along for quite a spell, playing the same thing over and over again with vana- hon. and it was very pretty and sort of” monotonous like and soothing. "l'd been up late at the office the nightl before and what with this and all f tent asleep as he played and dreamed therq was a meteor crashing down throng the roof and woke with a start to it that what. had startled me was the soundt . cf the profes<or beating the box. thought even that wasn‘t. so startling as some« thing that happened to me a minutel- luter. whcn l turned quietly toward tiimply and found that young lady nob listening to the music but coldly staringt at me. FUR GOING TO SLEEP! “She was chilly to me when I left hen after taking her norm and chilly justtho same when I called the next. evening. and when l 21.51011 her why she said I: krva \\t-ll enough. “Lorenzo Dwillingby,‘ she said, ‘I never could marry a man who would go to sleep when Schorklchausen was playâ€" lug Beethoven‘s magma opus in I\ flatt 1 will return your presents in the mom- an.‘ F‘llcally. it looked for a time as if every- thing was all over. But I wasnt gout; to give up like that if I could help ll and finally i managed to pacify tler.‘ “I explained to her why it was. just why I happcnrd to go to sleep, this be-i lug due entirely to my loss of sleep that night before and that lr’ln‘ due to III extra effort I was making toxget together" monev rnougil to furnish our house oom- plclcly when we were marrlcd "‘15le of our being compelled to wall a while for a part of lb»:- llllngs. as we had been expectulg to do. “I owl fill llllo Hlv'l'l‘ .“ollklrl‘i 'llle if. and. fur‘nnalcly to listrll lu raven. _ “ now. balm-.751 culytlung .15 ~zl llflTF‘. anyway; but its got to cultivate 3' . ml: to her clearly. so be any rustake she was willing .\‘«. right again for 3 me that lVE- ~‘-as~;ra1l:n