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BRAVE AND BOLD. 3
By way of passing the time and keeping himself cniiipariy, he
recited some pieces he had learned while at school-Gr:ty's
“Elegy." Sliellt-y‘s "Ode to a Slgylnrk," and Bij'a1it's “Pmii'ies.”
He was starting on a ertiiio of “Cltilde llarolde," when ltis ear
caught the sound of a fciotfall behind him.
He turned his head, andiltil within ten yards of him wzts :1
lady. She was ctiiiiittg directly toward him, wiilkitig qittte fast.
His heart heat more quickly when he sighted her, far he divttied
she was the [)L’I'.<fill who was to tiieet and siieiik to him. He hitti-
self was to say iiritli'ng‘ahsoliitely nrttliiiig; liiit he wzts to lieztr
and renieitther every word addressed to him.
On she came. Ellltl in itnrither itiiimeiit slie. was liy his side. She
appeared not to see the tigiire rtcliiiiiig iii the grass, and alniost
ran agztinst him.
“Uh, excuse me l" she excliiiitied; and she gztve a nervous little
start.
She was evidently iriizliteried.
Ttiiii sat perfectly still with his ears on the alert to catch every
word of the itiysttrious ttiessrtge, hiit he llt'.’ll’(l iinthiitg iiiiire th:tii
the riistle of her sl<ii'ts, and ltiokiiiiz tip, he saw llllll she hrttl
passe-d on. She wits walking fztsttr tlirtn ever, as if she (lrezitled
piirsiiit.
'l(iiii hrtd got rine glance at her frtre.
it just as she spiike
would l-(IIUW her again by her SllD(l"l) tigtire, her t:’rElCCitll milk,
The light h:iil SllUI1C‘ on
He s;iw she was l>e"t'lllllilll. lie was stire he
her gisldeti ll.’llI', ;iiitl .t f.(t‘Ill‘l‘(ll llllliI'L’>-nlttll lie C-iiittl iiiit dt-tiiie.
Slit‘ wits attired in it tlztrlt-gt"-eii tlress.
Stiiiit slit‘ WZIS r>tit iii xieltt. ztttd he was iiiirirttiriitly w;iititi,q lrir
the “re;tl iiit'.xx’etii;er" “lime wnitls it with st) iiitptirt.'titt fut‘ him to
reiiietitlit-r.
lie Ctlllltl not hriiig lllt1l>'t'lf to think tlizit the lady was the ritie
e.xiici'tt<l. Slit‘ l1.'l(l >2lltl iititliiiig, itiid her whi le iiiriiiiter llitll lll’
(limtetl ihe rlid iiiit L‘X]‘K'(‘l tn iiieet riiiy one tltei'e?tli.'tt she httl
>Illt‘lll)lL(l llptitl him (1t‘illt' lty iieeitleiit.
A h:ilf lintir [‘(l>>x'(l ztitd ttii ttllt‘ ('l>C c:tiiie nlriiig.
'lrtiii's ]I.’llli't1-’<‘ it:ts exh iitstttl. lle hzttl linil tiiiie to llliHl( the
iitrttter met‘, :iittl he rt'Yt‘I'l(‘4l tri his twitter ll1lti!'y thit hi< Llllr
Rn srttie ittnii Wtitlltl eiiipliiy .1 Dcrsivii to
Nri ‘.'lH(' ntnii w-ittltl (Hl[>lt‘)' n sti‘:.iigir.
])lI.I)'L‘!' was “:1 hit tit .
(lri ittfll .1 ftwilixli tli itg.
“(Viiiii ltntl it! I'm iiirikiitg ztii .iss Uf tiiyst l!‘ siitiiiu here; l'll gm
lirteli tn the ft-lliiw rtiiil retiirii him his Yes. tli;it's the
uiily wi<t thiiii: to do. i rliin't wziiii in get [)ll't‘l1ltlI‘lll1l. Let me
set: XVhit‘h uziy (lid lll'll tX'('tl‘i‘i.‘ll1 tin? Rts she w;t< the tiitly
rrtiiie Illtillu l iiizty :is well lithe‘ the srtitie eiviirse :tiid tliiis ti-llww
Yllt tilt y.
OHL‘
the iitstriii‘tiiiiis."
lwiii Hfllltil It little while ltiHl.'<‘l". rtiiii stein: no tine emitting: his
way. he pit ttt> .'itttl ‘lt'l‘.'lA'll ntili in the (llT(‘t‘ll<‘Il t'il<eii liy the lmly.
lie ti'inl< e:ti'e to “.Illl'( iii gt <ti.ti:;lit lull‘ trxmirtl the tiwitii. white
Shir li;ttl tlisztrint-iireil. I1: tht iiixti'iit‘ti-iii‘ lliltl lH’<‘tl wry i'X[1llt‘ll in
th.'t; i‘t-;.:tii'tl lle was [ti iirttei-eil till he e.iiiie in ;i lit-tirli.
It was l‘l4I“‘ qtiite dark, :iiid there was lltl lniiiii iii the viciiiity
where he last <.'iw the wriiti;in. hit. when he llIt(l pruceetleil A
little f'ttl'Il‘t(‘T, a light fft‘-ll‘l a distant l.'llI1D ('llfllllt'(l him to piek his
wzty.
lly itiitl liy he (‘t’tl1l(‘ in Nlulll of it henrh. lt w.'is ilirertly in his
ii:-.tli. lltere w:i< 1 iii:tit sen.'e(l (it it, lie ntipi‘.'trerl tit he nsleiiii.
liist Its lriiit not within :1 ft-it teet iif him the iiiaii .'l“I?ix't‘. rtrttce
sltiuly to his feet. .'Hl(l “'.'tll((‘tl tit‘? iitiit-iii; the trees. Stain he ct-itlil
he lit-girl Wllhilllltl iie:ii‘ly titty yzttils .'l“'.‘l Y.
'l (‘Ill gut (limit (‘ll his kite:-s :itiil Kt‘ill‘(‘llt‘4l lll7tlt’r the l)tll<‘ll.
lle (‘Ullltl tiiiil tttvlitite, thtiitgli lie 1‘.tI1 his tiiie-its ltrtrk fllitl ftirtli
lllftltttjll the Rl".’t<x
He had t1f"C extiwteil tn fitttl ztiiytliiiig, fiir he l'(‘).:t'll'tll‘ll the wlinle
thing as the t‘Ill[Il Y trr-.il< iii an iiisnite iitztti, itittl the iiiettiiig “till
the lady purely accidental; but it was more satisthctnry to C<'tl‘.l'
plete his eontrzict.
lle felt the gr: s from one end of the bench to the nthcr, and
not aitytliittg did he hiidwiiiit ri thing hiit :-t pztre -it t‘l't't‘lL:l‘ tieel.
“l’sliawl" he iiiiittered. "I might lirtre lx'll4i“Il lt)' ihi ll‘ ..
llt's ' e-it
J.‘
;.
niztnner there was sriiiirtliiiig Vtrttllg with hiiii. .
the I). T.'s. Ill :40 l)t".t‘l( and tell him the wliniv: trip xxrts it fr.
tire". and retiirn him his iiioitt-y, l'll tell him if llt‘ Ctlll giie itie
smite seiisilile etiipltiyiiieiit lint it iiliiitg to work at it."
ill" was nhiiiit lt) thrtiw the iiritiitgw pi-el aimv. Ulltll it ‘ciii‘i'i'i‘l
to hint that it “'Ulllll lie wise to tiikc it, itist ti;
It iiiight. hi';i ti litiiag liii
wit‘ the it
VVll'tl it r.<liettltiits thing he hzid ditiie.
to his seiises.
lie rittt the orange peel in his pn<‘l<c-t. He left the park and
ltititiiitl diiwiitiiwn. He paid his eurtztrc out of his t,>“'ll tilt itiyd
tlti- half dvillitr he had left
lint 0(‘(‘(’llll‘l(‘ stititiiter. He wmtld not lire:tk iiiitt the tin‘ dull ll".
i-Xrrivetl fit “fill Street he sriiieltt Hill the l‘lil:.t'( Qtllil liitutttwl it
when he llt'S[ (-iit‘uiiitt<i‘etl lltr 't:l.m<tl
.'tf:- l‘ wine tl!liIlt‘(lll)' lV0it<lei'iiii; Hlltll i‘(lllltl lit the iitmxitirttiiiii tit
sn “llf;lll.'ll' :t 1it‘I'.NlHl, he lUKlx'Ul tip at the 51j;‘l iii ‘the txititlivtv
and Rllkll
“Ttir “Wit. .<T!t'I‘l"l' (‘tiiit'A.x'i',
"lJ;tiiltr'r< 2‘tl‘tl Rl’(il'(“l'
“llt..xtii' 1".K'i.
Nl:ittn.:t’t‘."
lle ?.’tDp<‘(l liszhtljv rn the diver twive, rind it tqtiittil wi'li ii <itd-
(letiittxx lllftl (]lllTt‘ xITtlllt‘(l httii.
“(Kittie iii," llt‘ l!t.'it'll :1 vnire iiliisiur. ltlltl the Qhlllt lllt tiitiit
his :iriii Wf‘.< wind ziiitl he was rthiit-=t .li';. zin tl llllti tlzut
lit l‘.t‘.tltl the
“liid yiiti sizceiitl, hit)? l>itl )’t‘tt s::t'vtiil."
(isle
‘Nu. vi‘, l ilid tint," lie rtplit tl. :tiid he ti:iil trt rli‘l4'7i‘C ltk ttllll,
ulttli i-tith the wtlter lit’ urepid .i:‘i-iiiid ll‘. tlie iliit'l<:ivw.
“< lli, dent!" he ll(‘7lY'tl the j1(‘llllt‘lllI;ll (‘V(l.1Hll iii Ll lt‘llt' -it
ztiipi llll‘i“"tlY.
llti lritzer ttitntd in an electric light, and ltts iisile tart i-czis
rextzthil. lle iizis Iltt1ilil'llt;' !‘l'tt'<' tlttit Hllt‘ll ll iii l"lil l s‘ <-iii
hiiii. Kl‘.-itVtlTlQ that the striiiii iii Sl‘.wll(‘ll‘t‘ :itid exritiiiiiiit l t-i‘
heiii wttrt HY‘. liini
it to tell me ytiti h:ix'e t'.tilet‘., liiw) ?" he asltitl. lw.‘x-
"llii jmit ill!’
in;: illitll <t;ti:ii't‘l) iii the trim.
"l hi re w.'t< xiixiiiriiiii in his L'l.'ll’.(‘(‘.
''I ll"... 2
l he zttsiitviiitix li wk fled ii‘: iii the itiiitfs tacr.
"Vt‘ti x dtiiitt iii-ti do wli:tt
l<tll."2lt1<l l ufllll l‘ Qiic )nii your in Ill) ii.i.t"ix "
s.".Itl
"li'iiii; the ll]!-Ylt‘-Y.” lie (XCl.lllll(‘kl.
1 (mild )'iitt.“"
“I did "
“Yviii txt"ll in the iinrk?"
”h.t‘N”
ii? Fr iiiii‘. "i
ii -tliiiit; ltl it
‘Ihiii sziw Hit itllt? llezirrl lliilll" ‘.‘ll‘l“
"Nut :i thing. MT, l h.tve .te:ti.iI
“t 'li. t‘.e;tr."‘
'l llk 1Tli!llS.ltlix'llllf‘ a (‘ll.t‘l‘ iitrtr the t.i‘ile. Zlllil. ltzriire '.:.x li<:ttl
ltehi. limit tll‘.illlli 'tl‘7ll‘it“T'.
nit his ltnttil. <t;tretl iitniitlily Kl‘ the
was ttiitteii iii llls i.tcc.
l"tti Vtll'it‘ll1itlllt1llK llt wit siliitt, ltll.‘?‘1 his ti!i:.wt ttitiisi i‘."
lint in tieritl:>x.ity
lltizi ltt‘ ttl!“(' :itiil iiitriil tip and <lit“ll the ‘,3 ii‘. iii iiinittic
llitttrtll, niitl iiwxt tttwl thi ti si".t:t‘lt.iii,' lxs il(.‘<l in it
:ittwtitii it :ii l<'1ll.“llit ‘iwttll ti..tt‘ llllii. l; 1: 1: lt. ..tt‘ luii‘.
ll IIHVI‘ tit titt'iiiti:it'
l lttil hvtter wv
.i
"l tliiiil<. sit’.
"Shin tip "
"l lint; )ti'ill p.titluii."