SERIAL
STORY
A ROMANCE
By Louis Joseph Vance
ltustrations by Ray Walters
(Copyright, 1910, by Louis Joseph Vance.)
CHAPTER I.
A gentleman who,
on lower Broadway a trifle
presently ensconced himself
ber seat of a Subway exg
opened before him a damp
paper (with an eye for
reports) was surprised,
train crashed heavily into
teenth Street station, to find hin
afoot and making for the door:
although his intention had
alight at Grand Central. Th
be, that trickster in us all
are accustomed v ely to
nate the mind, dire
our actions to an end predestined
Surprised, he hesitated: and
that rded by ig g his heels
trodden by the passenger hind. This
decided him, absurdly enough, and he
went on and out, solacing himself
with a muttered something
definite, a stroll benefiting him
So, transferring to a local train, he
alighted at Twenty-third Street
cilmbed the stairs and pr:
briskly buffeted by a
wind.
Striking diagonally acer
Park, past the drearily
fountain and between arrays of
nches scarcely beggarly
cl: had deserted then
lounging pls he turns
on Fifth Avenue, threading the
evening throngs with a
patience In his stride
ual competition; and
mind still pressionable
it had an food for
private grievance,
rable suggestions
early
in
regs and
when the
the
18eif
this
been to
us it
which
denoml
Cts
1
may
agu
subconscious
for
Was rewa
hardly
about
west,
O88
8quare
~~ that
158 warmer
Aces)
early
receive
me
nursed a
Dusk,
Novemt brooded ove:
blurring its harsh conte
its 1 a youth,
lusion
violet
{00 3
mbling the
ment of antiquity
Near Twen
and stood t
}
suggested by
y-ninth St
reat
rp ly
ed
somethin
shar
ng
shop window well known to
ight
well be sure
Turning, he
gteps and
to a door set at
dressed
time: one
save
"”
“It m
descended a
crossed a flags
one =
with a
enticing things: a
tempted the eve wih the
rainbow fainting under
and dust. A bell tinkled
opened and shut the
neelf into a deep
crowded with a heterogen
that glam
t
a sem;
stone
area
window
odd,
confusion
display that
colors of the
weight of
Vvears over.
head as he
letting hin
row room
eous assembloge of objects
dor In
by half a
*y 1
spaced
ith we
visible
generously
mered w rd splen
gloom made
electric bulbs
the rear, beyond a partitioning scree
shone a warmer light
For the
vancing a few paces he hal
ing
From behind the
of the Shop.
soft stepping, smiling to greet a good
customer of g med taste. The lat
ter went to meet him with a pleasant
alr of liking
‘Good evening, Mr. Miller—"
‘Good evening, Mr. Coast Some-
thing | can show you this evening?”
“The telephone, if you please”
Coast laughed a little and was an-
swered cheerfully
“Certainly. This way."
He was conducted behind
Ad-
walt
t he saw no one
ted,
momen
screen, at the
at a jeweler's bench sat
jaboriously occupied with some
of delicate artifice. He looked
Coast entered, with a greeting cord!
ally returned. Const went directly to
the telephone, a wall Instrument, un
hooked the receiver and detailed a
number to Central. The proprietor
disappeared Into an adjoining room.
An instant later Coast spoke again.
“That you, BSoames? This
¢« Mr. Coast. Is Mlss Katherine at
home? ., Then will you find
out, please. Ask her if she has time
to see me for a few moments before
dinner, Very well”
There was a lengthening pause, dur.
ing which the antique dealer silently
returned, his genial eye alternating
between Coast and a crystal decanter
he had fetched.
“Yes, Central, waiting.” Coast put
his hand over the transmitter and
wagged a reproving head, “Going to
try to poleon me, Miller?”
“Just a drop of old brandy, Mr.
Coast--very old, from my home In
soance.”
Coast nodded, recalled to the tele
phoue, “Hello, Soames. . Vary
well. Tell her | ealled, please. , .
No! no message, thank you. Goodby.”
As he hung up the receiver. a warn.
ing tintippabulation sounded ar the
front doo Miller, busy with glasses,
an assistant
‘ocked to his assistant,
Is, Charley,” he sald, The assistant
slipped from his seat, switched on
more light in the front of the shop,
and vanished round the screen.
As he did so, Coast heard the rum-
man's volce, followed by a
“See who that
loud
Miller was offering him a glass. He
bowed, tecok it and held it to his lps
moment without tasting, Inhal-
ing the mellow bouquet of the liquor.
“That 18 good,” he sald, and sipped
critically
“The very best, Mr. Coast. There's
ke it out of France"
“I'm glad 1 thought of impos
ing on
are al
health,
“Why, so am I.
welcome,
My friends
Your
“And
They
Mr. Miller.”
ceremoniously
glass, “That” he
bottom of a con
ticlous.”
yours,
drank
the
gratulated heart, “was
“Another drop?
“No. Absolutely not. would In
to try to buy the shop”
“Good night,
from
de
It
out
Good night, Mr
On his way out,
glance
near
with
Coast.”
Coast had an indif-
for the customers at a
he window The
her back turned
volubly to the assistant in
indifferent French: a small, slight fig.
with arms uplifted, holding a
chain of gold and imperial jade to the
her the man loomed
proportions exag
lined is atten.
proprie
propri¢
case th
woman stood
chattering
Beside
solidly. his he
gerated by a fur
tive owning a trace of
tary interest. As Coast drew
up and faced
avy
coat, h
pose
rinsniy
stripping
sien 3
looked about,
Yhy, har’
“I'm promising myseif the pleas
ure.”
“Well,
know."
“1 shant forget,” Coast assured her
veguely. ut now | must rup slong.
Faucher Blackstock — good
when you eome, just let me
night.”
He escaped to open alr with a sen
fon oddly
commingled. Ins'ead of soothing,
warmed his grievance until it
writhing In his bozom and
adder. So that was
He pressed forward
but in an Introspee
mood, oblivious of all that so re-
cently had gratified him.
At Fortleth Btreet he
southern corner, over
dull grey colonnade of
Publie Library, awaiting a
the stream of trafic.
man!
now
pulled up on
the
break
new
made
pres
A policeman presently
holding back the
a way
8 of ve
to break through. Coast
down from the curb
minute would h
but stopped nid-stride
bear himself named in a
to him inexpressibly sweet,
he halted beneath the
of a pair of handsome horses
in taut-reloed restraint, and
random right and left. Then
“Garrett! Gar
an
terparts
and in
been
to
ave
in
volece unfor
gettable
Startied,
noses
of
the
the corner of
uplifted salutant
the driver of a town-
outer line of north
bound trafic In the window
car a white glove fluttered, moth-like
Beside the vith a hand on the
latch, be spoke tirouzlh the red
window
“May 1
“Indeed
out
detected
of
in
rett Coast!’
eye he
two fingers
car at halt
the
of the
door,
lowe
wth a
Katherine
Didn't 1 call you
a lift
You may
beg
yOu
inter of qld friends ‘erfores
took his hand
with a grave
Blackstock.” His dist
affected him inten ut he
to conceal it {forced
“Early Christmas shopping,
then
“Good even
ante f
pausing
ing, ir the
nan sely,
beneath a
ak
ia
Mackstock sl
been try
irred
ng
“Not exactly.”
explanations. “T've just
Coast's eyebrows underlined his sur-
“Yea?
Thought you might care for
at bridge to Eh?
Van Tuyl,
We'll cut
“Yes.
What d'ye say?’
followed an in-
Had the Invi
Coast's acceptance
consideration.
before noon of that same day, his re
fusal would have been prompt
was inclined
him,
rumored of the man, he
to grasp an opportunity to study
to see as much of him as possible
tle as he cared to sve anything of him
“What o'clock?”
“Oh, between
time. You
We'll count on you" Blackstock
beamed, his eyes shining behind thick
lenses: to snare Garrett Coast was a
signal conquest. An additional trace
of affable effusiveness olled his al
ways slightly overpowering manner.
Then doubt moderated it, and he had
an irresolute eye for his companion
She had turned away from the case,
with an assured attitude imperative
of an Introduction. Coast bowed to
Blackstock’s constrained words of
presentation,
“Miss Fancher -— my friend, Mr.
Conant."
She nodded, giving him a small
hand whose pressure was a thought
too frank. “I've heard about you"
she sald, nodding emphatically. “Glad
to know you."
“And l've enjoyed your dancing
many times, from the far side of the
footlights,” he told her pleasantly.
“Nice of you to say that, I'm with
The Rathskelleér Girl now, you know.
Have you seeu 111"
nine and ten
been wantin
He got
ent » Om
motion became
Fhe racking Hotof
the car silpped
m. Others,
man,
ible
into purring
gaining momentu
a 8W swirled round and past like
noisy fireflies. He ignored them all
blessing his happy chance. Katherine
er had a smile for
ly to be detected through the
wherein her face glimmered
some wan fic of the night,
fragrant, mysterious.
“Where were you going. OQarrett™
“hy , . » He emerged from
again permiss
quieted
forward,
arm
him. dim
Wer
“No place in particular.
halled me. And
you? Home of course.”
“Yes. I'vé been shopping.”
“Tired?”
“Not very
you
Curious 1 should
“I don’t agree: it was telepathy.”
“Oh, that's overworked. Qarrett
Can't a commonplace coincidence be
“Perhaps: but not this time. [I've
been thinking about you all day. Some
impulse-~I don't know what-—moved
me to walk uptown from Twenty-third
Street and delays insignificant in
themselves brought me to that corner
Just In time. That Isn't coincidence:
It's" He sought the word.
“What do you think?"
luck.”
“You're ingenious.”
“Grateful, rather.”
She laughed, a gentle laugh that
faded In a sigh, and after a moment
of anticipative silence, almost appre
hensive, felt obliged to ask: “What
were you thinking about me, Gar
rett?
“Much the usual thing, I'm afraid"
“Oh, Garrett!” Her volee was rue
ful though she laughed. “Again?”
“I'm a persistent beggar, you know,
Katherine. . . . But otherwise,
also, | happened to hear your name
mentioned today . Bossip .
an idle rumor .
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