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The reader of the Neue Freie Presse, preparing to leave his table, tore from the newspaper an article that seemed to have attracted him, placed it in his card-case, and walked toward the door. The eyes of Arthur Singleton lighted in recognition, and the attaché, muttering an apology to the Claibornes, addressed the young gentleman cordially.
He had come upon her standing quite alone before High Tide at Gettysburg, the picture of the year; and he had noted the quick mounting of color to her cheeks as the splendid movement of the painting its ardor and fire took hold of her. He saw her again in Florence; and it was from there that he had deliberately followed the Claibornes.
"The girl has gone to your head. Why didn't you tell me you knew the Claibornes?" "I don't remember that you gave me a chance; but I'll say now that I intend to know them better." She bade him take her to the drawing-room. As they went down through the house they found that the announcement of the Emperor Johann Wilhelm's death had cast a pall upon the company.
The gentleman for whom John Armitage had been waiting arrived alone, and was received as a distinguished guest by the landlord. Monsieur Chauvenet inquired for his friends the Claibornes, and was clearly annoyed to find that they had gone; and no sooner had this intelligence been conveyed to him than he, too, studied time-tables and consulted steamer advertisements. Mr.
He had not seen Shirley since that morning when the earth had slipped from under his feet at the bungalow. The Claibornes had been back and forth often between Washington and Storm Springs. The Judge had just been appointed a member of the Brazilian boundary commission which was to meet shortly in Berlin, and Mrs. Claiborne and Shirley were to go with him.
And the world turns round and round and round, And my thought sinks into the sea; The sea of peace and of joy profound Whose tide is mystery. S.W. Duffield. The man whom John Armitage expected arrived at the Hotel Monte Rosa a few hours after the Claibornes' departure. While he waited, Mr. Armitage employed his time to advantage.
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