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Zurich Herald, 1920-06-24, Page 6tat The girl in the Bluc Negligee By HELEN DEAN WHITE. PART H. The conversation seemed to be as - suiting a. rather personal trend, and he hastened to take advantage of it, Almost before either of thein realized it, they found themselves exchanging confidences as to their views and opinions; and she met his with a sym- pathy and understanding that he had never found before—or since— in any woman. The situation was so piquant, so thoroughly delightful to both of them that they wanted to prolong it, and they both felt a shock of surprise that the time had passed so swiftly, when the girl, with a sudden start,, called attention to the fact that the moon had almost sunk and in a very few minutes they would be in entire darkness. "We must have talked two hours," she said guiltily. She gave a musical little giggle. "Talked to a burglar in the dead of the night two whole hours, attired in a blue negligee!" "Does its being blue make the mat- ter any worse?" he inquired flippant- ly. "It's really not a joking matter, after all," said she, sobering a little. "It's almost pitch dark in here now, and you honestly must go right away." He moved a little nearer. "And not see your face?" he asked,' in a low voice. "Can't I light the gas just once—just for a minute?" "No, no! Please!" She caught his band as it went to his pocket for a match. "7,7; y not?" he begged. "Just one little glance! I know you're pretty a;; a picture. And this talk iviYll 'you has been so wonderful—it's, meant sQ much to me." His voice sank to a tone that many a woman before the blue negligee girl had found danger- ously seductive. "Can you blame me for wanting to see you? For wanting to carry the memory of your sweet face- with. nie?" "No!" said the girl in an agitated voice ' "I don't mean 'no' to the last „.„eve question, but'to your request. I don't want you to see my face any more elearly than you have or to know my name or—or—anything! And I don't want to know anything about you, either. This has been wonderful to me, too. I've always had such a hum- drum, ordinary kind of life; and I "want this to seem always a mysteri- ous, exciting, wonderful adventure. It will spoil it if I know your name and exactly how you look. Our futures ean have nothing in common. You're romance—and mystery—for me, and I want you to stay that way." Stirred by the excitement in her A perfect shave in 3 minutes is 'AutoStrop Razor ser- vice. Stropping and cleaning without taking anything apart, without even removing the blade from the frame is an exclusive AutoStrop feature. And the quality of the shave is the kind you are craving for! Your dealer will demon:- strata emoi- strate the AutoStrop Razor to you. He will guarantee to refund your money, if the razor does not prove to your entire satisfaction. 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So had ended the most romantic of his adventures the one which gave him, in his later years, a sort of chuckling pleasure as he remembered it; and above all his other escapades, the one which Marjory—so charming, so lovable, so limited and conventional —must never know. The blue negligee girl had been only a pleasing memory for more than thirty years, when a crushing disaster came upon him which, for the time being, shattered all his plans and for all time crippled his life's happiness. Marjory was killed in an automobile aacit?ent, The blowywas so sudden and his loneliness and grief so cefilpitte that it was 'w eels before the bereaved liusband gathered strength to go through her papers, It was a task at once sweet and sad. He found all the letters he had written to her before their marriage, tied with the tradi- tional blue ribbon, in drawer of her desk which was dedicated to leer special treasures. He remembered that she usedto say laughingly that her desk was the one thing in the house that was really hers. She never allowed any one to use it. Near the letters he found a little cedar box about which he had sometimes teased her—she had kept its secrecy deter- minedly inviolate; and he now opened it tenderly, feeling sure it contained various little trinkets of their court- ship and their children's babyhood. She had been such a perfect wife and mother! That he would find any relics of a past to which he did not 'belong never occurred to him. She had told hien before they were married that she had never had any other sweetheart or even fancied herself in love with any other man. Thus, with no forebodings, he. lifted the lid of the little box she had treasured so carefully, and smiled with a sad satisfaction as he saw a tiny baby shoe and a little white baby cap. He took them out tenderly and the tears sprang to his eyes when he found underneath them a little kodak picture of himself and a pressed fiower—also a memento of him. Other things he found, all marking some phase of their married life or of the development of their children, and all, to him, deeply touching. At the very bottom of the box he discovered a small rag of silk and two slips of paper. On one was the date of that long ago night when he had told her that he loved her and had won her confession of love in return; and underneath this date was written: "Love calve to vie to -night." He lifted the paper to his lips and looked at the cther slip. The date on this one was August 5, 1880; beneath, in his wife's delicate hand, he read: "The most wonderful night of my life." August 5, 18801—a full year before she had even known him! Hos first sensation of shocked in- credulity was succeeded by a throb of jealousy. Why had Marjory never told hint of "the most wonderful night of her life"? Who had helped to snake it so memorable? The record had stayed unchanged even after the sec- ond slip was written—even after he had told her that he loved her. What did it mean ? Did Marjory, too, have a past of which he knew nothing? Im- possible! Dazed and unbelieving, he mechanically picked up the bit of blue silk in one corner of the box; and then, with heart beating to suffoca- tion and every. nerve in his body throb- bing. madly, he remembered what had happened on August 5; 1880. For he saw that the silk was a faded blue and he read, on a scrap of paper pinned to one corner; "Aug. 5, 1880. A piece of the blue negligee I wore that night." (The End.). For Sea -Going Graft... 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The new buildings of the Nanking 'University, Nanking, are being built out of brick taken from the Tartar city walls—walls which were built within the outer city walls as asymbol of the power of the conquerors. TENTS We have a lot of used Military 'Tonto, Government • "standard, with pege aid poles, Price, $30. Order Now • THE D. PIKE CO Sporting Goods House 123 King St. East, - Toronto Quite Clear. "Now, Tommie, what do we get from sheep?" the teacher asked, reviewing Yesterday's lesson. "Butter?". Tommie' suggested' doubt- fully. "Oh, no! Try to think. What is your coat made from? Now tell me, what do we get from sheep?" "Father's old trousers," Tommie re- sponded eagerly. You See Them Everywhere Minard's Liniment used by Physician& !Cut Your Fuel Bills in Halfby Using "CLEAN ALL" BOILER COMPOUND rianttfactured by The Alden'Feec btWater°,ParUUce- Co., Limited, 21 Caunden st., Toronto COARSE SALT LAND SALT Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. 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Lessens the strain on harness and horses. Cuts down repair bills. Sold in sizes from a 1 lb, tin to a barrel. Known Everywhere If you do not use Imperial Mica Axle Grease and Imperial Eureka Harness Oil ask your neighbour about them. They are the highest„ quality made. You cannot get bet- ter at any price. Used by farmers and teamsters in every community. 14IADE IN CANADA lig. minun lien (Cord or ' Fabric: APPEARANCE is often deceptive—and no one can tell how much service a tire will give by looking at i1. In buying tires you must rely almost entirely on the integrity of the manufacturer who produces them. You can depend absolutely ij on Partridge Tires because the factory is back of every tire they make.. GERMANS MUST .. • VIEW MEMORIAL. AT THE ALLIED CONFER- ENCE AT SPA. 'Belgian Patriot's Killing is Re- called by Beautiful Tri- bute to Memory. When the German delegates to the Spa conference approach the Villa la. Fraineuse, where the. Allied Supreme Council will hear the ,German explana- tion for failure to obey the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, they will walk or ride through the Avenue Ame- dee Hesse, which the Belgians have built to perpetuate the memory of a heroic victim of German hatred, says a Paris despatch. Along the tree -lined highway tablets are placed which tell the story of M. Hesse's patriotism and of how during the early days of the war, he flaunted his beliefs before the German occu- pants of Liege, evading for more than a'year their efforts to catch him. Also they tell of bis numerous successful espionage campaigns. M. Hesse placed confidence in a Ger- man spy, whom he believed to be a, Belgian, in 1915. This enemy obtained proof of his direction of an extensive campaign for the AIlies. M. Nesse was arrested and faced a firing squad, condemning the ivy, ,sion of Belgium as the shoe's rang out. In a Picturesque Spot. The selection of the villa, which overlooks a beautiful lake, maintains the allied diplomatic custom of seek- ing the most charming sites for the peace deliberations regardless of cost. The villa is the property of M. Poltzer- graux, formerly Mayor of Spa, and is of the style of Louis XVI., with digni- fied salons and replete with marble pillars and walls, . j Fee FAA). delegation has been as- signed to the Hotel Britannique, which for a time served as the general head- quarters of the German army, and in the dining hall of which the German Crown Prince declared ' with mord solemnity than sincerity that his august paratat, lgovid never renounce the Prussian thidne. • With a queer twist of fate the Bel- gians were assigned the Villa Neu- boise, where the kaiser, in October, "1918, nervously awaited news of Gen. Ludendorff's last stand and where he received the warning that the German forces were' no longer able to oppose Marshal Foch's steady adv,,a" e4 Villagers still rant lila of how the Kaiser,elle the Hindenburg line wasr,-.<ptiired and the news reached. that the revolution was growing in Germany, raved like a madman through the villa's halls until mid- night, cursing his aids and defying them to approach him with their "in- sincere, cursed consolation." Inquiries for Delegates. The Italian and the Japanese dele- gates will be lodged at farms near the . Villa la Fraineuse, while the American delegation, if President Wilson de- • tides to have the customary "ob- server," will be lodged in one of the luxurious hotels with which the fa- mous watering place abounds. The Belgian Government is making extensive preparations for the enter- tainment of the delegates and news- paper correspondents who will report fron'i this out-of-the-way village what may be the most important of the Su- preme Council's conferences. Even the thermal establishments have been, taken over for the visitors and are be-, ing furnished to accommodate the, foreign newspaper correspondents, who will have the choice of either hot or cold showers at all hours of the day, according to the tenor of the news de- velopments or the festivities of the previous night. 11 Arms and the Boy. Let the boy try along the bayonet blade How cold steel is, and keen with ban-. ger of blood; blue, with all malice, like a madman's flash; And thinly drawn with famishingefor flesh. Lend him to stroke these blind, blunt bullet -heads • ' Which long- to ,muzzle zzle in the hearts of. .. lads. Or give him cartridges of fine zinc• • teeth:, `" i' Sharp with the sharpness of grief and death. For his teeth seem for laughing, round an apple, There lurk no claws behind his,,fiugers supple; And God will grow no talons.' at his heels, Nor antlers through the tlricYkness of his curls. "' --Wilfred Oven, 141,0., An English soldier who was; killed in action November 4, 1919, t the, age of twenty-five. Produce and conserve. •