food
fowls, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and cattle; the order
AtRomeIfearthatthe1stofJanuarywillbethebeginningofseriousdisturbances.Ishalltakeamoderatelineinallre
new space in the wild,exploring it and marking it out in
"Youwoulddoit--youwoulddoit!"Shelookedathim,smiling,butherhandshook."Good-by,"hesaid,kissingit."Your
as fast as I could, and I ended the concert by slicingthe
Thestranger,surprised,butnotdisconcerted,drewforthacoronetedcard,whichheofferedwithalowbow.Onthecard
them, or, if it was the front crawl, as if they were runningdown
"DoyoumindifIopenthewindow?""No.ItISstuffyinhere.Wait--I'lldoitmyself."Denverpusheddowntheuppersash,
up the steps, depositing her there with her back to the
"DearestRuth,don'tgivewayso.Itcandonogood;itcannotbringbackthedead,"saidMr.Bellingham,distressedatwi
of it and that I liked India and so on and soforth - the
"Yes,Icantellyou.Thedogs--"Atthatpointshewascarriedoutofthecourtinaswoon.Itwasevidentthatherlawyertr
in a zoo is Man. In a general way we mean how ourspecies'
TWOBACKGROUNDS......................November1892EXPERIENCE...........................January1893CHAR
very low standardsof personal hygiene. Deligny was bad
Allonbysmiledfaintlyunderhisheavygrayishmoustache.Hehadaruddyface,fullandjovial,inwhichhiskeenprofes
the catacombs. Max glanced at the white face of Helen Cumberly,
Inaccordancewiththisdetermination,heresistedthestrongtemptationofwalkingbyhersidethewholedistancehom
and boundariesproper to its species. But such an event
"Totellyouhowshetalksaboutyou.""Thatwillbeveryinteresting--especiallyifyouhaveseenhersincehersecondv
stood straight and he wasready. It had an epic simplicity.
"Believethatyou'resickofthejob?Yes.Andthatyouhaven'tthenervetopullthetrigger?Oh,yes--that'seasyenoug
in order, that everything was order. He left the zoo feelingscientifically,
Wyanthadasenseofsteppingamongexplosives.Heglancedabouthimattheduskyvaultedroom,atthehauntingsmileoft
resting the electric lamp upon one of the little ebony
Mr.Bellingham's"bloodofalltheHowards"roseandtingledabouthisears,sothathecouldnothearRuth'sanswer.Itb
totheir minds. Only a familiar territory will allow them
Heutteredanuneasyexclamation."Shedidn'tbelieveyou,youmean?""ImeanthatsheDIDbelieveme:toothoroughly."
gaze. They frozelike criminals caught in the act. I didn't
Thelawyershookhishead,andGranicewentonwithhistale.Hetoldofhismountingobsession--howthemurderousimpul