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It. CARLETON GAINES has
a very bad memory for faces.
His friends complain that ho
misses them upon the street
U without recognition, and, on
the other hand. In attempt
ing to avoid this error, he has some
times accosted strangers In circum
stances that were extremely embar
rassing. The young man has a cousin. Miss
Jane Ilemeiiway, a tall, graceful girl,
with n profusion of dark hair and pret
ty brown eyes, which, however, one is
obliged to view veiled by eyeglasses,
for Jane Is somewhat nearsighted. She
lives, in Trenton, but often goes to
N.'w York shopping or visiting her
many friends in that city. Thus It
would not be surprising to meet her
any day in the shopping district of
New York.
One may meet a great many pretty
women In that region, and it Is said
that certain feeble minded creatures go
there for that purpose. Surely a man
must be daft who would do It, for the
shopj.' tg woman Is too completely un
der t: . domination of "the fixed Idea"
to be i-terest to any but a student
of hyi - ! '..nn. She rushes along the
sldewiiii. :i a state of trance, and the
luckless t . . who gets In her way will
therea'ftt-i iew the all devouring trol
ley oar with gentle unconcern.
(ainea was In the shopping district
strictly on business ono afternoon, and
near the intersection of Twenty-third
street and Sixth avenue he fancied
that he saw Cousin Jane. She was
proceeding westward with that relent
K'ss lixltyvof purpose that characterizes
the shopper. Gaines overtook her and
laid a mildly restraining hand upon her
arm, for It seemed to him that she was
about to plunge out upon the crossing
and collide with a loaded dray.
"Dou't run over the poor cart horse,
little girl," said Gaines; "he has trou
bles of his own."
She uttered a nervous cry and sprang
away, but he fancied that she was
only startled.
"Pass over those bundles to me,
youngster," said he, "and we'll navi
gate the crossing together."
At this moment he caught' the first
fair glimpse at her face. Where were
the eyeglasses that always perched up
on Cousin Jane's nose? Where were
the baby dimples and the smile of
seraphic good will? This lady was a
very haughty person. She froze him
with the disdain which seemed to sur
round her like an atmosphere. With
her face averted, as If the sight of him
would be too painful, shje waved her
left hand as one who cries "Avaunt!"
The next moment, with head In air,
nhe swept across the avenue In front
of a moving car and so close to the
fender that even the hardened motor
man turned pale.
How Gaines got away from the spot
he never kuew, but it Is his opinion
that he crawled down through the
trolley slot, for surely he felt small
enough to have doue so. Of course he
was entirely Innocent, but a clear, con
science Is a poor consoler at such times.
The central fact in nature was that
one pretty girl must forever think of
him as the lowest form of anthropoid,
the "masher."
Gabies had the misfortune to possess
that fatal gift of beauty which you
read nbout In old fashioned novels. lie
was oue of those conspicuously hand
some men who always get the liscredit
"YOD CAN'T HELP IT," SAID SHE.
of loIng vain, of their looks, though
they may prove by every act of their
lives that they are more modest than
the lowly violet.
Gaines was aware that If he had
been lusigulilcaut and ugly the lady in
quest toil might have paused to hear an
explanation, but that did not console
him. lie took the incident very much
to heart aud Indeed felt so bad about
it that he could hardly bring himself
to attend a social "function" to which
he was bidden for that even!ng. It
really did not seem to him that a man
so disgraced as he was fit to go lnt
society. Still he eventually mustered
up the courage.
There were a good many people In
the big drawing room at the Bingham
house, Washington square north, when
Gaines made his appearance, some
what late. Presently he found himself
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In a corner with Jessie Bingham and
became aware that she had something
of great importance to communicate.
r "Natalie Clair is here," said she, with
the air of a small boy announcing that
the circus has come to town.
Miss Clair was a young woman
whom Gaines had 50 times narrowly
missed meeting: Two years ago, when
the Clalrs were about to come to New
York to live, Gaines had beard so
much about Natalie that he had begun
to dislike her. Many girls in his social
set knew her, and they all declared
that he and she were "made for each
other." The basis of that view, so far
as he could discover, was thatsbe was
tall and dark, while he was tall and
light, and that both of them had the
reputation of being very cold, reserved
and hard to approach in friendship
or flirtation.
As a rule he did not like girls who
were cold and reserved. Suffering
from a chronic embarrassment him
self, he found it hard enough to get
along with girls who were Jolly, talk
ative and open hearted. Moreover, to
be slated as a girl's admirer before
a fellow has met her Is enough to kill
all chance of liking her. Gaines was
glad when Natalie went abroad with
her mother, Instead of coining to New
York. Within two weeks he had heard
that she was home again. And now it
seemed he must meet her.
"There she Is," whispered Jessie
Bingham. "Isn't she perfectly love
ly V"
Gaines glanced across the room, and
his blood became ice water. He had
always regarded himself as a peculiar
ly unlucky man, but that Natalie Clair,
of all people In the world, should
prove to be the heroine of the Twenty
third street adventure struck him as a
little the worst blow In even his ex
perience. "Of course I should be greatly pleas
ed fo meet her," said he, and his
voice sounded in his own cars as if It
were being ground out of a phono
graph. "But there's no hurry. Any
time will do."
"What nonsense!" exclaimed Jessie.
'0f course you want to meet her this
minute. And they're bringing her right
over here!"
Gaines perceived that Jessie spoke
truly. A half dozen j-oung people, with
the most obvious Intentions, were gen
tly steering Miss Clair in his direction.
She, however, seemed to be wholly un
aware of their purpose until she was
within six feet of him. Then she start
ed as prettily as a frightened deer.
Gaines looked anxiously into her
face, and when he saw that he was
recognized he felt as one upon whose
shoulder the hand of the sheriff is laid.
It was all over In a moment. Early
in his life Gaines had beonintroduced
to a Boston east wind, ami oncefwhen
a boy, he had been lock-sl In an Ice
house as a Joke, but Miss Clair gave
him a new. sensation. No one else ap
peared to notice the chill, though it
seemed to him that all New York must
be shivering.
He dared not say anything to the
point among so many people, and so he
mumbled the ordinary nonsense while
waiting for a chance to escape. That
was not to be. however. He saw Miss
Bingham going one way and Miss
Somebody Else going another way, and
there was no way at all for him. He
simply got left in the corner with Na
talie Clair, and if it had been done on
purpose it couldn't have been done bet
ter. A man of tact and assurance would
have found no difficulty In saying the
right thing, but Gaines lacked those
qualities, and his faculties were in a
panic.
9 "The situation is somewhat difficult.
Miss Clair," he said. "You must be
strongly prejudiced against me, but
but"
What utter nonsense I Why couldn't
he say straight out, "I saw you on
Twenty-third street today and mistook
you for my cousin?" He knew as well
as anybody could that that was the
right thing to say. But the words didn't
come to him.
"You can't help It," said she; "nei
ther of us can help it now. Let us for
get everything that happened before
we met tonight."
And then she looked around with a
frlghteued eye for somebody to come
and take her away.
Gaines felt as if the black cap had
been drawn over his face. He had had
his chauce to speak, and It had passed.
Evidently Miss Clair, knowing the cir
cle in which he moved, had decided to
tolerate him, perhaps even to be silent
about what she believed to be his black
disgrace.
If Jane were only there, he could
have pointed to the resemblance and
have told his story with a good grace.
He had heard that she was expects
later in the evening. He would reserve
his defense till then.
Somehow he escaped from Miss
Clare, and Immediately, to fortify his
j owui, uicuuvum iu a uuuuitT 01 per
sons that. In his opinion. Miss Clair
strongly resembled his Cousin Jane.
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ticed l Galne began to be alarmed.
He ran from one to another. Appar
ently there was not a human creature
present who had the eye to see a trace
of that likeness upon which his fate
depended. So It seemed that Jane's
coming would only heighten the 'Im
probability of his tale, already weaken
ed by delay.
Many of the people whom he ques
tioned spoke of a strong resemblance
between Miss Clair and Olive Trask, a
young lady whom Gaines had met sev
eral years before. Woild it be possible
to substitute her in this story? His ac
quaintance was Just sufficient to war
rant him In addressing her. ne
couldn't call her "little girl," but prob
ably the fact that be had used those
words would not come out In the ex
planation.
A sudden resolution seized him. lie
would take the risk. Fearing that his
courage would ooze away if be hesi
tated, he sought Miss Clair at once.
As luck would have it, he found her
with Jessie Singh?? ra and Olive Trask.
To his great delight. SI iss Trask greet
ed him very cordially. His courage
mounted higher.
"Miss Clair," said he boldly, "I
think there'll never be a better time
than this to set myself right for the
unfortunate mistake 1 made this after
noon. When I spoke to yon on
Twenty-third street. I mistook you for
Miss Trask, whom I have known some
years.' It was very embarrassing, of
course, but you kindly promised to for
get It I think, however, that a, full
explanation"
"I promised to forget It!" exclaimed
Miss Clair. "Why. nothing of the sort
ever happened. I never saw you be
fore tonight, and when I spoke of for
getting I referred to all the silly things
that our friends have said about us.
As to the Incident on Twenty-third
street, I fear you will have to take
your apology to the young lady whom
you actually accosted, if you can find
her."
There was a moment of awful si
lence, and then Miss Trask came to
the rescue, boldly If somewhat in-
discreetly.
"Well, as Mr. Gaines thought It was
I" she began and stoppled, not know
ing how to finish her sentence.
Gaines groaned.
At this ' critical moment who should
appear but Cousin Jane! She was hail
ed as the deliverer from an awkward
situation.
"Oh, Miss Clair," she exclaimed, "I
am so glad to see you again! 'See' is
"JANE," CRIED GAIXES. "YOU HAVE SAVED
MY LIFE!"
hardly the word for rae tonight, for
I've lost my eyeglasses, and you know
I'm half blind without them."
'TIow did you lose them?" asked
Gaines, rejoiced to say something that
was safe.
"Why," said Jane, "I was coming
out of a store on Twenty-third street
this afternoon. There was a dreadful
crowd, and a brute of a man brushed
against me and caught the chain of the
glasses on a button of his coat. The
chain broke, the glasses fell, and the
brute .stepped on them. And would
you believe what the creature did?"
He asked me to go to an oculist's with
him and let him buy me a new pair.
I fled, but the fellow followed, me all
the way to Sixth avenue. I could see
him out of the back of my head, It
seemed. And just as I was about to
cross he spoke to me again. He
said"
"Jane," cried Gaines, "you have sav
ed my life! The man who had been
following you was not the one who
spoke to you. It was I."
"You!" she exclaimed. "Can this be
possible? Of course I didn't look at
him, but his voice"
"What did he say?" demanded
Gaines.
" 'Don't run over the poor cart horse,
little girl.' Little girl! Fancy It!"
"And you thought it was I, Mr.
Gaines," said Miss Trask Icily. 'Well,
upon my word!"
"No, I didn't," said Gaines, with deep
nummty. "1 thought It was Cousin
Jane at the time, and later I thought
It must have been Miss Clair. But ev
erybody said they didn't look a bit
alike, whereas you and Miss Clair
you know I I thought you wouldn't
mlnd"-
The sentence ended in something so
like a sob that all the girls laughed.
And then they agreed that he had re
established his reputation, for he was
proved to have been guilty of only a
little white lie, which in society entails
no penalty.
And they also agreed to keep the
story secret but it would have puzzled
you an hour later to have found any
ne In the house who had not heard it
Corrected.
First Pedestrian Say, you jabbed
me in the eye with your umbrella.
Second Pedestrian Oh, no, 1 didn't
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