Arizona -- Fiction; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Fiction; Western stories
Enoch hung up the receiver and sat looking at the floor, his face as
white as marble. For five minutes he did not stir, then he heaved a
great sigh and the tense muscles of his face relaxed. He tossed back
the hair from his forehead, sprang to his feet and began to pace the
floor. After a short time of this, he rang for Jonas.
"Jonas, do you know where Miss Diana is stopping?"
Jonas did not seem to hear the question. He stood staring at Enoch
with eyes that seemed to start from their sockets.
"My Lordy, boss, what's happened? You look like I never hoped to see
you look!" Then he paused for he could not express what he saw in the
Secretary's shining eyes.
"Jonas, old man, I've had the greatest news of my life, but I can't
tell even you, first."
"Miss Diana!" ejaculated Jonas. "Boss, she's at the Larson; one of
these boarding houses that calls themselves a name. Didn't I tell you
Injun charms was strong? Tell me! Huh!"
"All right, Jonas! I won't be home to dinner. Better sit up for me
though, for I'll want to talk to you."
"Did I ever not sit up for you?" demanded Jonas as he gave Enoch his
coat.
Enoch paced the floor of the Larson while a slatternly maid went in
search of Diana. When, a little pale and breathless, Diana appeared in
the doorway, Enoch did not stir for a moment from under the chandelier.
Nor did he speak. Diana gazed at him as if she never had seen him
before. His eyes were blazing. His lips quivered. He was very pale.
Suddenly, tossing his hat and cane to a chair, he crossed the room. He
tried to smile.
"Diana, have you seen your friend, the psychologist yet?"
"No, Enoch, but I have an appointment with him for next week."
Enoch seized her hands and held them both against his heart. "You need
never see him, Diana, I have been made whole. I--" his voice broke
hoarsely--"I have something to tell you. Diana, you are going to dine
with me."
"Yes, Enoch!"
"Diana! Oh, how lovely you are! Diana, it's a wonderful night, with a
full moon. I want you to walk with me to the Eastern Club. I have
something to tell you. And while I'm telling you, no four walls must
hem us in."
Diana, her great eyes shining in response to Enoch's, turned without a
word and went back upstairs. She returned at once, clad for the walk.
Enoch opened the street door and paused to look down into her face with
a trembling smile. Then they descended the steps into the moonlight
together.
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