The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
The Gentleman on the Left.

3D.. THE gentleman on the left, Kate-do
you know him? He has looked fire.
quently toward you"
Has hep"
"Who is itP"
81 cannot tell. have not seen him."
Suppose you lookP"
II prefer not. l came to see the play.
Is not Helen FAUCET superbp"
$50, so. / wish you would tell me
who the gentleman on the left is. | am
sure he knows you, and he is strikingly
handsome.
AT present the stage interests me.
Besides, if men are rude enough to stare
at strangers, there is no occasion for US to
initiate Them"
Your ladyship has no curiosity"
mot any; exhausted it some time
ago. -t-.. t.. .s..
Her ladyship was not telling the truth;
she was intensely curious, but it pleased
her at the time to pique the Honorable
Selma Dorset. That strange sympathy
which makes US instantly conscious of
familiar glance, even in a crowded build
e ing, had solicited her regard just as
Selma advised her of it. If she had not
been asked to look toward her left, she
would probably have done so as it was,
she resolutely avoided any movement in.
that direction.
The play was finished in a tumult of
applause. Lady Kate Talbot forgot
everything in her excitement, and, as she
stood up, flushed and trembling, she in
ldvertently turned toward the left. In
stantly she recognized presence with
which she ought to have been familiar
enough,
The gentleman bowed with IN ex-
treme respect, Lady Kate ackno wledged
he courtesy in manner too tull of as
enlistment to be altogether gracious,
nd the elaborate politeness of the re-
cognition was not softened by any glance
implying "a more tender. intimacy than
that of mere acquaintance.
81 Ny slady.was, silent all the way home,
and for some reason Selma was not, dis
posed TO interrupt her reverie. 1t did
q not seem to be an imp leasant one. Rates
face had bright flush on it, and her
eyes held in them new hght--a light
. that resembled what Selma would have
called hope, and love, If my lady had not
been already married, and her destiny
apparently settled. -
j" Selma, when you have got rid of all
that satin and lace, come to my room |
e have something to say to you"
: Selma nodded pleasantly. She was
sure it concerned the gentleman on the
left. She had no love affairs of her own
ON hand or heart at present, and being
/. neither literary nor charitable, her time
went rather heavily onward. A little
bit of romance nothing wrong, of
course, but Just a little bit of romance,
especially if connected with the cold and
proper Lady Talbot-would be of all
things the most interesting.
She was speedily unroped, and with
her long black hair hanging loosely over
her pretty dressing-gown. she sought my
ladys room. Lady Talbot sat in a
= dream-like stiffness, looking into the
9 bright blaze on the hearth. She scarcely
stirred as Selma took u large chair be-
z side her, and scarcely smiled when she
lifted one of her loosened curls, and said,
si" What, exquisite hair you have, Kate!
True golden at ~ ,rsg
r. M n. Yes-i is beautiful. know that,
course.
Y OF what are you thinking so in
"of the gentleman on our left to-
'eTss Ali Who is hep He seems to know
Ii<.lt. He ought to know me much better
than he does. He ismy husband, Lord
Richard Talbot RirS
a1g" Katev'r Eoirlasrffaaa g
= Ii is true.n s.r ,siesT +yta
= 49, thought he was in Africa, or Asia,
3 or Eur. pc, or somewhere at the end of
the world"
4 He is now in England, it seems. /
suppose he has just arrived. / have not
seen him before.' s 2A
Where is he staying, thenpniAa
ss@ q r presume in the left wing of this
= mansion. EIrotice there are more lights
than usual in it Tonight. His apart
ments are there" wam
Nov, Kate, do tell me. ALL. dear.
= You know / love romantic love affair,
.and1 ami sure this is one "sNsa
You. were never more mistaken,
Selma. There is no love at all in the