The Newtown bee., 1879-07-09

that piece Of Bu1 siam pottery for Mrs. 1 Hollis to look at p''
 I So the wonderful cup and saucer were brought, and they caused diversion so l complete that MT. Smith and his eccen- ] tric move were not named again during | the visit. Nor, indeed, much after it. What is the use of discussing a hope llessly disagreeable subjectp" said Eleanor to Alice's first offer of sympathy. To tell the truth, the mere mention of the subject made her cross, for young women of the finest fortunes do not necessarily possess the finest tempers.
 Carols next visit was looked for with a good deal interest Naturally it was thought that he would know all about his friends singular conduct. But he professed to be as much puzzled as l Alice. ''He supposed it was something about Mrs. Bethune; he had always told Smith not to take pretty, rich woman like her into his calculations. For his part, if he had been desirous of 1 had gift that way, he should have looked out rich German girl; they had | less nonsense about them, etc."
 That was how the affair ended as far as Eleanor was concerned. Of course she suffered, but she was not of that generation of women who parade their suffering. Beautiful and self-respecting, she was, above all, endowed with physi- i cal self-control. Even Alice was spared the hysterical sobbings and faintings and i other signs of pathological distress com mon to weak women.
 1 Perhaps she was more silent and more i irritable than usual, but Eleanor Be- thune's heartache for love never led her to the smallest social impropriety. What ever she suffered, she did not refuse the proper mixture of colors in her hat, or neglect her tithe of the mint, anise and l cummin due to her position.
 Eleanor's reticence, however, had this good effect-it compelled Alice to talk Smiths singular behavior over with 1 Carrol; and somehow, in discussing other; so that. after all, it was Alices and not Eleanor's bridal shopping that f was to do And there is something very assuaging to grief in this occupation. l Before it was completed, Eleanor had quite recovered her placid, sunshiny 1 temper.
 Consolation, thy name is satin and lace" said Alice, thankfully, to herself, as she saw Eleanor so tired and happy about the wedding finery.
 At first Alice had been quite sure that she would go to Paris, and nowhere else: but Eleanor noticed that in less than a week Carols influence was paramount. "We have got better idea, Eleanor quite a novel one," she said. one morn- ing. "We are going to make our bridal trip in Carols yachtn' p. .ta. . -.. '' Whose idea is that?" ...... | .,-." Carols, and mine too, of course. Carrol says it is the jolliest life! You leave all your cares and your bills on shore behind you. You issue your own sailing orders, and sail away into space with an p9SV conscience 7'
 But l thought you were bent on a European tripP" @s.n.. .,E B. 8as-s..
 "The yacht will be ever so much nicer. Think of the nuisance of ticket offices, and waiting-rooms, and second class hotels, and troublesome letters waiting for you at your bankers. and disagreeable paragraphs in the news papers: I think Carols idea is splendid" zr,
 So the marriage tooi> place at the end of the season, and Alice and Carol sailed happily away into the unknown. Eleanor was at 8 loss what to do with herself. She wanted to go to Europe; but. MT. Smith had gone there, and she felt s1re that some unlucky accident would throw them together. It was not her nature to court endorsements; so Europe was out of the question.
 While she was hesitating she called one day on Celeste Reid-a beautiful girl who had been 9 great belle, but was now a confirmed invalid. ''I am going to try the air of Colorado, Mrs. Bethune," she said. "Papa has heard wonderful stories, about it. Come with our party. trip will at least have the charm of novelty" t...,, .......
 ''And I love the mountains, Celeste. I uv;ll icip yo,I with ,,1a.cI1,.n I dreading the old routine in the old places; but this W ill be delightful 4z
 Thus it happened that one evening in the following August Mrs. Bethune found herself slowly strelling down the principal street in Denver. It was a splendid sunset, and in its glory the Rocky mountains rose like Titanic palaces built ofamethyst, gold and silver Suddenly the look of intense pleasure on her face was changed for one of wonder and annoyance It had become her duty in a moment to do a very disagreeable thing but duty was a kind of religion to Eleanor Bethune; she never thought of shirking it. ~
 So she immediately inquired her way to the telegraph office, and even quick. ened her steps into as fast walk as she over permitted herself. The message she had to send was a peculiar and not pleasant one. At first she thought 1t would hardly be possible for her to frame it in such words as she would care to dictate to strangers; but she finally settled on the following form:
 Messrs. Locke G Lord H
 "Tell brother Edward that Bloom is in Denver. No delay. The matter is of the greatest importance"
 When she had directed the message, the clerk said, "Two dollars. madam" But greatly to Eleanor's annoyance, her purse was not in her pocket, and she could not remember whether she had put it there or not. The man stood looking at her in an expectant way; she felt that any delay about the message l might be fatal to it's worth; perplexity ruled her absolutely. She was about to explain her dilemma, and return to her hotel for money, when . gentleman. who