Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-01-28

exoected lady to see him, for the very
GOOD reason that he could speak no
language but his own, which no one in
the hotel understood.
30, nonsense! he speaks French"
said Mrs. Valery, with alaugh. "How-
aver. he expects me to interpret for
| him. | will write him line on this
card, il you will take it up to him. |
will wait in the coffee-room, and when
he comes down show him in there"
Mrs. Valery wrote Russian line in
beneath her name, and then gave the
card to The waiter. It was sent up
stairs, and she was shown into the
coffee room. She went in and stood
still few moments; then began to
walk to and fro rather restlessly, her
ewes OF the ground. She was little
nervous about this meeting with man
she had never seen. 1t would be quite
easy if he were nice; if he were not, it
would be horrid She thought to her
self as she waited. that if one of her
dearest friends had not asked her to do
this, she would have refused.
Probably her sudden dislike of her
task merely arose from the depressing
effect of being stranded alone in the
midst of u great hotel coffee room, and
having to remain there. At all events,
she resolved that she would be cordial,
il the man looked at all nice; she would
not let him be chilled as most foreign
ers are, in the first hour he spent in
England And then she began to think
how kind his friends had been to her
when she was in Russia. That gave
her new courage; but o, how long he
kept her waiting! She glanced around
the room. She could just see the top
of black bonnet over a distant arm
chair; lady was there reading paper.
She felt glad there was no one to OBJ
serve a pretty woman waiting in a
public coffee room for some one who
did not come.
At last the door opened, and a gen
: tlemen entered quickly. Mrs. Valery
saw in single swift glance that he
was extremely handsome, tall and dis
tinguished-looking, and that he had
7 that air which one is compelled to de.
scribe as foreign" for want of bet
. ter word. That is to say. though he
: was not very Russian In appearance
s vet he did not look like an English
a man. Mrs. Valery called up all be-
courage and her pretty manners, and
: with an extreme nervousness which M
one but herself could perceive, ad
J. vanced eagerly to meet him. She helC
/; out her hand and began to talk rapid
ly in Russian. He did not answer her
:, but then she gave him no time to, 70
g her nervousness made her talk rathe
t more than she intended. He held he
Q hand in his and gazed admiringly int
d her face, which, with it's slight flush o
d embarrassment, was even lOvelier thar
It usual. This went on for two or thre
minutes; then Mrs. Valery tried t.
o draw her hand away, and looked abou
" her for chair. But her new frien
IT held her hand fast, which discompOse
her good deal, yet did not startle he
n so much as the sight which greeted he
n eyes as she looked around. Lady Lyn
had advanced stealthily, and stoo
10 close beside them. Her face was awfu
a Mrs. Valery uttered an inarticulate or
d of astonishment. This made the gel
'r tleman look around also. He imme
le diately dropped Mrs. Valery's hanc
II Now" said Lady Lynx, before an
Z. one else had time to speak-''now
as - Mrs. Valery, l know you for what yo
!, u are"
"a This speech produced differer
IL effect from what she intended. Ce
y tainly, it startled Mrs. Valery as muc
0' as she hoped it would; but, before th'
r. lady had time to speak, the handson
l. gentleman said, in an easy manner, an
~ ~ with knowing twinkle in his eye;
ir "Then, my dear Kate, wish you
ri tell me. | took her for an amiable an
r. very pretty lunatic. Was | righ
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