Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24

only Il picture OF woman 8 n6au
and the curve to the shoulders; ruddy
chestnut hair that curls mistily around
a face in which sweetness and frmness
are strangely intermingled; great
irised gray eyes-eyes with all the
poetry and passion of Cabaners Venus;
a clear, almost delicately colorless
skin, save for n warmth in mouth and
cheek, and yet with all the yielding
beauty of womanhood, there is an
intellectual vigor and strength in the
face which one seldom sees save in the
faces of men who have suffered and
been strong"
at is by far the best thing you have
ever DONE" says Jack, after few
minutes of admiring silence. inlay I
see the photograph"
..It's behind the Mona Lisa; not
very good one, but the best ! could
get"
II should say it wasn't a very good
one. 1t must have been done by some
amateur photographer. judging from
the finish, But, Cara, how much the
eyes here are like your own"
They tell me SO. All! Jack. / re-
greet to see that you are regarding her
| more as woman than as an artistic
production.
''Pm afraid am. Do you know her
wellP Why have never seen her?''
Now" says Cara. ''you have made
| me Jealous. and. like wise woman, I
refuse to talk of my rival. On Thurs
day night the five members of our art
class are coming with Herr Blum to
my box to hear Bernhardt. We will
come to little supper; you will sing
us some Schubert; Eugene will play
| us the Apassionata; YOU will meet your
ideal; we will persuade ourselves that
every loss has gain to MATCH and
forget" show miserable we shall
all be the next morning." Jack finishes
for her.
'.Pessimistr' says Cara smiling. Twill
you Gomez"
''Do ever refuse an invitation from
your" as he rises preparatory to taking
his leave.
''Then it is settled. If you care to
you may take my photograph with
YOU"
THANK you,' he says. slipping it
into the pocket of his great coat.
Now 1 am going back to the bread
and butter part of existence. There
something almost dreary in the per-
sistency with which one and one are
two-isn't there?"
There have been cases'-what a
coquette the girl is-''there have been
cases where one and one made one"
He has taken her hand to say good
| night. as she speaks, and a passionate
light comes into his eyes at her words.
"Ah. Cara" he says. impulsively. ''if
1 only thought"
| Don't think" she answers; soon
suit the proper mathematical authors
ties"
On Thursday night. Jack, having
made very careful toilet. and mislaid
every thing with cheerful sense of
the entire responsibility of Betty. the
chambermaid, takes a last look at the
photograph which occupies the place
of honor over his dressing case. before
setting out to meet the original.
Something will probably have hap
pened to keep her at home-or-some-
thing. There's always hitch some
where" he soliloquizes as he leaves
the house.
1t is the middle of the first act when
he reaches the box. Cara smiles as he
enters. The rest of the party are COM
pletely absorbed. but he can see that
she is there. Her back is toward him.
but surely only one woman could have
hair like that and wear black lace the
way she does. Jack suddenly renem-
bers his ideal costume for woman
has always been made of black lace.
And Cara! Well, Cara is very
beautiful woman, but then she could
never give much love to any one, and
what emotional gymnastics she would
require of the man to whom she was
married!
As the curtain falls the orchestra
begins "Weber's Last" and Cara mo-
tons him toward her. Eugene"
she says. leaning forward. '.Eugenie.
let me present my friend -" Jack
doesn't hear the rest, for the lady
turns and he sees n fascinating ugly
woman with delightful directness of
gaze, who acknowledges the introduce
ton in the middle of remark which
she is making to Lieutenant Willough-
by. Jack glances appealingly ut Cara.
who is rather suspiciously engaged in
leisurely survey of the house through
| her glasses.
There's Mrs. Dunbar" says Cara's
aunt, leaning forward for a better
| view. ''She has succeeded in engag-
ing her daughter in the army"
Ibid hear you say" laughs Cara,
''that her dearest wish is accom-
plished ?''
mo-" says Mrs Lorrimer. "One
doesn't say those things, my dear"
LET us consider, them" saws Cara,