Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-01

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to hear Bernhardt. we will come to a
little supper, you will sing us some Schu-
bert. Eugene will play us the Apas-
sionata, you will meet your ideal; we
will persuade ourselves that every loss
has gain to match, and forget
show miserable we shall feel in the
morning." Jack finishes for her.
"Pessimistl" says Cara, smiling; Twill
you Gomez"
"Do ever refuse an invitation from
youG" as he rises preparatory to taking
his leave
Then it is settled If you care to you
may take the photograph with YOU"
THANK you," he says. slipping it into
the pocket of his great coat.
"Now | am going back to the bread
and butter part of existence. There's
something almost dreary in the per-
sistency with which one and one are two,
isn't there?'
There have been cases"-what CO.
! quette the girl isl-"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
only thought
Don't think" she answers, consult
the proper mathematical authorities"
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 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 happened to keep her at home-or,
something" 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 CON-
pletely absorbed, but he can see that she
is there. Her back is toward him, but
surely only one woman could have hair
she does. Jack suddenly remembers his
ideal costume for a woman has always
been made of black lace.
And Carat Well, Cara is a very beau
tiful 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 be-
gins "Weber's Last" and Cara motions
him toward her. Eugene, she says,
leaning forward "Eugenie, let me pre-
sent my friend'- Jack doesn't hear
the rest, for the lady turns and he sees a
fascinatingly ugly woman with a de-
ightful directness Of gaze, who ac-
knowledges the introduction in the mid
die Of remark which she is making to
Lieut. Willoughby. Jack glances ap-
pealingly at Cara, who is rather sus-
piciously engaged in leisurely survey of
the house through her glasses
There's Mrs. Dunbar" says Caras
aunt, leaning forward for better view.
''She has succeeded in engaging her
daughter in the army
"Did hear you say" laughs Cara,
''that her dearest wish is accomplished"
NO." says Mrs. Lorrimer. lone
doesn't say those things, my dear"
LET US consider, then," says Cara,
demurely, that no one has spoken"
81 have been having something Of that
sensation all the evening"" says the lieu
tenant. "Bernhardt's French must be
provincial; can't understand her,
There is little laugh, in the midst of
which Jack pauses abruptly; for in
Mile. LIE Croix's face. as she smiles, he
suddenly sees, almost ghostlike an ex-
preston of the photograph. 1t is gone
before he can be certain, and she has
turned from him to Mrs. Lorrimer, who
is saying plaintively; II wish Bern.
hardt would play In English.
IF some one would suggest it to her,
says Jack, ''she would probably sit up
late one night and learn the language"
"Did ever tell YOU" says Eugene,
turning so that Jack again has full view
OF her face, ''of an experience l had
when was first learning your English9
Nor ! was just at the point where I
found for myself that you wrote one
language and spoke another, when one
evening had the good fortune to meet
Gen. Lawson You know his reputation
as conversationalist, and l wished to
convey to him an idea Of the pleasure
which / felt at meeting him, 80 said
impressively, In broken English, i am
glad to meet you, general, as ] am maxi
ing special study Of American idiots
His composure was superb. He never
faltered for moment. His face had all
the calm Of one eternal Sabbath, as he
answered, suavely: This is the only
time in life, mademoiselle, when I feel
that can fully justify prejudged opin-
ion.'"
Jack has watched her while she speaks,
and again sees the subtle something that
reminds him of the picture. A curve to
the cheek. an expression in the eye, an
indefinite something surely suggests 1t to
him, and yet as Cara sat listening with
half smile on her lips, she might herself
have been the theme of which the paint
ing was the finished harmony.
"If this thing keeps up" said Jack,
''my mind will be a mosaic. shall
speak to Cara about It when get an op-
portunity." But he doesn't get an OPP
portunity, for just then Cara announces,
'Ahl there Is Helen. now, Eugene, and
our cousin Is with her,"
He takes long breath and feels him.
self a sane man again. Here, at last, Is
a solution Of the problem. A mutual
cousin is the original; nothing more