Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27


s'Win YOU Gomez
DO I ever refuse an invitation from
your as he rises preparatory to tax /
ing his leave.
'.Then it is settled If you care to /
sou may take the photograph with /
You"
''Thank you, p he says, slipping it !
into the pocket of his great coat.
Now L am going back to the bread !
and butter part of existence. There's
something almost dreary in the per
Issistency with which one and one are
two, ism t there?''
There have been cases what a
cOquette the girl is!-''there have
been cases where one and one made
one
He had taken her hand to say
! goodnight as she speaks, and pas
| sionate light comes into his eyes at her
words. ''Ah, Cara, he says impul-
sively. 81 only thought
Don't think, she answers, econ
suit the proper mathematical aU-
/ thOrities. -
On Thursday night Jack, having
made a very careful toilet and mis-
! laid everything with a 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 viii probably
have happened to keep her at home,
or something" he sOlilOquizes as he
! leaves the house.
1t is the middle of the first actwhen
he reaches the box. Cara smiles as
he enters. The rest of the party are
/ completely absorbed, but he can see
that she is there. Her back is to-
ward him, but surely only one wOm-
an could have hair like that. and
wear black lace the way she does.
Jack suddenly remembers his ideal
! costume for q woman has always
been made of black lace.
| And Cara? Well, Cara is q 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
motions him toward her. Eugene, -
she says, leaning forward, Eugene,
let me present my friend" Jack
doesn't hear the rest, for the lady
turns and he sees a fascinatingly ugly
woman, with a delightful directness
of gaze, who acknowledges the intro
ductiOn in the middle Of a remark
which she is making to the Lieut.
WiuOughby. Jack glances appealing
~ at Cara, who is rather suspicious
~ engaged in a 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
engaging her daughter IN the army. -
, Did l hear you say" laughs Cara,
''that her dearest wish is accom-
plished?''
No. says Mrs. Lorrimer. zone
doesn't say those things my dear"
Let us consider, then, saws Cara,
/ demurely, chat no one has spoken. .
Il have been having something of
that sensation all the evening - saws
the lieutenant. "Bernhardt's French
must beprOvincial;I can't understand
her."
There is a little laugh in the midst
of which Jack pauses abruptly; for in
Mile lie CrOix's face, as she smiles, he
suddenly sees, almost ghOstlilze, an
expression Of the photograph. 1t is
gone before he can be certain, and
she has turned from him to Mrs. LOr-
rimer, who is saying plaintiyely: Il
wish Bernhardt would play in En-
glish =
If some one would suggest it to
her" says Jack, ''She would prObab-
, ~ sit up late one night and learn the
language"
Did 1 ever tell you, - says Eugene.
turning so that Jack again has q full
, view Of her face, ''Of an experience I
: had when I was first learning your
English? No? / was Just at the point
where 1 found for myself that YOU
wrote one language and spoke anOth-
} er, when one evening / had the good
/ fortune to meet Gen. Lawson. You
know his reputation as a converse
tiOualist, and I wished to convey to
him an idea of the pleasure which
r felt at meeting him, so I said impress
r sively IN broken English, lam glad to
meet you, general, as I am making a
special study Of American idiots. -
His eOmpOsure was superb. He new
J eF falteFed for a moment. His face
+ had all the calm of one eternal Sab
/ bath, as he answered, suaveIy: This
/ is the only time IN life, mademOiselle,
= when feel that I can fully Justify a
? prejudged opinion
; Jack had watched her while she
/ speaks, and again sees the subtle
something that reminds him of the
/ picture. A curve to the cheek, an In
b definite something surely suggests it
to him, and yet, as Cara sat listening
with a half smile on her lips, she
/ might herself have been the theme OF
I which the painting was the finished
. harmony.
of thie thing leans NJ, ,, saied .Iacl.