The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-24

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bert; Eugenie will play us the Apas-
sionata; you will meet your ideal. we
will persuade ourselves that every loss
has a gain to match, aud forget
chow miserable we shall feel in the
morning" Jack finishes for her.
''Pessimist!" saws Cara, smiling; Twill
you Gomez"
"Do ! ever refuse an invitation from
yOui" 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
sistcncv with which one and one are two
isn't there
There have been cases what CO.
quette the girl is,-''ihere 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
a very careful toilet and mislaid every
thing 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 ont to meet
the original something will probably
have happened to keep her at home-or,
something, - he s0liiOqHizes as he leaves
the house
1t IS the middle of the first act when
he reaches the box. Cara smiles rs 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 remembers his
ideal costume for woman has always
been made Of black lace.
And Carai Well. Cara is a very beau
tiful woman, but then she could never
give much love 10 any one, and what
emotional gymnastics She would require
of the man TO whom she was married.
As the curtain falls the orchestra he.
gins "Weber's Last, and Cara motions
him toward her. Eugene, she says,
leaning forward "Eugenie, let me pre-
sent nv friend 49, Jack doesn't hear
the rest for the lady turns and he sees
fascinatlngly ugly woman with a de
lightful dTectnes5 Of gaze, who ac-
knowlcdgos the introduction in the mid
die of remark which she is making to
Lieut. Willoughby. Jack glances APP
pealingly at Cara, who is rather sus-
piciously engaged in a leisuTely 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 | hear you say laughs Cara,
that her dearest wish is Accomplished
no." says Mrs. Lorrimer. Zone
doesn't say those things, my dear"
Let us consider, them says Cara,
demurely, THAT no one has spoken
II 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 i'll
Mile. Le CroiX's face, as She smiles, he
suddenly sees, almost ghostlike, an ex-
preston of the photograph. 1t is gone
before he can he certain, and she has
turned from him to Mrs Lorrmer, who
is saving plaintively: Il wish Bern
hardt would play in English.
IF some one would suggest 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 | had
when | was first learning your English!
No; / was just at the point where |
found for myself that you wrote one
language and spoke another, when one
evening | had the good fortune 10 meet
Gen. Lawson. You know his reputation
AS a conversationalst, and | wished to
convey to him an idea of the pleasure |
which | felt at meeting him, 80 said
in broken English i am
glad TO meet you, general. as am max
ing a special study Of American idiots
His composure was superb. He never !
faltored for a moment His face had all |
the calm Of one eternal Sabbath, as he |
answered, spavelv: This is the only !
time in life, mademoiselle, when feel |
that can fully justify prejudgcd opin-
ion.
Jack has watched her while she speaks.
and again sees the subtle something that |
reminds him OF the picture. \ curve TO
the check, an expression in the eye, an |
indefinite something surely suggests it 10 |
him, and yet, as Cara sat listening with |
a 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 mosaic. / shall !
speak to Cara about it when get an OPP
portunity." But he doesn't get an OPP |
portunity, for just then Cara announces,
''Ah. there is Helen, now, Eugene, and
our cousin Is with her.
He takes a long breath and feels him
self a sane man again. Here, at last, Is
a solution Of the problem. 4 mutual
cousin is the original; nothing more