Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23

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lie I'D seaa her a. tee EnonEcLse n "a
I'D SSrissity shop in B<osS~sy. scoo@a-
IS.nisd ~ her snDf and Wsss Hastings
aad stss seemed 10 - bayaAg tarn-szrsA
What ala this ae&ni He<s thsy scs1-
ally esssxged ard making preP&Z<fisas
for hoosekssplngs Ne. tlssy ~s<s not, II
~ a. nothing - serbsas ss that West
Hastings wss refarIisiSAs the dining
room in bis bS.cheloF gu3rtsrx The craze
for old furniture was Just then a. ia l<-
ginning. and lie hza asked hesen and
her aunt 10 acconpany hlm - this shsP
70 look al az o4d Preach saetsard he
thought q buying Helsa L.d excel
lent tas.<. and shs sealed tls fate II the
sideLoArd by pronoaneing II tssanty.
This episode, as Rush interpreted H.
was depressing enough q itseif' tuf
added u this he had received a long and
desponding letter from his mother, tell
ing him Of the Mutual Dividend Mining
company. Of Col Mortimer's connection
with il, and OF the offer he had made 10
John. do see John a. often IS you
can, Rush dear. and keep him under
your eve You know how / dread the
influence u Col Mortimer. he Is q bad
uutrincipled man. and dear John Is 50
easy gong lhat be doesn't believe there
Is any harm in hiIn."
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week az least and he had not yet made
himself known 70 Rush BY chance.
however. the brothers met Rush was
sent % report masked ball at the
Academy of Ausic--a thing be felt ut-
terly unfit ~ do. Il was never al q
nlasted san IN my nfe. he told the ciry
editor
80 much the better replied the edi-
tor "You viii give Us fresh views OF
hackneyed subject quite envy you
your nsw sensations Get your copy in
a. early as possible. and good luck %
You"
Rush was about the first person % nr-
rive at the ball. and the Academy looked
gloomy enough. lie had been told that
the festivities did not begin until late. 10
he arrived 1T O'Clock, thinking that
that would be about the fashionable
hour There was not woman In the
place, and the only men on hand were
the floor managers. He had plenty Of
time for reflection before the ball opened,
aud for the sake Of the associations he
wandered about behind the scenes. Tic
49,. ts.4
but the priIna donna's room was undis-
turbcd He looked in and sighed. A
perfume Of violets fingered on the air.
and he sighed again as he recognized IL,
and then wandered TO the front, where
room had been reserved for the prese.
4 large table stood in tho center, fur
nished with paper, pens and ink There
were a great many bottles on the table,
but they did not all contain ink, or any
thing that looked like it.
lie sat down and took a pen, and
thought to improve the time by writing
to his mother; but, as he could say moth
ing about John, he concluded not TO.
Instead, he wrote "Eelcn Knowlton"
over three or four sheets Of foolscap. in
every variety Of penmanship, and then
tore the paper into fine bits. But, still
fearful that the name might be discov-
cred, he made little pile Of the scraps
and burned them, watching their de-
struction with an expression Of coun:e-
nance not at all in keeping with the
spirit of a masked ball. He shook his
head sadly. "a mans hopes may be as
easily destroyed rs that paper" he said
to himself, as he blew the ashes from the
table. Then he sauntcred out into the
lobby.