Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-02

vinced. but from a sense of keen moral re- volt against Mime. Desforets' notorious posi- tion and the stories of her private life which were current in all circles She had decided in her own mind that French art meant a tainted art, and she had shown herself very restive-Kendal had seen something of it on their Surrey expedition-under any attempts to make her share the interest which certain sections of the English cultivated public feel in foreign thought, and especially in the foreign theatre. Kendall took particular pains, when they glded off from the topic of A1s sister to more general matters. to nNake her realize some of the finer aspects of the French world, of which she knew so little and which she judged so harshly; the Notorious technical training to which the dwe1ers on the other side of the channel sub- mit'themselves much more readily than. the English ill any matter of art; the intel lectual conscientiousness and refinement due to the pressure of an organized and continu ous tradition, and SO on. He realized that @ good deal of what he said or suggested must naturally be lost upon her. But it was de Hghtful to feel her mind yielding to his while it stimulated her sympathy and per haps reused her surprise to find in him, every now and then, a grave and unpretending re- sponSe to those moral enthusiasms in herself which were too real and deep for much di- rect expression.
 ''Whenever am next in Paris" she said to him, when she perforce rose to go with that pretty hesitation of manner which was so attractive in her, "would you mind would Mime. de Chateauvieux-if asked you to introduce me to your sister1 It would be a great pleasure to nc"
 Kendall made a very cordial reply, and they parted knowing more of each other than they had yet done. Not that his lead ing impression of her was in any way modi- fled. Incompetent and unpromising as an artist, delightful as woman, had been his earliest verdict upon her, and his conviction of its reasonableness had been only deepened by subsequent experience; but perhaps the sense of delightfulness gaining upon the sense of incompetencel After all, beauty and charm and sex have in all ages been too much for the clever people who try to reckon without them. Kendall was far too shlewd not to recognize the very natural and reason able character of the proceeding and not to smile at tue first sign of it in his own person Still, he meant to try, if he could, to keep the two estimates distinct and neither to confuse himself nor other people by con- founding them 1t seemed to him an intel . lectual point of honor to keep his head per. fectly cool on the subject of Miss Brother toms artistic claims, but he was conscious that it was not always very easy to do-a consciousness that made him sometimes all the more recalcitrant under the pressure of her celebrity.
 For 1t seemed to him that fin society he heard of nothing but her-her beauty, her fascination and her success. At every dinner table he heard stories of her, some of them evident inventions, but all tending in the same direction--that is to say, Illustrating either the girls proud independence and her determination to be patronized by nobody, not even by royalty itself, or her lavish kind heartedness and generosity towards the poor and the interiors of her own profession She for the moment the great interest of London, and people talked of her popularity and social prestige sign of the times and a proof of the changed position of the thea tre and of those belonging to it. Kendall thought it proved no more than that an ex- trenlelv beautiful girl of irreproachable character, brought prominently before the public ill any capacity whatever, is sure to stir the susceptible English heart, and that Isabel Bretherton's popularity was not one which would in the long run affect the stage at all. But he kept his reflections to himself, and in general talked about her no more than he was forced to do. He had sort of chivalrous feeling that those whom the girl had made in any degree her personal friends ought, as far as possible, to stand between her and this inquisitive, excited public And it was plain to him that the enormous social success was not of her seeking, but of her relations.
 One afternoon, between 6 and 2, Kendall was working alone i'll his room with the un- usual prospect of clear evening before him. He had finished piece of writing and was standing before the fire deep in thought over the first paragraphs of his next chapter when he heard a knock; the door opened and Wal lace stood on the threshold.
 May come ina It's a shame to disturb you, but Eve really got something important