Telegram-herald., 1889-07-27

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-ot tle tine ~ TIE Pl,ce y uaTavci q
~ H. a4de rnem good evening. All took
lis leave What oid Il n1~a1. John
F4s evidently oa terms - iutlusey l1
tie Celia hQuSeLold
John ~ss a. strractive fellow I'D Lecni
~. 70 s4y the LsasE. yery 1agscb inter
ated Il him. There would Dc - hsrn
u tbs II John were not engaged % Amy
Bay iiss. Poor iirtle Amy Rush thought
Z her oig blue eyes an baby face. lie
you'd Ike - thrash JOHN n he Was
-1ing % throw the co1hdinx hrrle thing
over after winning her affectons - thor
3ugh.v And Leoni-~h hat would she
~ u she knsy Of Johns engagement
1ut perhaps. after al, Rush ~zs Enagui-
.ylDg TIE a-dair.
Perhaps II Rush had seen Amy Bayliss
she might have todd him that there was
40 falling OF ia Johns attent1ons. His
letters were frequent, but short, ard his
d0wers came regularly. Amy felt quite
happy. for John had named their wed
ding day in one q his early letters. To
be sure, be had made no allusion o. il
lately. bat the thing o2ss settled. Why
harp upon il:
John had notfsltered IN his affection
for Amy. bat new affection had sprung
upin his heart. and he was madly in love
with Leoni Celia He was one Of those
men who are so constituted that they can
love two women at the same time, but
not alike. John was more IN love, per
haps / should say more wildly IN love,
with Leoni than he was with Amy. Her
dark Italian eyes fascinated him, and
there was something in his nature that
enjoyed loving u woman who was before
the public. lie liked % sit in the theatre
and say 70 himself as she came tripping
down the stage. That is the Girl ! love.
you may cap your hands ana hhout
yourselves hoarse, gentlemen, but she
doesn't care button for one OF you. L
am the man OF her choicer'
Now, Rush, on the contrary, was not
at all attracted By the professional life
Of the woman he loved. He couldn't
bear the idea Of her being n public
character"-one whom every one felt at
liberty TO speak of with perfect free
dom. and whose photograph any man
could buy. If he could have afforded it,
he would have bought every photograph
of Helen that had been taken, and have
hidden it away where no one but he
could see it. He could hardly keep his
hands off a man he met ia Nassau
street shop one day. The man was max
ing collection of stage favorites, and
he had a lot of Helen's photographs
spread out on the counter before him.
These he picked up and criticised in turn.
He didn't mean 10 say anything out Of
the way, but Rush wondered. when he
thought it over. why he had not stran-
gled him on the spot Instead of that, he
hurried out of the shop, after shooting
| clances at the man that must have left
him with the impression that his visa
Wis was n lunatic. But John enjoyed
seeing Leoni's photographs in the shop
windows. She was the favorite dancer
| of New York; why shouldn't her picture
| De for sale? The oftener he saw it the
better he was pleased. He was affec-
tionate, but there was nothing senti-
| mental about him.
Rush tried to see his brother the day
after the meeting at the Cellas', but he
| couldn't find him. 1t must have been a
fortnight before he met him, and in the
mean time he had taken his first Italian
lesson from the ex-cannon ball tosser.
| Leoni was not at home She was at
| tending a rehearsal at the Academy of
| Music, and Signora Celia was ont in
Third avenue. marketing. Rush tried tc
find out, without prying too deeply into
his brothers affairs, just what Johns po
sition in the household was. he did not