Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23

M ' dear 6essie. re said - her. IL
this Par4pos ~ss ~G2s yoa sss, shs
~oL-d ts s@t-lAg Il . g0icen temple. es4l-
sAn4 dollars = wor1 There = nothing
ular nnen would better Ike 70 kno~ Ihza
- nAI the future h&s N store for thsEn II
thef be41eyet tAaE taey could &c inform
eo With truth. rhey would pay any
sna0-nt of Money for Il s.Sul1 save
them cotl tiass SUNS People are eredu-
loos enough. II al conscisace. and Il
they had no slightest enc0orsg~1n~at 70
believe "a these soothsayers sh-y would
psxronizs them % zn extent that would
make thelrs the most prottable profes-
sioa ia tie world rather than TIE most
n paid They would Dc living IN palaces
instead Of Ia dirty rooms On tack streets,
ard their patrons would De the ricb and
great rather than poor celuded servant
giTls
But they are not ali poor deluded
servant girls who consult Nine. Para
pof Some very intelligent men and
women visit her rooms. among them
your cousin Bessie Archer, who does not
put herself in the class you mention
With the deludAd. dear child. but
rot with the servant girls You can't
show me an intelligent man or woman
who seriously eonsuls Nine. Parapof.
The very fact that one c0psults her dis
proves his intelligence"
You are 50 prejudiced. Archie Til
nghast, that IL Mime. Parapof predicted
something 10 you and il came true. you
would say il was all chance. exclaimed
Bessie. Indignantly.
IL em quite sure ! should. Bessie, and
am equally sure that il would be-" 70
piled Archia
"You are q very unsympathetic and
narrow minded young man. said Bessie.
rising 10 lsave the room. land ! shall
never again speak 70 you on this subject.
! find Mr.. Hurlstone much more liberal
Il arn sorryt 70 hear that; had thought
better Of Hurlstune. And Archie opened
tho door for his cousin 20 pass out 81 tho
room lie WIS genuinely distressed. and
well he might be-for when a crotchet
Of ttds soTt takes posSession Of an idlo
persons brnin Il IL hard u uprOot it. lie
felt sure that Besgie would become thor
cughly disgusted in time. bat whenl lie
wondered II IL could be possible that
Eush was encouraging her In this non
sense. No. 10 could not believe that;
but it began 70 dawn upon Lis mind that
Rush might have taken his advice about
the prima donna Che hadn't seen him
with her Of late) and been deyoting him
self to Bessie lie turned pale at the
thought. for It was plain that Bessie liked
him Why hadn't he let his friend 60 on
dancing attendance upon the singer?
Why should he have interfered? 1t was
just Like him-aiways standing in his
own light.
The drawing room door opened. and
he heard Rush'B voice saying 10 the but
ler, "Tell Miss Archer that i am here.
James; she Is expecting me- Then,
upon seeing Archie. "Ah, you here.
Archie? glad to see you I've called to
take Miss Archer to see some pictures at
Goupifs; won't you go alongf'
NO, thanks" replied Archie. some
what coolly; I've an engagement down
town, and must say good-by;" which he
did without loss of time. AS Rush stood
looking out Of the window. he noticed
that Archie turned up, instead of down
town, but he thought nothing Of it, ex-
cept that his friend had probably changed
his mind. That he should have regarded
him as rival in the affections of Bessie
Archer never occurred to him. In the
first place, he did not suspect the state
of Archie's feelings towards Bessie; and
in the second. he supposed that Archie
was thoroughly aware of his devotion to