Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18

ell2ed thssE il ~ss only the esecss Ct sn
exess1Eg day. Back saS f1wta hs w4lkea
Ia fEoat " tsse house BE was A. spon 10
sateF, and ocsaid POI maze ug has mind
- pGl tts t-sli haadse. Rush siarlssons.
you're foolf he fi1zlly SD. sD1st
yo0 knos this A. besstnesSsT Then hs
mounted the sts{s aa4 rag the belI
How nstasse4.lly Il tLnkled Ia tbs lSasesuert
below. Tie door was opefled hy nan
ssrFans IA livery. cf WHOM be dernsnaed.
Is Miss knowltoa IN"
i viii inquire II yea Vii be good
enough 10 se1d up your card" replied
the man. with TIE eFzssve answer II the
well trained servant q pnhlic person,
as the same time usherixs Rush. who
handed him Nr. Nusgvave's no<e Of In
PRODUCTION iato q gem CT . drawing
room. 4 grand piano stood IN the mid
Gle II the roon. which Was adorned with
line paintings aaad some rare portraits II
distinguished singers. Flowers In has
kets and ia vases filled the place with q
rich perfume. Lssy chairs and hric-a-
hrac abounded. The whole atmosphere
Of The room was one o: luxury and good
taste. This is her home" thought
Rush, looking ahs3t hims ''these are the
rugs her tiny feet tread upon; these are
her books; there siahas her piano. over
whose ivory keys her ivory fingers
glide" Ia this way lie amused himself
until he heard the rustling Of wornan's
gown on the stairs. Ills heart stopped
beating and seemed 10 grow 80 big that
he was afraid he could not speak when
she entered. Ten thousand thoughts iiew
through his mind. He arose from his
chair. and. shutting his eyes. said TO
himself; when that door opens shall
see the most diyinely beautiful creature
that treads this earth; one for whom
would lie down and die-nay, more, for
whom would stand up and live"
A sort Of ecstasy took possession OF
him The door swung back on its hinges;
he opened his eyes and Aunt Rebecca
Sandford entered the room. Rush start
ed. II he had been struck In the face he
could not have had harder blow. IL
took him few seconds 10 recover his
wits. If he had had to speak first he
would certainly have disgraced himself,
but Aunt Rebecca began Z; once.
she's very busy !, list At this moment"
Miss Sanford had an ugly way of say
ing ''she" or 'her" when she meant her
niece, forgetting that there were any
other shes or hers in the world, "and
asked me 10 step down and see you. I'm
very partial to press boys myself, Mr.
Hailstorm' (another ugly trick OF hel
was TO get peoples names wrong). "and
I'm always glad to have little chas
with them. Take n seat, pray. You
wanted to see her about that strike.
Well, now. / really don't see how she
could say anything on that subject. She
doesn't want 10 pitch into Maxmann be-
cause the man really means well; but,
you know, Italian opera is an expensive
luxury. That's why it's fashionable. It'll
never be popular, though. mark my
words. English opera is what'll fetch
the people If that child ever sings IN
English opera she'll make her everlasting
fortune. tell her so, too; but they all
have foolish pride about Italian opera.
It's nonsense, arrant nonsense. The big
gest money is in the English opera, you
mark my words"
Rush had no doubt that she was cor
rect, but he hadn't come there TO hear
Miss Rebecca Sanford's opinion of the
relative merits of English and Italian
bpera. He was diplomatic young man.
however, and when he found that the
prospect of seeing Miss Knowlton looked
dim, he tried all his arts. When Aunt
Rebecca. who was an impuisive woman
for all her shrewdness and br7lsque man.
ner. learned that it was his first assigD-