Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-11-30

like Italian lessons answered Rush.
Il too. have known them for some
time,and was arranging to take italian
lessons There is nothing like pretty
woman,o teach fellow language. !
can learhmore Italian from Leoni's eyes
than frome dozen text books" John re-
piled, lightE.
Rush tried press the matter, but his
brother answend him with chaff.
when are yo, to marry Amy Bayliss.
John?' ashed Rub.
An expression " ANNOYANCE passed
over Johns face. be he replied. amia-
bly, enough:
"Some time in the fll, believe"
II thought it was T. have been in
June" said Rush.
Something was said al,ut June. but
Amy thought we that had etter wait"
replied John, carelessly, beinninp to
dress for dinner.
Delays are dangerous, John.
"And haste is often fatal"
After a pause Rush resumed 81
thought you told me you did not Row
Leoni, John?
Ibid I? Then suppose didn't whe
! I told you One makes acquaintance
on short notice in the city. Nice little
thing, isn't she? The mother is dear
Did body. l quite like the athlete, too
1t is he go 10 see, you know; he is very
fond OF me"
There was no use in trying to talk seri-
] ousiy with John. He never for a mo-
..,1,>A ollox,-ol k;p,c,1f tr h, "A
and. as Rush was going to dine at the
Archers' with Helen and Archie Tilling.
hast, he had to leave without accom-
| piishing his object. which was to take
John to task for forgetfulness Of his vow
to Amy.
The dinner at the Archers' was de-
ightfuL Mr.. Archer was famous fol
his cook, and there was no better house
keeper in New York than Mrs. Archer
Rush took Helen out to dinner, Archie
took Mrs. Pryor-the woman with whom
Bessie visited the mediums and the
| Buddhists, and whom he Deutschland
Bessie went out on the arm of Dionysius
O'Hara. an Irish artist, with some talent
but more pretensions, who sat at the feet
Of the Parapof and smoked bad cigars.
| O'Hara seemed q clever fellow at first
out that he was telling you how clever he
was. rather than proving it. He affected
some eccentricity in dress, combed his
black hair straight forward from the
middle of his head to his eyebrows,
brushed the ends of his mustache out
straight from his thin lip, and, parting
his beard from the middle, brushed that
up, too. from either side Of the part.
His eyes were pale blue, and the pupil
expanded and contracted like a cats US
he talked.
Altogether. he was an odd looking fel
low, and if he had not been SO absurdly
conceited would have been rather inter.
esting. His pictures were of the impress
sionist type, and, although his portraits
could hardly be called likenesses, they
were fashionable. and O'Hara was quite
sought after in society-that is, by the
women. The men could not stand his
affectations and conceit, but the women
said, "Mr. O'Hara is so clever! You
know he is Buddhist-eats nothing but
vegetables. You could not induce him
to touch meat; it is against his religious
principles" Mrs. Pryor was intimate
with O'Hara. He was very fond OF
painting her portrait, and she was very
fond of sitting to him. "Such an intel
lectual man, my dearl" she said to Bes
sic. "You should hear him read poetry
And he writes poetry, too. Pure inspi
ration. He says he never made rhyme
in his life by trying; but he can take uI
a pen and in a sort of trance write verses
that are simply wonderful l only hopt
that you may see him in trance some
day, when controlled by the spirit ol
poetry"
1t was Mrs. Pryor who introduced
O'Hara into the Archer household. HI
knew enough not to have any of hi
frances before Mr.. Archer, but hs
watched his opportunity to have one be
fore Bessie. MIR. Archer thought he wa!