Telegram-herald., 1889-05-15

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-ne ar Hltb seag agt perfume
she haa 10 co-3t ulAL r Franc SO > e sery
vs. equal b. her eea. al1 tu4t slupiN e-t
II sheer p4eae he w4s Pi@ eating ~ 4-.eresL
himself ln another DIVINITY
Bar 1aat contrast u us nne4y string,
yoerlcai temDerameat Was tne EatlerOI-
fact. Almost l4rr-ng practical mint of Bob
Ard h9g she q lel t-aI Mans Bob HIS
eel name ss - Roberto, o-t &c oosLll-sely
leflse1 10 answer " ~
While canoeing one day. q common
japanese fan taAL she carried was blown
into the water NOW, any inan. .hs thought,
u chlF4lro4s nature, auF man out .
practical nineteenth century creature,
sould nave rcgAined h.s laGys fan Al a.!
cost To be sure, the canoe might have
been upset, bur then. wat = romantic op-
pOrtun.ly ID save her life.
Instead of taking any Of these chances,
Roberto calmly watched the ian Disappear,
asked one or t..O questions about IS value
ald history. aud, as 10 vanished, quietly ex-
pressed nls regrets
The rest or tbe trip was marked by dis
tinct coolness on her part.
How she lorged for Francesca, with his
chlvalrOgs poer ical Instincts
To be sure, the next day she received a
box containing five beautiful fans; but
that was small balm 70 her sentimental
nature.
As they We e going 10 the tennis ground
one morning Boo picked up, among the
rose bushes, what seemed h be letter.
Ies, she saw at a glance II was her an
fortunately placed letter, intended for
Francisco, and selling IL she was prompted
By her r0mauJ tic soul 10 save II. with the
feeling that IL would yet make Mr.. Wolfe
Browne the happiest Of men. luckily no
personal names were mentioned IN II, 50 II
IL had been perused by strange eyes no one
would have been the wiser III regard 10 the
writer)
Sure enough, Beatrice and Francisco soon
met again. al a rehearsal for private theat-
ricals and, after some explanations, she
pressed as she thought-the battered,
weather-stained letter INTO his hands, and
giving him glance fun Of tenderest love,
she fled
What was her horror that night on dis
/ covering the letter still in her possession!
What could she have given himl A ter
rible suspicion came across her tender soul
Could It have been that bill from the hair
store, for new bangsl No that missing
I memorandum re-appeared. Bat she fallet
10 find one Of tho slips OF paper on which
was copied the speech she was 20 deliver II
| the play, when politely rejecting an un
worthy suitOr IN these well-chosen words:
Thou driveling knave, marry theel o.
q truth, II thou vast the only knight in th'
/ kingdom. never would thee marry"
/ There were other lines. al tending Il
! prove that the knights proposal did not en-
/ tIrely meet the lady's approval
a dozen times she began an explanatorl
letter 20 him, and twelve times she aban
doned the idea.
Finally the date for the next rehearsa
-
Beatrice FASTENED to the meet.
The usual restfulness. quietness anC
peaceful order prevailed which characteriz
amateur theatricals on the first dress
rehearsal, and the costumes gave th
customary satisfaction.
At last Beatrice espIed the wavy locks o
Francisco in dim corner; evidently he wa
buried IN revery.
In the din aud confusion she stole quietl.
I'd behind him, and laying her pink finger
over his eyes, whispered Guess"
In 4 second her little hands were seize'
and covered with kisses, intermixed with
declaration of love in a torrent Of eloquence
She suddenly realized It was not Francisco
No, il was Bob IN his stage wig and cos
tune. Without one word she took to flight
her head whlred; her surprise az the pre-
posal was even exceeded by her anazemen
az such sentimental elOQuence from ID
matter-offoct Roberto.
As for Francisco, that evening he point
edy avoided her; evidently the note he ha
received by mistake gave mortal Offense.
There was one part in the play they wer
rehesrsng, where she, as the beau!ifU
Princess IN tue tower, passed mlssIv
I through her prison bars 10 a noble knight
for which role Francisco was cast
This time her romantic mind again cam
20 the front, and she conceived the idea G
handing him TIE Old. weather stained, nor
delivered letter OF w@tering-p0t fame.
was stll legiole, and how romantic it wOul
be % have the faded epjstie finally bring he
love 20 heri And 10 did. She added a pos
sc-.pt: Il shall De IN the conservatory afte
the rehearsal"
TIE scenes and accessories were a. cen
piete as = usual in amateur theatricals, bu
in trviug the prison scene she found th
barred window was So high she could Onl
see thr saving Dlumes Ok her trustT knight