Telegram-herald., 1889-07-15

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ssaed ,. ths asu is~dinx inse ths sadar
teriaa. As Aw h@f tAe wealth sna fsnh-
ian Of the esry psss throaxh sn lss way
- the prrfns osna&s dressing roskn ~
congratulate her upoa ker great sseossS4
He coaid catch ~ ooc2ssoosl sli2 pse Of
her. standing sssss n her elAssae ret'ss.
: yeriEAs.s HsseA- giving hss beautiful
hand ~ ttls one and . gracious Sess ~
self al bed feet. ~ Siike sKsssasz f&ris1
bearing hes Cd N his arms he watched
the aen as they talked and laughed VITA
her. until he was beside himself with
jealousy. he recognized " ess Hastings
al once. having seen hin al tiae stage
door the week before, aud felt eertsls
thai the confidence Of his manner Ia aa
dressing the prins doans was the as
saraaoe of propriotorship UDeie l2ght-
foos Myers came rushing IL. hls gray
hair matted Ga his brow, and ths per
spiratlon running down his fior.a chseks-
Il deserve = L.ss, lny dear. fer what
I've done for You tonight. ne eAoisin-
ed Two pairs 81 gloves split iRte
shreds. nay collar wiited. and MY voice
all gone shouting Brsva.' Come. now.
where Is nay re~ardf"
Your reward Is IN the consciousness
Of having done good deed. answered
ne singer. gayiy, gEvmg nin ncr na.s~.
which he Kissed with Old fashioned gal
lsntry.
-Ah. uscls Ilehtfoot.- said Mrs
Dick Griswold. .'you are too young =
man TO he claiming an old mans
privileges
-Nonsensei nonsense," said Uncle
Iightfoot, straighisnang his nsoktie and
looking as pleased as Punch I'm old
enough To be Helen's father"
He was really old enough to he her
grandfather; bat IL would have been a
cruel person Who could tell him 30.
Men and women came crowding in
and out Of the prima deana's room, hut
Rush noticed that West Hastings stood
his ground and showed no signs of go
! ing. and he also noticed that lac stopped
down now snd then and whispered some
words in the singers ear which seemed
to give her q good deal OF pleasure, for
she would rails her eyes % his with &
look that Rush would have died for.
! He didn't know then that = woman.
particularly prima donna, may look
everything and mean nothing. Finally
there was lull in the gay chatter, and
the manager entered the room. followed
by somewhat seedy looking young
man with keen bright eyes and a well
shaped head. He whispered something
in Italian TO Miss Knowlton. An ex-
preston Of annoyance passed over her
face. but she was exceedingly polite
when the manager introduced Mr.. Ora
DIV, Of The Dawn, who begged that he
might ask her few questions
The loung man was evidently embar-
rassed at meeting so many outsiders in
the room, and the prima donna. though
she was ANNOYED at the interview, was
| most gracious in her manner, parbcu-
larly as she detected the ends Of West
| Hastings mustache turning scornfully
upward, and feared that the reporter also
might notice his sneer. Aunt Rebecca
would have taken the interviewer under
! her protection al once, but she was strik
| ing for bigger game. She had the mu-
sical critic of The Daily Trumpet by the
ear, and WAS calling his critical attention
to the remarkable Torture added by her
niece 10 tho grand aria Rush recognized
in the reporter one Of the men he had
seen at the Office Of The Dawn, and he
listened attentively to learn how the
process Of interviewing" was carried on.
"How were you pleased with your re-
ception, Miss Knowlton?' the reporter
| inquired.