Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-08
CHAPTER XLV.-oBER ALP.


After Philip had looked sufficiently long at
the Gagged eagle he went in search of the Cap
tain, and found him smoking IN the Ferandah
Of the hotel
Lambert" said he, 'theres 2 deal of fuss
being made about this American lady, but who
is she?"
Comes from Chicago" answered the Cap
tain.
II know that, but 1 want to know something
more concerning her"
The Captain shrugged his shoulders. ''She's
goodlooking, deucedly So"
That also can see for mvself. Have you
made no inquiries about her?'
II? why should I?''
Philip He'd the head waiter to him.
Here. Who is this American lady?''
"Oh from Chicago"
Exactly, the visitors book says as much. 1
don't see how she can be rich, she has no lady's
maid"
''Oh, saire! De American leddies aire YER
INDEPENDENT
There was nothing to be learnt from anyone
about Miss Durham. He applied to the
squeaky-voiced Chaplain with the military
mustache.
"She may belong to the Episcopal Church of
America" said the Chaplain, but don't
know"
Some of the walters had seen her elsewhere,
at other summer resorts always well dressed.
Philip, after he had spent half an hour in in
Quiries discovered that no one knew more
about her than himself. He had heard nothing
to her disadvantage, but also nothing to her ad-
vantage. He might well have spared himself
the trouble of asking.
At table d. hote, Miss Durham sat at the long
table. Salome was disappointed. She thought
that she had succeeded in completely patching
up the difference. Philip was Indifferent. Just
as well that she should be elsewhere. She was
an occasion of dissension, a comet that threw
all the planetary world in his system out of
their porihelion. He made no bones about
saying as much. Salome looked sadly at him,
when Colonel Yeo took his seat beside Miss
Durham, and entered into ready converse with
her She could not take her attention off her
friend; she was uneasy for her, afraid what ad-
vantage the crafty Colonel might take OF her
inexperience. But it was not long be-
fore Philip heartily wished that Miss
Durham had been in her place in their
circle for conversation tagged without her, or
ceased to be general and disintegrated into
whisperlngs between the girls Labarte, and
condolences between Janet and Lambert. Sa-
lone was silent and Mrs. Sidebottom engrossed
n what she was eating. Philip spoke about
politics and found no listeners; he asked about
the excursions to be MADE from AndeI matt,
and was referred to the guide book: he tried to
joke, but it fell dead. Finally he became silent
as his wife and aunt with a glum expression
on his infiexible face, and found himself as
well as Salome looking down the long table at
Miss Durham. The young lady was evidently
enjoying an animated and entertaining CONVEX
satior with Colonel Yeo, whose face became
blotched as be went into fits Of laughter. She
was telling some droll anecdote, making some
satirical remark. Philip caught the eye of
Won rurned unOn him and then the Colonel
put his napkin to his mouth and exploded.
Philips back became stiff. 1t offended him to
the marrow of his spine through every articu-
lation of that spinal column, to suppose him.
self a topic for jest, butt of satire. He red
dened to hIs temples, and finding that he had
seated himself on the skirts of his coat, stood
up, divided them and sat down again, pulled
up his collars and asked how many more
courses they were required to eat