The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-14

room girls with pigta1ls, came and flung
himself down on the other half of the
ottoman ON which l was sitting.
'sThree times with each,n he said, in a
voice of extreme exhaustion. 'sNo ia
voritism. l have done for tonight
now"
"Whatl Are you not going to dance
any more?"
mo, not unless Evelyn will give me
another turn later, which she probably
won't. There she goes with Lord Break
water again. How I do dislike that
young mani And look at Carr! waltzine
with Aurelia! He seems to be leaping
on her feet good deal, and she looks
as II she were telling him so, does not
she? There, they have subsidized into the
bay window. thought she would not
stand it long. He does not dance as we'll
as he acts Heigh-ho! Come in to sup
per with me, Middleton. The supper
room will be emptier now, and l am
dying of hunger. You must be the same,
for you had no regular dinner any more
than we had. Come along. We will get
a certain little table for two that know
Of in the bay window, where I took the
fair pigtail just now, to the evident
anxiety of the parental chignon who was
at the large table. We will have a good
feed in peace and quietness "
In a few minutes we were established
IN quiet nook in the srlC.,er room.
which was COW half empty, and were
making short work of everything be-
fore u.s.
GLOW well Carr actedr' said Charles
at last, leaning back and leisurely sip
ping his champagne. II can think of
something besides food now. Did not
you think he acted well:"
Eyes" 1 said, "but you cut him out"
''Did I?' said Charles absently, beck
oning to some lobster salad which was
passing. ''Have some? Do, Middleton.
We can but die once. You won't? Well.
will. Have you often seen Carr act be-
fore?"
"Never," 1 said. 81 never met him till
came ON board the Bosphorous at -
"Indeed! On, Ifancied you were quite
old friends
1--WE made great friends on the
steamer"
''Did you see much of him in Lon
don?" he asked, filing up his glass and
mine.
"Not much, naturally" said, laugh
ing. 81 was only in London two nights"
"Ah, 1 forgot. Very good of you, 1
am sure, to come down here SO soon after
your arrival. You would hardly have
seen him at all since you landed, then?''
Carr? Yes" I replied, thinking that
Charles talk was becoming very vague;
though when rallied him about it next
day he assured me it had been very
much to the point indeed. "We dined
and went to the play together, and had
rather nasty accident in the bargain
on our way home"
"What kind of accident?
L told him the particulars, which
seemed to interest him very much.
"And you had all those jewels of poor
Sir Johns with you no doubt, continued
Charles. "You said you had them on
you day and night wonder you were
not relieved of them"
''That is just what Carr said" went
on, 'for he lost something of his, poor
fellow. However, had left them with
Jane In Ain safe place."
did not think it necessary to mention
the tea caddy.
ooh! SO Carr knew you had charge of
them, did he?" said Charles. "Have
some of these grapes, Middleton; the
white ones are the BEST
Yes" 1 said, che was the only person
who had any idea of such thing. am
very careful, can tell you, and did
not mean to have half the ships COM
pany know that I had valuables to such
an amount upon me. When l told Jane
about them"-
'Oh, then, Jane-I beg her pardon,
Miss Middleton-was aware you had
them with your
''Of course" I replied, "and she was
quite astonished at them when showed
them to her."
Il hope" continued Charles, with his
charming slnile--all the more charming
because it was so rare--''that Miss Mid
dleton will add me to the number of her
friends some day. live in London. YOU
know, but wonder at ladies caring to
live there. No poultry or garden, to
which the feminine mind usually clings.'
''Jane seems to like it," said.
Eyes" replied Charles, meditatively.
Il daresay she is very wise. A woman
who lives alone is much safer in town
than in an isolated house in the country,
in case of fire, or thieves, Or
"Well, don't know that" said. eI
don't see that they are SO very safe.
Why, only the night before I came down
hero stopped. had looked UP to
catch sudden glimpse of Cars face,
pale and uneasy, watching us in q mirror
opposite. In a moment 1 saw his face
turn smiling to another-Evelyn's |
think-and both were gone.
Charles light steel eyes were fixed full
upon me.
"'Only the night before you came
down here, you were saying" he re-
marked, leaning back and half shutting
them as usual.
eyes; only the night before 1 came
Low Il helo our nouSe was broken Into
And l gave him short account of what
had happened. "And only the night be-
fore that" / added, "a poor woman was
murdered in James old house. I re-
member it especially because 1 went to
the house by mistake, not knowing Jane
had moved, and 1 saw her, poor thing,
sitting by the fire. don't see that liv-
ing In town is SO much safer for life and
property after ALL"