The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-13
A LOVES LIKENESS.

md whenever he has touch OF liver com
.,IaiD, or snfTers from want Of exercise
T. can mourn over his lost love ana DC
very happy in a tender, twilight fashion
Iiannasy,le's affair Of the heart had been
n e,odsend 10 him II was four years oio'
and the girl had long since given ap thiiiA'
An, ~ r. She had married and had many
oores ~ her own. In the beginning sh'
Lad told Uannasyde that, "while she could
never be anything more than sisVeI y
him. she would always take the deepest IN
,oresf in his welfare" This startlingiy ne"
and original remark gave Hannasyue some
thing to think over for two years. ana III
own vanity filled in the other twenty-iouI
months. Hannasyde was quite diiereh,
from Phil Garron, but, none the less, hao'
eeverel points in common with that lar TOO
lucky man.
He kent his unrcquited attachment 10y
him as men keep vol smoked plpe-IOi
comforts sake. and because 1t had grown
dear in the using. 1t brought HIM nap
pily through the Simla season. Hannasyoe
vas not lovely. There was crudity IN ms
manners and roughness in the way IN
which he helped lady on 10 her horse
that did not attract the other sex 10 him'
even II he had cast about for their favor,
which he did not. He kept his wounded
heart all to himself for awhile.
Then trouble came to him. All who go
10 Simla know the slope from the tele'
graph TO the public works Office. Hanna
syde was loafing up the hill one September
m6rning between calling hours when a
,rickshaw came down in hurry, and In
the 'rickshaw sat the living breathing
image of the girl who had made him 50
happily unhappy Hannasyde leaned
against the ratings and gasped lie wanted
10 run down hill after the 'rickshaw, but
that was impossible; so he went forward
with most Of his blood in his temples.
II was impossible, for many reasons, that
tl,c woman in the 'rickshaw could he the
girl he had known. She was, he discov-
cred later, the wife of a man from Dindi-
pul. or CoimbatOre, or some out-of-the-way
place. and she had come up TO Simla early
In the season for the good Of her health.
She was going back to Dindigul, or whei-
ever II was. at the end Of the season, and
in all likelihood would never return TO
Simla again, her proper Hill station being
Ootacamund That night Hannasyde,
raw and savage from the raking up OF all
old feelings, took counsel with himself Tor
one measured hour. What he decided
upon was this, and you must decide for
Yourself how much genuine affection for
the old love. and how much a very natural
inclination TO go abroad and enjoy himself
affected the decision. Mrs. Landys-Hag-
CERT would never in all human likelihood
cross his path again. So whatever he did
didn't much matter She was marvelously
like the girl who took a deep interest
and the rest of the formula. All things
considered, it would be pleasant to make
the acquaintance of Mrs. Landys-Haggert,
and for little time-Only very little
;ime-to make believe that he was with
Alice Chisane again. Every one is more or
less mad on one point. Hannasyde's par
tictllar monomania was his old love, Alice
Chisane.
He made il his business TO get introduced
TO Mrs. Haggert, and observation-disclosures
pered. lie also made it his business TO see
as much as he could OF that lady. When u
man is In earnest as TO interviews the IA
cilities which Simla offers are startling.
There are garden parties and tennis parties
and picnics and luncheons at Annandale,
and rife matches and dinners and balls;
besides rides and walks, which are matters
of private arrangement Hannasyde had
started with the intention of seeing a like
ness. and he ended by doing much more.
He wanted to be deceived, he meant TO be
deceived and he deceived himself very thor
oughly. No only were the faceIand figure
the face and figure Of Alice Chisane, but
the voice and lower tones were exactly the
same. and so were the turns of speech; and
the little mannerisms that every woman
has of gait and gesticulation were ALSO
,utely and identically the same.
The turn of the head was the same; the
tired look in the eyes at the end of long
walk was the same; the stoop and wrench
over the saddle to hold in a pulling horse
was the same; and once. most marvellous
OF all, Mrs. Landys Haggert singing to
herself in the next room, while llannasyde
was waiting TO take her for ride, hum
med note for note, with throaty culver
OF the voice in the second line, Poor Wan
dering Onen exactly as Alice Chisane had
hummed It for Hannasyde in the dusk OF
AN English drawing room. In the actual
woman herself-in the soul Of her-ther,
was not the least likeness, she and Alice
Chisane being cast in different mOlds. But
all that Hannasyde wanted TO know ant
nee and think about was this maddeninl
and perplexing likeness Of face and voice
and manner. lie was bent on making a
fool OF himself that way. and he was in no
sort disappointed.
Open and obvious devotion from any sort
of man is always pleasant to any sort OF
womaEn but Mrs I.andys- Haggert, being
n woman of the world, could make nothing
of Hannasyie's admiration.
lie would take any amount OF trouble
he was a selfish man habitually-to meet
and forestall, il possible. her wishes. Any
thing she told him 10 do was law; and ht
WAS. there could be no doubling 1t, fond Of
her company so long as she talked TO him
and kept on talking about trivialities. But
when she launched into expression of hen
personal views aud her wrongs, those smal
social differences that make the spice Of
Simla life, uannasyde was neither pleased
nor interested. lie didn't want TO know
anything about Mrs. LaDdys- Haggert or
her experiences in the Iast-she had tray-
eied nearly all over the world and could
talk clcveriy-he wanted the likeness of
Alice Chisane before his eyes and her voice
IN his ears. Anything outside that remind
ing him Of another personality Jared, and
he showed that il did.
Under the new postoflice one evening
Mrs. Iandys-H aggert turned on him and
smoke her mind shortly and without warn.
ING. Mr.. Hannasyde." said she. will
Won lie good enough TO explain why you
have appointed yourself my special cava
lier seryentey Idon't understand y. But
l am perfectly certain somehow or Other
that you don't care the lsast little bit IN
the world for me-" This seems 10 support,
by the way, the theory that no man can
net or tell lies to woman without being
found out. Hannasyde was taken of his
guard. Ills defense never was strong
one, because he was always thinking %
himself. and he blurted out before he knew
what he was saying this inexpedisaf an
swer: mo more 10"
The quecrncss Of the situation and the
reply made Mr.. Landys-Haggert laugh
Then It all came out, and at the end Of
Iisnnasyde's lucid explanation Mrs. Hag
gert said. with the least touch OF scorn 10
her voice: $50 I'm 10 act as the lay hgnrs
for you TO hang the rags OF your tattsred