Evening journal., 1891-05-20
A GIRL FROM REDHORSE.

JUNE %.
find myself more and more interested
In him. II is not, ! am sure, his-do you
know any noun corresponding to the ad.
jectiye "handsome2n-on does not like Go
say beauty" when speaking of a man.
He IS handsome enough, heaven knows; !
should not even care to trust you with him
-faithfulest Of all possible wives that you
are-when he looks his best, as he always
does. Nor do ! think the fascination of
his manners has much to do with it. You
recollect that the charm of art inheres in
that which is indefinable, and to you and
me, my dear Irene, fancy there is rather
less Of that in the branch Of art undercon-
sideration than to girls in their first season
fancy know how my fine gentleman
produces many of his effects, and could
perhaps instruct him to heighten them
Nevertheless, his manner is something
truly delightful. suppose what interests
me chiefly is the mans brains. His con.
versation Is the best have ever heard. and
altogether unlike any ones else. Heseems
TO know everything, as indeed he ought.
for he has been everywhere, read every,
thing, seen all there is to see-sometiines /
think rather more than is good for him
and had acquaintance with the aueerest
peoplel And then his voice-Irene. when
hear It actually feel as If ought to have
paid at the door, though of course it is my
own door.
July 3.
fear my remarks about DR.. Barritz
must have been, being thoughtless. very
silly, or you would not have written Of
him with such levity, not to say disre.
spect. Believe me, dearest, he has more
dignity and seriousness (of the kind, |
mean. which is not inconsistent with a
manner sometimes playful and ALWAYS
charming) than any of the men that You
and ever met. And young Raynor-you
knew Raynor at Monterey--tells me that
the men all like him, and that he is treated
with something like Difference everywhere
There is a mystery too--somethine about
his connection with the Blavatslxv peopIe
in northern India Raynor either would
not or could not tell me the particulars
infer that DR.. Barritz is thought-don't
you dare TO laugh-a magicianl Could
anything be finer than that?
An ordinary mystery is not, OF course.
as good as a scandal, but when II relates
to dark and dreadful practices-to the ex
ercise Of unearthly powers-could any-
thing be more piquants 1t explains. too.
the singular influence the man has upon
me. 1t Is the indefnable in his art-blaek
arti Seriously, dear, quite tremble when
he looks me full in the eyes with those un
fathomable orbs Of his which | have al
ready vainly attempted to describe to Won
How dreadful if he have the power 10
make one fall in lovel Do you know if the
Blavatsky crowd have that power-outside
Of Sepoy7
july 16.
The strangest thingl Last evening while
aunt was attending one Of the hotel hons
q hate them) DR.. Barritz called. It was
scandalously late-I actually believe he had
talked with aunty in the ballroom and
learned from her that was alone l had
been all the evening contriying how to
worm out of him the truth about his con
nection with the Thugs in Sepoy, and all Of
that black business, but the moment he
fixed his eyes on me, for | admitted him.
I'm ashamed to say l was HELPLESS.
brombled. blushed I--oh, Irenel Irenei
love the man beyond expression, and Won
know how it is yourselfl
Fancy /, an ugly duckling from Red.
horse-daughter, they say, Of old "Calam-
ty Jim"-certainly his heiress. with no |
living relation but an absurd old aunt
who spoils me a Thousand and fifty wavs- /
absolutely destitute Of everything but
II 100000 and hope in Paris-I darling.
70 love a god like himl My dear If | had |
You here ! could tear your hair out with |
am convinced that he Is aware OF my
ceiling for he staid but a few moments, |
said nothing but what another msn might 1
nave said half as we'll, and, pretending /
hat he had an engagement, went away. |
earned today "a little bird told me-the |
oell boyl that he went straight TO bed. |
How does that strike you as an evidence |
# exemplary habits?
July Il.
That little wretch Raynor called yester-
lay, and his babble set me almost wild. |
he never runs down-that is to say. when /
le does run down a score Of regulations /
more or less he does not pause between one
eputation and the next. (By the way, he /
inquired about you, and his manifestations L
II interest in you had, confess, good /
leal Of genuine vraisemblance) Mr.. Ray /
Tor observes no game laws; like the death Il
which he would infiict if ISLANDERS were
atal, he has all seasons for his own. But
like him, for we knew one another at
when we were young and true
learted and barefooted. He was known in
hose fair days as ''Giggles, /" and 10 Irenel
an you ever forgive me?-I was called
'Gunny." God knows why; perhaps in
Illusion TO the material Of my pinafores;
'erhaps because the name is an ALTERATION
With "Giggles;" for Gig and were insep
rable playmates, and the miners may
ave thought it a delicate compliment to
ecognize some kind Of relationship be
ween us.
Later we took in third-another OF ad-
ersity's brood who, like Garrick between
ragedy and comedy, had a chronic inabili
y TO adjudicate the rival claims TO him.
el0 of frost and famine. Between him |
nd the grave there was seldom anything
more than single stlspender and the hope |
( meal, which would at the same time
upport life aud make it insupportable
ie literally picked up precarious living
Or himself and an aged mother by "chlor
ling the dumps;" that is to say, the
miners permitted him TO search the heaps |
{ waste rock for such pieces of ''pay ORE
5 had been overlooked, and these he
acked up and sold at the Syndicate mill
He became a member OF our firm
Gunny, Giggles s. Dumps" thenceforth--
Trough my favor for | could not then.
or can I now, be indifferent 70 his cour
gs and prowess in defending against Gig