Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-06

NGluatlon-DlehS nSf nearJ! NOW lct us
see what can be done"
lIo lit his cigarette, and sent the
smoke curling through his nose. cart
is certainly Il great resource" he observ-
ed, land noble one. 1t has been said,
and it may be true, that it admits of no
rivals. If ones affections are unoccu-
picd-ones human affections, mean
and arc likely to remain so, l dare say
one could not do better than to devote
ones self wholly to art You feel, you
say, that there is nothing else you could
possibly prefer to it; that you were
1nade for music and for nothing elsc?"
Nothing else" she repeated in a
husky voice, feeling as if, with those
words, she had surrendered her last Sc
cret Of hope of happiness.
This will come out all right thought
Wallie to himself cheerfully; "if that
ass Godfrey were only here it might be
settled on the spot" Aloud he said:
THAT being the case, | don't Fee how
you could be more fortunately situated.
With You circumstances, expediency
and inclination all pull together It was
not SO with n young friend Of mino
once who showed remarkable talent for
the stage, She had got SO far as to mako
her debut, with every prospect Of sue
cess, when she was unlucky enough to
fall in love with-aud be fallen in love
with by-a young gentleman of good
family here, lawyer. You will
hardly believe it, Miss Randolph,
YOU arc so differently constituted in
every way from her." continued Wallie,
graycly; but when she discovered that
he would feel panied if she remained on
the stage she actually gave up her whole
careerl And they were married, and
she has never been heard Of in public
way since. And she seems very happy
too! But she could never have had the
same single hearted devotion to art that
you have"
Il can-understand her being happy,
though sad Miss Randolph, almost in
a whisper, Then Wallie's heart snlote
him that he had played upon her. After
all, what did he know about what had
occurred between her and Godfrey?
There may have been a voritable TRACE
dy instead OF an ordinary lovers misun-
deretanding. AS Il matter of fact he had
no suspicion Of the tragi-coInic mistake
which was The immediate cause Of their
separation. lie thought it probable that
she had revealed Der true name to him,
and supposed that they had differed on
tho public career question, which he
had just illustrated in his fable.
In order to give himself and her time
for reflection he took up the conversa-
ton at another point in The event Of
Your accepting another engagement"
he said, 81 suppose lingo would be the
fortunate man.
"NOtLing has been decided about
that, she replied, falling with a sense Of
relief into the business tone. Il have
been told-that is. it seems that there
may be a difficulty hGdnOt thought Of
a Legal trouble. This money thar ] have
been receiving" she went on, after Il
pause, has been paid, Of course, to Milo.
MaIuna. The agreement according to,
which it is paid is signed by her-that
j., not by me. So it seems that legally
l an only her representative-her dep
MY, as it Wore, and she can, if She
chooses. demand that | make over all
the money TO her, But Of course all the
money, or most Of it, has been paid
aWay f0r-tO my father, so you see there
would be trouble"
"IIunph" CALCULATED WalHe, taking
a pinch OF his mu6tGChc between his
thumb ana forelingcr. lie mcditatei for
a while, staring at the owl, which 81
lently returned his gaze, "Who is your
|, ,v,-..,..'' h.. i,,yt7,i,.,1 1o,,,r+l,
u haven't any
'Was it Inigo who
"No-hc-I don't know whether it had
occurred to him" The truth was that
Hamilton Jocelyn, in requital OF the in
jury TO his feelings, had written the
prilna donna letter, in which he had
advanced the above suggestion; and he
had further announced that it was his
purpose Immediately to acquaint the
real Mariana with the position Of affairs,
and 20 offer her his services in the event
of prosecution. It's doubtful whether
he really contemplated any action OF the
| kind, but it would not have softened tho
unlovellness Of his present sensations
could he have known that Bcatrix was
not in the least surprised or shocked at
the position he had taken. 1t seemed to
her quite in keeping with his character.
"She might give you some annoy
ance," Wa,lio admitted after further
consultation with the owl, but I'm by
no means sure she could obtain 4 YER
dict, | imagine she must have writ
rcn to lingo, definitely Withdrawing
from the engagement, and hence his
substitution Of you. Was that the way
of it,"
Yes; and believe she paid the for
felt"
Then l don't think you need worry.
There can ut any rate be no doubt that
you have done the singing, and as sing
ing is paid nowadays, four thousand dol
lars a night is none too much for it,
1T was three thousand the first month,
and thirty-thrse hundred afterward,"
put in the prima donna.
Lingo certainly told me when he re-
| turned from Europe last June that he
got Mariana for four thousand night"
| Wallie affirmed. But probably he took
advantage OF your being a dcbutlnto to