The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-04

II hope, Miss Eustace, you will permit me
10 make slight reparatiou for my laundering
careiessness by driving you homel My ex
cuse for rapid driving is that ! was hastily
summoned 10 very sick man.
Then do not let me detain you another
moment, DOCTOR" hastily replied the young
lady. II am wholly recovered, and [ think
was silly to faint''
u will accompany Miss Eus:ace home,n
said the young man, perceiving an oppor
tunlty and striving to utilize il.
mo, sir. it is unnecessary" replied the
young lady, with such GOODNESS and haugh-
uness as to make a repetition OF the
pfoHer impossible. To the officer she
said "Will you do me the favor to call
CAB" To the phytician: doctor, you
must go to your patient l insist upon
1t. L will forgive you for knocking me
down Ii you will go at once, and / never
Will II you don't. Go. 1 am not injured at
ALL"
The doctor departed with apologies as
the officer entered, having caught cab
at the door,
The young lady, rising, turned to Dori-
son, and with color again flushing her
cheeks said:
sir, II have not expressed gratitude to
you for your service it is not because am
lnsenslble OF its value Indeed, thank
you very much"
| With this, to which Dorison responded
with low bow, she walked of with the
o1hcer, who returned moment later say
ing:
The young lady desires to know your
name and address, so that her father may
call upon yOu.'
Dorlson had regaiped his self possession
fully, and he replied:
say to the young lady, with my compli-
nents, please, that while I shall esteem it
as al honor to be visited by her father, his
tnanHs are unnecessary, since 1 am CRATE
III! !or having been able to render service
TO his daughter. My name is James Dud-
ley; my address Is number - Twenty
ninth street,
1t is doubtful whether the officer re-
peated any mo OF this rather grandilo-
quent speech than the address Dorson,
turning, saw the young stranger regarding
MIN with an insolent sheer. 1t made him
engfy, and all the more SO because he was
| conscious that his speech a little too pom
Pous to be in good taste, had given reason
for the sheer.
so be rushed forthwith into another
error
My name is James -dley. What is
yoursW
Really" said the young man, with
studied insolence, your information is
highly important, but | am not bgrteriDg
on such terms
An angry reply leaped to Dorison's
tongue, but per ewing the absurdity of a
quarrel upon such insufficient grounds, he
walked out Of the store.
1t was some time before he cooled, for he
felt he had made himself ridiculous. IT.
deed it was not until he recognized the
humoa OF the situation-that he desired to
punish the young man for having himself
| peen fbsurd-that he could laugh 1t off. By
this time he found he had passed the store
| he wished 10 call at, and retraced his steps.
Although he endesvored to bend his mind
to the business he had in hand, he was
not able to Danish that charming face.
especially those upturned eyes Per-
| maps lis failure to elicit any information.
and he visited the whole list, was due to
that haunting face and to the memory of
the pressure OF that soft, yielding form in
his arms as he bore it to the sidewalk
Tired out at the eud, disgusted with his
failure and blaming himself for having
done his work badly, he returned to his
apartments to prepare himself for his
evenings work. Indeed, he had barely
completed his dressing when a card was
presented bearing the words, Herbert
Clavering Eustace."
AS he directed his caller to be shown I'D.
he was conscious of feeling of citation,
| reason for which he could not satisfactory v
give to himself. However, little time was
given for DISCRIMINATION. for in a
moment Mr.. Eustace was ushered into the
room.
His caller was tall, slim gentleman
whose sixty winters bore ligltly upon him
a gentleman of elegant and courtly bearing,
! whose head was covered with snow white
| hair, while a mustacne as white swent
across his face and lost itself in soft sil.en
white whiskers. With perfect breeding
he stated the purpose of his call to be
wholly that of thanking Mr.. Dudley for
the lnestlmable service rendered his daugh-
ter, and not only, he said did he conway
the thanks OF the other members of the
family, but OF the young lady herself, who,
she was quite certain, at the time Of the
accident had not shown proper apprecia.
ton or what she had been saved from bv
MIR. Dudley's quick wit and ready hand.
AL of this overwhelmed Dorison. who
was really modest fellow, and he felt
that shamefacedness at being SO much
thanked manly men ever do. By a STRONG
effort he pulled his wits together and met
the courtesy in well bred manner, avoid
Ing the error of treating service the bene-
nc aries regarded important, as trivial as
Ill bred people are 50 apt to do This in
turn impressed Mr.. Eustace. Thew glided
into general chat Of few moments
when the caller arose and again renewiro
his distinguished considerations, expressed
bhO hOPO thO udy IDS uUI lar distant when
the young lady might thank him in person
out in such general terms and in such tone
that DorIson instantly felt that he would
be consummate fool if he were to take
| the expression to be anything more than n
polite courtesy.
He accompanied Mr. Eustace to the door
and in doing so passed into another light
giving Mr.. Eustase for the first time fair
opportunity to observe his face.
Good heavensm exclaimed the old gan
tleman, startled out of his proprietv
What a marvellous resemblance. Sir
are you related in any way to Reuben
Dorison2"
Too well disciplined In this direction to
be taken aback, Dorison replied:
THE gentleman is unknown to me.n
| He Is dead these eight years. He was
dear friend Of mine. Your resemblance
to him, at the age you are now, is some
thing wonderful. Indeed, Intervening
| years pass away, and as l talk with Won 7
seem to talk with him. You have his voice.
his bearing, his very tricks of manner, even
your smile is his. Upon my word it is
wonderful"
| 1t required all the self control Dorjson
| could summon to prevent a BETRAYED of
himself in this outburst. Murmurinp
something about strong resemblances be.
ing not uncommon in this world, he bowed
his visitor out.
He waited long enough to permit Mr..
Eustace to depart from the street, and went
out troubled and worried
ITO BE CONTINUED