Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

Freda raised her eyebrows.
my dear, you mean Breton?
Yes"
Dear child, he's leading me on. Besides,
thought you didn't care"
"I don't. Yet, as friend"
Daisy stopped and blushed furiously,
as her eyes filled.
Freia answered clearly: "You are
goose. Mr.. Breton is nice fellow. He
thinks a great deal of you. A transient in
fatuatioa for me won't hurt him, and it
won4 hart his regard for you. 1 am only
an actress to him, but he respects you
He might WOO me if he got chance, but he
would marry you. He's man of the
world, dear-don't expect him to be any
thing else. They are, after all, the best
men. They make the best friends, the best
lovers, the best husbands.
Daisy looked at her in horror.
'Do you think would marry Q man like
that?" she grasped.
'I hope SO, if he loved you and you
loved him. Don't judge men by books.
Take them as they are. p"
Daisy shuddered and Freda went on:
81 have no interest in him-not bit. IF
YOU say 80, will see no more of him, but l
tell you, frankly, man won't be choked
of that way. To evade him now will only
make him worse; vet, if you say SO, I will
see no more of him"
Daisy made an indignant gesture.
''Well, it would be unfair to me. He
seems inclined TO find out what sort of girl
I am, and it's only fair to me to let him;
yet, 1 will do as you like"
Pardon me-" returned Daisy, with SIM
pie dignity "You will do as you choose" !"
Freda's brows knitted in an ugly way.
Thanks" she said, 81 will.
She felt herself ill-treated, and her warm
Ill faa4r InGn
She wrote Breton on a line saying she would
sup with him after the theater.
As the cab drew up, "What place is
this?" asked Freda.
'Carson's," Breton returned easily, but
with inward trepidation.
'rThe place is considered rather Bohemian,
Is it not?" Freda inquired with perfect
directneSs.
Il think not, but if you object, of
course"
81 presume you are able to protect me if
necessary" Freda returned indiferently.
Besides" with an air of sincerity, SIT
would not occur to me to object to a place
to which YOU, a gentleman, bring me-"
Breton bowed. He seemed to be known.
A greasy but self-satisfed waiter showed
them into a supper room. 1t was occupied
by half dozen separate parties, AMI it was
rather dingy. Presumably patrons stood all
lllIS DGtduhC lll6N tuSIusc1N0s uOluR
something worldly, and because ordinary
dishes were served as English cookery, and
because prices were high.
Breton watched his companion closely.
Her face was bright, her manner uncon-
strained. With the supper he ordered
champagne. As the glasses were filled,
Freda said, her lids dropping and her voice
pretty with childish infiction: 'You must
not let me drink much of it. 1t is the only
wine that affects me-"
"Dear mel We must be careful"
She laughed merrily. Then, with an air
of bravad>, she half drained her glass, stop
ping at the halftO laugh over the brim into
Breton's eyes. He was not sure why she
laughed, but there was proyocation in her
eyes.
''You are more merry tonight than can
be-"
''You surely did not'bring me here to be
miserable?"
81 hope not. Yet remember that shall
soon see no more ofyou, and cannot laugh
''Your pathos lacks sincerity, but as COM
edy it is good.
81 am sincere"
Freda lifted her brows, but the pause did
not embarrass her.
Life seems one long list of partings."
1.-The audience was moved to tears, permit
meT' and.FredaSappliedt the corner of her
handkerchief to her eye.
''You are pleased to jest, Miss Sonaday,
vet YOUR life must have taught you the sad
ness of meeting only to part"
''I've often found it more embarrassing to
part only to meet. Our conversation drifts
toward wig making. May 1 have more
champagne?"
''Do you know, L think it is best that 1
should have no more of your regard, he
said as he filled her glass.
Don't be offended that do not ssk why.
I'm not interested. 1 know what your an
swer would be-"
every likely. Where do you think of
''Nfy business calls me to San Fran
cisco
Dear me, thought you were going to |
Africa. San Francisco isn't safe; there are |
actresses there"
''The jest is unworthy of you. As I |
thought it over last night, it seemed sad to
me- To meet one like yourself-a con- |
genial; to feel a subtle tie binds one to her, |
g tie which might, if the gods permitted. |
bind one to her forever, and a parting |
comes"
"And often how lucky il is it comes" In |
terpolated Freda cheerfully.
He went on as if in good faith.
Fortunate sometimes, I suppose, yet how
sad, how sad always"
"Your regrets are misplaced. Most peo-
pie who please each other for two weeks
would bore each other in three"
'But why cut short the blessed two?"
Freda smiled over the rim of her glass.
''Was ii cutting short any blessed two?"
There fell a pause. Breton seized her
hand. She shook his off imperiously.
Don't You are stupid"
cam stupid? What do you mean?"
81 mean you Gre stupid"
'Be serious. Nav / still see you?"
'NIy dear sir! you may run around after
the company as much as you choose"
"Can YOU not see that I love your
81 had not noticed it. -
81 have done everything a man can do to
show it.
'Oh, dear! You have chased after the
company chiefly to keep watch of girl for
whom you care; incidentally, to amuse your
self In the latter cause you have taken me
to a supper or So"
''I beg of you! All! do you not seel love
you"
Exclamation points do not constitute
logic. My dear Mr.. Breton, you have talked
a lot and gotten nowhere, except, perhaps,
into the sympathies of the waiter who is
doubtless listening"
Breton was disappointed He had looked
for something like piquancy in the affair.
Freda's business-like, "You have talked a
lot and gotten nowhere" was deplorablv
cold blooded. He tipped his chair back and
spoke whh 8 sudden new infection of
earnestness:
"Nlll YOU marry me and go on trip to
Europe?"
"And nv engagement?'