Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-01
THE C0NTESSA'S HAIR.

ats Charicyi" said Polly.
at isn'tl" said !.
"But tell you II isl'
laughed derisivoly.
''Do you think Two taken leave Of
my scnscsn said !. 40 you think 1
don't know Charley ST. Cyr when SEQ
himr
There, they're stopping now. That's
Belle with him. Now do you believe
IN mer cried Polly.
Tho next minute we wero kissing and
embracing our pretty cousin.in.law,
Mn. st. Cyr, on tho sunkcn step OF old
Matteo Giglio's shop In the Via Madrc
IN Naples. on either side of the dingy
stone doorway blosomcd huge olcan.
der bush In n clumsy marble vase, and
tho Italian sunshine slept dreaiuily on
the pavement In sigIags Of gold, while
overhead glowed tho deep blue sky Of
tie poets.
Who was "wcr Well, two" repro.
sentod Polly and myself Polly was
my sister We wcro both school
ma'ans, spending our vacation In tho
land Of sunshine Not wealthy tourists
by any means, nor yet bloatcd bond
hollcrs but sensible. economical Yam.
kec girls who had learned tho art OF
making every penny 20 rs far as posi-
bic, and who wero engaged In doing
the continent rs ohcaply aspraGtIcablc.
And quito necessary we found that
same economy. AZ home we lived In
a iat and kept house for Ourselves,
turning our own gowns and wcarlnl;
dyed hid gloves and washed aud ironcd
ribbons In spirit OF cheerful indie.
pcndencc With Charles 81. Cyr things
were altogether different lie was ono
Of those curlod darlings OF fortune on
whom advorsity's cold wind had never
blown, and when lio married pretty
Bello Blecckcr. n beauty and an heir
80, Il seemed as II nothing further
could be desired
TO Think cried Belle rndlantly,
that you shouldn't have known Char
leyl OF course It's Charloyl kiss me,
Polly, you dear thingl Give me "A hug,
Luciui Of all good luck this chance
meeting Is tho most dolightiulp
But" cried |, pcoring into tho ~
cesscs Of the close cnrringo, "wlat hsl
Charley dono TO hlmselfi'
Belle laughed.
"You notice everything, don't you
dcarT said she. Eyes, ho Ia changed
He's been very, very IN with typhoid
fever, and lis hair has been cut oil
It's that antedlluylan skullcap thai
changes him so.n
~ told you 30" said |. mo on,
would have known him"
But It's Charley. all tho same,
Polly protested.
I'm n regular guy, amt IT. sale
young st. Cyr, laughing rather inlrth
lessly, M with glance up and dow
tho narrow street TO mako sure tia
there wero no observers lie stepped on
u tho rusty vehicle and entered tn
store.
We've como TO buy him a wig,
fald Bcllo lightly. "of course he'll
expect me to set up pair OF spectacle
and a crutch to keep him company
He's so low spirited about 1t, poo
darling" sho added soto vocc, n
Charley passed ON with Polly. The,
alSays had been great friends as chill
dfen. "And OF course II was a terribl
trial to lose all that splendid hair O
Ills But no broods over Il, and so
lax as much nonsense about II as
can and pretend TO think II wild fun
And tho strangest thing Is that It's a
most impossible TO lind anything :
match his eyes and complexion In wig
OF toupeos, and he's no fastidlous 20
can't think. We've been recommends
to Matteo Giglio's place, and that
how We came 10 be here"
we came to look at antique cameo
and carved coral, said l. mot TO bus
Of course. Gu, purses don't admit that
but rs mere matter OF curiosity"
"oh, Glgllo keeps everything whe
once you find him out" said Belt
There's hair dressing ward In littl
underground hole where lamps al
burning all the year around. Doconi
with us, there's love, while Poll
loses horelf among these intagllos an
rusty coins"
Matteo Glglio had consumptlS
looking son, Giuseppe by name, VII
vat In the little den where newly shor
masses OF golden curls caught tho dli
CLEAN OF the lampllght, and lou
switches hung around like the trophi,
OF some Indian chief fresh from II
scalpng path. Ho viewed Mr., st. c
critically ilrt with lifted lamp, then
the ordinary light
1T Is very strange" said he.
never saw Just the shade OF the signo
hair"
"Oh, don't say thatl" cried BE
uaglcally clasplng her hands
duIseppe bowed solemnly in her {
reI.on.