Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

COluu sec lntb lue NOludu WIS Ill great
distress of mind, and that was some.
thing she could sympathizc with. She
had seen Ed and her father and Walle
Dinsmore; there had been great deal
of discussion and some disputing, end
ing apparently in sort of conditional
reconciliation; but she had been unable
TO keep her attention fixed on the sub
Jcct long enough ut Il time to compre-
bend the bearings of it. She had also
seen lingo, who was in an agitated frame
Of mind, jumping up from his chair and
sitting down again twenty times, asking
questions which he tried to answer him.
self, talking about his reputation, about
his fidelity to his contracts, about his
financial liberality and about Nile. Ma
rama, whom he alternately abused and
praised, and between whom and Beatriz
he seemed anxious to bring about an in
terview. Beatrix was willing, even
DESTROYS, that the interview should take
place; but nothing OF the sort happened,
and The inference was that Mile. Mariana
must have declined.
Altogether the evening fell ominously.
But as Beatrix drove TO the theatre in a
covered sleigh kind of calmness, almost
happiness. came over her. These regular
meetings with her audiences had grown
10 be an in1cscribable resource and sup
port to her. They enabled her to throw
aside herself and her affairs; to a1paal
from the narrow and interested circle of
her private friends and enemies to the
vast. iinpersOnal, careless, good humorcd
world of the public, who loved and aD-
plaudcd her artistic self, and knew and
cared nothing about her real thoughts
and existence. How would it be when
this resource no longer remained to her?
She put that question aside, and the por-
ter at the stage entrance, who attached
great impOr ance 10 the smile of greet
ing ha received each evening from the
diva, reported on this occasion that the
dear lady had seemed TO be in especially
good spirits. Moreover she had slipped
into his hand u snuli box (he was !. Ham
overian and took snuff containing, not
snuff. but 500 bank note
A few hours before the theatre opened
Waiiie Dinsmorc had met Godfrey Bel
in%irm in that general rendezvous Of
american celebrities the corridor of the
w l,ec, lool.;,,,, f,r VIM, fo, +ho last
tweuty-forlr hours he said, but this is
the last place I expected to see you in"
Maybe that's why I'm here, - respond
~ ,ynrtcd ,.o.,, - 5;,,o Mil, ,,o ,.o..4o-
dav"
- went to D.lmo,ico's
.Fnrono b.s de,ror,1;9o1 vo,,
- fr-N>.,' '"'
tbere ma Tnif,o Tba+ fnllaU,.s ooo',,i
d,.,I F." O'''-
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baen drinl-ino md # Ieol,od o,,+ Va
bos boon defroulin,, Nj Pon1Cl,,h of -
nort of her ealory-[obo,,t +,ran+,. f,,o -.
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tbo,sandy"
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loved u tn tenr Ioc.1,.n ,y,,in+ T. ,voS
rascoIlv transaction ~ Ito1d t,,o,,. 49,
fellow nr,,b+ "a ha Iocl,o1 49,, w. t
To he found TO-DAY md eznact ha,S
cleared out
..Varv 1ikeIy rba+ u,,a pa
seems ia have bgd so1na,Iing ,roinst
him. too But IL this new NTarana c,n
only be nqo;tisd 7 ebau ha .ontart 10 l,+
the resi- %. OF course Won will mo NJ
thu opera to-niehtY
NO"
That's absurd! You upst come ~
NO; why should |? You have chosen
to suppose that there was sometbiop be.
tween Miss Randolph and mo. | meyer
cared to undeceiye Won't wonId have
been giving the affair too much innor-
tance. Bat. whatever there might have
been. there is certainly nothing now
nor over will be-"
If was deceived then / don't see
why you refuse to come tonight"
II simply don't care to-" said Ballinp-
ham abruptly.
Wsllie looked at him, and decided that
Che wiscst course would be not to press
him any further. They parted. and Bel