The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-08

fellow ought to be locked up. He's not
to be found today, and l expect he's
cleared out"
VERY likely That Nine. Bemax
seems to have had something against
him, too. But if this new Mariana can
only be paciied shall be content to let
the rest go. Of course you will be at
the opera tonight"
mo"
s'That's absurd You must come"
ssNo; why should 1? You have chosen
to suppose that there was something be-
tween Miss Randolph and me. | never
cared to undeceive you-it would have
been giving the affair too much impor-
lance. But, whatever there might have
been, there is certainly nothing now,
nor ever will be-"
IF | was deceived then don't see
why you refuse to come tonight.
''I simply don't care to, said Belling-
ham abruptly.
Wallie looked at him, and decided that
the wisest course would be not to press
him any further They parted, and Bel
bingham went to his rooms, lit lamp,
and sat himself down to read. But
when the hour for the performance ap-
preached he closed the book, dressed
himself. and drove to the theatre. He
could not resist this impulse. When he
arrived tho overture was just conclud-
ing. II shall not be able to get place, ="
he said to himself; cit is just as well"
But when he presented himself at the
ticket Office the clerk, who recognized
him, remarked with smile, Just one
seat vacant, Mr.. Bellingham, and that
is the one you used to occupy the first
of the season; will you have it," 1t
seemed like manifest destiny. 'All
right" said Bellingham. He took the
ticket, entered the house, and sat down.
As he did SO the curtain rose.
The interval between this night and
the one on which he had last been here
enabled him to draw a comparison be-
tween the Gretchen of the debut and
this of the farewell There was senti-
mental feeling perceptible among the
audience. The American people are fond
of sentiment, when managed dramati-
cally; and this, no doubt, had its effect
on the singer, and warmed and sweet
ened the music of her voice. But, sucf
accidents aside, it was evident thai
she had improved. though precisely in
what respect Bellingham would have
found it difficult to say. Fer manner
was less exuberant, more concise ani
true. She had learned her power ani
her resources, and used them with full
confidence and art.
In her singing, moreover, could be dis
cerned not the music merely, but thu
human character which the poet por
trayed. When she was on the stage i
was difficult to realize the separate ex
istence of anything else; wherever sh,
stood she was the center and reason o
the scene. Every gesture and move
ment was an enlightenment and graft
fication. She was always where she be
longed. Each thing she did SO NIGEL,
fitted the occasion that the spectacle
fancied he had known beforehand tina
it would so be done "This is what sh
was born for" said Bellingham to him
self with gloomy frankness. Il shoul
only have been il the way. I'm glad
came here, if only to have made sure @
that. Such a woman should no more b
monopolized and Gagged in domesticit
than waterfall or a strain of music
The mischief Of it is that did not recog
nize the fact before"
AS he sat absorbed in her, and happ
in spite of his unhappiness, he notice.
that she carried in her girdle bunch {
marguerites. The discovery gave him
gradual start, so to say; he became onl
slowly aware how much it surprised an
affected him. He had always provide
her with bunch of them, whenever sh
sang in Faust from the first day or
ward: often not without difficulty, fe
daisies do not grow in northern meadow
all the year round. Had she, during h
absence, been procuring them for he
self, or was this the first occasion of be
wearing them since he went away? TIL
former was much the more likely. Az
tresses become accustomed to little pa
ticulars of the toilet, and are not at eas
without them. Nevertheless Bellin.
ham could not Danish the notion tn;
the latter alternative might be the trr
one. Did he believe it because
wished it? Why should he wish it?
was useless to torment himself with sue
questions
In matters appertaining to Miss RAJ
dolph he seemed to be swayed by an il
fuence, fate, an attraction, almost i
dependent Of his own will and reason
What could be more unreasonable tina
u to suppose that this bunch of marguerit
was secret signal to him to come
= her, to speak with her, to be once mo
a all that he had been to her-and NOR
ST Had not that interview in last evening
Il snow storm put an end to all such a
II ticipations? But, again, was this Il
, same woman who had vanished fro
" him In the bus on that occasion? Wi
- = so much difference in her surroun
d ings was there none in her? Well, 81
" had betrayed no consciousness of
n presence tonight. They had exchange
= no glance, as sometimes in the form
~ days. After it was said and done, hoy
% ever, Bellingham knew that he shou
u find himself behind the scenes, face
l. face with her, before the night w
over.
~ lingo. by what he considered DO
y stroke of craftsmanship, had placed O
10 of the stage boxes at the disposal
ie Mile. Mariana, known as Mrs Pete1
> eff she means to make a row." he
~ gued, treating her gentlemanly wo1
u Z. make it worse, and it may just tone h
y down a little" But, whatever the la,
may have thought of the complime1
-, :, she omitted to avail herself of the be