The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-25

the servant look which 1nt1mated tina;
he would be not at home while this visit
or remained.
''You come in good season." said he
''the owl and / have just been talklni
about you"
Il did not ask for Mrs. Dinsmore," be-
gan the prima donna.
well, know" interposed Wallie. II
have often tried to persuade her that the
morning is the proper tisne to receive
calls, but she is still welded to he1
superstitions. You must try to put up
with me- l believe L should make a
pretty good aunt
The lady felt the kindness with which
he endeavored to put her at her ease,
and faint color dawned in her cheeks.
He went on:
II see by the papers that you are soon
to leave US. 1t must be pleasant to you
to feel how much respect and regard, as
well as renown, you have won since you
came here. hope it may soon bring you
back to u.s."
''Do YOU respect me, Mr.. Dinsmore:'
demanded she, fixing her eyes on him.
''You were an enigma to me at first
he replied Immediately, "but respected
you involuntarily, even before | knew
that was right in doing So"
/ He met her look as he spoke, and she
felt that he spoke what he meant.
Il came to ask you to help me respect
myself, she said, with pause between.
/ Did you know that l was an actress as
well as singer"
II knew what you refer to the first
moment we met answered he, with a
friendly smile. Il had seen Mile. Ma
rama abroad"
She did not need to ask him whether
he had kept her secret. Between per-
sons of certain order of integrity as
surances of such kind are superfiuous.
She breathed a sigh of relief. He had
known, and yet had not withheld his re-
/ spect, the respect of q gentleman. Her
sad heart began to take little courage.
Il think l know your father. Mr.. Ran
dolph," he resumed, with the slightest
accent of interrogation. ''You must not
think me Paul Pry, but Mr.. Randolph
is gentleman of the old school. not Il
good dissimulator, and he accidentally
betrayed himself to me one day without
knowing it. Perhaps l ought TO have
confessed to him, but am a wretchedly
undecided mortal about such things, and
have been debating for the last month
what had better do. More than month;
in fact, ever since Godfrey Bellingham
went away"
AS he carelessly uttered the last
words his glance passed over her. She
did not move an eyelid. Her breath
stopped for few moments, but that could
not be seen.
''She has already learned some things,
poor girlr' thought Wallie to himself.
Your main object in entering the pro-
fession must be nearly achieved, he
presently continued, as she remained
silent.
You think it was only the object
that justified me:" she said quickly.
IF were you" he replied, Il would
be myself in the future"
'sBut can | sing any more?"
Speaking for the public, [ should say
sing on forever. You have gained a
footing from which nothing can dislodge
you. You need no other woman's repu-
tation, and the public will easily forgive
you the ruse you have put upon them;
indeed they have nothing to forgive"
Il would rather you found fault with
me than made it easy for me" she said,
with a tremor in her voice. ''There is
no one else l can go to-"
Il don't think you need a scolding,"
. Z 4 I,
1.-The past il done with. | can imagine
you have had an uphill time of it in
many ways. But You have gone far to
rehabilitate completely Mile. Marana's
character, and l should fancy she would
be very reluctant to have it known that
she cannot claim the merit of the vindi-
cation. Another season you would
probably be free from vulgar annoyance,
even were you TO continue your present
disguise, but in your own name and with
the outside protection which it would
enable you to command you would be
perfectly secure. However, sha'n't pre-
= tend to advise you, Mademoiselle-Miss
: Randolph. In the first place [ am an
interested party-I want you to go on
singing for my own benefit; and, fur
thermore, 1 cannot tell how far the
: pleasures of the profession may seem to
you to outweigh the drawbacks-or vice
, versa"
? ''It's the only thing I'm good for
: that's ALL said she, looking up at him.
Il wonder what Geoffrey would say to
that" thought Wallie. by Jove! it's
outrageous what fools these bows and
girls will be. They will-they seem to
like it, Well, then, they deserve to have
their little miseries, don't they? Of
course they dol l wish 1 were'-he
checked himself and dropped his eyes,
which had dwelt too long upon her love-
illness. Come, come" he said to him
self severely, this will never do. At
tend to your business, old two-and-forty,
and pay proper reverence to your daugh-
teri
, He got up and said aloud:
Miss Randolph. I'm going to ask you
a great favor. I'm an old man, as |
needn't tell you, and l am slave to my
habits. Would you permit me to smoke
cigarette? What small wits have go
hopelessly wool gathering if don't keep
them together with little tobacco"
Miss Randolph smiled.
. my father always smoked" said she.
at would make me feel at home"
..Dear mer' thought WaI1ie rueruny,
''sho might have let me off as an elder
brotherl But she takes me at my OWE