The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-19

society in general. and the men were too
mucn occupied in falling down before
beauty or smartness, or even less holy
divinities, to take the trouble 10 see II there
were anything worth knowing under the
gensle-mannered shy-eyed little girl. who
had no pretensions TO physical beauty, ex
cept the delicate freshness of youth and the
spiritual refinement of pure soul.
But good many remembered that she
was an heiress, and she was never obliged
to sit out dances or to remain unattended
when at any of the other fashionable gath
erings which she aud the duchess attended
night and day through the London season.
The duchess watched this. She began TO
feel alarmed for, and irritated with, the
supineness of Myles Underhill. She had
no sons Of her own, and was as fond OF that
young man as shewas OF any one, remem-
bering long past days when his father and
she had been lovers.
She took him to task one May afternoon
when he dropped in privileged visitor. to
pay her visit. Dorinda, who had been
TO Two balls the previous night and a lunch
con party that day, was lying down IN her
room with bad headache.
The Duchess secretely wondered If 1t
bad another name. Underhill had been at
both the balls the night before and had
scarcely come near her, attaching himself
to the shrine of one OF the reigning divin-
tiles.
do you know that Dorinda has had
three proposals since the beginning OF
Aprils' she asked abruptly.
Ha nodded.
"And now I should like to know what
you mean by making me ask her up here to
expose her to the tender merces OF all the
fortune hunters In London?" she asked,
with an unusual note OF irritation in her
voice.
He looked at her, slight smile in his
eyes.
what do you call mel' he asked.
81 suppose. morally speaking, you are
no better than the rest of Them" she said;
''but, from worldly point of view, If the
child is TO be married for her money,
would rather it was you. You have faults,
and plenty of them; but 1 do believe, Myles
Underhill, that you are above taking ad-
vantage of girl whose only folly is trust
ing in you well enough to put her happiness
in your keeping"
It was q most unusual speech for the
cynical, brilliant-tongued woman of the
world.
The young man suspected that Dorinda
herself had something to say to- it He took
. turn through the room.
THAT'S just it,'' he said. ''I don't want
to take advantage of her, so l have kept
out of it. There might have been other
men, you see."
s'Myles, it isn't because you don't feel
strong enough!" she asked.
The veil of their society manner fell
from them for an instant, and they looked
at each other as man and woman.
NO" he said, with short laugh.
''Why should be afraidl Mrs. Thwaite is
very happy with her millionaire husband in
Australia and shall be lucky man II
win Dorinda."
"Its curious fact, but 1 believe you
would be. Only don't forget that Mrs.
Thwaite will be coming back to England
again some day." Then, with rapid
change to her ordinary manner: "And
Dorinda does freckle SO frightfully. l
don't know what she will be like soon."
Soon Dorinds had gained beauty which
not even the freckles could mRr-the happy
beauty of q woman who has won the
lover her heart desired.
She and Myles Uuderhill we're married
at the end of June--the month of roses.
The Duchess felt depressed and. irritable
ss Dorinda drove away with her husband.
81 won't be bothered chaperoning any
more girls" she said; II am getting too
old, aud it is great trouble
But tho great London house seemed 30
curiously empty without Dorinda that the
Duchess was glad to leave it for fresh
scenes of fashionable pleasures. And it
was not for some time that she could throw
of worrying consciousness of the respon
sibility Of the marriage she had helped to
mako.