The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-05

fence OF repeating your action of thi
evening. We are taking i. for grantee
that You have friend prepared to ac
for you; for your conduct appeared Il
be premedi.ated"
You are quite right" answered
Streeter; II have two friends to whom
l shall be pleased to introduce you
Come this way, if you will be SO kind.
The preliminaries were speedily ar
/ ranged. and the meeting was to take
place next morning at daylight, Will
! pistols.
| Now that everything was settled tn,
prospect did not look quite SO pleasan
to Streeter as it had done when he lief
London. Dawson had asked for no ex
/ PLANTATION, but that of course could b.
accounted for, because this critica
sneak must be well aware of the reason
of the insult. Still. Streeter had rather
expected that he would perhaps have
pretended ignorance. and on receiving
, enlightenment might have avoided 6
meeting by apologizing.
Anyhow, Streeter resolved to make q
night of it. He left his friends to arrange
for carriage, and see to all that was
necessary, while he donned his war
paint and departed for gathering &c
which he had been invited. and where
he was to meet many of his country.
men and countrywomen in fashion
able part of Paris.
His hostess appeared to be overjoyed
to see him
'You are so late" she said. "that ]
was afraid something had occurred that
would keep you from coming alto
gether."
Nothing could have prevented me
from coming" said Streeter, gallantiy,
where Mrs. Woodford was hostess!"
"Oh, that is very nice of you, Mr..
Streeter!' answered the lady; ''but I
must not stand here talking with you,
for / have promised to introduce you to
Miss Neville. who wishes very much to
meet you. She is great admirer of
yours and has read all your books
There are not very many of them, :"
said Streeter, with laugh; land,
such as they are, hope Miss Neville
thinks more of them that do myself"
"Oh, we all know how modest au-
thors arer' replied his hostess, leading
him away to be introduced.
Miss Neville was young and pretty;
and she was evidently pleased to meet
the rising young author.
Il have long wanted to see you," she
said, Ito have talk with you about
your books"
You are very kind" said Streeter,
"but perhaps we might choose some
thing more profitable to talk about?"
Il am not sure of that. Perhaps you
have been accustomed to hear only the
nice things people say about you. That
is the misfortune of many authors
ut is misfortune" said Streeter
what writer needs is somebody to
tell him the truth"
''Ahr' said Miss Neville, ''that is an
other thing l am not SO sure about.
Mrs. Woodford has told you, l suppose,
that have read all your books. Did
she add that dctested them?"
Even Streeter was not able to conceal
the fact that this remark caused him
md said:
ION the contrary, Mrs. Woodford
ed me to believe that you had liked
hem"
The girl leaned back in her chair and
oolzed at him with half-closed eyes.
"Of course" she said, ''Mrs Wood
ord does not know. 1t is not likely
hat l would tell her detested your
books while / asked for an introduce
ion to you. She took it for granted
hat meant to say pleasant things to
vou, whereas had made up my mind
o do the exact reverse. No one would
'e more shocked than Mrs. Woodford |
unless, perhaps, it is yourself-if she
Knew was going to speak frankly |
With YOU
81 am not shocked" said the young
nan, seriously; 81 recognize that there