Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-09
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Ho did not wish it at all: he would
thought that language, a. she spoke it.
in tones lower ana softer than he had
sver heard before, sounded like the
tongue OF the angels.
And when, in the duet, after Mile.
Rcynier had III u lew bars, there
broke in, like IL lark in the dusk of the
morning, IL clear, fresh soprano, the
very voice he had heard behind him in
church, Roderick fe.t himself literally
trembling. He was unreasonable, it
vas true-almost as much SO Is u
woman; there was q deal of the woman
IN him for all his manliness-rather, |
should say, with all his manlincss,
since the best woman has always some-
what OF u mans strength, the noblcst
al Il woman's g%cntlcness: but no i'm
pressionability could account tor the
de ight-nay, the ccstlsy-with which
he listened TO the song.
1t was not much of u song-thc girls
voice made it all: but when it ceased
he awoke, a. ont of IL dream, and
looked round us for something he had
been in search of ali his lilo long.
"siamma." she said, still i'll French,
close to her mothers Side, II shall
&C We y happy to speak English to
monsieur, whom l think / have seen
before-On the Tcrrasse at Borne to-
day. 1t is he, mamma, who. as | told
you, did us the honor to be so charmed
with IL beautiful mountains"
Then she, too, had observed him.
But she had come homo and told the
incident at once to her mother. He
now could not have told it to any NOR
tai soul.
1T is mademoisclle who honors me
by even q pa sing remembrance" am
ewcred Roderick, striving hard to i'm
fuse into his blunt speech-how rude
and blunt it seemcd-even a 1.-THE OF
her gracious courtesy. May 1 Z claim
was English?"
mo, Scotch. There is a difference,
Is there not: though I fail to make
mamma understand it. Papa was a
Highlander" She said this in En-
giish, speaking slowly, but with great
purity and correctness, pronouncing
all g his" and this"
"Mademoiselle has a perfect accent:
she must, OF course. have visited II
country" said frederick, eagerly.
NO; l have hover left my mountains.
sometimes to talk to mo OF Scotland
end tell me l looked almost like =
Scotch lassie. DO j."
Heaven forbid" the renegade was
near eXclaiming but contented him
self by explaining in Il very eccentric
and confused name that she had ccr-
tainly the fair hair and blue eyes of
the North.
$50 had papa: but he was little, and /
am tall-very tall-for q Swiss girl.
That was why he thought | rescmbled
the girls OF his country, and especially
n cousin he had whom he loved-liked
is not that the right English word?
very much. But here | am going on,
which is We v impolite. you know. But
we are always SO glad to meet any
English person, mamm and j: | must
&C and tell her. She will be so pleased
shat you think me Il littie-iust q little
like papas coulltrywomcn."
He would have tod her that the
Ghing she vas mos like was an angel.
but of coursc such q point-blanlk truth
was quite impossible, and, besides, she
had already flown away on her invisi-
bic wings and hid herself among the
crowd OF ordinary girls. There was
nothing for him, poor man. but to go
and make love, OF rather politeness. to
her mother. with all the skill and the
best French of which he was capable.
"Mademoisclle has IL most beautiful
voice and sing, cllarmingly," said he
at last.
"Ah, monsieur is too kind. But in
deed it is true. And she does every
thing charminglv. III IL mother may be
pardoned for saying So. But she is the
Fast OF seven and her father is dead.
We are alone together, she and L."
Then suddenly changing into bright
ness, Perhaps monsieur is of a numel'-
Gus family"
NO, L have only three sisters, and
my father too is dead-my dear
father"
".Ah!" with n quick intuition: and
after a glance at his face, q kindly
hand was laid on the young mans arm.
but monsieur has his mother still liv-
ing? an a happy woman in possessing
him is Madame =: pardon, but l did
not catch the name"
Observation-Disclosures Jardinc."
Tho Swiss lady drew back with a
surprise tn t he could not have failed
TO observe, had he not been wholly
~preoccupied in the difficult task of try
ing at once to lie polite to her. and to
see and hear all that was passing at
rhc far end of the
MADAME, | perceive Your daughter
Is going to sing again. and am so fond
of music. May / go and listen:"
He was OFF as if there were wires to
his feet. Poor fellow! 1t was q very
bad case, hut not the first, nor proba.
bly, the last, that has happened in this
world.
However, he maintained his compos.
ure very crcditably, talked courteously
TO all the I1cmoiselles Reynier at once,
turned over their pages. examined
their music. French. Italian and Ger
man, sud at last. lighting upon an En-.
Efsh song, he asked if any of them
sung it.
Tho girls all shook their merry
heads. pointing to tho n whom he
had not addre sed, scarcely even
glanced at. though he knew exactly
how she looked, sitting there ut the
piano with her blue eyes cast down,
and a faint color, like a China rose, or
her soft check.
she sings it: ask her"
0vNf11 no6arnoiso11o do mo <ho<