The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-07-06

your beautiful prints" Mrs. Vimpany
bowed gracefully, and dumbly. Mount
joy tried again. "One doesn't often see
the famous actresses of past days he pro-
ceeded: 80 we'll represented on the walls
of an English house,
This time he had spoken to better pur-
pose. Mrs. Nimpnny answered him in
words.
81 have many pleasant associations with
the theatre" she said, first formed in the
time a my %girlhood."
more. Nothing more WAS said. Perhaps
this ~reticent lady disliked looking back
through n long interval of years. or per-
haps She had her reasons for leaving
Mountjoy's guess mt the truth still lost in
doubt. In either case, she deliberately
dropped the subject. Iris took it up. Sit
ting h4 the only table in the oom, she
was in a position which placed her exactly
opposite to one of the prints-tile mugnii-
cent portrait of Mrs. Siddons us The Trag.
ic Muse.
Il wonder if Mrs. Siddons was really as
beautiful as that" she said, pointing
to the print. "Sir Joshua Reynolds is re-
ported TO have sometimes battered his sit
tiers"
Mrs. Vimpany's solemn self-possessed
ewes suddenly frightened: the name of the
great actress seemed to interest her. On
the point, apparently. of speaking, she
dropped the subjsct of Mrs. Siddons us
she had dropped the subjcctof the theatre.
Mountjoy waslcft to answer iris.
I'VE are none of us old %enouEh," he re-
minded her, ito decide whether Sir Josh
ua's brush has been guilty of tlattery or
not" He turned to Mrs. Vimpany, and
attempted to look into her life from u new
point of view. "Whcn Miss Henley was
so fortunate as to make your %acqunint
ance," he said, "you were travelling in Ire
land. Was it your first visit to that un-
happy country"
II have been more than once in Ire.
land.''
Having again deliberately disappointed
Mountjoy, she was assisted in keeping
Gear of the subject of Ireland by Il for
innate Interruption. 1t was the hour oi
delivery by the afternoon post. The ser
want came in with a small seed packet,
and u slip of printed paper in her hand.
Its registered, ma'nm," the woman al.
nounccd. THE postman says you are tc
please sign this. And he seems to be in .
hurry"
She placed the packet and the slip of pa,
per on the table. near the inkstand. Hav,
ing signed the receipt, Mrs. Vimpany took
up the packet, aud examined the address.
She instant'y looked ut Iris, and looked
AWAY again. "Nill o cXcuse me for .
moment,' saying this she left the room,
without opening the packet.
The moment that the door closed on
her, Iris started up, and hurried 10 Mount,
JOY.
"oh, Hugh" she said, 81 saw the ad.
dress on that packet when the servant put
II on the table"
MY dear, what is there to excite you in
the address,"
Don't speak so loudl She may be lis
tenlng outside the door"
Not only the words, but the tone in
which they We're spoken, amazed Mount.
JOY; Your friend, Mrs. Nimpany!" he
exclaimed.
. Mrs. Nimpany WAS afraid to open the
packet in our presence" Iris went on:
you must have seen that. The hand
writing is familiar to me: ! am certain OF
the person who wrote tue nddre S"
We'll! And who is the person?'
She whispered IN his ear:
"Lord Harry.n