Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-07
BUT SHE PAINTED.

1.-TWO nvntls today. sald Thorpe as h,
brushed away tho eauzy wing. Of nn In
truslvc mosquito
And II seems like two weeks only,
said Falriio, tho tall blond
ITO you, perhaps. Old fellow. you ar,
fairly cusnared.
GO on " be said calmly. Il shall dcuy
nothing"
"And can't say blanc you either
said Thorpe. with = sudden accession Of
condor. "for incz Rivers h certainly the
prctticst creature ever saw"
And the truost and most gcnuincr'
added lnirlle onthugihsiicnlly "rhcs
women that We meet IN New Notk-fhl'r
deceptive, playing a continual part i tell
you man, ! would ns soon marry tho doll
In miluner's window
"You are too lnlc,l" said Thorpe
struggling lis Shoulders ~ 70 girls
makeup l. pretty as q whole, who shall
venture to criticisu tho inodus oprrnndi 81
her dressing ruUin. r.
But FAirllc interrupted him with o.
gesture N disgust
Thorpe you AFRO talking like tho icon.
oclnst that you stc. Let Do suffice that w
have found one pure perfect woman
"Pour follow" iutrIiectod Thorpe.
And, wont on FalrlI, Ignoring Tho
interruption. Whose heart is what uutui.
meant womgn's heart ~ be-
"Suppusr you Try Il ~ verse. Ioctr
might rrliryo your mind Hut, look ierc
don't want u make myself iif3grtc4Jl.
hut wiser individuals than your.elf lnt"
been taken In by wumnnkiud before now.
Fairllo made No answer, but Do rose AMI
lrft the porch. Thorpe looked AFTER hin
with a cumlcnl contraction N the braws.
Sow, W. luck would have o. AH Dcn
con partimnn sat IN tho hill, ulElug o.
the farmers wife. Hs NJ ta.rlin passed
through iic bowed o0uriruusiy Tor wa
not tho pnrtlmAn house tho cngagt wIl'.I
Temporarily contained the peerless jewel
" the world Inca liiyur3
hut ~. he at down whore tho fndln1
Hight shunu softly through tIumOying Veil
Of flno leaves. liLo tho magical glow 81
some characterization fGcuo" vol
known nnmo struck upon his ear, pro
Douncld In the somewhat nasal accents u
Mrs pariiman,
"Mis Riycrsl' said Mrs partiman.
"Nou don't tell me sOl' said Mr- Wal
lace, the farmers wife well I would
not ha believed IT,"
"Nor nuthur II hadn't seen II with
my own eyes went On Mrs phrtimiu,
"hut tho drarnn h' hrst got ~ notion ont
and ~ I Hind ~ made an rrrand, you
know, to hor room, when she want there,
ami there tho table was all u.cuNrrvd with
paints
"wcll, said Mr. Wallace, lugubrlpus.
iy, "Miss Rivers leo dr,tiul nkcly rlrl tr
look at, but astrr what you've told iur I
shan never think Just the famu OF her a.
did before"
And FAirllri 10 WIS Ne " gllttcr.Hg
Veil had fallen fNpm hls vision.
lncr River was In no dcgryo superior g.
the rcst OF her VI, after all She too wns
dependent on cosmetics Tor that radiant
complexion which had ~ challenged h'
admiration. She too. was false
Miss Rl,ors was sitting In dainty COS.
tune II blue and lace, under tho hlggcst
maple tree IN front ~ Deacon pnHlmnn's
house, tho next afternoon, whom the d,a
cons wife cainc out with her knitting 10
her hand
"wcll, " said Mrs. partimnn, owe heard
piece % news Miss Wallace hoardcr.
have goucr"
asked liner, with . slight deepening ~ thl
bloom upon her check.
NO, ! mean clean, cleared out paii
their bill and gone back to Sow York thi
morning
lnez was pnln enough now. Gone lncl
without word ~ farrwrlll What did II
all meant Aud she lad brought herself Ul
fnost-almost 10 regard FOurlic ~ friont
Whose friendship should be- iuunably dear
10 her.
Deacon PArilmnn wasn't the depot when
the two young men, who, having sent
their hngsnro on, had walked over th,
breezy uplaEhs to tho little railroad sta
tion, arrived thorc.
"NIcu day" said tho deacon socially.
"NOry, responded Thorpe
"ltll be- n good day Tor Miss Rivers,
said the deacon with "a brund smile upui
his kindly, much wringl,d face. "Shcl
be hard at u, IN ~ hail"
Hard At WHAT" asked Thorpe, Will
fAlrlic turned nwny,
Didn't you know fhld Tho squire
"Paintin, Me md my wife We was up II
her room the other day 60 fN tho shade Z,
tho left hand wiudcr which had somehow
got llttly cranky about rollln up aul
down, and thorl was the biggest show y0l
oycrscrdu 81 paintsHnd brushes and things
and tho outcst little piCtur of our old we'll
with the broken curb. aud the appl
boughs A.hAngln over a. n she'd oull
awaited now, I'M ia got the now curl
done wouldn't A.lrit no cheap
lne1 Rivers still sat with her book II
her lap--not reading, though, for the long
dark cyolashts were moist, aud tho par
was turned, when u ioots,cp sounded OF
tho NOISY ground beside hcr.
Miss Rivers
"Mr. FairIio' 1 thought you wor
gone"
81 did start to 90, but returned again
lnez, l shall not leave HlllsdAlc unit
yuu have answered mo one question
"Ouly onc,' she asked. II was wonder
ful how quickly she was recovering he
self pOsscssl1n
only ouc-whethor you viii bo M
wife,
And whom Mrs PNtiman came out, ~
hours later 10 announce tea, and to us
Mr.. FairNe TO stay and takoR lItc vii