The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-18


game of whist Ho hnd an ola fashioned
reverence for womankind, but when IL
came TO playing whist with them no hal
his pejudices, but ho consented. 1t did
not escape his keen glance that his part
ner, Miss Biackmorc, was not Of his
world or the typo of women no had
known and admired In bis youth.
Certainly she had little In common with
tho set" in which Mrs. Vandyke had
singed her wings But hers was the voice
and manner of the we'll bred woman of OK
perience--experienced derived from personal
contact with cruel facts rather than from
the dilletantisms OF tho boudoir or the
drawing room. Sho was, moreover, such q
strong partner that no did what no had
not been guilty of for 30 years-frankly
pleaded that an acquaintance so pleasantly
begun might not end so abruptly. Miss
Blackmoro smiled, handed him her card
and told him she was always at $50 Broad
way.
"A clever woman. No nonsense about
her. Imeant to hunt her up before this, :"
said Standish aloud az he wakened from
his reveric.
"Ono hundred and eighty -nino Broad
way? What tho deuce can n woman-such
q woman-bc doing SO far down town?
Ono thousand one hundred and eighty
nine, 9S1 or 891 would bring her nearer
resident neighborhood. There must be a
mistake"
But, then, it was $50 in tho little red
book. Standish knew, or thought no knew,
broadway from Central park to tho Bat
terry. Neither hotel, apartment house nor
private residence responded to any COM
bination his fertile fancy could make out
Of Miss Blackmoro's address.
The next night-New Years night-a
hanson drove up at the Armitage. With
u carnation in his buttonbole, Standish
entered, and it rumbled gayly toward 1889
Broadway, for no could not persuade him
self that he had not omitted q figure from
Miss Blackmoro's address. No. 1880 was
street car stable.
'Drive to 9Sl."
Tho rcd lamp Of q Turkish bath for
linen exclusively" reflected 9Sl.
''Iry S91." A wholesale TOULOUSE greet
cd cabby. When the hanson finally halt
cd at $50, Standish alighted and scanned
the directory in the hallway Of modern
scraper.
sixth foor--R. Blackmore, drafts
man."
On tho fourth floor no met the janitor.
docs r. Blackmoro live in this build
iug?"
"Thcre's Miss Blackmore who has an
Office on tho sixth floor. Never here 40
night. Don't you know, man, this is n
holiday"
Standish colored. "But I thought sho
lived here" no stammered-"had epart-
ments, You know"
The ianitor chuoklod. miss Blackmoro
lives at tho Columbine, Washington
square, west"
"Whewl" said Standish.
AS the hanson rolled back to Washing
ton square Standish found himself face to
faco with the new woman in new light
Was it tho truo llght9 Ho had met Miss
Blackmorc on purely social grounds, and
In social spirit of more than passing in
tercst had asked to call, and she had smil
ingly given him her business address.
Ten O'Clock found Standish in large
alcove room that played the double rolo of
boudoir and salon. In appointment it was
simple, but rich, very rich in that which
his sumptuous quarters sadly missed, the
indeGnablo touch of woman, the intan-
gible aroma of sweetness long drawn out
The latest magazines were on tho table.
Casts from the antique and copies of tho old
masters were on the walls. In tho shadow