The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-01-18

sky.
"oh. my love. God bless you" he
whispered.
And through her ears kept ringing
non n soorddr 10 mon
Five years later The curtain At
the Grand opera house in Paris rose
on a. fine an audience as had ever as
semblcd within IT, walls In one Of
the boxes on the grand tier sat three
gentlemen. One. a tall, bronzed, sol
dieriy man. noticing many glasses
being leveled nj an opposite box.
lifted his lorgnotto and looked across
the stage.
A LADY with little cotcrio Of al.
mircrs had Just entered She wore
some soft. silson dress, all aqua
marine and silver. There were water
lilies In the golden hair and emeralds
on the white neck A childish face
for ell IT, pride, and that peculiar
poise Of the head. face with lumin-
Gus blue eyes, snowy. stately throat
and cheeks just dashed with rose.
"who Is she7" Max Marsden ques-
toned breathlossly
u"Ma foii" cried ylvaeious little
/ Frenchmnn, "you do not know She
Il compatriot Of yours-la belle
| Americana. Her name Is Lester
Madcmolsellc Lester"
"Ah!" And then. after a pause.
"who Is that 90 ntleman leaning over
her chair"
"Ah, that l. savagncau, answered
a member ~ the American legation.
"Thc comts do savagneau lilo Is
heir 20 half dozen princely estates,
and Il madomoiscllo's devoted slave.
Hut she will have none OF him. She
Is beauty aud an hcircss, aud half
Paris Is mad about her. Hut one
might as well adore statue. No
marble II colder than She"
Max Marsdcn, the celebrated Jour.
nalist, the literary lion Of the day,
looked with keen eyes across to that
} dainty vision with water lilies In her
hair Drcamily he murmurcd u few
limos ~ Mcrcdith'H
sho va there pnd was here
ana no rliiiorns horseshoe curved BE-
tween
what the deuce are you mumbling,
Maradcng" demanded the attaohe.
"Ncvcr mind" curtly.
lie was thinking Of that other
night when together they heard
III Trovatorc. II was the same
opera tonight, but how differently
she listened now, languidly, almost
inattentlvcly. leaning back Ia that
graceful way Of hcra
During the last act she arose and
gathered her rich wrap around her.
All the pretty bloom had faded from
hcr check
Half an hour later Max Marsdcu
stood In hor hotel
"Whcn Mile. Lester arrives say
that an old friend Graves a moments
audience"
Madcmolsellc, trailing her shceny
silks aud laces along the corridor,
paused In amusement at the message,
Then she bowed YEARLY aud passed
ON To the grand saloon.
MAX" she cried. MAX"
Her face was tran2agured. She
held our both hands In her old frank
fearless way.
lie caught thcm tightly In his own
All his soul was in his eyes as he
looked on the lovely lifted face. Just
one glance, And over brow and cheek
aud white throat famed a rich color
Cora" still holding her llttl,
hands In his own and speaking hoarsc'
! ~, tonight has recalled tho Other
night-whcn left you for your owl
sake because dared not stay, Per
haps the music has made mo mad, fol
| am daring, oh, my love, TO bring
you now the tribute could not oifoi
i've years ago"
For one moment she was silent
Then she lifted those truthful eyes o
hers
MAX, think that night my sou
awoke; for since then"-ah, mo, thi
womanly shyncss that crimsoned hel
chceks-"ior since then have beer
-waiting,'