Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-11
HER BLIND RIVAL.

II wafnn intensely hot morning In June.
a. Dorothy rr-af1rl. bot and painting and
lndunvith C,uyH. paint bnx, etc.. ciImbcd
tho long .lira inl|ug to tho r.dlio in &c.
stephens uvln, Dublin, where sho
worked.
This was Monday, tho first dnv Tor Tho
now model and Dorothy presently found
hor-rli ono 81 20 group 90 uirht or uino stu-
donu watching with pleasant excitement
Tho posing of hnnGOmc melancholy cyul
Italian boy un Tho liulo platform
a quarter before o'clock, tho timc
for closing, Dorothy. h0r face burning
with artistic excitement. turned 60 gpt
some raw eionnn. As she flung the tuhn
back Hho cast % hnsty glance into tho street
below, and tho glance merged into pro.
l0ngnd flrc
a slight rirl, In n sott Riuy dress, with
largo hat to match. Leaned ON tho arm uf
young man, whose upright. easy figure
was very familiar Very familiar indeed
Only last night in her nunrs hall her head
had rested against that shoulder that arm
had huun round her.
only four months-four happy months
--sluro Ferguson Graham, tho rising bar.
ristur had hrrn introduced tu Dorothy;
only three weeks since tho day she had
given che answer plrndinRly sought by the
owner ul that urml
hut now another girl Is leaning on that
arm Who a. sho'
Tho same evening Ferguson Graham
called at Dorothy homo
"You arr working too hard nt the studio,
darling ho aid quietly.
"NDt % bit 10 Is my greatest enjoy.
mont. llayo yuu been very busy tldhyl'
"lT' ho answered lnmuly "Oh, moi
WCl-mthUrl'
II hope you got some rolaNDtlong'
"Durlthy, darling, what b. wronFi" ho
said softly.
Dorothy hnttlcd hard with q rush Of
tcnrs. Then tho recollection uf tho sent
under tho bUoch tree rus0 too painfully dis.
tinct She iluug her head n.Idonud spnng
To- her feet making Tor tho dolr.
Hut Ferguson Graham placed himself
before hur and said
Don't try 90 90 ON with this acting.
Dorothy. Toll mo tho mnuug OF your
munnprL | have right 90 know, and
what BE- muro will know"
IN rlluuco they stood ono lrIuthluss In.
Ftnut, then, wronohlug herself FREQ with %
passionate gesture and "a low br0athod /
thought YOU loved me- Dorothy wns
gone Tho next dny Dorothy point at Lu.
can, refusing Co Boo hrr love. un plg1 li
headache when hu called late IN The oven.
Ing. And another night rho tossed ON hor
bed, making mp hur mind that sho would
give back herring and mover scuhlm again
and a. quickly uumnklur 10 again
Tho next dhy was studio day again.
Dorothy worked with % fuyurlsh up.dity,
which surprised herself aud Der mg.tur.
The Passionate eyes uf thu model gluWud
az hpr from out uf the canvas.
Halt past = O'Clock, Nos Thort thoy
wcrc' DurUihya heart gave great bound,
hor face grew pale and sho stepped caro-
icssly back us II tn Wow her work
They urc seated clo.c together and in.
stantly, ns Dorothy looks. tho uirl opens
her handbag and gives photograph "a
Ferguson.
Duro,hys heart grow cold and faint,
only Tow days ngo hu had begged TOR her
photo, now DO d. trCnsuring nnuihCr'Hi
In trembling. fOycrish haste easel and
cnnyns arc put by and Dorothy, scarcely
realizing hcr intuntiun, finds herself ON
tho walk leading 90 tho beech truo.
she Is close 90 him now and shc stands
trnnsixOd, Tor tho beautiful OyUs OF tho
girl, upliftcd 90 her companion, are utter
J. ly, unmlstnkably signifies. Dorothy knows
all now.
Ferguson looks up and In another IN
slant Dorothy, faint aud troubling, II
led 90 tho scat and hears him saying
"Yuu know my sister Lilly, Dorothy at
lOast, by hrar-ny," hears another sweet
I voice saying, "Thls ~ rally Dorothy "
I feels slender llngors dclloatrly touch
her face and learns that Lilly. with
/ hcr sistOr Agnes. has come to Dublin on
private visit Co SEQ DR.. Fitzgerald again
III little vain hope ~ Lilly's own-thnt
Agnos caught cold on SUNDAY In ~. Pat
rlck's cathedral, therefore Ferguson has
brought Lilly hero zach day for frcsh air,
And thun she hears Ferguson whisper
very low
"And you could doubt mo Dorothyf
Forgive mo, Ferguson, r- London
Nowa