The morning times., 1896-01-26


my friend? I like Jack ever SO much
and I've known him lots longer than L
nave you. You sat there like a craven
image, and
Well, dontlike you to talk to other men
In tnat familiar way. really don't, Bess.''
"Oh, look at that beautiful horseI Did
did you ever see such a beauty?''
No, Bess; listen 10 me. / sometimes
l shall run In on you in day or two.
Good bye, Marsden."
"G'-by."
why are you not more courteous to
think you don't care-don't care whether
l."
whether you what?"
whether i love you or not''
on, you dear, silly, old gooser''
Then you do care, Just a little?'
why, of course I debut don't, Burt;
you are hurting my hand.r
The jumping contests provoked no end
or interest and applause. There was al
ways q sign of relief when a hunter took
the bars, with clean four inches TO spare,
and even those in the lower boxes We're
amused.
Yes, Count, my daughter is dearly
devoted to horses; aren't you, Minna?''
Yes, mamma"
And she rides like a centurion; don't
you. Minna?''
"Yes, mamma"
'Ah, mon Dieu, eet ees re one sing for
which l wait all ze lifetime, to see YOUR
charmante daughtatre ride re back OF ze
morse You VIII ride wiz ME, ma m 'sele??''
Yes, mammal mean COUNT
"To be sure she will count, and she
will wear the new habit 1 bought her in
I maid -ta,t
700 rronks?"
Yes, ma NINA
My dear daughter learned to speak
French SO beautifully during ,he two weeks
We were in Paree. count; don't you Minna?'
Yes, mamma"
Say. key ay loin dees you ay loin de
cur for the count"
Key ay loin dees you ay loln de cur,
COUNT
All, ciel! Quelle pronoDclationi You
have vaincu la langue Franchise. After
zls you should spick nozzing else but him.
Ma -chere, ma 'mselle, shah choose to lairn
from zelips of you re mestairees OF ze beauti-
rul language of my Patrie. hat nevaire
haird such spick BEFORE
"Ah, count, you are so good to cast
such pearls before my daughter Thank
him, Minna.''
Thanks, count"
Mon, say SO, ] pay but ze tree
butte due ze, queen from hair humble
most slave. My enside heart Will be
so full when ] go back to La belle
France"
''Why, count, you're surely not think
ing of dusting-of leaving this country,
mean?'
Non, not unteel aftaire ze summarize
Eat ees re time re fair Americaines are
like as ze papillioDs."
Pap; there's some French for you,
Miiha. The count knows yoa speak it -
well. What is pap pap?
Eat is re buttaire--"
Butter. mamma"
''- flies"
"See, count, what aptitude, what knowi-
edge OF the inscctivora of France my daugh-
ter has"
"oui eet ees almost beyond me, mad
ame."
Some of the boxes were almost de-
serted, their owners away visiting the
boxes, and here and there
two or three adjoining boxes were vacant.
81 tried so hard to get Robert to come
with me this afternoon; he stays at home
so much; comes from the office tired ont,
and then sits up half the night reading OF
working over chess problems. If it were
not for you do not know what should
10. tPlease don't LOOK at me In that
way."o
"Yes, but Why do you recall that
TO me? We are such good friends now,
Archie. Do not spoil it an
How easily you tax OF friendship,
Ellen. As if that were
''Hush! not so loud, Archie. Friend
ship should mean so much to Us. If In
the past, our past, Archie. there was
more, do you not see how I'm
possible it is now for"
"For me to crush back the memory
of those years. When you married him
vOu told me-"
"Please don't; was a weak, foolish
woman then
Yes, and YOU chose rather to give him
POUR hand-your soft, young hand,
Ghen-
Robert is very good to me-
"Good to you. yes, good to you. And
8 that all wife should ask OF her hus-
,and, all q husband should yield her?r
You must not talk so, Archie. Remem-
Yer. your words may be overheard. 1t
vould--why, here's Robert! What in the
world induced you to come, Robert?'
And when the last hoof had clattered
,ver the boarded exit from the arena,
here was great rustling of cloaks, coats
md wraps, 4 last glance at the boxes to SEQ
hat nothing was left behind and a rcluc-
ant home gong. Out on the sidewalk
he crowd pauses uncertainty, separated
rto little knots, and scattered north,
outh, east qnd west. There was a brazen-
unged man elying "Num-er seventy-three,"
md far dow the line an answer, "Cominf
lup."