The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-21

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CHAPTER XXV.-TCoNTINUED
you will do we'll to keep your prom
Use, my dear" There was a little harsh
ness in the sweet voice about which all
London was raving. The time which
was not spent in study and rehearsals
"a passed by the two young girls,
under the guardianship of the old gov
erness, in exploring the metropolis and
its environs. Tiomane was delighted
with all she saw n learned, her act
i've mind enjoying with keenest zest
the acquisition on knowledge; and her
gaietydeceived Natalia completely, who
accused her la%ughingly of having for
gotten la belle France and the friends
who were pining for her return, in her
love of new scene and new places.
"Well, my dear, you will be able to
enjoy Your fondness for travel. You
belong to papa for more than a year
yet, n he will have time to show you
the whole of Europe"
The concerts at Covent Garden took
place twice a week and the money-lov-
ing professor, yielding to urgent re-
quests of many members Of the nobil-
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many aristocratic receptions. She had
even the honor Of singing in the pres
ence Of royalty. The noblest in the lane
did homage to the charming woman
and the great artistic.
One morning Prof. Desgoffes received
a visit from a young Irish gentleman of
great wealth, who had seen and heard
Tiomane but once, and on this very
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could be called, asked her hand in mar
riage. Desgoffes, on presenting the re-
quest. added that the sutton belonged to
an old family, was very handsome and
very we'll bred, too, in spite Of his heavy
purse. He was overwhelmed with jests
at his expense, and shouts of laughter.
All the same, although I am laugh
ing at the idea" said Natalia when she
had recovered her breath, "if I were in
your place I should be very proud of
my Celtic conquest
In my place, you say" replied Tio-
name, aggressively; II assure you, you
nave no reason to n me 1t Is the
singer, not the woman, who is admired
and at a distance, as you see
In a few days after this occurrence,
Tiomane received a letter from Gull
laume, the second only since her arriv-
al in England, for she had @ deigned
to reply to the first.
He complained bitterly of his lionel
ness; the English newspapers brought
him, indeed, the echo Of their double
success; III he envied the privileged
John Bulls who could see and hear them
and ended by speaking of the brilliant
offer of marriage which she a refused.
"What sunshine she would AVE
brought to the Isle of Saints, for three
hundred years wrapped in sorrow and
gloom! How had she been able to say
nay to the suit Of the impulsive son
of Erin?"
This badinage, innocent as it a
wounded her; and, far from appre-
ciating the loving regrets which the
letter contained, she was incensed
against the writer.
"What a chatterer o are!" she said
to. Natalia when they met at dinner.
"Do you send a journal Of all our say
ings and doing to Paris?"
"Oh, yes, my dear; our o o solitary
at Blinville lives on our successes and
I send him a daily account of them"
.Oblige me by speaking in future only
Of your own" said Tiomane. almost
rudely. AS for myself, I wish perfect
silence, SO, please confine your glowing
descriptions to your own triumphs."
Natalia appeared rather amused than
crushed and Tiomane'sl i'll humor was
only increased by this mute raillery.
"A Few days after this conversation the
young ladies made an excursion to Kew.
On returning to their lodgings, what
was the surprise Of both to find 'tthe.
poor solitary Of Blinville."
"Guillaume" Natalia exclaimed, quite
forgetting the monsieur, which had
always preceded the Christian name.
This familiar mode Of address truck
sTiomane as new proof Of their rela-
tions.
Guillaume rose, a little embarrassed.
but his face radiant with happiness.
decidedly, 1t is not the ghost of. our
friend ACROSS the channel" said Nata-
ia. gaily. "But what in the world did
you.come here for?"
simply to see you BOTH he said.
taking affectionately the hand which
Resextended to him.
prof. Desgoffes was indeed a very sim
O,,1ar man, for he attended 10 his own
affairs alone and lever made any COM
,1ants on those OF others. Guillaume's
,,vese1lce did not concern him; there
fora he welcomed the young traveller
noutely, and. at the concert In the even
fn9r|seatedTShi AIM neal
stage
iaaIn1e: who had been persistently
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