The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07

ing visited occasionally by the low ANA
varied music of voice the freshest and
most melodious. he thought. he had ever
listened to.
At times. too. as the dishes were
passed. the lovely speaker would lean
toward him, 50 that her soft white plum
age brushed his shoulder. The Ma
rama and Wallic were having most en-
tertaining conversation. II was not
about architecture. and yet Bellingham
felt at,r#cted by it, Wallie was smiling
and ch,ckling. and ever and anon max
ing some pithy or arch remark. The
diva seemed to be attempting to describe
the mental visions which certain kinds
of music called up for her. At last she
said. The end is like the awful rose of
dawn aud it seems to keep unfolding
more and more, but the twilight darkens
between. and you can only feel that the
great flower blooms at last in the morn
ing of the other world"
AT the same moment Mrs. Bright was
saying to Bellinghan: In that way,
don't You see. the second and third boxes
would have Just as good II view of the
stage rs the first, and yet the phrquet
wouldn't loss anything Now, isn't that
y nice plan?
Either Bpllinglam had not heard her
or else h. didn't think it worth while to
answer. He turned TO the Young diva
and said. "That must be Beethoven"
Walic's eyebrows went up. He had
been quietly watching Bellinghan, and
had been much amused by his evident
"a, al Ia
| asked Mr.. Knight, in the second scat on
his left, whether it were true that Grant
intended to found college of politics in
| Mexico, and left the young people to ar
range themselves ms they liked
Mrs Bright turned pale took up n
silver pepper box, and overwhelmed her
croquette de volatile with red pepper.
| Blinded by her Indignation. she was on
the point of putting piece of the highly
condimcnted Wand in her mouth, when
Gen. lingo. who was on her left, and
who had been assimilating his nourish.
iHent with knife, fork and foreiinger,
and vast enjoyment Of champing and
dcglutition. hurriedly set down the glass
of sherry he was raising 10 his lips, and
with great good nature arrested the
young lady's hand by laying his own
frt paw upon Il. "My dcnr madam" d"
hc exclaimed with his unctuous Hobrnic
crawl, "would you commit suicide az a
table like this"
"Oh. I'm awfully obliged" returned
Mrs, Bright, really feeling so on more
accounts than one, though she had never
before been able to endure that hOrid
free and easy impresario. She over
came her repugnance, and rccoupcd her
self for Bc,iingham's scant courtc5y by
extracting whole hogsheads of it FROM
the ample reservoirs of her other neigh
Dor. After all it Amounted to the same
thing. So u woman receives attention.
it is snail odds whence it comes.
Bcllingham and the diva mcautime
had taken short cut to II mutual under
standing, and wo}lld have been aston.
ished, had they stopped to think about
it, at the vistas of sympathetic feeling
thai were opening up before them. sun
shine arose on their way, and they
rambled onward at their wiz. To talh
with the prima donna on a subject tba,
attracted her was like drawing har
monies from some exquisite instrument
She Responded to the lightest touch, and
You could see the promise and invitation
of music in her face before You spoke
Bellingham forgot that this was the
woman Whose adventures and audacitiei
everybody had been discussing for week.
past; she wxs to him delicious Quite
sor a part of his nature which he hat
heretofore repressed even when by him
self; so the seed first discovers itself il
the earth, and the flower in the sunlight
When. balf an hour ago, he had bee,
presented to Mile. Mariana in the draw
ing room he had felt that she was beau
tiful, but remembered that she must b'
repellent. and had passed on without ,
second look. She, on the other hand
had been sensitive to bis hostility, tolt
herself that he looked cross and frigid
and thought it fortunate that he was al
architect instead of q singer, liable t,
appear with her on the stage. But now
under the mingled persuasion of happ.
accident and the genial stimulus o
lights, company and the table, thei
,averted regards had unawares turned t,
accord-tan accord which might prov,
| UempOrarr, Out WIS certainly uellSIIfui
1T was strange to both of them, but will
the sort of strangeness that seems like
sweet familiarity till now forgotten
Now they would let air and warmth int
the secret chambers of their minds; nov
they could read the answer to thei
spiritual riddles in each others face.
At the other end of the table Mrs
Cadwalader was prospering blithesomel,
; with Mr.. Grasmere On one hand an,
Mr.. Barclyfe on the other. The conver
satien was of an aesthetic cast-woul,
the Wagnerian method of musical com
position prevail, and if so, would no
. music ultimately be chargeable with in
fringing on the preserves of the othe
arts? Mr.. Barclytfe, propping up hi
mustache occasionally with his napkin
! was of opinion that music was the sou
and reconciliation of all the arts, ant
that a knowledge of music would hence
| forth be INDISPENSABLE to enable tb.