The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23
suficed my needs until such time as

t1ilu L were returning lTOlI d uIlVS III
the park. my butler, on opening the
door, informed me that lady awaited
me in the drawing-room.
Where Is her card" asked, and he
handed me a thin bit of pasteboard, on
which was engraved Mrs. Richard
Elton Quintard." Below it were an adj
dress and some intelligence as to home-
keeping intentions. read the name
aloud, but it was strange to me, and
conveyed no information to my mind.
But Jean, who is In some ways s1ngu-
larly Inconsistent little creature, has
marked taste, quite out Of harmony
with her other characteristics, for So
ciety gossip. She is an omnivorous de-
vourer Of chreniQues scandaleuses, and
at once relieved my perplexity.
why, madame" she calculated, you
know who she is--Mrs. Dicky Quintard.
An awful swell, you know, but
The name thus abbreviated, had a
| wholly different and more familiar
sound.
"Oh, yes," Ireturned. II never should
have recognized it-never. Mrs. Dicky!
How unlike Mrs. Richard Elton Quin-
tard 1t is! When those swell society
women are bit fast, people first cor
rupt and then add a " to the Christian
name Of theirthusbands. Queer fashion,
isn't it?"
ooh, it's plain enough" jeanne re-
marked cynically. tits the women
themselves that do the corrupting, and
the " Is the modern tcarlet lett which
is an indication of a questionable CHAR
acter. It's perfectly simple when you
come to look at it. But you'll see her,
won't you?" she added, more earn
estly
Yes; my curiosity is alert. Take my
wrap, there's a good girl"
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found my guest looking through case
of signed photographs of royalties,
which had been presented to me by the
originals.
She was an exceedingly .well-pre-
served woman of middle age, not hand
some. but exceptionally distinguished
in bearing and manner, groomed to alb
solute perfection, and gowned as well
as myself. Her reception OF me for one
could see that she was never fOrgetful
of the fact that she was the great lady
and I the actress) was affable and as
cordial as the difference in our rank
would permit. Her face was Gard, how
ever, and one would have staked a
good deal on the inference drawn from
it's lines and expression that she was
cold-hearted and selfish woman. She at
once apologized for her intrusion and
persistence in awaiting my return.
"But I had cherished purpose in
coming to you, madame" she explained,
land fear / am somewhat tenacious
Of my own designs.
I noted her resolute chin and the self
willed folding together Of her full red
lips, and felt that she did not over-em-
phasiZe her own .pertinacity. l bowed
and; waved her to a seat, sinking
upon heap of cushions as did so. She
threw a glance about the room and
complimented me upon it's beauty and
arrangement, feeling, I suppose, that
fattery was the natural pabulum of an
actress, and that it would be a valuable
ally in promoting her project.
It is more charming, even than had
imagined it,''ishe said, !" and I had
thought nothing could quite fulfill the
expectations conjured up by Townsend
Barroll's description of it. By the way,
it was Mr.. -Barroll who inspired me with
confidence to come here.
This, probably, by way of introduce
ton; but it was a false step to my ia
vor, for, although had nothing in the
world against the dnlan Bshel mentioned
by Way7of suggesting a5common ground
Of acquaintanceship, yet, public, dancer
as was, / should have hesitated to
offersto a stranger as an open sesame to
her regard the name of a man with
riously associated in the public mind.
And the intimacy of. Towny Barroll and
Mrs. Dickyf Quintard was a matter Of
open scandaLII merely bowed, and she
unfolded hen. eErand.,i xs>l71,s s..s.s
II wish to give a function on the
twenty-eighth sof this month";" she ex-
planned, (which shall eclipse anything
that has yet been given this season. I
want, to provide some unique feature
til, oh rrixy 4 ir1C1i-
viduality offits own. The Duke of Will
ton will; be one of my guests, and you
can understand that. I wish to make the
ATTAIN as pronounced a. success as posi-
bile. / knowlthat you have never been
willing to- dance in private houses, but
have ventured to hope that might
offer inducements that would overcome
your reluctance.
She certainly possessed peculiar
charm of manner, which rather prevail
ed over the forbidding egotism of her
It, My customary refusal was lowering
on my lips, when she rose and came
towards me, STOPPING to address me
with a smile of perfect sympathy and
frank air of good-fellowship.
"Oh, know what awful bores con-
yentional love feasts must seem to you.
I don't wonder that you avoid them. l
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