Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-01-02
The Time Of Roses.

Lady Ba-sston's garden party. 4 IN
quired of Miss Withdrawn. as soon as
succeeded In elbowing my way through
the dead wall of Mrs. Bennett Nyse ;
cue SITS. who stood between US. The re
Sllt of brief calculation, entered on
the next morning, was to convince me
that during the six minutes II TOOK me
playing the part of pick, In order 10
reach Miss Windram, made as many
enemies as / had made during the
thirty years of my life preceding Mrs.
Bennett Wyse's "At Home.
"Haye avoided you, Mr.. GlynE she
asked, opening her eyes yeIy wide ana
4busthfs was doubtful very innoeentiy.
s.The question is not il you have done
III. but why you have done it, 1 said
with SEINE measure of severity.
suppose deny that that is the ques-
tionY" she suggested. quite pleasantly,
though without quite such show OF IN
nocence as had been associated With
her previous inquiry. 1t is quite posi-
BILE to speak pleasantly without any
particular exuberance of Innocence.
suppose you deny Il: Well. in that
case you win haye-haye denied 1t.
said /, But it so happens that you
will not deny 1t, Miss Withdrawn"
dIu uCL 50 SURF VI II eahs thC
would make it worth my while
might
No one will make 1t worth your
while. There is nothing left for you
but to speak the truth"
Great heavens, 1t is come TO THAR
why have you avoided me? We
were good friends up TO that day
have put blue mark opposite that day
In my diary"
Yes. we We're good friends; good
friends are those who have Il sound
quarrel every time they meet, sup
posey'
Precisely; friends whose friendship
Is strong enough TO survive quarrel
ibid we quarrel that wayg
I'VE certainly did not. Where would
society be IL a man and a young woman
quarreled because. when he asked
her"
rs there any need for you to tell
every one in this sitting room what
one problematically foolish young man
asked certainly idiotie young
woman?"
1 felt that there was something in
her question. / had, however, been
Speaking louder than usual; 1t only
seemed so because of sudden mo
nientary diminution in the volume OF
sound proceeding from the 200 guests
of Mrs Bennett Wyse who had all
been speaking at the same moment !
tried to explain this to her; and then
she asked me what / thought Of the
SigIora Duse as an interpreter of emo
tion as compared with Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt. and IL held that an actress
who was an admirable exponent of the
strongest emotions might be depended
on to interpret the most ponderful pas
si0ns.
..It is a nice question: ] felt bound
to say. "I.et us clear out from this
rock and l think I'll be able TO tell you
;fiI that know regarding the higher
emotions. These people are not 10 be
sieBended on: one minute they are talk
iDgfertissimo, the next they are pianis
ssiInO."
Would you have them rehearsed
&NIndGlyn?"
We'll, a good deal might be done By
IldiciGus stage management
And conductor with an iYorJ
SsbatonZ There Is something in that.
.adnsit. Your idea is that they shall be
toHie forte when you are speaking. 81
as to afford a background for your wis
zsdom." -
= = .N lsdOm! what man. with the leas
pretense to wisdom, would come int
- crowd like this for the sake Of talk
Ing taa girl who has persistently avoid
ed hinr-for the past year and month?
WHIST man. indeed?'
'.And this brings us back to the orig
iaal question. Why have you so per
sistentIy avoided meY
/ could see that she was trife pu
hx. raarefafonne in paff no
the topic which had originated wit
Tine. she had apparently found som
imperfection in the feather tips of he
fansand thought that it would be vi
wise to neglect the opportunity Of pull
ing OF all the uneven fiuffs. Some G
'ahem settled on my waistcoat, wher
i allowed them to remain undisturbe6
Few made 4 bee line for the cay
c;.nous ncstril of our neighbor, GeI
FiTebrace, and he sneazed with consit
.crable force Of character.
well, you gee. so many things hay
happened sirce Nay the third last yea
afr. CIyn," Gaid Miss Windram, whe
.sne had g.z.s1ed herself by the repea
cd opening ard closing II her fan thu
s;hc lid rc9nedied the defect in its col
sTlucton.
"What lhing5-in addition to yor
ETOluaIlc2 OF ineE j asked
well. you have published book,
begin With. Isn't that something" 81
Eaid.
IF VIC avoid all the people who haS
Published book our circle Of acquain
ances would become appreciably ma
row. Miss Windram. Anything elseT
Hasn't It gore into six editions
size cried, In tone Of accusation.
II don't deserve the blame for that
said in a way that was meant to sho
her / felt the injustice Of her accus
tion. "Blame the public. IL you wis
The public are invariably idiotic, Il
editor of the Universe announced
connection with that book Of mine. +
was right. though the fact that the pn
lie steadily refuge to buy the Uniyer
points I'm the other direction"
''Oh, 1t Is all very well to try NJ
throw the blame OH the public" sa
Miss Windram, with a shrug, "but
that quite generous Of you, Mr.. Glyn
Perhaps it isn't. Was it on accou
of the book you avoided me so carefI
lyT
"0h. there were other things. T.
geographical society gave you go
kfnpdaI didn't ity