The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18

fiuence of women. He had grown to re-
gard them without curiosity. which is
the last stage of Indifference one can
| reach.
1t must be admitted that it was
with a feeling akin to repugnance
that he at last lifted the long, soft,
pale-hued, family scented suede from
the floor and dangled II at an unneces-
sary distance from his eyes. holding it
as he did so daintily between finger
and thumb. Its subtle appeal To his
senses as a man failed to reach him. 1t
simply aroused an old feeling of reserve
| toward the sex 1t represented. His face
| altered slightly and he dropped it sud
| denly with an odd repulsiOn. as he
might have dropped snake on a couch
| near bv.
! Then he resumed his chair and turned
his back upon it, till the reflection that
the woman to whom it belonged must
have come and gone while he sat
thinking with his back to the corridor
sent him wheeling around again.
! The glove still lay where he had
placed it on the edge of the couch.
palm upward. and with a suggestion
of helplessness and pleading. II an
noyed him unreasonably. He frowned
and looked at his watch. Half an hour
had passed since Selpdorf dismissed
him.
At that moment a gutteral voice
broke the silence of the house and a
heavy curtain over the door at the
nearer end of the ante-room was thrust
back by a brusque hand. and a tall.
high shouldered. handsome man.
dressed as if he We're about to attend
some court function, stood in the open
ing. Behind him Hollywood caught
sight of Hurried and explanatory
lackey.
"Ah, so I have lost my way, after
ALL" said this parsonage, in a bland
voice. "A mistake, But I hope you
will accord me your forgiveness. mad
emoiselle?'
Hollywood sprang to his feet at this
most unexpected ending and looked
around.
Close beside him stood a tall girl
wrapped in a long cloth of fur and
amber velvet. She was singularly beau
tiful, with pale, clear-hued beauty
Her black. long-lashed eyes were on
him and they were full of laughter
Enter. then. baron,' said the girl
glancing across at the courtier Did
you guess YOU would find me here. or
were you seeking MONSIEUR" and she
waved her bare left hand toward Rail
lywood.
II lost my way. nothing more" re-
turned the baron, coming forward;
but perhaps. as in my heart all roads
lead toward He bowed deeply once
more this time STOPPING to kiss the
girls hand with a certain show of re-
strained eagerness.
She drew back with little impatient
gesture.
II should not have been here but for
an accident" she replied. coldly. "In
fact / was on the point of starting for
his highness' reception, had not mon
sieur detained me- And to Rally
woods amazement, she indicated HIM
self.
Before he could speak she pointed to
his spurred boot.
Monsieur has set his heel on my
poor glove, she added.
BY his hasty movement in rising he
had apparently dislodged the glove
from its position on the edge of the
couch. He stopped with hurried
word of apology and picked it up On
the delicate palm was stamped the
curved stain of his boot heel
DO you always treat a ladys glove
500" she asked gravely, and held out
her hand for it.
Hollywood looked down at her very
deliberately. and something that was
neither his will nor his reason decided
his next action. He folded the soft
suede reverently together
mo. mademoiselle," he answered. as
he placed it inside his tunic. II have
never before treated lady's glove-sc.