The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-08
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BY GRACE R.Nvll ADD

perfectly as a conventional bluff. Do
say yes like a LADY, she pleaded
gaiIy turning TO her cousin; Il viii
get you Up a veil and a peak that VIII
make a fascinating little widow OF
you, the kind just beginning to take
lots of nOtfre, don't you know"
Just how this wild plan was put
through no one has Yet been able-or
willing-to tell. The Pelham Potter
girls were mOtherless. and Louise Pot
ter had the rather dangerous gift of
making people do what she wished
them to. Possibly Eunice consented to
play her extraordinary role because TO
her simpler southern idea of propriety
the presence Of the above named
brother ''LOrTy' seemed sufficient &C
tual chaperonage for any number OF
well brought up sisters. Where the re
sronsibility may belong. hOweVsr. II IS
a fact that when the o'clock train
drew up at the HemphurSt station
there aiighted Il dignifed little party
consisting of three charming girls, their
maid and very youthful looking duen-
ma ~ the person Of most enchanJ-
ing widow, smelling of new crepe and
viOlets and wearing heavenly, chas-
tened expression.
Bronson and Lorry met them. our
cousin Mrs. Glen fanning.' murmured
Josephine, hastily flowing the intro
duCtiOn with a needlessly feverish eX-
9lara ion of Mrs. 'RaFs' accident and
cousin Eunice's goodness IN cOnsenting
to do the prophecies for them.
But 1 say, EuniCe," began the be
wiIdered LOrry. Before he was able
to proceed further Louise led him
gently aside on the plea of "a. message
from fathe~." and said things to him
which called forth one single, but
forcefUl ejaculation. Then she turned.
leaving him with his mouth slightly
ajar. bus feeling confident that LOrry
would respect Mrs. Clendenning.
There was a little dinner that night,
just a few people from neighbOring
places and the guests in the house.
Bronson took in the Pelham Potter s
chaperon. AS Eunice faced Mrs
Jimmie" Hollis and pretty Mrs TraV-
ers, who was a genuine widow, the
travesty she was playing upon these
honorable danes came over her with a
shock. What would they say, what
would Mr. Bronson think if they knew
she was playing a dreadful, false part,
that neither she nor her cousins had
really any right to be there at all!
isn't this room charming. Eunice. -
said Louise from the other side Of the
table Then she smiled reassuringly
at her GraciOusi Cousin Eunice
looked for a moment q : if she were
going to pieces.
But Mrs. Clendenning held together.
She was only rather white and IN
usually SLllI- WIN the mellow ~ 1T u
shaded candelabra falling on her
singularly pure, clear-cUt face and
touching with a warm glow the baby
sOftness of her round white arms.
Bronson thought ne had never seen d
IOvelier picture. Poor little girl he
said to himself; y wonder what sort
he was"
When the men entered the drawing
room after their cigars they found
Eunice at the piano surrounded b. the
ladies, who were begging for another
song. She sang a simple little ballad
called Parting with exquisite pathOs
As she TUNED away her eyes met
Brouson's. Afterward he knew that
he loved her from that moment.
Later. when the girls We're talking
things Overland undeT-in the sweet
way of women when they let down
their hair. and were asking Eunice If
she had ever met or could possibly
meet any one more charming than
Barclay they found her rather unre-
spOnsive.
Down in the smoking room at the
same time Bronson was holding up
the unhappy LOrry for facts concern
ing his lovely cousin. Why have YOU
never mentioned her before. old
MANI he demanded in an injured
tone. And who was CIendenning? [
don't seem to know the name. Shs