The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

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in gay affectation Of. surprise. I'D
Forgotten all about you: I thought I
haq 4 70 myself; was trying to thtnlS
Shall we go downstairs p His voice
was hard and constrained.
NO Won she said, squarely u
cant 60 It's barely 20 o'clock Come.
ven talk here You smoke-or is that
high treason land fIH SIT here She
threw herself into Addies Tristra1n's
great chair. There%sFas a triumphant
g'siety IN her air that spoke Of her joy
IN a1iaab0ut her Of her sense of the
boundless ga tisfactlon that her sur
I roundings gave. II love it all SO much, 2
shssS rauTnluer, 1aaif perhaps, to, her
SELF yer stir as a plea to him that he
Eotild. not seek TO bury her from the
Harry turned away. again with that
despair on him.. She gave. him permits s.
SION 1890, but he could not leave her
neitiler her now nor the room. Yet he
himself If he stayed. 1t was too strange
I that every association and every tradi-
isrlon and every emotion. which had
through an the years Seenied 10 justify
ana even TO sauctify his own position
and the means he WAS king to pre-
serve it should ia tH-osor three days be-
Sin to desert him, and should now, in
this hour openly range themselves
against him and on her side.
Which Of them could best face the
world WI thoht Blent2 Whfchzof them
could best tSok the world IN the face,
having kBIent2 These were the ques-
lions that rose IN his mind with tenn
pestuous insistence.
I could sit. here forever S she MUIR
INJURED. a lazy enjoyment succeeding to
the agile movements of her 1body and
the delighted agitation Of her nerves.
1t Just suits me to- sit here, cousin
Harry. looking like a great ladyi's
Her eyes challenged HIM 10 deny that
she looked the part 70 perfection. She
glanced through the. Window I 2 met
that funny little Mime. Zabriska, who
lives up at Merton lodge. today. She
seems very anxious to know all about
sSHrne. & Zabriskaf has a healthy or
unheaithy-cur ". e The neRtion of
Nina was a new prick. Nina. knew:
suddenly he hated that she should
know
Us she in love with ouss's, asked Ce-
ely, noclSingly set lapgaidly " ndeed,
as a great lady might inquire about the
less exaHed,@. eondeseending to be
amused. u 49, ~.
'tNobodyss in love with Ine-not even
the girl who's going to marry me-
TO marry you?" She sat up, IoOkin &
at him. Are YOU engaged e. -
Yes, to jamie. Iver. You know who
tFpean2" 81 rESf g
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II asked her5s week ago. Toesy she
wrote to say she'd have me. He was
on his feet even as he spoke. ITO marry
She was too sympathetic to waste
breath on civil prstenses-. ss,s tksfg
ITO be mistress here To own this?
To be Lady Ttfstr-arn Of Blent?,,
Yes. TO have what--w1fat@ L m sup
posed to have" said he.
Gect1y regarded him dntently. for an
other moment. Then she sank back into
Addie TristFaru' s great armchair, ask
ing Will she do it well2'
NO, said Harry She's q good sort,
but she won't do it WE'LL
cecily sighed and turned her head to-
ward the window 81
why do you do lido yeu care for
II like her. And want money.
She's very rich None might be use
YOU gse1n ssissry Tach. Mahs do yen
want money 2"
Il might want it,
There was Silence for moment
Wei. I hope you'll be happy she
said, presently.
She herself was the reason-tf1e en-
bodied reason twas reason ever more
fairly efnbsdied p why he was going
to marry Jamie IVer. The mons trous-
ness of II rose before his mind. When
he tod Of his enga gement there had
been for an instant.a look in her eyes,
Wonder it was al least Was # Gisap-
pointnent2 Was il al all near to con-
sternation2 As he watched her. vet
another new thing, came upon him, as
thing that seemed to be as new as
the last quarter chined by the old
French clock on the manteIpiece, and
yet might date back SO long as three
days ago. Even new it. hardly reached
consciousness, certainly did. not attain
explicitness. 1t was still rather that
jamie WAS ne mistress for Blent, and
that this girl WAS the ideal-it WAS
Blent still rather than himself. BIent,s
mistress "a tiler than his But it was
tiening, Was he to be the mamie.
who looked. ON her Rowsand saw how
fair she waS-svs3s he to be the man 70
deny her her own 20 rob her of her
Right TO parade before the world in
the trappings which were hers2 It was
all SO strange, SO Overwhelming He
dropped into a chair by him and
pressed husband across his brow A
dew rnuepanrs almost "a groan, escaped
hlfn in the tumult OF his soul. My
Godt he whispered, in a whisper that
seemed TO echo through the room
Harry Are you unhappy 10 an
iEsttferr she WAS by him. what Is 1t p I
don nndeFStand. You tell me you're
{ lens and you look SO unhappy,
Nv ~ 90 aFoa marry her if you don't
Hah our 81 eu yourself thout
fo4ffE = sri ST4ar Yves you've
Eas yseg ss "a ne--dear Harry.
~ g &c. hack to your
eflzi n sd SIT 9lfefe saess.
~ 117ler in .her sses and a smile
re eflshsgs lifs sffe obeyed him.
s1e sod, s. hellre very odd.
sRs IS fsI sIsntls sake
cal 81 let <
z ;sElF fsg 40 his feet. Z If Blent
" Esst would yoa do to keen
~ lsiEssrE thtngs she answered. Every
thin except Sc II 11Iyseff II arr = - - -
she N'as superb. 3xi a. TlsrtIiIaI in
stinct all aflection forgotten, She had
threRin herself into Adde's Tristranass
attirHde. There was the head IN the
bend OF the arm. sHheres was a daintS
foot stuck out. There was all thestie-
ffanpe of "a world tinsensAte 10 love.
gresdy to ind sin. duh to see .gFSce and
beauty, blind to a Woman S self while,
II caTilcd at a woman s. deeds. Z
Everything except sell yourself - he
repeated, his eyes. set on her face.
Yes7TFer Ensem Ju titIa! she
laug ed. But not lies, and not buying
and selling, Harry
MY word is given. I must marry
her now