Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-05-31

uAu MlSS 4TeVdulOn Illnk IL worth her
while to look up and discover what
style of man sat beside her. CHANGING
then suddenly and superciliously at
him. she found that he was the very
handsomest fellow she had ever seen
-well-bred looking. too, and, in APP
pearance at least, just such one as
she had been accustomed to go down to
dinner with even in the very best
houses.
He was staring across the table now
to where Mabel sat, laughing and con-
vers1ng merrily with old Younge, and
seemed slightly amused with the girls
gayety. Was he going to fall in love
with Nab? Very likely, she thought.
It would be just the very thing for an
aspiring cotton man to do--to go and
lose his heart ambitiously to their
beautiful queen"
Then Denzil turned to her and said:
Miss Trevanion?"
No; mamma. did not care to CO."
she answered, reddening little at the
pious fb.
Il do not think you missed much"
Denzil went on, pleasantly; cit was the
slQwest thing imaginable; and the OPP
eras were very poor. You are fond Of
music. of course? l need hardly ask
you that"
II like good music, when 1 hear it,"
Miss Trevanion said; 'but I would
rather be deaf to all sweet sounds than
to have to listen to the usual run of
so-called singers private singers, l
mean"
"One does now and then hear good
private singer, though" Denzil re-
turned. There we're several in town
last year.
Lady Constance Dingwall was
greatly spoken Of" Mildred said: II
have heard her sing several times
SO have I, and admire her voice i'm
mensely; her pet song this season was
Sullivan's Looking Back, and it suited
her wonderfully. Lots of fellows
raved about, her, and old Douglas of
the Blues Was said to have proposed
to her on the strength of it. She re-
fused him, however. Odd man, Doug
las; you know him, of course-every
l.
fancy. BY the bye, you have not told
me what you think of Lady Constance's
singing
II would quite as soon listen to
barrel-organ, I think" Miss Trevan-
ion answered, ungraciously; there is
just as much expression in one as in
the other. She has good notes, grant
you, but she does not know in the
very least how to use them
Poor Lady Constance" he said;
"well, l am not a judge of music,
confess, but for my part would go
any distance to hear her sing. Her
brother has managed about that APP
pointment-I suppose you know
Has he? I am glad of that. No,
I have not heard. But what a disa-
greeable man he is! What a comfort
it must be to his friends--or relatives,
rather-to get him out of the coun-
try"
Is not that little severe?" asked
Denzil Poor James has an unfortu-
nate way of not getting on with peo-
pie, but I put that down more to the
wretchedness of his early training than
to his natural disposition, which 1 be-
lieve to be good, though warped and
injured by his peculiar position when
boy. 1t was lucky for Lady Constance
that the countess adopted her. May I
give you some of these?"
"No, thank you," Mildred answered,
and then fell to wondering by what
right this cotton merchants son called
Lord James Dingwall by his Christian
name" James" She again recollect-
ed that s'this sort of person" generally
boosted outrageously about any intim-
acy with the aristocracy. Miss Ire
vanion's hearings" upon this subject
had been numerous and profound.
II think Lord James very unpleas-
ant man." she said, feeling curious to
learn how much more Denzil Younge
had to say about him.
''Most ladies do" her companion an
swered, coolly; "but then do not con-
slider ladies always the best judges.
They form their ideas from the out
ward man generally, which in many
cases prevents fairness. Unless the
person on trial be a lover or relative,
they seldom do him the justice to look
within. You think Dingwall very OBJ
noxious because he has red hair and
rough manners, and yet have known
him to do acts Of kindness which most
men would have shrunk from perform
ing. In the same way you would con-
slider fellow down near us the great
est boor you ever met In your life,
dare say, because he has nothing to
recommend him but his innate good
ness of heart"
81 dare say responded Miss Ire
vanion.
But would you not be civil to
man whom you knew to be beyond
expression estimable. if only for the
sake of his goodness, no matter how
rough diamond he might be-" asked
Denzil Younge, feeling somewhat eager
in his argument and turning slightly,