The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-17

worthy feeling Of triumph; bug I at
tribuJed his reticence. not TO say his gi-
lence, TO the natural shyness Of the
EngIishman.
she addressed herself almost entire
~ TO me, which I considered odd. 1t
struck me as q bit peculiar that size
dl0nt endeaVOr to coax my friend the
EngiishmaR into conversation by al
least rallying him on his diffideuce, She
only occasionally made a remarg 10
him, however, and when she did ne an
swered her with courteous but seem
mgly Intentional brevity This was On
the way to the concert and during the
concerts intermissions.
IN Chicago it is the custom 70 re-
pair to a restaurant for a sip of tea and
a wafer after the afternoon concert.
and we followed the custom. / found
myself becoming quite sentimental
with reference to the black-haired
chaDerOn. She was a miss, I had
caught when presented to her. mar
weed that so lovely and so accom-
piisheG q woman should have remained
q miss It seemed absurd
We chartered at a great rate. almost
at a rate equal TO that Of the young
woman from the coast, the chapeTOn
and ]. While we were taking the tea
the chaDeron seemed to suddenly take
it into her head to twit and tease my
English friend He flushed under the
INVITING. EngIishmen don't Ike that
sort Of thing, even from the lips Of a
pretty woman, but he soon recoVc1s d
himself, .regained his natural pOise and
aplomb and when that happened ne
virtually took the floor.
He said a good many clever things
in the quiet, difident way Of the thor
OuShbred Englishman, and he seemed
to be willing enough TO engage in a
match of wit with the chaperOn. Their
repartee before that tea was finished
was quite delightful to listen to and
all Of US enjoyed it hugely. The chap
erOn's eyes began TO snap just the tint
est bit just before We arose to leave the
table and then there was just the least
bit Of asperity in one or two Of her
merry baTbs thrust at the Engiishman.
He didn't seem TO notice that however,
and we rode to the home Of the enter
tainer of the young California women
and the chaperon in very fine feather.
hen we made our departure" said
the club man, according TO the Wash
ingfon Star. II confidently expected nay
English friend to become enthusiastic
over the cleverness. not to mention the
mature loneliness OF the chaper0n-
was surprised to find him. on the con-
trary, grumpy and non talkative.
Delightful lot Of young women,
those [ said to him.
'Um,' he replied.
"After pause, / said to him:
Did you ever meet a finer woman
or a more nimble wit than that Miss
-| mentioning the chaperon's name.
The Engiishman turned scarlet. as [
could see even in the waning afternoon
light that filtered into the carriage.
Yes he replied, briefly.
THAT seemed most astonishing re-
ply to me. I couldn't understand if.
81 You've been a lucky man. then I
said, after another pause.
'Um,' he answered. and then he
turned to me and said. in the most
matteT-Of-f fact tone imaginable.
Miss - (naming the chaperou)
was my wife for five years. The de-
cree was granted in San Antonio two
years ago. Here's the hotel
That was all. We climbed out Of
the auto and dressed for dinner. He
didn't mention the affair to me again.
and 7 certainly did not reopen the sub
Jet